official Battlefield 3

[Jamushroom Veteran]

I can't seem to be able to enter a server. It tells me it's joining and keeps showing that dialog.

[Blackhearted]

This needs more servers, alot more servers. Every single one that doesn't ping like ass is full or impossible to get into.

[Lucas]

They've already added more servers.

[Vice]

Would be no problem if they released the server software. But of course they can't make money off you if they just give it away. Much better to give some game server providers exclusivity in exchange for $$$.

[Blackhearted]

Apparently they didn't add enough then.

[HellboundIRL]

It seems like they've changed the pass for the Caspian border servers now. :/

[Pupik]

It seems like they've changed the pass for the Caspian border servers now. :/

Why is it even passworded in the first place? People want to play BF3 and not BC 2.5

edit: Yeah, they changed the password. So sad to see so many empty spots now on servers with caspian border :(

[yxz]

I gave it a try today, I am a Battlefield fan and although I really don't like that I've got to use origin to play this game I decided to at-least give it a shot. And hey, free open beta can't say no to free right?

The browser launch system to me seems quite silly it doesn't really add anything to the server browser system and it's a lot slower for me than Bad Company 2. A lot of people said the browser was faster but I'm just not seeing that personally. Also it requires a lot more input from me to get in to a game. Once I select quick join I expect it to just join a game but it spends some time finding a game then presents me with a popup to click to join that server then it begins to load it and once its done tells me to click the notification yet again to finally bring the game up full screen. This to me is just stupid and a poor design choice.

I don't like that you cant simply open the game and change settings you have to be inside a server first. So I've joined a server and you first of all have to stay alive because if you die whilst inside a settings menu you are booted from the menu back to the game. So I have to join a game in progress, prone somewhere out of sight just to change my graphics settings. If they wanted us to use this web page to find servers I think they should have also made it possible to change your game settings from that web page. Just seems silly to have to waste someone's server resources just to tweak some game settings.

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[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Why is it even passworded in the first place? People want to play BF3 and not BC 2.5

Not understanding that either - why did they even include the map if they didn't want people to play it?!

[Shaun N.]

Gonna be trying this in under an hour! :D

[Alladaskill17]

So (even if I am a console gamer) I have to create an Origin account just to use BattleLog?

[rajputwarrior]

So (even if I am a console gamer) I have to create an Origin account just to use BattleLog?

yeah because now an EA account and Origin Account are the same thing. If you already had an EA account it's not an Origin account.

[Gaffney]

What does everyone else think about the UI ? The bright orange and Blue is sore on the eye's and hard to see. The map on the bottom left is almost impossible to see at times. Also why can't we get a stats menu when we press the back button on xbox ? The back button has no use right now.

But the gameplay feels good, the shooting is very nice but why is it let down by some silly small things ?

[Alladaskill17]

yeah because now an EA account and Origin Account are the same thing. If you already had an EA account it's not an Origin account.

So i can just make an EA account? I have neither but do not see an option on the Origin site. I just want to be able to view BF3 stats during BETA and upon official release, thanks for the quick reply also by the way.

[HellboundIRL]

Anyone else getting disconnected constantly from Caspian border servers? I can play for around a minute and then I'm thrown out and battlelog says it timed out. I can see loads of other people playing so I'm guessing they're not having any issues.

[rajputwarrior]

What does everyone else think about the UI ? The bright orange and Blue is sore on the eye's and hard to see. The map on the bottom left is almost impossible to see at times. Also why can't we get a stats menu when we press the back button on xbox ? The back button has no use right now.

But the gameplay feels good, the shooting is very nice but why is it let down by some silly small things ?

they need to do some tweaks on the guns. the pullback on them is ridiculous...

So i can just make an EA account? I have neither but do not see an option on the Origin site. I just want to be able to view BF3 stats during BETA and upon official release, thanks for the quick reply also by the way.

yeah an EA account and Origin account are the same thing now.

[Alladaskill17]

^ Thank ya

[Singh400]

Everyone who has applied to join the Neowin BF3 Platoon has been accepted. You can find the link in my sig.

Handy little feature on the Platoon stats...

;)

[gkl]

What does everyone else think about the UI ? The bright orange and Blue is sore on the eye's and hard to see. The map on the bottom left is almost impossible to see at times. Also why can't we get a stats menu when we press the back button on xbox ? The back button has no use right now.

But the gameplay feels good, the shooting is very nice but why is it let down by some silly small things ?

I don't like the UI. I didn't like it in the first multiplayer reveal trailer and I don't like it now. IMO the colours are too bright and neon-like. I liked the tone of BC2's UI better. Plus the point popups are too flashy and obtrusive. Again, BC2's notifications were less in your face and thus better.

The map is terribad. Although the minimap is kinda OK, it's not detailed enough and it's ****ing useless when expanded. Another thing I liked better in BC2.

BTW getting a HD6950 tomorrow. I hope it's worth it (upgrading from GTX460)! :)

[Knightwolf20024]

just played a round of caspian border , all i gotta say is this finally feels like a battlefield game.

[Blackhearted]

Finally got to play a couple rounds, and while it wasn't bad and ran very well there was this annoying and quick little like... flicker of the whole screen that seems to happen at random.

[SimplySchizo]

So I finally got a chance to play C-Border... OMFG!!!

THIS is the Battlefield I know! It blew me away. It's far more than I expected it to be.

It's so weird the difference in feel is night and day between this map and Metro. It totally felt like a whole other game.

Wow guys. I had my doubts playing Metro and was honestly an inch away from giving up on this beta.

As was stated earlier, don't judge this game simply on that one Metro map.

It honestly doesn't do the game any justice. Frostbite has left me in complete awe of it's power.

I have a feeling those really enjoying Metro are in for one hell of a surprise.

[MillionVoltss]

Caspian and flickering is a problem, going to skip that map until its resolved.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

For those having flickering problems, in the past a few graphical settings were the cause for that in other games... Try playing with Shadows, the HBAO or whatever it is called, and possibly AA actually. Worth a shot.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

Just played the beta on the PS3. It's alright, although as others have mentioned it's a shame there isn't more of the Battlefield experience available yet (i.e. vehicles, maybe another map?).

The controls are a pain to get to grips with though. It's almost as if they've intentionally moved everything to show that they are not another FPS. As an example, why would you have R2 to pull out your knife? And why push in the joystick to crouch and go prone?