Anyone else disappointed with BF3?

[CurseTheSky]

I've put about 10-15 hours into the game so far...

I like it. It is still missing some of the overall feeling that BF2 had, but it captures a lot more of it than Bad Company 2 did.

My biggest complaint at the moment is the lack of repairing / reloading on jets, and somewhat helicopters. Forcing people to land from time to time would be nice, rather than just letting the aces fly around dominating the skies for most of the round.

Overall weapon / vehicle balance feels pretty good. Helicopters seem a bit too vulnerable if anything, but it prevents them from being a dominating force that they seemed to be in BF2.

Overall, I'm enjoying it. I hope it has the lasting power than BF2 had.

 

[Mandres]

If they fix these things I will be totally satisfied with the game:

Map makes it super difficult to navigate around - pressing 'M' should bring up a bird's eye view of the whole playfield, not a larger version of your minimap.

Cluttered HUD - there is too much neon bullshit all over my screen. I don't need to know that a tank has been spotted on the other side of the map. It's just a distraction from what's actually going on around me. This should be tied to the zoom level of your minimap - if you're zoomed in all the way indicators from outside this range should not show up in your HUD.

No team/squad/vehicle VOIP - This is a huge oversight and really hurts the game.

Inexplicable 45 second delay in between rounds before the next map starts loading - Why can't I chat or adjust my loadouts during this time? Why is it even in the game? Just load the next map as soon as the current one ends.

 

[skipsneeky2]

stat padding with people bringing out the eod bot...one teammate would shoot it another would repair it ramping up tons of points in a few short minutes .

One guy managed 14k with zero kills till i team killed him a few times...last round we lost and this guy didn't do nothing .

 

[Barfo]

last round we lost and this guy didn't do nothing .

So he did something?

 

[skipsneeky2]

So he did something?

Yeah he did something lol he racked up a ton of points repairing a eod bot his fellow friend was shooting at .

 

[Veliko]

The only real complaint I have is that you can't remap Q for spotting/asking for ammo. There is a bug that means it doesn't actually remap.

I use the cursor keys to move around and trying to hit 'Q' means I get killed or the target has moved on.

 

[leeland]

The only real complaint I have is that you can't remap Q for spotting/asking for ammo. There is a bug that means it doesn't actually remap.

I use the cursor keys to move around and trying to hit 'Q' means I get killed or the target has moved on.

I don't know if it is a bug but I cannot for the life of me map by forward and back buttons on my mx 518...even with the latest setpoint drivers

 

[skipsneeky2]

I don't know if it is a bug but I cannot for the life of me map by forward and back buttons on my mx 518...even with the latest setpoint drivers

My g500 when i'm in a aa gun or a tank lmg the controls go all crazy i might be trying to pull it right and it jerks left do you experience this?

I love using base stationary weapons mainly and when the controls jerk it drives me crazy sometimes the controls move on their own too making accuracy awful .

 

[Griffdaz]

stat padding with people bringing out the eod bot...one teammate would shoot it another would repair it ramping up tons of points in a few short minutes .

One guy managed 14k with zero kills till i team killed him a few times...last round we lost and this guy didn't do nothing .

This is my first ever post. After playing for 3 hours tonight I am posting as I am so wound up at what I witnessed.
I am not exaggerating when I say at least 90% of games tonight we had 2 players sat in the base stat padding with the EOD bot. The worst case being (again no exaggeration) zero kills and 24,000 points. I dread to think what his final points including ribbons were.
My mate told me that earlier today one player went from rank 38 to 45 within an hour or so.
One idiot I saw doing this was rank 45 number 7 beneath rank. Am I right in assuming this indicates he had ranked the max 7 times.
This has got out of hand. Tonight is the first time I came across this but obviously it is only going to get worse.
I recorded these clowns on my iPhone and their names/scores. I guess there's no point contacting EA as I can't see them taking action.
Personally I enjoy the challenge of earning points/ribbons/weapons legitimately. It makes the game and better than the BC2 system IMO.
On another note I wish/hope that the chat issue will be fixed very soon. Considering it's meant to be a team play game too. I heard that MOH has the same chat problem since release. I would not know myself as I ebayed that game after 2 hours of playing on day 1.

Sorry this is a long winded post but at least I have de-raged whilst posting lol.

 

[pcslookout]

This is my first ever post. After playing for 3 hours tonight I am posting as I am so wound up at what I witnessed.
I am not exaggerating when I say at least 90% of games tonight we had 2 players sat in the base stat padding with the EOD bot. The worst case being (again no exaggeration) zero kills and 24,000 points. I dread to think what his final points including ribbons were.
My mate told me that earlier today one player went from rank 38 to 45 within an hour or so.
One idiot I saw doing this was rank 45 number 7 beneath rank. Am I right in assuming this indicates he had ranked the max 7 times.
This has got out of hand. Tonight is the first time I came across this but obviously it is only going to get worse.
I recorded these clowns on my iPhone and their names/scores. I guess there's no point contacting EA as I can't see them taking action.
Personally I enjoy the challenge of earning points/ribbons/weapons legitimately. It makes the game and better than the BC2 system IMO.
On another note I wish/hope that the chat issue will be fixed very soon. Considering it's meant to be a team play game too. I heard that MOH has the same chat problem since release. I would not know myself as I ebayed that game after 2 hours of playing on day 1.

Sorry this is a long winded post but at least I have de-raged whilst posting lol.

Unfortunately this does happen. Just go to the good servers.

There one I believe that auto kills campers in certain spots. I love it.

The only bad thing about what is happening is it really isn't actually cheating so punk buster won't be of any help.

 

[RobertPters77]

It's shit.

BF2 sequel? Nope.

Horrible compromised console port that even feels like crap on the 360? Yep!

 

[Mike Gayner]

It's shit.

BF2 sequel? Nope.

Horrible compromised console port that even feels like crap on the 360? Yep!

LOL go have a cry about it mate.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Unfortunately this does happen. Just go to the good servers.

There one I believe that auto kills campers in certain spots. I love it.

The only bad thing about what is happening is it really isn't actually cheating so punk buster won't be of any help.

I forgot how they fixed this with BF2 but they did.

 

[Zubinen]

Disappointed, not really since I played the alpha and beta and knew what I was getting. I feel DICE has shifted their focus away from gameplay and level design a bit too much, but really I just want a sequel to BF 2142. This is the first BF game I've ever felt frustrated in and I've played since BF 1942 back in the days when you could do beautiful zero loops and land safetly back in your plane after demolishing an enemy aircraft in midair. It has a unique look to it, and it's quite blue, much like DEHR is quite yellow

 

[Veliko]

It's shit.

BF2 sequel? Nope.

Horrible compromised console port that even feels like crap on the 360? Yep!

I, for one, am stunned at the display of intelligent and in-depth points on display here.

 

[Maximilian]

The only real complaint I have is that you can't remap Q for spotting/asking for ammo. There is a bug that means it doesn't actually remap.

I use the cursor keys to move around and trying to hit 'Q' means I get killed or the target has moved on.

I use "delete" for this. Key remapping was hit/miss for me overall, especially when the mouse was involved as it wouldn't do it without raw mouse input.

 

[Griffdaz]

Regarding the stat padding repairing eod bot, I am adding a link to show exactly what I'm talking about. I had the pleasure of this clown and 4 of his mates in my team last night. So that was 5 players less in our team.

http://bf3stats.com/stats_ps3/GHOST_1_9_7_1

Note the amount of repair ribbons (2000+) compared to rounds played/kills and so on.

If you have the pleasure of playing against the clown do me a favour, stick ya blade in his neck and dip your ***** in his mouth and t bag.

 

[leeland]

I don't know all the countermeasures used by aircraft but I would like to ask how in the holy hell are you supposed to shoot anything down with ground AA?

Seriously it is a waste of time and stupid frustrating...

Jet fly's over...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...

Target FINALLY locked on after jet is hightailing it out of the area...fire rocket...

Flares and jet is out of range...

15 seconds later...jet flies back to same area...and finds you and guns you down

And the times you do get a hit...it won't take them down...just 'damages' the vehicle...

probability of getting 2 clean shots on the same vehicle (for me...less than 20&#37

 

[RavenSEAL]

Yes

 

[96Firebird]

I don't know all the countermeasures used by aircraft but I would like to ask how in the holy hell are you supposed to shoot anything down with ground AA?

Seriously it is a waste of time and stupid frustrating...

Jet fly's over...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...attempt to lock on....beep beep beep...

Target FINALLY locked on after jet is hightailing it out of the area...fire rocket...

Flares and jet is out of range...

15 seconds later...jet flies back to same area...and finds you and guns you down

And the times you do get a hit...it won't take them down...just 'damages' the vehicle...

probability of getting 2 clean shots on the same vehicle (for me...less than 20%)

Being a pilot, I can also say that sometimes it is too easy to fly the jets... Especially the A10 and Frogfoot. Really, the only thing that usually takes me down is another jet. But I do want to point out, if a stinger does hit, that usually means the jet is going down. It damages it enough to the point where the jet won't repair itself (unless the maintenance upgrade is enabled), and will slowly drain the health to zero.

Some tips to take down the air with stingers...

1. Don't shoot as soon as you lock on. Wait a couple seconds to see if they release the flares prematurely, I've done this more than a few times on accident. Then lock back on and shoot the stinger, there won't be any flares to defend with.

2. Teamwork is also helpful. If you can get 2 stingers to attack any air vehicle, it is usually death for the air. Easier said than done though...

3. Use the SOFLAM to lock on easier. This is also very annoying when flying, there is a constant beeping tone that can be distracting.

Otherwise, learn how to fly and take me down.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I honestly hate vehicle gameplay in this game, DICE completely flipped the tables over BF2's spectacular vehicle combat. Flying the jets is absolute ****; the maps are all claustrophobic and overpacked with stingers and indestructible AA, not to mention there is ZERO joystick support.

 

[yllus]

I honestly hate vehicle gameplay in this game, DICE completely flipped the tables over BF2's spectacular vehicle combat. Flying the jets is absolute ****; the maps are all claustrophobic and overpacked with stingers and indestructible AA, not to mention there is ZERO joystick support.

Yeah, I think the extremely dense nature of all of the maps make use of tanks and other vehicles nearly pointless. This and the lack of automatic VoIP linkage with your squad are two enormous misses on an otherwise fine game.

 

[Zargon]

I honestly hate vehicle gameplay in this game, DICE completely flipped the tables over BF2's spectacular vehicle combat. Flying the jets is absolute ****; the maps are all claustrophobic and overpacked with stingers and indestructible AA, not to mention there is ZERO joystick support.

wrong.....

 

[leeland]

Being a pilot, I can also say that sometimes it is too easy to fly the jets... Especially the A10 and Frogfoot. Really, the only thing that usually takes me down is another jet. But I do want to point out, if a stinger does hit, that usually means the jet is going down. It damages it enough to the point where the jet won't repair itself (unless the maintenance upgrade is enabled), and will slowly drain the health to zero.

Some tips to take down the air with stingers...

1. Don't shoot as soon as you lock on. Wait a couple seconds to see if they release the flares prematurely, I've done this more than a few times on accident. Then lock back on and shoot the stinger, there won't be any flares to defend with.

2. Teamwork is also helpful. If you can get 2 stingers to attack any air vehicle, it is usually death for the air. Easier said than done though...

3. Use the SOFLAM to lock on easier. This is also very annoying when flying, there is a constant beeping tone that can be distracting.

Otherwise, learn how to fly and take me down.

I have experimented with varying the length of time before I shoot and please tell me...is there a notification that says...HOLY SHIT...he had a lock on you for 15 seconds but NOW he actually shot...please shoot your flares...

I am going to assume yes because not matter what I have done...if the person flying has half a brain they wait until I shoot regardless of how long I wait...

I have used that SOFLAM and that is worthless at the moment...simply because I am just sitting there painting targets and no one shoots...

I wonder if it is beneficial to alert the team that you would be painting targets in hopes to getting engineer's to take notice...

I did get in a jet and it is actually feasible to fly with a mouse and keyboard...I ALMOST got a kill with a jet but felt like a tard trying to fly...felt like Ralph Macho doing the 'WAX ON'...'WAX OFF' moves trying to stay behind the jet.


Can you use a logitech game pad to try flying?

 

[dingleberrydorkbutt]

No team/squad/vehicle VOIP - This is a huge oversight and really hurts the game.

I think this is my single biggest complaint right now. Squads are basically just someone to spawn off of.

I haven't noticed anyone doing the EOD bot padding yet in matches that I've played in, but it sounds like a huge problem that needs to be fixed. If they don't fix it, I'm up for some stat padding. Anyone? LOL

The game does need polishing, but I think it has some real potential if they clean it up in updates.