The Official Battlefield 3 Thread

Amazing_Funbags · March 15, 2012, 9:42am

I think this guy’s stuff would be more your style since you’re always in a jet or tank

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Amazing_Funbags · March 16, 2012, 10:22pm

BF3 Close Quarters Will Introduce New Game Mode: Conquest Domination, No Rush?

Earlier, we reported that Battlefield 3: Close Quarters would feature the classic game modes of Rush and Conquest. As it turns out, it looks like this won’t be the case after all. Rush fans will have to look elsewhere while fans of Conquest can look forward to a slight variation of the game type we all know and love.
In the latest entry to the Inside DICE series, Lead Designer of Close Quarters Niklas Fegraeus explains that “while HD Destruction has a significant impact on how you experience the second-to-second gameplay, we also had to tackle the challenges of bringing our tried and tested game modes to the smaller scale. We understood quickly that Rush, being a large and progressive mode that takes you on a journey from M-COM to M-COM, simply wouldn’t fit physically. So instead, we turned our attention to Conquest. How could we tailor this essential Battlefield game mode to fit our new type of environment?”
This would obviously mean tailoring Conquest to a much smaller space. Now, before you start screaming accusations of DICE imitating Call of Duty’s Domination game mode, Fegraeus would like fans to know, “I spoke to my Game Designer Gustav Halling who, like me, has a history of competitive FPS gaming. We remembered Unreal Tournament from way back in 1999. It was the first time the world saw the game mode “Domination”, which is very similar to Conquest. There are some differences though, and the Domination type gameplay usually takes place on smaller maps, much like the ones we were creating.”
He elaborated, “inspired by these memories, we used the spawning systems from Battlefield 3 Team Deathmatch and came up with a Conquest mode adapted for smaller spaces. We called it Conquest Domination, and it worked beautifully. In particular, flag defense is suddenly more important, and you get different tactical layers due to the subtle differences the new mode provides.”
Fegraeus also spoke of the inspiration that went into the creation of Close Quarters: “I sat down and spoke with Jhony Ljungstedt, my art director, and had a discussion about how we could achieve this. After bouncing random ideas for a while, he told me that even though that explosive scene from “The Matrix” was rather old, seeing Neo and Trinity turn a lobby into rubble in slow motion did leave a huge impression, and hadn’t ever been properly done in a game. We both agreed and Jhony said he really wanted to be able to create that sensation.”
Since many process heavy elements like vehicles were removed from the equation, and environments and player counts had shrunk, DICE was able to push Frostbite 2 a little further this time around. Hence, the birth of HD destruction. Fegraeus explains, “I wanted to see if we could destroy things in greater detail. I wanted everything to get shot to pieces. Really, really small pieces. In short, I wanted destruction to go High Definition.”
Included in this edition of Inside DICE was footage of an early playtest that nicely shows off some of the HD destruction effects. Make sure to check it out below.
Also make sure to leave your thoughts of the upcoming Close Quarters expansion and new game mode, Conquest Domination, in the comments below!

dodgers2213 · March 16, 2012, 11:38pm

I built me a new rig and just picked up this game. Of course i’m ASS. I picked up this game from the origin store and my sn is dodgers33089

CStatic · March 17, 2012, 1:56pm

Funny that they mention the Matrix, I’ve been calling it the John Woo DLC for a while now! I’m going to be re-enacting Hard Boiled!

jae_hoon · March 17, 2012, 2:01pm

GGs to Akimbo and Cawi, I finally got my first air warfare ribbon after only 150 hours.

CStatic · March 17, 2012, 4:50pm

Not a big flyer?

Amazing_Funbags · March 17, 2012, 10:27pm

MP7+Laser Pointer is pretty silly. I should use it more.

GG’s I can’t fly a Jet at all now =/

Calcal · March 18, 2012, 12:55am

Jae is only in a helicopter to use it as transport and jumps out. Since the teams were so small I just tried to cap flags in it and keep them in their spawn. And we had all the points so he didn’t need to cap anything really.

CStatic · March 18, 2012, 2:29am

Fair call, I was curious, I spent far too long in aircraft! I know some people have a preference to infantry, I just can’t stay out of the Viper!

The hip-firing death machine? Yes, it’s amazing! It’s so broken!

jae_hoon · March 18, 2012, 9:03am

BF3 sucks when you have 3 guys trying and 9 other guys sitting in the spawn still for no fucking reason.

Amazing_Funbags · March 20, 2012, 8:19am

The patch is coming!!!

Amazing_Funbags · March 20, 2012, 8:28pm

GG’s yesterday Cawi. Playing Battlefield 3 with a headset is like playing a whole new game.

I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING.

jae_hoon · March 21, 2012, 3:08am

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CStatic · March 21, 2012, 2:56pm

I joined The B3 Javelin Squad last night, fuck me, good times!

jae_hoon · March 21, 2012, 4:20pm

Best line of the night after I said I was doing pretty good flying a plane until I hit that same line Cawi did.

“You were in a plane?”

Amazing_Funbags · March 21, 2012, 6:46pm

Yeah you stole my jet from me asshole!

Used the “OP” Famas last night. Random recoil with a slow ass reload? I’ll stick with my AEK-971.

Rabbit2k7 · March 21, 2012, 6:50pm

People need to add me.
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/Rabbit2G/

Goatbot · March 21, 2012, 6:54pm

Why isnt this news on the SRK front page?

Patch is looking pretty good. Its about time they sorted out the FAMAS at least. Frag Rounds only seem to have got the change “Now breaks glass over distance” which technically means they buffed it. Oh dear.

CStatic · March 21, 2012, 9:13pm

Stick at it, it’s incredibly satisfying when flying ‘under rader’ during a dogfight, luring the enemy to the ground and watching them underestimate the pull-up distance and choke. You can also scare the fuck out of choppers with a hard break as soon as you fly behind them on an attacking run, their natural instinct, more often than not is to turn in an attemp to engage you, by this time, you’ve already turned back to where you came, turned again and coming at them from the rear (you can do this in a matter of seconds). If you have air radar, it’s actually pretty funny to see them desperately trying to find you as you open fire. This also works if you want to hard break into a vertical climb, then divebomb them, cannon blazing - this one is good against chopper pilots you suspect have air radar, because then you can usually watch them turning all over the place to find you trying to figure out where the hell the radar jet icon is coming from!

Good in CQ only! It’s a waste of time for medium and long range. It’s definitely not OP at any range except for when the enemy are right in front of you, then rate of fire just wins out.

Just did!

Goatbot · March 21, 2012, 9:22pm

You can totally destroy people with it at good distance if you use a couple of quick shots of burst fire.