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I paid $3 for that album a couple days ago, and other people got it for $2 with a coupon. What is the MEC theme you are talking about? Mass Effect? I love that song.
 
They really need an ingame notice when a friend joins your server. I can't tell you how many times someone on my list has joined my game and I leave shortly after and don't even notice they're there until I see my friends list in the battle log

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So i think the Nade launcher gadget for the assult class is my new fav toy
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Ugh - I did not like it and had a hard time getting the 20 kills needed for the smoke grenades. The only reason I killed zargon with it is because I hit the wall above him when he was standing right next to it
 
Inside Gaming Daily - EA Responds to Battlefield 3s Launch Issues, Considers Player Compensation

By Lawrence Sonntag | 02 November 2011

If you’re one of the many players that have thrown your headset in frustration that Battlefield 3 absolutely refuses to put your party into a squad or keeps dropping you from matches, EA Games’ Executive Vice President Patrick Soderlund feels your pain.

“We understand how frustrating it is not to be able to play the game without interruption,” Soderlund said to Machinima.

Because of that, EA is considering some sort of gift to serve as apology for the game’s jittery performance.

“We are always looking at ways to generate customer satisfaction and we’re definitely considering a gift to thank players for their patience and dedication, but our #1 road to their happiness is to get everyone playing smoothly and ensure 100% stability,” Soderlund said. “We are gamers too and we understand that no gift will match the experience of getting in the game and playing with friends.”

Soderlund admits that the launch-day jitters for Battlefield 3 have been a bit rough, but it’s gotten better since, and they’re working hard to make it perfect for everyone, all the time.

“Though the first day of launch was somewhat volatile, we are happy to report that server support stabilized to roughly 98.9% through our launch weekend and has not dropped since. That said, we will not rest until we’re at 100% . We are committed to supporting the game as a software service, and listening to consumer feedback every day,” Soderlund said. “We are making daily updates and improvements to ensure an optimal online experience for all. Regardless of the cause or platform, our team at DICE and our Online teams are working together, standing by to identify the issues and addressing them as they arise. Every big multiplayer game experiences some instability at launch. The good news is, we’re listening, responding and improving the service every day.”

Unfortunately there’s no easy fix to the infrastructure problems experienced by the game. Personally, I’ve heard many gamers wonder why EA can’t just go out and buy more servers, or why they didn’t have a larger infrastructure ready to go on day one. Soderlund explains that there’s no silver bullet for those problems.

“There are a number of different factors impacting server connectivity. It isn’t just about buying more servers. Capacity isn’t the only factor. Server architecture, data centers, data transfer — it all makes for an extraordinarily complex system that becomes increasingly intricate as we grow from supporting 1M players to 3M players to 5M players and beyond. That is why we continue to invest in servers, infrastructure and people to support the game,” Soderlund said. “We are dedicated to constantly improving connectivity.”

Soderlund also addressed the swirling scorn that constantly surrounds EA’s fledgling Origin service. Just yesterday, in fact, a hack surfaced that removed Origin’s necessity in playing Battlefield 3.

“There is a lot of misinformation out there about Origin. Origin is not spyware, and does not use or install spyware on user’s machines. Consumer privacy is very important to DICE and EA, and we take every precaution to protect personal and anonymous user data. The policies supporting Origin are industry standard privacy protocols employed by many other popular web services, and there is absolutely nothing malicious in the software that should create concerns about privacy,” Soderlund said. “As players become increasingly familiar with the service and its benefits when playing games like Battlefield 3, we believe that Origin will be embraced and appreciated more and more by gamers worldwide.”

Ultimately Soderlund wants Battlefield 3 players to know that both EA and DICE are grateful for their support, and that they’re pledging lasting support for this game. This will come not only in terms of infrastructure and a better play experience, but new game content like the Back to Karkand DLC pack due out in December.

“In two words: thank you,” Soderlund said. “We are overwhelmed by the positive response we’ve received from gamers around the world. The DICE team has lived and breathed Battlefield 3 for the last few years and it’s an exciting time for us to finally share something we are so passionate about with millions of gamers. The best reward for us is the amazing feedback we’ve seen from our fans. They are helping us make the game better every single day.”

If you’re itching to leave feedback of your own, Soderlund provides a few tips for interacting with the team.

“There are a number of ways to reach us. They can submit questions via www.battlefield.com or http://www.facebook.com/battlefield. They can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/battlefield for the latest news,” Soderlund said. “Again, thank you for all your support. I hope to see you on the Battlefield.”
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Planet Battlefield - Upcoming Battlefield 3 Community Events

Tuesday, 15 November, 2011 at 18:00 PST | ^Scott^ | Print News
Two Battlefield 3 community events are coming up with the first one starting tomorrow at 11am PT. DICE is hosting a live chat with Battlefield Global Community Manager, Daniel Matros where we might even see some new footage of Back to Karkand.

This Wednesday, November 16 at 11am PT, we’ll be streaming live from DICE headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden as Daniel Matros chats about the groundbreaking FPS, Battlefield 3.

Have a question for Matros or the Battlefield 3 team? Submit your question below using Cover It Live, then stay tuned to see what Matros has to say. We’ll also be mixing a little bit of live play in with Wednesday’s Q&A session, giving you a glimpse of some luscious Frostbite 2-driven action and the upcoming Back to Karkand expansion.

Due to time limitations, Matros won’t be able to answer all questions that are asked. If the chat ends and your question still hasn’t been answered, try checking either the Battlefield 3 forums or the official Battlefield 3 web site.
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EA.com

The second event is a Battlefield community roundtable hosted by FragWorld, which will happen a week from today on Tuesday, November 22nd at 9:30pm ET. Last month's event had a pretty big turnout and Ian 'crash7800' Tornay and Daniel 'zh1nt0' Matros stopped by to talk last time.
What is that you may ask?
Well its basically a moderated Town Hall type event for Battlfield Communities (clans) hosted by us in our Teamspeak 3 Voice Server. We take suggested topics of discussion, which you can post here. We then discuss them as a group with each other and sometimes the developers participate themselves incognito or openly. We record all the meetings so even if you can't make it you can still listen. There are recordings of other events for other games on our site and itunes if you want to hear what they are like.

Who can attend?
The event is open to ALL english speaking Clan founders and officers, esports admins and fansite admins however so there is equal representation we ask that you limit the number of folks from your community to two.
Everyone is welcome on the stream and stream chat. We will try and take some questions from the stream at the end as well.

Tentative Agenda
-Meet and Greet (before meeting)
-Introductions
-How Was Launch?
-What needs to be fixed?
-Servers and Favorite Gametypes
-Back to Kirkland DLC
-Upcoming competitions (tourneys, leagues, ladders etc)
-Plugs from other fansites and other helpful resources
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Exterous said:
They really need an ingame notice when a friend joins your server. I can't tell you how many times someone on my list has joined my game and I leave shortly after and don't even notice they're there until I see my friends list in the battle log



Ugh - I did not like it and had a hard time getting the 20 kills needed for the smoke grenades. The only reason I killed zargon with it is because I hit the wall above him when he was standing right next to it
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i got all of them on 1 op metro conquest, it hip fires easier then the rpg and is just deadly at choke points, works great on grand bizzar as well its also pretty effective at taking out anything but tanks. and you can take out tanks operated by idiots with it.
 
Exterous said:
They really need an ingame notice when a friend joins your server. I can't tell you how many times someone on my list has joined my game and I leave shortly after and don't even notice they're there until I see my friends list in the battle log



Ugh - I did not like it and had a hard time getting the 20 kills needed for the smoke grenades. The only reason I killed zargon with it is because I hit the wall above him when he was standing right next to it
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i feel your pain

i hate the new nade launcher

i was great with BC2's



anyone got recommended settings for dxtory?

I recorded some tonight nad its jittery as hell

too bad too had an epic 1k+ run with teh little bird, took down a few jets and lots of people without a repair buddy and got some nice aircombat 🙁

and a nice run with exterous and paqster in the tank on tehran and firestorm


drizek said:
I paid $3 for that album a couple days ago, and other people got it for $2 with a coupon. What is the MEC theme you are talking about? Mass Effect? I love that song.
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the bf2 theme
 
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It tool me like 5 games to get 10 m320 grenade kills. I'm just not use to using a noob tube, and the splash damage seemed very small. Then it took me 1 game to get 10 m320 shotgun kills. :biggrin:

Zargon said:
anyone got recommended settings for dxtory?

I recorded some tonight nad its jittery as hell
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Try the UT codec, using YUV420 settings, and resized to 1280x720. I record at 60fps, but 30fps will get the storage specs in half. Using the Dxtory codec requires a really fast, and big storage system. In the Advanced tab maybe use 2 or 4 threads if you have CPU to spare.
 
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I love BF3, but i'm gonna hold off on playing it extended periods of time until B2K comes out. I love the gameplay but i'm very displeased with the lack of originality in the maps.

[Offtopic] Skyrim is too epic for me to take my hands off with whatever very little time I have.
 
It's a shame that more people don't team up when it comes to vehicles. I've noticed that the game really rewards you for nice teamwork.

In a few online matches today I was able to help out the tank gunner by spotting infrantry with the CITV station's thermal sights. With the built in laser painter I was able to paint targets for the tank driver's guided shells. On top of all that, the tank now has an extra engineer for repairs and defense against C4 jerks.

Final score: 0 kills, 2 deaths, 2600ish points.
 
Childs said:
It tool me like 5 games to get 10 m320 grenade kills. I'm just not use to using a noob toob, and the splash damage seemed very small. Then it took me 1 game to get 10 m320 shotgun kills. :biggrin:



Try the UT codec, using YUV420 settings, and resized to 1280x720. I record at 60fps, but 30fps will get the storage specs in half. Using the Dxtory codec requires a really fast, and big storage system. In the Advanced tab maybe use 2 or 4 threads if you have CPU to spare.
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hmm i dont see that codec, got 2 intels, fraps, cinepak, ffdshow, helix, ms rle. ms video 1 and xvid

tried xvid and dxtory and I think ffdshow

do you do sync video fps?
 
Zargon said:
hmm i dont see that codec, got 2 intels, fraps, cinepak, ffdshow, helix, ms rle. ms video 1 and xvid

tried xvid and dxtory and I think ffdshow

do you do sync video fps?
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Its a third party codec. Good thing is that its free.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143624

I dont sync video fps or limit fps. You probably only mess with that if you are going out of sync, but there are usually other causes for out of sync audio and video.
 
KentState said:
I need recommendations on a wired mouse. I have an older Razor Copperhead and it has been acting funny.
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I just picked up a Logitech g9x based on recommendations here. The other one that came recommended was the Razer DeathAdder. Both looked good and at the time were the same price ($50). Now the g9x appears to be quite a bit more expensive.

Best price I've seen on Deathadder ($47): http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Deathadd...1456303&sr=8-1

Best price currently on g9x ($62): http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Progr...1456317&sr=1-1

Keep in mind that the g9x is flatter, which I thought would work better with the way I grip the mouse, and now that I'm used to it I like it a lot. The DeathAdder appears to be more arched, like a typical mouse, but I haven't actually used one, so I can't say for sure.
 
I'm completely cheating on BF3 by playing Skyrim. I wish I have more time for gaming 🙁

Also, is there a thread or can we start a thread where people post their Origin names so maybe we can set up some squads to own some public servers? I think if I can find a squad that's well coordinated I'm willing to go back to BF3 and kick serious ass with my new mates.
 
sigurros81 said:
I'm completely cheating on BF3 by playing Skyrim. I wish I have more time for gaming 🙁

Also, is there a thread or can we start a thread where people post their Origin names so maybe we can set up some squads to own some public servers? I think if I can find a squad that's well coordinated I'm willing to go back to BF3 and kick serious ass with my new mates.
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Here you go: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2194491

Zargon said:
http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-Cybor..._sim_sbs_pc_16

these are supposed to be very nice.....
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Ouch on price!
 
I really wish wireless would get better gear, I would love wireless for keyboard/headphones/mouse. But everything is so sub par out for gaming things.
 
imaheadcase said:
I really wish wireless would get better gear, I would love wireless for keyboard/headphones/mouse. But everything is so sub par out for gaming things.
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http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-Cybor..._sim_sbs_pc_16

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wirel...1459442&sr=1-7

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-3HA-...1459600&sr=1-3

gotta pay to play though....

Termie said:
Here you go: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2194491

Ouch on price!
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yeah its very adjustable though, I've heard they are AWESOME
 
imaheadcase said:
I really wish wireless would get better gear, I would love wireless for keyboard/headphones/mouse. But everything is so sub par out for gaming things.
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got a wireless g930 headset and wireless g700 mouse. both working good and no lag that i can detect. both can function wired too if you need to charge and keep playing.
 
Zargon said:
http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catz-Cybor..._sim_sbs_pc_16

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wirel...1459442&sr=1-7

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-3HA-...1459600&sr=1-3

gotta pay to play though....



yeah its very adjustable though, I've heard they are AWESOME
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I tried every one of those, everyone was sub-par. Each one had a major defect. I forget which order, but one was the pads under mouse scratched up on my razer vespula mousepad, so it was not smooth anymore. One of them would stop charging after the first month.

I've prob spend over $400 on wireless stuff and it was all junk that broke :/

What is up with bf3 servers? I can never get more than 4, 64 player servers anymore for last 3 days 🙁 Did everyone quit the game already..
 
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