Battlefield 3

[Mrbloodworth]

activeX

[kildorn]

If I log into the battlelog site, I don't see it starting origin up anywhere on my machine. As far as i can tell though you do use your origin credentials to log into battelog. The settings thing I am sure will get ironed out, or at least I hope so.

Edit: Nevermind I was wrong it does open origin. Sorry for calling you dramatic Kildorn.

I am being dramatic about it, really. It's less offended by Origin and Battlelog, as much as this triggers my "Raar, this is blindingly inefficient for no reason" personal peeve. Like I said, the gameplay is great. It's everything about the interface(s) that just makes me twitch.

Ah, so with this and the other complaint about if forcing a type of browser can I assume it's making people use IE with a crapton of activeX garbage like battlefield heroes?

Some browser doesn't work(safari maybe? And I believe the page errors out in IE8), but I was shocked and pleased that it worked with Chrome out of the box actually. At first I thought it was broken since I couldn't join anything, but it turns out the servers were having issues.

[HaemishM]

Yeah, it worked just fine with Chrome for me as well.

[caladein]

Battlelog worked fine for me in Chrome during the Alpha (at least it installed stuff, I hardly played), but the Beta's throwing a fit because of my password.

[Xuri]

Just the fact that my choice of web-browser affects whether or not I can actually run this game is enough to ensure that I won't be getting it any time soon.

[Speedy Cerviche]

you show them.

[AcidCat]

Tried the 360 demo as well, experience is much the same as the PC really, the drop in visual fidelity is not that big a deal IMO. Still the same brutally quick deaths. BF was always about the vehicles, I'm just baffled that they'd release this map as the beta with none, it just leaves a real sour taste in my mouth.

[NiX]

Metro was the worst possible choice. I'm not enjoying this game at all, which really sucks considering how much time I've put into Bad Company 2.

I want to meet the tool on the dev team who thought flashlights that blind anyone in a 60 degree was a good idea.

[waffel]

Not sure if trolling or serious:

https://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120072134226751488

@zh1nt0
Daniel Matros
Voice chat and squadding will be on the battlelog side of things

http://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120182322803900416

@zh1nt0
Daniel Matros
Please use 32 player max only servers. We cannot guarantee your account security otherwise.

 

[tgr]

They ... uh, what? more than 32 players is a security risk?

[kildorn]

I think it's just poor communication. The server files appear to be leaked, and given some of the stat tracking stuff going on, I'd be shocked if it your client wasn't authing to them with your Origin account user/pass instead of some form of API key just for stat alteration.

So it should have been "only use our servers", which all happen to be 32 player right now.


edit: reading around: LOOOOL, there does not appear to be any auth between the server code and battlelog. So if you happen to get the leaked server files and start em up, your server goes into the battlelog list. So yeah, only play 32 player servers, but more specifically: Dice fix your shit, because the account scamming servers will be 32 player and say EA in the name.

[Nightblade]

Unresponsive crouch button, inexplicably unable to bind functions to the mouse buttons, flashlight that covers your screen in a lens flare and an asinine BATTLELOG server browser that attempts to fix what isnt fucking broken.

It's a damn shame because the shooting actually feels better, the sounds design is fantastic and graphics, even at medium settings, are really quite well done and relies little if at all on the "REAL IS BROWN" rule.

Bring it to steam, give me a proper server browser, tighten up the controls and for fucks sake, let me change my controls / graphics settings without having to idle in a live game.

[caladein]

an asinine BATTLELOG server browser that attempts to fix what isnt fucking broken.

The server browsers for all previous Battlefield titles were pretty damn broken.  This one is just new and still broken.

[Nightblade]

an asinine BATTLELOG server browser that attempts to fix what isnt fucking broken.

The server browsers for all previous Battlefield titles were pretty damn broken.  This one is just new and still broken.

Bad Company 2's server browser at launch was broken, but was later fixed to be pretty average.

[kildorn]

DICE? With a shit server browser at launch? You don't say.

It has to be self parody at this point, because lord knows they've had enough practice fixing broken server browsers that they would have a set of "how u maek browser" documents the size of the bible by now.

[HaemishM]

an asinine BATTLELOG server browser that attempts to fix what isnt fucking broken.

The server browsers for all previous Battlefield titles were pretty damn broken.  This one is just new and still broken.

Bad Company 2's server browser at launch was broken, but was later fixed to be pretty average.

No, BC2's server browser even now is shit. DICE has never released a server browser that wasn't complete and total monkey ass. Only being able to change video settings IN GAME is probably the biggest clownshoes part of the Battlelog thing, besides the security fuckup that is monumentally stupid.

[Nightblade]

an asinine BATTLELOG server browser that attempts to fix what isnt fucking broken.

The server browsers for all previous Battlefield titles were pretty damn broken.  This one is just new and still broken.

Bad Company 2's server browser at launch was broken, but was later fixed to be pretty average.

No, BC2's server browser even now is shit. DICE has never released a server browser that wasn't complete and total monkey ass. Only being able to change video settings IN GAME is probably the biggest clownshoes part of the Battlelog thing, besides the security fuckup that is monumentally stupid.

I never had problems with the revised server browser but whatever.

Speaking of things DICE refuses to improve on, wtf is with the chat log appearing in the right center of the screen? On a related note, does voice communication even work?

[jakonovski]

Three weeks from release and my dude is clipping inside the ground when I go prone? Failboat.

[Malakili]

Three weeks from release and my dude is clipping inside the ground when I go prone? Failboat.

This is DICE we are talking about.

[kildorn]

Three weeks from release and my dude is clipping inside the ground when I go prone? Failboat.

This is DICE we are talking about.

They also for some reason are having us test a month old build that's the same one MS certed for the 360. Which begs the question of "besides stress testing Battlelog, what the fuck are we trying to fix?"

I don't believe in miracle "all this works in the real build" patches. I DO believe in "we're testing a months old build, so the miracle patch is going to have ALL NEW BUGS!"

[HaemishM]

Which begs the question of "besides stress testing Battlelog, what the fuck are we trying to fix?"

I think you have it surrounded.

[Mrbloodworth]

Tried the PS3 version. Unresponsive, laggy, bland visual design between environment and player models makes it hard to pick out other players, annoying flashlight, reduced textures, clunky forced DELAYED turn speed even with my split-fish (wired).

Every single action has a delay.

[Nightblade]

Tried the PS3 version. Unresponsive, laggy, bland visual design between environment and player models makes it hard to pick out other players, annoying flashlight, reduced textures, clunky forced DELAYED turn speed even with my split-fish (wired).

Every single action has a delay.

This is pretty much how I feel, you can't even crouch right after sprinting. You have to STOP first, wait a split second and then hit the button to crouch, or else nothing will happen at all. Maybe if I set it on low...

[Azazel]

I don''t actually want to visit their forums, but did this daffy fuckhead have everyone jump on her for the various obvious reasons?

[Malakili]

Welcome to the future of modding :(

[kildorn]

"hey guys, I know it's a beta, and it's totally our fault that our server browser publishes unofficial servers.. but we may ban your entire EA account if you use one. Thanks!"

.. his shoes, they appear to be made for a clown.

(seriously, DICE. Love the gameplay, but what the hell are you people doing?)

[jakonovski]

I'm not even loving the gameplay here. The whole genre of online shooters is unbelievably stagnant, and after Brink flopping, all we're going to see for the perceivable future is douchy "military" shooters like this (because military apparently means pretend jargon and gun porn).

[Malakili]

I'm not even loving the gameplay here. The whole genre of online shooters is unbelievably stagnant, and after Brink flopping, all we're going to see for the perceivable future is douchy "military" shooters like this (because military apparently means pretend jargon and gun porn).

Bring on Tribes!

[Nightblade]

@TRansfersmania Voice chat and squadding will be on the battlelog side of things

https://twitter.com/#%21/zh1nt0/status/120072134226751488

Hurp durp.

[HaemishM]

"hey guys, I know it's a beta, and it's totally our fault that our server browser publishes unofficial servers.. but we may ban your entire EA account if you use one. Thanks!"

.. his shoes, they appear to be made for a clown.

(seriously, DICE. Love the gameplay, but what the hell are you people doing?)

Actually, not only do I NOT have a problem with this, I am glad they are doing this. One of the things that kills a BF game for me is some assgoblin running hacks, circlestrafing headshots with a chain gun from a helicopter flying in a perfect circle. DICE has been incredibly bad about hack prevention in the BF series. I'd love to see hackers who are caught banned not only from BF3, but SWTOR, and any XBox Live or PS3 games that use their EA account.

Not totally comfortable with EA having this power, but face it. It's going to start happening a lot more. I think we've all gotten used to big entities like Microsoft and Sony controlling our access to games.

[Nightblade]

"hey guys, I know it's a beta, and it's totally our fault that our server browser publishes unofficial servers.. but we may ban your entire EA account if you use one. Thanks!"

.. his shoes, they appear to be made for a clown.

(seriously, DICE. Love the gameplay, but what the hell are you people doing?)

Actually, not only do I NOT have a problem with this, I am glad they are doing this. One of the things that kills a BF game for me is some assgoblin running hacks, circlestrafing headshots with a chain gun from a helicopter flying in a perfect circle. DICE has been incredibly bad about hack prevention in the BF series. I'd love to see hackers who are caught banned not only from BF3, but SWTOR, and any XBox Live or PS3 games that use their EA account.

Not totally comfortable with EA having this power, but face it. It's going to start happening a lot more. I think we've all gotten used to big entities like Microsoft and Sony controlling our access to games.

...Except that these people aren't cheating. They're just joining servers they see on the server list.

What if they play on these modified servers with no knowledge they are modified, or even that it's a bannable offense? Tough luck?

[Malakili]

Not totally comfortable with EA having this power, but face it. It's going to start happening a lot more. I think we've all gotten used to big entities like Microsoft and Sony controlling our access to games.

So, you're ok with joining a modded server and having them ban you from playing any game you've purchased on Origin?   Uh, ok I guess.

[tgr]

The thought that anyone should get banned from any game, let alone all origin games or more, simply because they happen to join a modified server, is sad and pathetic.

[HaemishM]

Based on how fucking bad cheating and hacking has been in previous Battlfield games, I'd rather they start the bannings now. As for modded servers, technically this is a beta and you've agreed to test it under certain circumstances. Not modding the server is probably a part of that and not playing on modded servers is likely another part. Of course, if they are going to start bannings for modded servers, they should at least endeavor to make sure those servers don't appear on the Battlelog server list.

[Mrbloodworth]

Having modded servers appear on the server list is somewhat like having an EMU listed as a server option in a MMO.