BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
On February 11th, 2012 in News
The recent PlayStation 3 Battlefield 3 patch fixed an annoying VOIP issue, but PS3 owners are still complaining about something a lot more serious: some players are experiencing input lag issues, where the actions on screen lag behind controller input. Considering that Battlefield 3 is a fast paced shooter, input lag is a big concern. When asked on Twitter, DICE’s Daniel Matros said they were still working on it, but offered no time frame on when the issue will be fixed.
DICE plans to release a big Battlefield 3 patch across all platforms in February, we have some details on what the patch will include, but a release date is still pending.
All these bugs. I wonder if two months of extra development time could’ve prevented all of this.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE THIS GAME, but al lot of things need to be fixed. I play a lot of Conquest on PS3.
My main problems:
-Flashlights (reduce it a bit).
-Frag rounds (should be banned).
-Choppers: Make the Mi-28 turn as fast as the AH-1 Super Cobra
-Give us the full Damavand Peak on Conquest, Basejumping is so awesome.
And on a side-note: How the fuck are there 70+ level guys running around on PS3. Either they are really godlike or they have used the EOD bot bug and were never discovered by DICE.
Hey I’m level 72 and I never cheated.
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wheres the frickin dlc
I know right! To me it seems like they are just putting a whole bunch of crap so we would “forget” about the DLC and this is a whole cover up. DICE, come on. You guys got 20+ awards for being the “best” game. Show us you are the best game because lately DICE, you HAVEN’T shown us. Fix the bugs, glitches, hacks/mods, and for console players (me) make the players in a match 40 players and if you can higher… But once more, Where’s the DLC? Beat your competition DICE because it seems like the competition is beating you.
Dice is running strait in the ground…now even concidering the DLC subscription,yet game made for kids (hard to kill&die… don’t know by my self which is harder hardcore or “softcore”…). Completly wrong turn… Ah and the massive DLC and great fixes we all have seen til now…thx but no thx Dice just saw my last dime on BF3…my confidence in Dice games is gone here for good!
Look Dice is not going to make it 24+ unless you wan’t them to drop off destruction and vehicles, then it isn’t a Battlefield game.
they already had the event in new york thry didnt state anything about bf3 all they did was anounce medal of honor 2 and some news on mass effect 3 we got craped on by EA once again
From the article, “Considering that Battlefield 3 is a fast paced shooter…”
And therein lies the answer to why BF3 doesn’t hold a candle to previous BF games. Toss strategy and teamwork out the window. Lone wolfs rule with mindless fast pace to high reward run and gun.
@ Liar
Completely agreed.
I’m starting to really miss BF2, where their was always teamwork where ever you went. DICE said they felt that they met all of their expectations with the release of BF3…teamwork must of not been one of them.
It feels like in their conquest to be the “CoD killer” they sacrificed one colossal element in the Battlefield series; teamwork. The game series that was once glorified for it’s teamwork and strategy turned into a run and gun CoD cross over. And when they decided to make it appeal to CoD players, the only way to do is it to make it have some form of a CoD element to it.
Yeah, I miss BF2 SOOO much these days. I’m tempted to go buy it again. I’m just worried about the number of active servers and hackers. I have no clue what condition the game is in. If anyone knows and isn’t just guessing, let me know please.
I think the only way BF3 at this point can really salvage itself is if it announces a xpac of some sort, not just some small DLC, that adds in big squads and maps designed for squad play, with perhaps a commander feature and added communication. Anything to discourage lone wolfs. Heck, build in a proximity “buff” for squads, or on the flip side a penalty for being too far away from your squad. Make it so only a few people can be true “lone wolfs” and they have to apply for it each round. Make limits on the number of available sniper spots if needed etc….
At this point there’s just too much reward for mindless and selfish playstyles. that’s why I won’t play some maps at all anymore, and why I’m missing, as you say, BF2 so much these days.
One thing I’ll say. With DICE choosing to take on COD directly, it opens up the door for some other company to come in and make a true sequel to BF2′s awesome squad play.
I hope either DICE gets their act together or some other company pounces on this opportunity. Long live squad play!
@Liar
I share your opinion, but if they ever think about bigger squads and improved squad play, it should be FREE. Nothing else. It should come with a patch and free of charge.
I’m sick of modern gaming! Every fucking gun that gets added afterwards costs something,.. I could buy every DLC, but IHMO it’s a waste of money which I can spend on way better things than a game.
And I don’t know why but since BF2142 the level design quality seems to decrease (not talking about BC, the maps are fine for those games). Most annoying thing is this constant feeling of being chased by the enemy because the flags are so close to each other.
And the squad-/teamplay in BF2 worked good because DICE forced the player to use teamwork.. which IMO is way better than giving the player the choice to be a lonewolf or not. (Most of the people would choose lonewolf simply because it’s more rewarding.)
Oh and last time I’ve played BF2 there were plenty of servers with a lot of people playing (for a game from 2006). Hackers? Haven’t seen any, but I can say the same about my BF3 experience, I choose my servers and play a bit on them to see if there are active admins and as good as possible anti-cheat protection.
Battlefield 2 is still up and running. There are enough Gameservers and Players to enjoy the game 24/7. There are much less hackers than in Battlefeld 3. I mean BY FAR. In BF3 I can find a hacker every single day playing this game. In 200 hours playing Battlefield 2 I saw just one Aimbot User. So if you want to get in BF2 don’t hesitate and get the game!
And you’re right. BF3 is much more Running and Gunning in comparison to BF2. Just imagine the way you shoot in both games: When you’ll set up a shoot in Bf2, you have to stand still or go crouch/prone because of the accuracy. Especially with an LMG like the PKM which is best fired in proned position. In BF3 you can just run and strafe while shooting if the opponent is about 10-20 meters away. Or you start shooting and ran your enemy over while shooting – even with the big LMG’s. The weapon-usability in BF3 is really “casualized”, like it is in CoD. I think, it’s OK and i love Battlefield 3 as a game, but i understand everyone who complains about that facts and wants to get back to Battlefield 2. The best you can do: just play BF2.
Thanks for the info. It’s tempting then to go pick up BF2 again. I’ll have to consider it.
@reborn. I agree; it should be free of charge. After all it’s DICE who screwed up. No reason for us to pay for what is realistically an in-game fix.
Modern game models do suck. Microtransactions, online subscriptions, pay for play/upgrades…. yuck.
Now if only I can convince a few friends that BF2 is still worth the price. See I ruined my gaming cred when I said BF3 would be this awesome team-based FPS that did away with mindless action.
I’ve convinced a friend to go download BF2, so, I’m thinking I may make the switch back to the glory days. Unless somehow DICE announces something in the next day or two that blows my mind.
Man. This is just like politics. Battlefield is the world. The players are the people. The problems in this game is the economy, world crisis, etc., DICE is the president… EA is the government.
Picture reaction: dafuq?
The PS3 is a grill? I’ve been using it wrong this whole time…
Yep I use an pc for gaming and a ps3 for cooking delicious buffalo steaks. seriously though I feel sorry for the ps3 gamer’s with all the errors hope dice gets it fixed soon.
but PStrips got no gaems?
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We need the patch for all platforms Dice common now! =)
come on*
com·mon
adjective
1.
belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property; common interests.
2.
pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture; public: a common language or history; a common water-supply system.
3.
joint; united: a common defense.
4.
widespread; general; ordinary: common knowledge.
5.
of frequent occurrence; usual; familiar: a common event; a common mistake.
(dictionary.com)
We all know what he was trying to say. Some people like to use slang in substitution of a normal word, so was that post really necessary?
go back to school if u like languages so much :>
Fucking nerds.
Congratulations, you impressed NO ONE
He impressed me. He’s just trying to help a guy out so he doesn’t go and look like an idiot. Kind of like when people say “clips” when they should really be saying “magazines”.
Taking grammar nazism to a whole new (and not at all funny or impressive) level.
He was using “common” in a colloquial way i.e. informal or spoken-worded.
Let me remind you of something: you are no English genius. Don’t go criticising others if you’ve posted comments like this,
“I wish they would report their report system. It would be nice to be able to include video recorded of hackers to aid in the banning of these people.”
Hmm… I’m sorry, ‘report their report system’? What exactly does that mean? Perhaps you meant ‘review their report system’.
What about ‘include video recorded of hackers’? Shall I get out my trusty Dictionary(.com) to clarify?
Grammar fail, buddy.
English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Arrogant prick. Your probably one of these lone wolves
i’m guessing you spent somewhere from 10-20 minutes making that completely pointless post. +1 on a life, huh?
I doubt you know english any better than he does.All you grammar Nazi’s do is Wikipedia browsing in another tab.
Will you guys be patching or thinking of patching The MAV Roadkill? Its really annoying when people use it wrong and use it to roadkill instead of spotting…..I know there are ways to counter it but its actually hard to shoot it with a LMG at even close range!!! Not to mention that its hard to shoot it down with a stinger…
And even when its shot down the recon player can still get another ‘Flying Toaster’ in just a matter of seconds by standing on a ammo box…
Conclusion: PLease Patch MAv roadkill…Recons fags are using it wrong and its bloody annoying
Also The USAS-12 frag rounds? I dont know but that shits Kinda OP also
Will you guys be patching or thinking of patching The MAV Roadkill? Its really annoying when people use it wrong and use it to roadkill instead of spotting…..I know there are ways to counter it but its actually hard to shoot it with a LMG at even close range!!! Not to mention that its hard to shoot it down with a stinger…
And even when its shot down the recon player can still get another ‘Flying Toaster’ in just a matter of seconds by standing on a ammo box…
Conclusion: PLease Patch MAv roadkill…Recons A** holes are using it wrong and its Fu***** annoying
Also The USAS-12 frag rounds? I dont know but that shits Kinda OP also
Just shoot the damn thing down.
Oh it’s hard to shoot down ? Practice then.
It can be difficult to micro aim with the input lag issue. -_-
I do agree the MAV shouldn’t roadkill, but it’s really the only useful Recon equipment. I mean, SOFLAM, but hardly anyone actually shoots the things down, and motion sensor only helps if you’re staying in one spot for a while, the MAV can spot things, but you can do that just as easily on foot, and jamming equipment isn’t really all that special. I miss C4 on Recon kit.
Frag rounds shouldn’t exist at all. Garbage OP. It’s like walking around with an auto-rpg. No aiming required, just shoot in a general direction and someone will die. I tried it once cause it sounded like fun.
It’s not. It’s boring. It’s like beating up on a dps dummy for an hour and then bragging about total dmg done on recount.
It’s actually the weakest shell. Slow rate of fire, weak direct damage, with some suppression damage added in. Only reason people think it’s OP is because the USAS-12 does not have the slower ROF from using it, which is being addressed in a later patch. If anything, you’re probably more garbage than the weapon you complain about. Go back to Battlelog forums.
You must be new here, even on the 870 its a one-shot kill with frags, its OP, deal with it, it needs to be patched no matter what.
The usas with frag rounds is in fact not one shot kill. It’s already been nerfed in the recent patch and after my 50 or so hours after said patch I haven’t seen a single person pick up an usas with frag rounds.
I’ve used it myself a few times as pre-patch the thing was awesome at everything, it killed snipers, it cleared everything up close and far away.
After the patch, not so much. I’ve tried it a few more times but it doesn’t take long before I switch to another weapon. Usas with flechete or slugs is still a dangerous gun but frag rounds? By the time they have killed you with it you should have had plenty time to finish him of.
Then again I also don’t see the problem with the famas. Sure its an awesome gun up close but it lacks accuracy and has one hell of a recoil along with the longest reload time of all assault rifles.
They were better of leaving both guns alone and giving the g18 a well deserved nerf. For a secondary weapon it’s the back up weapon to have for all weapon load outs besides someone who is packing a CQC main weapon. The only pistol that rivals it is the magnum with a well placed shot to the head which is pretty hard to pull of in a tight panic situation.
RELEASE THE PC PATCH ALREADY!
Jezus christ, I bet DICE is holding back the PC patch because they want to release the patches simultaneously on all 3 platforms.
We now all have to wait for the certification process of Sony and MS, which takes weeks.
Yeah.. that’s the thing which I don’t understand. DLC and expansions, ect. is always released on consoles first (and games like GTA for example are released up to 6 months on the PC after they’ve been released on the consoles) but still.. we have to wait for Sony/Microsoft to approve a patch we can get way sooner?
To be honest.. I think the PC platform is the one who needs the patch the most, if it contains any fixes for performance, crashes, ect.
I feared this with DICE shifting to xbox 360 as the primary development. By all means make the game for consoles and make it as good an experience as possible for them. But geez DICE, PC patches shouldn’t take this long. Some of these bugs and features should have been dealt with in the beta.
I think they’re PS3 Primary actually, not 360. Although, BF3 was supposedly PC-Lead for most of the Development, so who knows. Might still be.
Hear, Hear! The amount of bugs going un-patched for so long is astounding. Heck they can’t even release a hotfix for the texture problem on the spec op cameo which they broke.
Then again there’s a lot of stuff they claim to have “fixed” but is actually not fixed. I’m not talking vague crashing or other weird issues here but clear game bugs that have been marked as squished.
I’m still getting shot out of a jet by a stinger with my jet flying away without me.
I suppose I shouldn’t complain too much. As annoying as some of these things might be I can imagine it being much more annoying not to have decent vo-ip.
Funny how small companies always seem to care much more about after sales. With EA you’d be lucky to get anything fixed, let alone in a decent time-frame. Months to fix issues clearly broken at launch is not okay.
Seeing as other BF3 Patches came to PC before Consoles, I doubt they’ll start delaying the PC Patch now so they can launch all 3 at once. Least, I hope not. Wouldn’t do much to improve their standing with PC Gamers atm.
zh1nt0 written on twitter sometime ago that they already got the patch “now its all about certs and submissions”
I blame the crap console kids and their overlords. SCREW THE CONSOLE GAMERS DICE! They aren’t even true fans to begin with! Stop catering to the scrubs!
I play on console and I played bf1942. The thing is, my pc cant handle bf3. i got bad company 2 and it was laggy beyond playable, so now i play all battlefield games on 360. and i hat cod so watch your mouth you prick
Funny thing was I was searching for your comment, because thing is you just can’t help yourself from trolling on a BF3 Blog page that is console related, cmon, grow the fuck up! The only kid and scrub on this whole website is you!
How do you know we are not “true” Battlefield fans? Answer that.
Stop jumping to conclusions.
Everytime you open your mouth garbage comes out. Point your anger toward the person you should be angry at, Your uncle for the extra long back rubs. Get out of the basement.
Rushed game is rushed.
Rushed?? BF2 came out 8 years ago!!!
1. BF2 was released 6 years ago.
2. BF3 is rushed, they should’ve released it in a more stable and finished state Q1 or early Q2 2012.
I’d rather wait for a polished and working game, instead of getting a buggy and unfinished game.
more problems for DICE, simply cuz they rushed this game out the door months early… do they care? read the part again where it states they have no idea when it will be fixed, that will give you your answer…they have no problems releasing DLC to take peoples money, but damn a simple VOIP fix, man thats a 3 month job to fix that… really DICE, go fuk yourself
Yah DICE is turning like the developers of CoD..They just want money, Frostbite 2 isnt even that good in terms of destruction…The BF3 maps are designed in a line Formation…Operation Metro, OPeration firestorm,Canals,Damavand Peak…
True Battlefield maps are the ones from Bad company series and BF2s were they were “Fat” and big…Not Long and straight…I think i was wayyy to hyped for this game and it turned up into a piece of laggy crap…Its single player is shit, Coop is shit and multiplayer is unbearable at times with MAV roadkill,USAS Frag rounds, Input lag, Lag, Teamwork Isnt even present at times…You have to shoot and knife a medic or Support guy to give you ammo/health box…Damn your are soo right how this game was rushed and turned into a piece of shit!
i’m sorry, bad company series? Only If you meant BC1, because BC2 have the worst conquest maps ever. Except for Panama Canal, Harvest Day, Atacama Desert, Hastings and Laguna Alta, everything else is just linear and boring.
Firestorm is decent with 5 flags on PC. But I agree that the flag formation with 3 flags sucks.
And MAV Roadkill and USAS Frag Rounds are problems only for those that spent all the time on Metro. Get out of metro and you won’t be bothered by them.
I agreed with you until you said “True Battlefield maps are the ones from Bad company series and BF2s”.
Really? Bad Company began the downfall of Battlefield and transition into
‘Call of Duty’ style gameplay.
The real Battlefield maps come from any game between 1942-2142, i.e. 1942, Vietnam, BF2 and 2142.
have you ever played A bad company game?
How is it in any the downfall of CoD? At least people give you ammo and health when you stand near them..Thats because they’ve played a BF game before and they fucking now what there doing…Bad company was in no way the downfall…Destruction was heaps good…Much more better then the so called “New and Improved Frostbite 2 Engine”
the only complaint i had about that Bad company was the snipers camping,but hell thats only sometimes…
And people used the UAV Properly not like this Fuc**** game
BF3 is the MW2!
have you ever played A bad company game?
How is it in any the downfall of CoD? At least people give you ammo and health when you stand near them..Thats because they’ve played a BF game before and they fuc*ing now what there doing…Bad company was in no way the downfall…Destruction was heaps good…Much more better then the so called “New and Improved Frostbite 2 Engine”
the only complaint i had about that Bad company was the snipers camping,but hell thats only sometimes…
And people used the UAV Properly not like this Fuc**** game
BF3 is the MW2!
Badcompany and Battlefield are two different series made by the same developer (DICE).
Of course Badcompany has more “straight forward” maps. DICE did this in Badcompany to force the action in a more forward direction for more action. After all, 24 players on a 32 or 64 player map would be a ghost town.
My over all points are; Badcompany and Battlefield are different series. Badcompany wasn’t designed to replace Battlefield, Battlefield isn’t going to replace Badcompany. They both have their own different ‘style’ of gameplay, so comparing them is always going to yield different results.
@ Myself
Sorry for the double post, I just wanted to add to my one of my points
“Of course Badcompany has more “straight forward” maps. DICE did this in Badcompany to force the action in a more forward direction for more action. After all, 24 players on a 32 or 64 player map would be a ghost town. ”
What I wanted to add to that is that DICE seemed to experiment with the linear map design, and the general player base doesn’t seem to care for it much. With only 24 players in Badcompany, it’s hard to find a balance between map size and action. The bigger the maps, the less action. The smaller the maps, you become more restricted. DICE found the sweet spot with BF3 console maps (in my opinion), so maybe in the next Badcompany they’ll apply the same concept.
Again, I apologize for my double posts.
PC community always paying the price. If you guys want to make more money in your games better fix old issues since alpha and when all is right put out the DLC.
Dont ruin more this game
Sweet! I don’t think I have experienced it much but Its probably one of the reasons why I die sometimes.
how about the PC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew there was a reason why id go 1/12 in a round so its not my fault I suck I like that when in doubt blame it on someone else
Well, knowing that DICE ‘usually’ includes patches in some DLC, this “fix” won’t happen for some time…..
i got to say, im disapointed in DICE’s work this time, still the best FPS out there, but yes it was rushed and now all work is behind. i look forward to BF 2143, BFBC3, and BF4, if they arent rushed
I have never experienced problems with input lag before. My controller is always spot on. I did have the VOIP issue. Wonder why I never had this problem.
Well , the Back To Karkand Expansion pack got the Battefield spirit but the regular maps are just a FAIL.
Actually, I couldn’t disagree more with this. The B2K maps surprised the hell out of me in that they completely failed to capture BF2 spirit. Granted they are better than the other BF3 map designs, but I’ll take the original maps any day.
The reinvented ones don’t create any kind of epic battles and choke points that were in the BF2 and BF play for free versions. Part of that might have to do with other features missing, like small squads and no commander/voice. B2K maps were better than Bf3 maps, but no where near as good as the orginal BF2 maps.
Meant to add, the B2K expansion, imo, just did more of the same. It added more weapons, which had very little impact on the game. And new vehicles, again, not much going on there.
B2K really didn’t do much to change the spirit at all. I’ve never seen an xpac drop for a game that was so quickly forgotten/ignored.
To consider this an issue is fine, but I dont get the issue and neither does my Platoon or Friends unless a room is at like 2/5 Connection Ping Rate. I guess some people get it so a patch is a must for them but I cant see it oming until the next DLC (which is lamely TBA)
Does anyone know what the DLC announcement was that was supposed to be this week? Because bf3blog hasn’t reported anything on it.
i always said for years the ps3 looked like a george forman grill
What about that dlc they where announcing this. week what happen add the ACR ASSUALT rifle and the EBR m14
Input Lag is game-breaking. I don’t want a fucking time frame. I want a fix.
Now.
Like i said on BL forum – i will never EVER buy another game from EA or DICE. They are liars and thieves.