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

[Destiny]

Damn, I wish BF3 had Battle Recorder.

I was playing Metro and had a flood of guys coming down the front stairs. Killed 2 with the G3, out of ammo switched to the 93R and killed 2 more then ran out of ammo, switched to the knife and killed 3 more coming down the stairs. Then backup came.

So wish I could have recorded it.

That would've been fun to watch... the funny thing is when you have FRAPs to record nothing like that happens...

 

[Anubis]

yea the battle recorder in black ops was pretty amazing, ive had some moments in BF3 that i wish were captured

 

[Capt Caveman]

That would've been fun to watch... the funny thing is when you have FRAPs to record nothing like that happens...

I actually bought FRAPS and can record unlimited but just never think about using it.

 

[Zargon]

Name is DonKarnagedYou. Add me guys

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I actually bought FRAPS and can record unlimited but just never think about using it.

its been ages since I recorded anything. wince I started doing 120hz or eyefinity even dxtorys toll is pretty high

 

[Childs]

I used to record everything, but like in quantum theory the act of observation seemed like it changed the gameplay I would normally get. The FPS drop combined with always trying to do something worthy of a video always meant I ended up with mediocre footage. I can also see it in my stats...without recording my KD went up around .5 in the last 25% of my total play time. My machine is much better now, so I should buy an SSD for recording and give it another go, but I think I'd rather push my KD to 2 before MoH comes out.

 

[Exterous]

I used to record everything, but like in quantum theory the act of observation seemed like it changed the gameplay I would normally get. The FPS drop combined with always trying to do something worthy of a video always meant I ended up with mediocre footage. I can also see it in my stats...without recording my KD went up around .5 in the last 25% of my total play time. My machine is much better now, so I should buy an SSD for recording and give it another go, but I think I'd rather push my KD to 2 before MoH comes out.

You could stop trying to showboat

 

[sigurros81]

My KDR has been slowly going down since the release of Close Quarters.

 

[Anubis]

mines gone up
however i dont play on the CQ maps often

i credit it to more noobs comming back because of the new patch

went 68-18 on siene crossing the other day, without using the tank, was fun times

 

[Zargon]

You could stop trying to showboat

psh

 

[CrystalBay]

Attention Premium Members ! Double XP this weekend !

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654783443354624/

 

[Don Karnage]

Do we have an official Anandtech server?

 

[Destiny]

Do we have an official Anandtech server?

YEs... but I don't know if it is still up and running or if there are enough players on there...

 

[Zargon]

YEs... but I don't know if it is still up and running or if there are enough players on there...

I haven't checked lately

Tapatalking on my pos thunderbolt. Sorry for teh typos!

 

[Childs]

You could stop trying to showboat

No I cant. Sh1t talking and show boating are the only reasons I play. :biggrin:

 

[Destiny]

I've noticed after the last big update/patch before CQ was released there have been alot more glitches:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRpwnPa610

They tried fixed previous problems but create more new ones...

 

[Zargon]

did they break spawn protection?

 

[Anubis]

i dont think so, actually it seems worse then before, i thought it was X seconds or once you move but if fired at someone for a godo 10 secs and they just dont die

 

[QuantumPion]

As mentioned previously we suspect the spawn protection is limited to your computer/internet connection loading time for spawning. So only people with high ping/slow computers have appreciable spawn protection. People like me just get to spawn already dead :\

 

[Canbacon]

As mentioned previously we suspect the spawn protection is limited to your computer/internet connection loading time for spawning. So only people with high ping/slow computers have appreciable spawn protection. People like me just get to spawn already dead :\

Ugh, I hope that is not another reason to artificially gimp your connection. BF3 just seems to favour the high pingers.

 

[Zargon]

yeah pretty annoying to have the MVP with a ping of 200

 

[sigurros81]

As mentioned previously we suspect the spawn protection is limited to your computer/internet connection loading time for spawning. So only people with high ping/slow computers have appreciable spawn protection. People like me just get to spawn already dead :\

Seriously, you're griping about high pingers because they have the advantage of longer spawn protection? Have you thought about how miserable it is for them to play with a high ping.

Man, the people that plays this game. Just the other night some douche was crying about how he's being killed by DART and how that person should be kicked. I told him 1, they already fixed the dart bug, and 2, is he going to start crying about a certain gun every time he gets killed by one.

 

[Zargon]

Seriously, you're griping about high pingers because they have the advantage of longer spawn protection? Have you thought about how miserable it is for them to play with a high ping.

Man, the people that plays this game. Just the other night some douche was crying about how he's being killed by DART and how that person should be kicked. I told him 1, they already fixed the dart bug, and 2, is he going to start crying about a certain gun every time he gets killed by one.

its kinda well known that cranking your latency dial to the right makes you rubber band for others and gives you an edge if you want to deal with the side effects

 

[QuantumPion]

Seriously, you're griping about high pingers because they have the advantage of longer spawn protection? Have you thought about how miserable it is for them to play with a high ping.

Man, the people that plays this game. Just the other night some douche was crying about how he's being killed by DART and how that person should be kicked. I told him 1, they already fixed the dart bug, and 2, is he going to start crying about a certain gun every time he gets killed by one.

I'm not crying about spawn protection for HPB's. I'm complaining about a lack of spawn protection for everyone else. They should at least make you glow or something when you have spawn protection. That way you know not to waste bullets on invulnerable people.

 

[QuantumPion]

its kinda well known that cranking your latency dial to the right makes you rubber band for others and gives you an edge if you want to deal with the side effects

No it doesn't. If you have a high ping, that means enemies have a longer period of time to shoot you before you go behind cover, and have more time to shoot at you before being registered as dead. Having a higher ping means 1) you will more frequently die "out of nowhere", 2) die while seemingly behind cover, and 3) not get kills in gun fights because your shots do not register a kill until your opponent has already fired enough shots to kill you as well (leading to more simultaneous kills instead of you kill and survive). The only upside of having a high ping is that you can kill an enemy while he thinks he is already behind cover, causing effect #2 to the enemy. But this effect is reciprocal because it applies to you as well and thus cancels out. Therefore the negatives clearly outweigh any potential benefits.

 

[Anubis]

my only real beef with spawn protection is when im shooting at someone running away from me and someone spawns on him and acts as a bullet shield