BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
On January 30th, 2012 in News
There have been many bits of information surrounding the upcoming Battlefield 3 patch, and we’ve taken to task to compile all the expected fixes and tweaks that DICE has confirmed will make their way into the new patch, which should be released in early February. The list of confirmed additions:
- Commo Rose 2.0: a complete overhaul of the “Q”-button communications interface, with new commands, voice overs, and more.
- Weapon specific accessory tweaks: accessories such as silencers, foregrips etc. will now be tweaked on a per weapon basis and not globally. All accessories are expected to be tweaked in this patch. For more, see a full list of accessory tweaks.
- A fix for MAV riding will be applied
- Random “Bad Luck” deaths will be fixed across all platforms.
- PlayStation 3 users will see a VOIP fix
- Drivers will now get 50 points for “vehicle assist kills”. Pilot assist points will be increased as well.
- Sniper rifles will get increased accuracy after aiming-down with Red Dot or Holo sights.
And a few unconfirmed patch notes, but issues/features that DICE are looking into:
- The USAS-12 with Frag rounds will be balanced (unconfirmed: DICE has said they are looking into it).
- The resupply speed on the M320 grenade launcher might get increased, according to DICE.
- Horn sounds will be added to Humvees and other transport vehicles.
- Fall damage is being looked into as well.
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Wow.. with this comment you’ve just received as much bad karma as you receive in Fallout 3 after detonating the nuclear bomb in Megaton.
what does “tbh” mean? it seems like it gets people mad haha
yeh lookind at the patch notes i thought id get as bas a feedback as dice, then apply to join them
what a load of crap they are
-_- why?
Haha you managed to get more thumbs down than there are comments.
hey… i’m blind or i don’t see in the list the update with ” God mod when you are respawning and when you are revived ” they said that this will be added in the next patch
i’m had enough of being revived and than killed again… 
please FIX this!!!
Respawning at your deployment base yes, as these should be safe zones which on many maps they sadly aren’t. But if you respawn or just spawn on a teammate in battle, no. If you are revived in battle oh well. War is hell.
There was a glitch where if you got revived in combat, you would become invincible for the rest of the match. I think they fixed that in the last update. Probably what they were talking about when they said the god mode thing.
Revive? you mean when an assault medic, revives you? Thats not Dice’s fault, your teammate has to ensure that when they revive your the current firefight isn’t gonna just rekill you before you fully take too it. As for if you simply respawn into death…a risk you run when you spawn on squadmates
Holy shit, this might only be the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve seen a comment “Hidden due to lowRated by other readers”. You’re close to 3x as many Dislikes as there are comments :S.
Horns on jeeps = one more thing for griefers to annoy you with as they’re trying to TK and run you over in spawn. You know the idiots I’m talking about, now its just going to be 24×7 horn griefing right next to people all round. Thanks DICE.
Then get out of your spawn you idiot, it’s YOU who’s standing there.
It seems tbh = To Be Hated
I think you’ll get more dislikes on this comment than Rebecca Black has on her videos.Just saying.
how do you manage to get 548 dislike holy shit lol
No mav riding?
I hope will be able to play on high WITH OUT crashing with:
HD Radeon 6770
athlon 2 ( 4 cores 3GHz each)
4 gb of ram
also cant wait
You havent got the game yet! Well , tbh we have had alot of innocent players banned. Sorry , those innocent players… Fuck those hackers…
What about the jets?? they promised us a long time ago
What’s wrong with the jets??
Joystick capability. coz It should be same like in BF2.
I fly jets in BF3 with a joystick…..
Do you mean the Javelin Tweak that was talked about? Did that happen in the end or did they figure they’d scrap it?
as far as I know they have not applied it nor is it in this list so not to say they won’t do anything about it but I wouldn’t be surprised if they leave it the way it is.
For the rest good patch although more problems still exist.
Yeah. What about jets? Make them faster and stronger
……STRONGER!?!… I hit a jet with an unguided tank shell and it DOESN’T take it out??? WTF??
anybody who hits an air vehicle with an unguided shell should be a ONE HIT KILL!! end of.
When I am in jet,and when I hit a jeep with guided missle, I only disable it. That’s lame dude!
just hit it again… its not like it’s hard to hit with a guided missile… Ibet you hit more jeeps with guided missiles, than I have jets with unguided tank shells..
Yeah, they should be faster, their minigun stronger and they shouldn’t be able to fly at those ridiculously low speeds. Would also be neat if they increased the map sizes so you don’t have to turn every other second to not get out of range.
He wants horns in the jets.
I want two pilot jet option.
They way I see it, if the jet/vehicle has more than one occupant so be it. Pilot controls jet flight, guns and air to air missiles. Copilot controls flares, air to ground missiles/bombs.
What do you people think? I want to roll Top Gun on these fools.
P.s. DICE should make it where vehicle ammunition should destroy infantry. That is all.
And play Highway to the Danger Zone at the same time
They really need to add a horn to the Humvees and other transport vehicles!
“Drivers will now get 50 points for “vehicle assist kills”. Pilot assist points will be increased as well.”
YES THANK YOU DICE I LOVE YOU !!
Too little too late.
They should fix the land vehicles. Cars always glitch. Hard to kill someone with them even if you hit them dead on.
They really need to ad horns like in GTA games.
Finally! HORNS TO JEEPS! Now, what about the retarded javlin locking onto jets bs… Also, sorry console gamers, you gotta wait till your overlords approve the patch.
They clearly didn’t confirm that. They said “maybe it will make it’s way in the future”
Weren’t you bashing consoles on the other post? *sigh*
Dude.. you fail so hard. You’ve picked a new name but kept the old gravatar. Stop trying to be an elitist.. I’m sick of people like you on the PC.
As a PC gamer, I must say something: Fuck off.
Let consolers enjoy their consoles and let PCers enjoy our PC’s, no need to argue…
Haha I own a 360 and I really want a PC because consoles always get fucked because of how old and outdated they are compared to gaming pcs
u go and get your pc and deal with all those hackers,and i’ll still deal with no team work,and just a bullshit game, but i cant tear my self away for long………damn!!!
It’s not the javelin that’s locking into the planes, it’s the SOFLAM that the javelin is piggybacking the signal lock from. My buddy and I do that a lot.
Hurrah for VOIP fix! Hopefully it is legit this time!!!
Maybe they’ll actually add legit VoIP to PC’s? One can dream, can’t they?!
Finally!! The USED BY NOOB -12 will be nerfed.It’s a shame that they won’t nerf the famas.
In BC2 we called it the U Suck At Shooting-12
Nerfing weapons is never the good choice. Dice tried to depict some of the guns better than the others because in real life every weapon acts differently, some are better, some are worse.
I agree, but neither is creating a weapon/ammo that requieres no skill what so ever and that can kill you from way far of a normal shotgun range.I guess the people that like the gun as it is, is probably the same people that want a 1 shoot kill with snipers, and think that the famas isn´t powerfull enough.
First off, I don’t like the usas 12 with frag round combo, especially on metro it’s so annoying. Other maps it is not that impacting, except some parts in grand bazaar. Also the famas is just like the f2000, spray and pray at close range but not that good >30m. Personally I would take the f2000 over the famas anytime. But said that, I would like to have at least one sniper rifle that can kill with one shot at CERTAIN CONDITIONS!. Shotguns do the same from point blank range and so should a .338 lapua round from the m98B at point blank to the face or upper torso area. leg/arms hits should do the damage they do now. But when you whack a high velocity round as that .338 lapua through someones chest it SHOULD be a one hit kill.
I don’t understand people like you. why don’t you want weapons to be powerful? Bullets are meant to kill people, why do you want to have to shoot someone six times in a game? I certainly think sniper rifles should be one hit kill to the torso or head. I think every other weapon should be a four hit kill max, taking into account body armour which might stop some rounds.Sniper rifles should have permanent 8x scopes for balance, and should be extremely unnacurate when not aiming down sights.
@Profaker
Demize argued on Twitter (and I think I agree with him) that the problem isn’t the FAMAS itself, it’s the foregrip on the FAMAS. It basically turns the weapon into a death laser at any range. I think the FAMAS is actually a big part of the reason why they’re now tweaking accessories on a per-weapon basis.
Define skill. What skill is there to point a mouse and shoot or use a controller to point and shoot?
You had me at hello but lost me at goodbye. I’m not a sniper and at times it gets annoying that 90% of the players on both sides of a conquest match are sniping nowhere where they can help their teams or getting killed by one isn’t frustrating when caught up in what your doing but to say people who want one shot snipers are in line with those who like their impossibly perfect Famas rifles and annoyingly lacking skill spamming USAS-12 frags are the same pack of players is dead wrong.
Just wanted to tell you that they are not the same thing. Snipers should be strong, but weapons in general should be, especially in hardcore if no where else.
Balancing weapons in a game isn’t easy and can easily, if not carefully done, cause the game to fall into game breaking slow decline.
I agree, but, big but, this isn’t a simulator.
I play hardcore for closer realism and I can’t even get that when weapons don’t kill in 1-3 shots. Sniper fire to the torso = game over but no. All weapons to the head should equal dead unless we are talking pistols from god knows how far away into a helmet etc.
Anyhow I want Hardcore to be dangerous because war is hell and bodies are mush.
DUDE??? DID YOU JUST ANSWER YOUR OWN POST???? WTF…. U R A LOSSSSSER!!!!!!
I can’t see any technical issues fix. What is stuttering on SLI configurations down to? Is it game, drivers or computers? Many people have the issue.
I don’t have any movement stuttering, but when I’m playing conquest the “flag ring completion” stutters like all hell. Updates maybe every two seconds. Doesn’t really bother me though.*
*Tri-SLI GTX 580, donno what anyone else is running…
Horn sounds will be added to Humvees and other transport vehicles.
Beep-Beep Beep, Ba-Beep Beep!
Tank cannon will also be removed in order to go “Beep beep beep beep”
Would be nice if they increased the damage of the choppers’s pilot’s rockets too. They are so underpowered it’s not even funny anymore
Nah, those are fine. If you can’t kill anything with them, then you are just doing it wrong.
U need 3 direct hits on a soldier to put him down. if it was less.. It would just be too easy for havoc and cobra guru.
Not the missles, the whole chopper has been nerfed so bad isnt even funny!
Then you need to learn to fly /shoot the thing. Gunner is main weapon in the chopper, the pilot needs 1. to fly good so gunner can shoot properly, 2. to take out damaged targets or supplement the gunner in attacking. That’s why the rockets don’t too much damage.
But most importantly he should keep the air clear from enemies.
Also its good to see a chopperpilot finally gets some real points for flying the transport choppers. It wasn’t a rewarding role up to now.
What should be fixed asap:
-HACKERS
-hitmarkers on equipment, especially the soflam.
-METRO CONQUEST, ADD A FUCKING FLAG!
-strike at karkand ADD THE TWO ORIGINAL FLAGS!
-VOIP ON PC
-RANDOM CRASHES
-HACKERS, DID I SAY HACKERS?
-Some extra vegetation on wake island
- add a standard rule to servers to autoban players getting >15 kills in 5 sec
-flickering graphics when looking through scope on long distances.
- option to raise aim on sniper rifles with rifle/sniper scopes so you can ‘zone in’ on a certain distance so when you aim on target you don’t need to aim down the mil dots. (optional but would make the game way more realistic sniperwise)
-thinner 12x scope crosshairs
-make the spawn map fullsized, or at least toggle between them
- make more increments or better increments in zooming, the first one is too close, the second one too far, the third one useless because of all the icons cluttering it. (use for the last one is in jets/choppers only so we don’t need ammo boxes etc.)
-lifetime ban for hackers
-bigger/adjustable size squads, I think on 64 player maps 4 man squads are a bit too small. Not a big deal but would be great to have as an option.
- fix AA rocket kills, I shot down quite a few jets and choppers but only 1(!) kill with stinger and 7 with igla due to I only get a disable and/or destroy vehicle and not the kill. Very very annoying and almost impossible to get the dogtags that way.
- zoom option on the stationary rockets as in bc2.
- stationary stinger sites as in bf2.
-please let me cook grenades!
- let smoke stay for a bit longer, now its like 5 seconds and its gone again. I think 7 seconds is better and makes it actually usefull.
- don’t know why there is single shot on an94, it is impossible for the real gun to do, due to mechanics. Why add that to the gun ingame where it is useless because of the dual shot burst that supposed to hit the same spot?
You sound like an idiot.
AN-94 cans shoot single shots IRL, you’re wrong there
Its just it makes more sense to shoot double
“- add a standard rule to servers to autoban players getting >15 kills in 5 sec”
I like the idea, but 15 kills in 5 seconds seems a little too…low? What I’m trying to say is, every once in a great while, completely legitimate players can get that insane 15+ kill streak in under 5 seconds. It is very well possible, it’s just a matter of having the right skill, and having that great opportunity which rarely comes along.
Of course something like that would definitely make hackers govern what they’re doing, but it would come at the cost of completely legitimate players being auto-banned after getting that once in a life time kill streak.
The USAS Better get patched! i mean….who let the LAV inside Op. Metro…..oh wait its a Frag Round Noob….any other shotty the frags are fine….just not the U Suck At Shooting….
Who let this Battlelog whiner into the BFBlog?
I think they need to get rid of the frag rounds for the USAS. It’s rediculous. You cannot find one match where someone isn’t using it with frag rounds. They ruin the game and almost makes it impossible to play when half the people on the enemy team are using it (especially on Metro). I mean honestly, do you really suck so much that you have to use a FULLY AUTOMATIC GRENADE LAUCHER to get kills!?! The USAS is the new IRNV of weapons (before the patch). Grow some balls and fight like men… with bullets, don’t spam explosive rounds.
So:
“The USAS-12 with Frag rounds will be balanced (unconfirmed: DICE has said they are looking into it).”
“The resupply speed on the M320 grenade launcher might get increased, according to DICE.”
That pretty much makes it a wash, no?
What about just scrapping the game, create a proper sequel and release it for free to everyone that trusted DICE with “Battlefield 3″.
No? I’m just gonna head over to Project 2042 again.
bye bye
YES! MaV Famas and Frag rounds… maybe I won’t buy MW3 afterall.
we all hate cod fans you fucked up are game everything was perfect until cod fans cried nerf this and that then go back and say buff this and that buy fucking mw3 and get the hell off bf3 so real bf3 players can have there game back
I hope they include some info on whether the Mobile AA is going to be nerfed or not… that thing is insane.
Im not shure if you noticed but the LAV-AD has a 25mm mini gun with 3,000 bullets per minute (50 bullets per minute). if anything they should boost it!
I ment (50 bullets per second)
Um ok? I never said it should be fixed, I’m just saying that maybe it’s an issue when someone gets close to 100 kills in the thing in a game of Rush….. in my opinion it’s already overpowered as is- why should it be boosted? I’m really curious now.
Why don’t you too get inside the thing and try 2 break a score????
Why y’all wants everything to be easy and always advantageous to yourself..
And when someone bring a challenge to you, ya start of crying instead of working ur damn brain to outcome da shii.. pfff noobs man
I don’t know whether to laugh at your comment or feel sorry for you, because I have absolutely no idea what you’re trying to say.
What I was trying to say is, I don’t find it an issue if someone get nearly a 100 kill whit the thing.. it just means that the guy is fucking beast at it and the other team is incredibly noob to let him reach such a score. How hard is it to have at least 4 guys targeting him whit a javelin??.. I know its a pain to get some communications goin but heyy I would text the mofos in cases like this
my point is I don’t agree whit you in the fact that is overpowered.. I think people should just use more teamwork when facing a challenge like this.. no need to punish the guy beasting..he deserve it lol.
* I know my grammar is shit..but that’s maybe because English is not my native language????? Regardless, a smart person would have easily understood.. No disrespect, have a great day
Haha alright now I gotchya.
No that’s cool, I get what you’re saying. And you’re right, it’s not overpowered unless used a certain way. I’m leaning more toward Rush on the map Noshahr Canals by the way. It’s just really annoying and plain stupid when you have a tank that can obliterate anything coming out of that carrier (playing defenders). Not to mention it can lock on to helicopters as soon as they get into the air from that range. There isn’t much of a challenge when the attackers can’t move up. I’m actually saying this from the perspective of a person who has gotten 70 kills just camping that spawn with the tank. So, all I’m saying is that something needs to be fixed, probably that first crate area.
Just remove the damn thing and put stationary Stinger points on some of the flags. And also, why is the Base AA not destructable. It’s only use is essentially to prevent baseraping, but its still freaking annoying when you’re flying to kill an enemy jet, he runs to his base and the damn AA n00b with 2/0 after 45 minutes of camping in the frickin thing kills you.
What about the FAMAS nerf?BTW good thing about NERFing the U SUCK AT SHOOTING ALL 12 YEAR OLDS GUN.Also, the accessory tweaks are bullshit.IMHO, in the next Battlefield the classes should be BC2 style, and you can choose your noobtube of choice,silencer or no silencer,laser sight or flashlight and optic of choice.Same goes for LMGs,except noobtube grip/bipod, and the list goes on and on…Make the Commo Rose have tons of options ’cause i missed “Enemy boat spotted x9999999″. About the horns:
“Beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeppppp!!!!!!!!!”
Is this for all platforms?
Did you not see commo rose??? *HINT HINT* *its only for pc*
“Random “Bad Luck” deaths will be fixed across all platforms.”
*HINT* *HINT* You FAIL!
Yeah, cause PC totally needs the PS3 VoIP Fix.
Its a PC/PS3/X360 Patch, don’t even need confirmation for it. Last Patch was BtK’s Patch in early December IIRC.
What do you mean abour MAV riding?
Are they gonna make it easier or impossible?
They’re going to make it impossible.
What abaut freeze and stutter?
sweeeeettt
Sigh… STILL NO VOIP FOR PC. Battlelog VOIP is a great solution for something like an established clan, but the way the game works for the majority of people is almost anti-communicative for PC users. It prevents people from establishing friendships and certainly destroys the ability to work as a team. I don’t mind if they wait until they can execute it well, but some official feedback from DICE would be incredible. Has anyone heard any news on in-game VOIP for PC?????
I’ll more than likely sell my Origin account with BF3, B2K and never buy a Battlefield game again. Just took it for granted that it would be added, that time constraints at launch or some other issue was keeping it out of the product.
Now that it seems they have no intention of including it I am done.
^^This!!! If only I could upvote you a few more times. Come on DICE!!!
Hey James/Toshiro/whoever might know:
Just out of curiosity, where are you getting the info that the patch is hitting early February? And is it supposed to be an all-platform release, or will it be PC first again?
Developer Twittered that either the PS3 VoIP Fix Patch or the Commo Rose 2.0 Patch would be in February. We’re assuming it’ll be the same one.
The Patch is launched at the same time for all 3 Platforms. Microsoft and Sony cockblock it with their approval process which takes 1-2 weeks usually, so the PC ends up getting it first because it doesn’t have that step. So yes, PC will most likely end up getting it before the other 2 Platforms again.
Cool, that’s good to know. I was just curious if they were waiting to push the PC patch until after the console certification, some developers do that.
Thanks for the info!
Remember when they said there were going to come up with ideas for aircraft to be a bigger factor against infantry? They said this a long time ago and i feel like they forgot about it.
In my opinion, keyword *opinion*, aircraft already have a big advantage over infantry.
“But that isn’t true!”
Have you ever played a round with a enemy helicopter pilot with an amazing gunner that work together? Anyone on my team who has the balls to outside is greeted with a friendly face full of explosive shells. Or look at the little bird. Last night I got literally 39 kills and 0 deaths in rush because I stole their teams little bird when they unsuccessfully crashed it. I lasted so long because it’s extremely easy to dodge stinger missiles in a little bird.
I’m not saying air vehicles are over powered, I’m just saying that they already have a big advantage over infantry.
I think that he mainly means jets. There’s no doubt that helicopters are effective against infantry, but jets don’t do anything. I’ve never once been killed by a jet when I was on the ground.
I agree. In BF2 you at least had bombs to take out infantry, but in BF3 all you really have is your primary weapon. The only time I seem to get killed by jets is when I’m in ground vehicles. It’s possible to take out ground infantry that aren’t in vehicles of course, but difficult to do so from what I noticed.
I do not agree… I don’t think Jets should be an infantry rape machine.
Now if they were to mix the frog/a10 into conquest mode, that would be a nice mix up.
I like the fact that jets are only effective against air and ground assets. They are VERY effective. I do not think there is a need to also make them effective against infantry too… unless they give up something else (like no after burner etc)
Yea every time I am on a jet i feel so useless against infantry, I try so hard to gun them down or shoot un-guided missile at them and all i get is hit marks but they never die. I mean cmon in Hardcore they should atleast die. I feel like the RPG is stronger then the missle i have on the Jets
How about they did like in bfbc2?… An option for native language…
THey do as long as you speak english or Russian
Am i the only one who thinks that the FAMAS is a fail piece of metal?
That thing is just horrible to play with imo.