official Battlefield 3

[TeeeJaay]

So I have to unlock every attachment, on every gun, for each faction?

guns are not faction specific except the starter ones (but can be gotten anyways), attachments though are gun specific (eg: red dot for gun A is different for red dot for gun B)

[Shaun N.]

Is it only me that doesn't like the feel of it? Don't get me wrong, It looks great! but it doesn't feel too good. I guess I would have to get used to it. I'm a regular player to BF2 and BFBC2

[trag3dy]

I don't know, I think it feels pretty similar to BC2 as far as movement is concerned. The guns have way more recoil which I like.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I don't know, I think it feels pretty similar to BC2 as far as movement is concerned. The guns have way more recoil which I like.

Agreed. The higher recoil is balanced by the higher damage. Some guns need to be rebalanced immediately though (like the M4A1 and UMP-45).

[trag3dy]

Nooo don't touch the death ray UMP-45.

[Vandalsquad]

1920x1080 Everything on Ultra and 4xAA, awesome. Wish I could get into one of the other servers besides Metro. Just doesn't feel like battlefield yet.

[Matthew S.]

I like it!

If anyone wants to play my 360 GT and Origin ID is FusionOpz

[Lexcyn]

I couldn't get into any Caspian servers last night .. they were all packed. GG open beta. :(

[SimplySchizo]

Well, Caspian Border servers have officially been shut down throughout the rest of the beta period.

Can't say I'm that looking forward to jumping back into Metro.

It´s been 3 days full of win! Thank you everyone who participated in testing Caspian Border with us during the Open Beta. We of course cherish and appreciate the time you have put into supplying is with good feedback. We will of course read it through and discuss it internally.

Testing has now been completed and we are shutting down the Caspian Border servers.

-zh1nt0

[Lexcyn]

Well, Caspian Border servers have officially been shut down throughout the rest of the beta period.

Can't say I'm that looking forward to jumping back into Metro.

Wooow ... well I am officially done with this Beta then. Metro is such a buggy POS.

[Kerm]

Is the open beta...open? Because it's not letting me sign in for it.

[SimplySchizo]

Wooow ... well I am officially done with this Beta then. Metro is such a buggy POS.

Well, on the bright side;

- Terrain destruction disabled, because it causes problems with people crawling around under the map. We have a proper fix for this in the retail game, but chose to simply disable it for the OB

- Preround is fully activated: 8 players required to transition from preround to in-game; when 8 players are reached, the start-timer is set to 10 seconds

- Fixes for the most common game server crashes reported over the past 48 hours

- Fixes for end-of-round progress reporting to Battlelog (so players will see their progress more detailed on Battlelog)

That should at least should keep us from sinking into Metro quicksand.

[Lexcyn]

Well, on the bright side;

That should at least should keep us from sinking into Metro quicksand.

OK well that's good ... I hated the quicksand thing. Especially since a few maps I have joined had an enemy sink under the capture point and was killing people from underground if you attempted to capture.

The problem I see is the fact they are using a really old build of the game for this "beta" when they have a much newer one for the retail game. I kind of know why they did this (easier to release since it already only contained 2 maps) but still, knowing they have a much less buggier version is kind of lame ... so we are basically beta testing a version that has already had the majority of bugs fixed, aside from server issues.

[Rooster69]

i would like to know what graphic cards people are using (PC Users) and what settings your running on BF3, i have a 5850 and its struggling to run it even on low settings :|

I run a 5850 Black edition and it runs silky smooth on all high settings 1920 x 1200. I am using the beta drivers. Also, i7 920, 6GB Ram Win 7 64

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I wouldn't be surprised if that "special" driver was actually the issue honestly. As the entire 280 series has been crap.

Special drivers worked like a charm for me, and I was skeptical too as this series has not been the best indeed, but these drivers helped tremendously for me.

And while this is what makes PC gaming glorious, it is also the not so fun part of PC gaming. There are so many different combinations of hardware it is really hard to say for sure what ultimately is the issue.

And damn, just read about the Caspian servers being shut down, that officially ends my time with the Beta more or less. Oh well, never even got to check it out. Although from what I read, I was not missing much.

[Alladaskill17]

Those of you playing engineer what do you find to be the best setup in the BETA thus far? If it differs from Metro and Caspian Border please differentiate. I have only achieved level 4 in my games, seeing as I've only had a little time to play and the servers keep dropping. Anyways, playing on Xbox 360 if that matters.

[Rooster69]

Started having ROD last night (red screen of death) Will be playing and the whole computer freezes with a red screen and I can do nothing. Not sure what happened, everything worked fine the first day. Anyone else?

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Those of you playing engineer what do you find to be the best setup in the BETA thus far? If it differs from Metro and Caspian Border please differentiate. I have only achieved level 4 in my games, seeing as I've only had a little time to play and the servers keep dropping. Anyways, playing on Xbox 360 if that matters.

You are not going to be able to play Caspian Border on the 360 regardless, and someone posted a few pages back they are done with it as a map on the PC Beta as well, so you are going to have to stick to Metro, and honestly since there are no vehicles on Metro, not sure what the Engineer can be repairing since there are no vehicles.

Started having ROD last night (red screen of death) Will be playing and the whole computer freezes with a red screen and I can do nothing. Not sure what happened, everything worked fine the first day. Anyone else?

Red Screen of Death on your PC? Do you mean Blue Screen? Or Red Rings Of Death on the 360?

[killmaster84]

You are not going to be able to play Caspian Border on the 360 regardless, and someone posted a few pages back they are done with it as a map on the PC Beta as well, so you are going to have to stick to Metro, and honestly since there are no vehicles on Metro, not sure what the Engineer can be repairing since there are no vehicles.

The rockets can clear out enemies hiding around the corner at times.

[Alladaskill17]

You are not going to be able to play Caspian Border on the 360 regardless, and someone posted a few pages back they are done with it as a map on the PC Beta as well, so you are going to have to stick to Metro, and honestly since there are no vehicles on Metro, not sure what the Engineer can be repairing since there are no vehicles.

Red Screen of Death on your PC? Do you mean Blue Screen? Or Red Rings Of Death on the 360?

I was asking about weapon/attachment choices. Also, I know that I cannot play Caspian Border that is why I was asking. On Metro I have been holding onto the rockets for now just to clear people sniping upon entering the tunnels. I just wanted to get a feel for what other engineers have been using, regardless of map and platform (since I am limited to just metro).

Started having ROD last night (red screen of death) Will be playing and the whole computer freezes with a red screen and I can do nothing. Not sure what happened, everything worked fine the first day. Anyone else?

You must mean BSOD? Even though your screen is red that is default 'oh **** its fried" for PCs. ROD normally stands for Red Rings of Death and is associated with an Xbox 360.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Bloody hell PKP with Cobra Red Dot, Grip and Flashlight is amazing rips through enemies like they arent even there just had an amazing round with it.

[Dusco25]

Game has been running so so here till today I sometimes have a really dark tent to the game after re-spawning

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

The rockets can clear out enemies hiding around the corner at times.

I was asking about weapon/attachment choices. Also, I know that I cannot play Caspian Border that is why I was asking. On Metro I have been holding onto the rockets for now just to clear people sniping upon entering the tunnels. I just wanted to get a feel for what other engineers have been using, regardless of map and platform (since I am limited to just metro).

Makes sense about the rockets, and smart actually. I guess I just automatically assume engineer=vehicles.

And okay cool, I thought you were asking in anticipation of hoping to play Caspian border, so just wanted to let you know it unfortunately was not an option on the 360.

I am actually going to try and check it out on the 360 right now although PC is going to be the platform I play it on, figure why not give it a whirl and see what is up.

[rajputwarrior]

so has this beta changed your mind about buying it not buying it?

i was on the not buying it side and definitely still am...

[SMELTN]

Honestly at this point, I am holding off on it.. Will have to see how things improve.