Battlefield 3 - Beta is over :(

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Battlefield 3 thread

Game info:

Quote:From the beaches of Normandy to the jungles of Vietnam and the wars of the 22nd century, nothing gets you closer to the action. With more than 20 million copies sold worldwide, the Battlefield series is the premier tactical shooter. Consistently hailed by critics as one of the best online experiences in gaming, Battlefield allows you to fire realistic weaponry, pilot genuine vehicles and particpate in real-world conflicts against friend and foe alike. Whether it's the classic Battlefield 1942, the irreverent Battlefield: Bad Company or the upcoming, groundbreaking Battlefield 3, Battlefield is the king of action-packed shooters and online combat. Since 2002, no series has put you closer to the front lines of combat in a more authentic way. Join us on the Battlefield.

Release date
Oct. 25th, 2011 (North America)
Oct. 28th, 2011 (Europe)
Available on PC(Origin), PS3, and Xbox 360.

Features

Quote:• 64 player support on PCs
• 24 player support on Xbox 360/PS3
• Prone is back
• Jets are back
• No commander
• 4 classes
• Single player campaign + co-op
• Will have a full years worth of unlocks
• No mod tools yet.
• Release date is October 25, 2011
• The game runs on the Frostbite 2.0 engine, especially made for BF3
• The game comes with a day/night cycle
• Single player lets you drag bodies, multiplayer does not
• The game ships on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC
• The game runs smoothly on a GTX 580, as seen on PAX

Frostbite 2.0

Quote:Engine
- NO DX9
- optimized for 64bit, DX11
- Particles/smoke casts shadows
- hundreds (or thousands) of possible light sources
- Shoot out light sources to darken an area
- Hardware requirements "Don't expect Crysis like requirements" nothing more at the moment
- Both day and night maps (no cycling during map, not sure about weather effects)
- ANT animation system used in BOTH modes.
- not all buildings destructible, facade can be blown down
- debris can kill you, or create rubble piles

Class and Squad Setup

Quote:Squads/classes
- Uses the 2142 class setup, rifleman, engineer, recon, support
- Rifleman - combination of assault/medic, carries an AR and healing equipment, can lose the healing power in favour of more killing power
- Engineer - Much like BC2, lower power but mobile weapons such as sub machine guns, or M4, repair and destroy vehicles
- Support - drops ammo and carries an LMG, can suppress enemies.
- Recon - Explosives, sniper rifles etc potentially also rifles (for playing spec ops)
- Medic - Can trade in his healing abilities for more killing power (attachments etc)
- Recons to launch UAV's
- 4 man squads
- Squad management is done on battlelog
- Squad Members can spawn on squad leader ONLY, however squad leader can spawn on other squad members - 06/20/2011
- Charge time for the medic defibrilators, no more instant revives - 06/20/2011

List of Weapons

Quote:- different fire modes, auto, semi auto, burst
- different ammunition, flechette is new, slug ammo to return
- Each weapon has 3 slots for you to customise it, so flashlight, optics, supressor etc
- Knife is both an equippable weapon and has a quick button to bring it up (same with nades I believe) only get someones dogtags by shanking them from behind
- stabbing from the front not an instakill, more like CS (2 stabs)
- no grenade cooking - 06/20/2011
List:
M16A4
M416
G3
Ak74M
AN94
KH2002
AEK971
F2000
ASVAL
M4A1
G36C
AKS74U
SCAR H
A-91
SG553LB
M249
M60
M27 IAR
M240
RPK
Pecheneg
Type88
MK11
SVD
SV98
M98B
M40A5
M82A3
M39
SKS
P90
P90TR
MP7
UMP-45
PDR
PP2000
870 MCS
M1014
USAS-12
Saiga 20K
DAO-12
AT4
SMAW
RPG-7
Javelin
FIM-92 Stinger
SA-18 IGLA
M9
M93R
MP443
MP412
Glock 17
Glock 18
M1911
T44
M67 Hand grenades
M18 Smoke grenades
C4 explosives
M15 Anti tank mine
Claymore mine
60MM Mortar
M320 40mm launcher with grenades/smoke/shotgun
M26 MASS with shotgun/Flechettes/frag round/solid slugs

Vehicles

Quote:- Amphibious armoured vehicles shown in the SP tank level
- Vehicles can be immobilised, an engineer is needed to get them moving again
- vehicles can regenerate tiny amounts of health
- hitting a vehicle such as a Humvee, with an RPG, won't necessarily destroy the vehicle but will kill whoever was nearest to point of impact
- Jets return
- Helicopters also included (cobra has been seen so far)
- Vehicle MGs can suppress

List:
M1 Abrams (US)
T-90 (Russia)
LAV 25 (US)
BMP-2M (Russia)
Humvee (US)
Vodnik G3937 (Russia)
Growler ITV (US)
VDV Buggy (Russia)
LAV-AD (US)
Tunguska 9K22 (Russia)
AH-1Z Super Cobra (US)
UH-1Y Venom (US)
AH-6J Littlebird (US)
MI-28 Havoc (Russia)
KA-60 Kasatka (Russia)
Z-11 (Russia)
F/A 18 Super Hornet (US)
A-10 thunderbolt (US)
SU-35 Flanker (Russia)
SU-39
RHIB (boat)
AAV-7A1 (amphibious assault)

Gamemodes

Quote:Team deathmatch
Rush
Conquest(32 players and 64)
No jets for rush or team deathmatch

Game Mechanics

Quote:- Supression - especially good for LMG's if your bullets are landing within a certain distance of an enemy (very close) even if they are behind cover you supress them, their screen blurs and dims very slightly and you can gain bonus points for them getting mowed because of it
- LMG bipods, set up your LMG (on various surfaces and objects) for greater accuracy (but movement restriction - other weapons can be bipod mounted such as sniper rifles)
- Opt out of being revived
- being revive puts you into an incapacitated state where you can fire your handgun, and can choose to keep on fighting (or die and respawn I guess)
- Regenerating health (displayed on hud) being shot at or supressed will stop health regenerating
- Soldiers have sound cues, such as shouting "grenade!" like in BC2
- optical scopes can reveal your position by reflecting light, no hybrid scopes though
- different coloured tracers for each team
- hit indicators in
- flashlights can dazzle/blind you
- sprint unlimited
- can also sprint strafe
- no res invuln
- shorter respawn if you are shot soon after a revive
- more scope sway overall, snipers can hold their breath to take shots
- no dolphin diving
- disarm MCOM/kit pickup buttons are now different

- Information taken from various battlefield 3 threads, mainly the facepunch one.

Media
Adding soon.

Links
Official Website: http://www.battlefield.com/
Beta: http://www.ea.com/1/beta
Origin Store page: http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/D....224766400