**OFFICIAL** AT Battlefield 3 FAQ and News Thread

[GullyFoyle]

New Battlefield Blog Post: Just a few days to go: Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer is live!

Friday, 21 October 2011 00:00

Winning over 60 industry awards, Battlefield 3 is out next week. Our launch trailer gives you a preview of the intense single player campaign. A sinister power is rising in the Middle-East, and Marine Sergeant "Black" discovers how far he would go to defend his country.

Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

 

[SLU Aequitas]

New Official Launch (AKA Single-Player) trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bEI8d1ivdI

I really want to play the SP...but you see, I've got this beautiful $27.5M piece of machinery calling my name...and the Viper, she's a purty girl, I can't deny her. <3

 

[dyndragon]

New Official Launch (AKA Single-Player) trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bEI8d1ivdI

first person imprisonment and probable execution - check
multiple teams going after self righteous terrorist leader - check
morally ambiguous soldier(s) - check
ambiguous nuclear threat - check

Still, looks like it's worth a playthrough. Visually looks impressive!

I kinda wonder if any of the vehicle parts will not be on rails,
especially the aircraft parts. That would be pretty kingly.

I still think the best part of the SP trailer is...the battlefield theme is back!

 

[SLU Aequitas]

first person imprisonment and probable execution - check
multiple teams going after self righteous terrorist leader - check
morally ambiguous soldier(s) - check
ambiguous nuclear threat - check

Still, looks like it's worth a playthrough. Visually looks impressive!

I kinda wonder if any of the vehicle parts will not be on rails,
especially the aircraft parts. That would be pretty kingly.

I still think the best part of the SP trailer is...the battlefield theme is back!

Aircraft SP gameplay already shown. You're a female copilot; your pilot does the flying, you're in charge of firing missiles and countermeasures. So, on rails.

Tank footage wasn't on rails though 🙂

 

[GullyFoyle]

#BF3 - Back to Karkand - Off-Screen Footage - EA Showcase Poland

 

[imaheadcase]

BF3 is now preloading on origin for some. I'm downloading at 10MB/s good speed, better than i got with steam.

 

[hondaf17]

Do we know if we can create our own soldier name once in BF3, or will soldier name = origin ID? I want to know this before I preload, b/c I want the same name I've had for the last 10 years.

 

[minmaster]

is there any preloading for D2D orders?

 

[Capt Caveman]

I'm 57&#37; downloaded.

11,669mb

Thank you for ordering Battlefield 3&#8482; Limited Edition from Origin. The game is now available for pre-load. To begin, please follow these steps:

Launch the Origin Client and login to your account.
Click on the &#8220;My Games&#8221; tab and find the Battlefield 3&#8482; Limited Edition icon.
Click &#8220;Ready To Download&#8221; and follow the prompts to download the game.
On October 25, 2011, you will be ready to play when Battlefield 3&#8482; Limited Edition releases.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Do we know if we can create our own soldier name once in BF3, or will soldier name = origin ID? I want to know this before I preload, b/c I want the same name I've had for the last 10 years.

Soldier Name = Origin ID. But, there are several options floating around for changing your Origin ID to something you want.

is there any preloading for D2D orders?

Yes, supposedly started 7 AM PST today. Waiting on an e-mail from them.

Edit: When you get a chance, try logging in Direct2Drive and viewing your games. There should be a download link next to BF3, and your key.

 

[hondaf17]

Soldier Name = Origin ID. But, there are several options floating around for changing your Origin ID to something you want.

Thanks, found the below link helpful and easy to change my origin id:

http://www.origin.com/us/change-id

 

[Capt Caveman]

Download and when you try to play, see below. People are crying over at the EA forums b/c they thought they'd be able to play SP today.

 

[drizek]

I got charged for my Amazon order.

now to go off and cancel the 3 other pre-orders I made...

 

[Canbacon]

Download and when you try to play, see below. People are crying over at the EA forums b/c they thought they'd be able to play SP today.

Hmmm, I don't remember EA saying anything about being able to play SP today. Only about pre-loading today. I know that press and EA testers are playing singleplayer/co-op today.

 

[SexyK]

Inauspicious start from a technical perspective. I've received the "Your Order is Ready for Preload" email 5 times in the last 10 minutes...

 

[gregulator]

Inauspicious start from a technical perspective. I've received the "Your Order is Ready for Preload" email 5 times in the last 10 minutes...

HAHA! So true. And thanks for learning me a new word!

 

[hondaf17]

My game is ready to download from Amazon but I keep on getting an "unknown error occurred" ... anyone else get this?

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Inauspicious start from a technical perspective. I've received the "Your Order is Ready for Preload" email 5 times in the last 10 minutes...

They're over-compensating for their snafu with the Beta early access emails that never went out. 😛

 

[Kev]

Inauspicious start from a technical perspective. I've received the "Your Order is Ready for Preload" email 5 times in the last 10 minutes...

EA's whole system is kind of a clusterfuck. I got probably 7 "case closed" messages after a support incident with them.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Download and when you try to play, see below. People are crying over at the EA forums b/c they thought they'd be able to play SP today.

I guess they missed it when zh1nt0 wrote on the forum the other day:

Nope. Pre-load means that you can download the client in Origin but you can´t install it until the day it´s open in your region.

If you´re located in North America, it´s hte 25th

 

[hondaf17]

Working now from Amazon.

 

[drizek]

3.3MB/s

I don't think I've ever gone that fast before.

 

[jackstar7]

Just got my 6 emails... Cannot wait for next week to get here.

 

[rgallant]

Inauspicious start from a technical perspective. I've received the "Your Order is Ready for Preload" email 5 times in the last 10 minutes...

I only had 4 and I hope I don't get 4 game downloads at 11.5gb each.

 

[The-Noid]

3.3MB/s

I don't think I've ever gone that fast before.

11.5 meg/sec maxes my 100 mbit.

About 10 megs faster than Steam. Transit is actually fairly OK in that Steam is the only thing that seems to not be able to max my connex.

At least origin has one thing going for it. Steam is ridiculously slow in US Central.