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Title: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: AJ Collins on September 28, 2011, 07:32:48 PM
Heads up guys, the Battlefield 3 public beta launches tomorrow. Anyone can join in. I've been playing the beta the past few days. The map that the beta comes with is absolute shit imo. It's basically just a Bad Company map. Caspian Border on the other hand, a map that's locked away behind no-so-secret passworded servers, is amazing.  It feels almost like I'm playing BF2 with an amazing graphics overhaul. DICE made a stupid decision not making this the actual beta map.

tl;dr:
BF3 is amazing, just don't mind the shit default map DICE chose because it's not a true representation of the game.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/ (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/)
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Herb on September 28, 2011, 07:46:00 PM
From what I've watched the map looks fairly balanced. Gonna download it for my 360 tomorrow after work.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: VaNilla on September 28, 2011, 08:18:43 PM
Played both maps and I love the game it's awesome :D. The only thing is that right now it's very buggy, it's got no ingame server browser and there needs to be some extra balancing towards attackers when playing the rush. It's an improvement on the alpha but not by much as far as balance goes. The current password for capsian border is 'Appletini'.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Beat on September 28, 2011, 08:26:17 PM
I don't really think Caspian Border as the default beta map would have been a great choice, in fact I won't play it. Because that'd literally spoil the game's awesomeness but with bugs, which would make me very upset. I already played the Operation Metro map in the Alpha and I think its awesome but like AJ says, its almost a BC2 map but it being like that actually makes it better for me because I'm a huge BC2 fan, anywho I hope they fixed the alpha issues and improved performance (which was good already but better is.. well its better  :lol:).
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Kingalmighty on September 28, 2011, 09:00:22 PM
open for pc i hope :( its not letting my account sign in
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: math22 on September 29, 2011, 12:10:00 PM
do you know if theres a beta for ps3? i know theres one for 360 but ps3...  :unsure:
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Rainbow on September 29, 2011, 12:16:38 PM
Just played a few matches, but I still need a cable to play xbox on my PC screen. My TV is absolute shit  :lol: Love the map though (metro)
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: AJ Collins on September 29, 2011, 01:14:57 PM
Two new passwords:
videokilledtheradiostar
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Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Simon on September 29, 2011, 01:32:47 PM
I'm kind of liking this, got a 7 killstreak with a shotgun while defending a bomb :3
Trying to get to play the second map but all the fucking servers are full.

E: Also, I get why people like this with team. You can pretty much dominate if your whole team is a bunch of your friends who know how to play the game. But when playing with randoms I feel it's kind of slow, but it's A LOT faster than bad company 2. It's a good improvement :)
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Davve on September 29, 2011, 01:33:46 PM
I only tested it to see how it would run on my computer because I want to have a real releaseparty when I get it. I maxed it out completely with 30 - 50 fps.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Dom on September 29, 2011, 10:56:00 PM
lagging like hell even on lowest settings.. fuck it, I don't have money for new PC -_____-
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Davve on September 29, 2011, 11:02:22 PM
lagging like hell even on lowest settings.. fuck it, I don't have money for new PC -_____-
Have you got a PS3 or XBOX?
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: math22 on September 30, 2011, 05:39:58 AM
theres a beta for ps3 and i played it yesterday! it was epic.. kinda lame that theres only one map!
my best game: 33 kills - 11 death   :happy:
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Dom on September 30, 2011, 08:54:47 AM
lagging like hell even on lowest settings.. fuck it, I don't have money for new PC -_____-
Have you got a PS3 or XBOX?
if I had, I wouldn't post this, so no, I don't have a console, nor money for it
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: 灰野 敬二 on September 30, 2011, 09:28:13 AM
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Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Genyus on September 30, 2011, 10:39:59 AM
It's great, loving it so far. There is the often buggy part now and then but I have good faith it will be fixed by DICE. Can't wait to play a bigger map than Metro though, but this'll satisfy me till the release.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Davve on September 30, 2011, 11:08:43 AM
It's great, loving it so far. There is the often buggy part now and then but I have good faith it will be fixed by DICE. Can't wait to play a bigger map than Metro though, but this'll satisfy me till the release.
I agree about the bugs but I guess seeing bugs in a beta is a good thing since they'll fix it alot faster. About the maps... Wake Island, Strike at the ol'e Kark'... Battlefield 2 memories... :wub:
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Basium_ on September 30, 2011, 12:28:48 PM
Never tested it therefore Bad company 2 was much better than this.  :P
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Beat on September 30, 2011, 04:39:15 PM
Pfft I can't help it, need to try Caspian Border.........

Current password please?

Edit: Never mind, just noticed they shut em down.

Bad company 2 was much better than this.  :P

No
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Simon on October 01, 2011, 05:04:03 AM
Just got the bolt action sniper, loving it so far :3
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: TheGT4sm on October 02, 2011, 10:04:37 AM
Just tried the beta for about 10 minutes. Had very low expectations, and it turned out even worse than I expected.
I guess Battlefield is just not the kind of game for me. Hated BC2 as well.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Sava on October 02, 2011, 12:31:13 PM
Wanted to play Caspian Border so bad :(

I'm in love with the beta , preordered the game like 15 minutes ago :a-cheer:
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Bixel on October 02, 2011, 12:52:08 PM
I honestly expected more from bf3... i know its just a beta but still dissapoiting  :(
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Simon on October 02, 2011, 02:03:13 PM
just got 12 - 4, I'm totally stoked  :cheernutz: Never played battlefield before some days ago, bought bad company 2, and I pretty much hated it, so Slow fucking homo spawn killing with a chopper and all that shit. ( I played it again with some people and it was more fun then. So bc2 is a team game) But BF3 is more one player friendly (at least this map) I like that it's fast paced and pretty balanced (I know it's the beta)
I'm totally gonna get this, probably pre-ordering it just so I can get it pretty early :3
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Hoff on October 07, 2011, 12:14:02 PM
Caspian border servers are up during this weekend, but beware - the majority of the gamers experience HORRIBLE lag, rubberbanding and glitches that completely takes the Battlefield feeling away. I will definitely buy BF3, but I must say I expected way more... (Yes, I know it's a beta and that they always are glitchy)
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: VaNilla on October 07, 2011, 12:20:48 PM
I played it and most of the people who played it haven't experienced lag from what I can tell, but yeah the game in Rush was buggy as hell until they fixed the biggest issues. It's more or less fine now, although still buggier than I'd expect for a beta, feels close to what the alpha felt like.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Genyus on October 07, 2011, 12:22:37 PM
The lag issues are because the Beta is mostly used to fix any server/connection issues. They are still trying to fix the netcode and they use the Beta to figure out what to improve.

As for Caspian Border related issues, it's because basically every BF3 player is trying to get into one of those servers now even if they are full. Spamming the connect button causes overload trouble, hence the lag. DICE promised more and more servers that play Caspian Border to come online during the weekend, so I guess by Sunday most lag issues will be resolved.
Title: Re: Battlefield 3 Beta
Post by: Simon on October 07, 2011, 05:41:24 PM
I had some lag issues at first but, like the 4th server I joined was ok. The only fucking problem was that 60% of my team is just standing there waiting for jets so I have to spawn all the way back there because I can't capture any objectives because my team either lays on top of the hill sniping or waits for jets. It's really annoying.

And that map was huge, I hope it's the biggest one. It was good for a sniper map, but I can't see myself running around with an automatic and getting a good score. Because I suck at the game obviously, but oh well  :happy:
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