BF3 Update Dec 6th

EA is saying the game will be updated tomorrow or next week I'm not sure.

We will release an update to the PC version of BF3 on Dec 6th -- that is, Tuesday morning around 8AM GMT next week. This coincides with an upgrade of many of our central systems which will be down for some hours starting around that time.

This was posted 11 hours ago and no one has edited it yet however. I didn't read through all 90+ pages of responses to see if there was a comment buried in there somewhere though.

Anyhow, lots of bug fixes and tweaks coming soon.


http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/...6450221/1/true/

Read through it and a lot of little fixed,
Tanks spawning 3' above ground and dropping in causing them to explode.
The spawn screen bug
kill cams now not showing when turned off.
can revive a player when enemy is dead on top of them....

lots of stuff like that

Also damage/speed/damage over distance/ tweaks for all weapon types not just rifles but tanks, copters jets....

There was an update released this morning. Not sure how big it was but it took quite awhile to download. Not clear if it included the Karkand Expansion maps or not at this point.

Shouldnt have the maps in there as that will be the 13th for PC/Xbox peeps.

Only thing I noticed that is discernibly different (to me - like I know the game well....) is in a vehicle - when killed the front of the vehicle rotates up at a 45 deg angle from the rear and slams back down and explodes..... with a drawing of the vehicle still on the ground so for a second two you see 2 vehicles now.

On full health and another exploding, hinging from the rear lifting off from the front at a 45 deg angle. When the front lands back on the ground the every thing blows up and you go to the spawn menu.

meh.


I wish the guns sounded different. I thought they put a lot of work in to recording gun sounds and audio..... they all sound the same to me.

again, meh.

Sarge wrote:There was an update released this morning. Not sure how big it was but it took quite awhile to download. Not clear if it included the Karkand Expansion maps or not at this point.

In the browser for games it now has Karkand maps available for selection, but not active yet.

Duck wrote:In the browser for games it now has Karkand maps available for selection, but not active yet.

Yeah, all of the battlelog/webapp stuff has to have the maps in there for the PS3 players that are playing them right now.

You would think that they would not have those in the map selection though as that is only used for the PC version. But I assume they have it setup to pull the maps from a table and display whatever is in there... Maybe? Dunno... Back to work with me!

Duck,

Get better headphones. 😛

Patch is 3.9GB.

Another fun bit is that the COOP weapon unlock requirements have been severely decreased, as in I have ALL of the COOP unlocks now, and I bet Sarge does as well. Check out that K2000? yet?

Saw yuor post on the Platoon wall - about CO-OP
What is it (Like L4D2 co-op?) only a small group playing against bots?

I take it co-op weapons do not transfer over to multiplayer?

May be a cool thing to do some night as I get so fugiing SICK of spawn camping killers already....

This guy in an M1A2 Abrams killed me so many times I left the server.... his dog tags had him with 1,979 Tank kills.

How is that fun?

Same server - a squad got behind our uncap and just spawn killed - automated admin so no one did anything about it with the Abrams on the road leadingin to the uncap killing us at the other end.

How is that fun?

Duck wrote:Saw yuor post on the Platoon wall - about CO-OP
What is it (Like L4D2 co-op?) only a small group playing against bots?

I take it co-op weapons do not transfer over to multiplayer?

CO-Op = a team of two against a massive horde of guys, depending on the mission.
First mission is the one from the trailer, you and your friend vs a bunch of guys.
Second is one I affectionately call the Helo Trainer, as it is you and a partner learning how to fly a helo and gun from one.
Then is a sniper style mission with sneaking available.
Then a half sniper half just blow everything up autogun style
The last two I haven't played yet, but would like to get to before monday as that is when the new ones are released.

All the COOP weapons are unlocked in multiplayer, they are available in different missions as options. The M39? that I am looking at was available to switch to on the first mission and thats when I fell in love with it, made my recon more assault capable.

Other fun weapons include the G3 and an autopistol [or at least 3-rnd burst] as well as a few other things. They are probably the very last weapon blocks in your weapons and equipment tabs, unless you have played a round of coop before.

Assignments are explained here.



Basically they are additional unlock tasks to get the new weapons & vehicles. Some[all?] can be done in any map. One is 'Make it Rain' which requires you to kill two with mortars and 100 with light machine guns. Sounds like fun.

CO-OP does look cool - does it use a local type server - where one of you is running the game and not having to attach to the great unwashed?

CO-OP is the only thing I have left to do to unlock any weapons... Have not looked at it yet, but want to...

Duck wrote:CO-OP does look cool - does it use a local type server - where one of you is running the game and not having to attach to the great unwashed?

Unknown, could do though most of the time I have to use the puubic matchmaking service so have to wait for that. When it was just me and Sarge it went quite a bit faster.

Once you start a game with someone you are in your own personal lobby for other COOP games, you don't have to leave the event list at any time.

Just making sure I get this, the game is SUPPOSE to be FUN right?

Yes?

On the COOP part, if you invite a friend than there is a part where the inviter starts a COOP Host, ie no public server. With one playthru of all of the COOP mission you will unlock a majority of the unlocks, between two and three playthrus for the Star. Though I have no clue what the star unlocks.

If you ever see me on and active then I will probably be up for some COOP.

Yah I think I'm going to set aside the multiplayer for a little bit - will hit you or Sarge or ..... up o try CO-OP, just running around the with the great unwashed is starting to make me bitch.