Major Battlefield 3 update coming to PC next week
A major update is coming to Battlefield 3 on PC next week, with console gamers getting their own patch shortly thereafter, developer DICE has revealed.
A major update is coming to Battlefield 3, DICE revealed in a blog post earlier today. "Next week we are publishing a significant Battlefield 3 client update for the PC," the post announced, noting that a console patch will "follow shortly" after the PC update is available.
DICE says that the PC patch will improve everything from overall game polish, stability, weapons balancing, squad functionality, user interface enhancements, and more, but did not provide a detailed breakdown of patch notes at this time.
"Several feature enhancements" are also included in the update that DICE says address feedback from the Battlefield 3 community. Additionally, the developer notes it will remove "the so called 'negative mouse acceleration' that some" have experienced. The exact date for the patch will be revealed next week, the blog adds, along with a detailed breakdown of all of its fixes.
As for cheating and boosting, DICE says it will continue to analyze data to hold the proper gamers accountable for their actions, which includes consequences like bans and stat wipes.
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A major update is coming to Battlefield 3 on PC next week, with console gamers getting their own patch shortly thereafter, developer DICE has revealed.-
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The certification process makes it a bitch when it comes to patching on the consoles so they just do it in lumps.
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Screw consoles? They said PC was lead platform and have yet to prove it. Graphics are the only thing that was for PC. The UI, maps, and air vehicle handling feels a lot like a console.
They need to stop trying to be fair because holding back PC updates because consoles have to get a certification isn't being fair.-
I hardly see this as reason for complaint when the game seems very polished at launch - correct me if you think that's an incorrect assessment by the way - along with the fact that they are releasing a substantial patch when the game hasn't even been out for a full month.
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Very polished?
The UI has little to no mouse support.
The TV Guided missiles don't work.
Below radar doesn't work.
Can't change squads in squad death match.
Friends get put on separate teams when joining servers.
BF3.exe has stopped working...
Unbalanced weapons
Maps are way to small (for PC)
Green flickering (been there since alpha)
No ping on scoreboard
Limited destruction.
Squad leaders are useless.
Those are just a few of the very many things wrong with the game.
Don't get me wrong the game is fun but its not finished, they should not have set themselves a release date so soon just so they can beat MW3.-
UI has little to no mouse support.
What? Which part of the UI are you talking about?
Also, limited destruction? What's limited about it?
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it does I believe. Bf3 does updates through battlelog though.
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The mouse issue fix is what I'm most looking forward to. I normally try to calibrate my sensitivity so that a 360 degree turn takes about 4 inches or so...but its been hard to do given the fact that when I need to do a 180 quick I have to move the mouse too quickly and this results in a much lower sensitivity (negative acceleration)...its annoying as hell and its why I'm using a much higher sensitivity than I prefer...I'll enjoy being able to use something that seems more natural to me and having a more responsive feel in this otherwise amazing game.
I'm also looking forward to the flashlight nerf/fix and hopefully a nerf to the IR scope...I've equip it on my AKS-74U and SCAR...and it does give me significant benefits; but I'd prefer not having to use it...right now there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of reason not to...and not using it puts one at a significant disadvantage. They do this and tweak some other stuff and they take probably my favorite multiplayer game this year; and they make it almost perfect.-
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I hate realism when it adversely affect gameplay in a game like this. Its also pretty easy to turn around pretty damned quickly...try it sometime...you can reverse direction and do a "180" pretty damned quick in reality. That said...even if it weren't possible...I think it makes for better and more interesting and skill-intensive gameplay and in that case; realism be damned. Games like ARMA exist to do the simulation thing...BF3 is a pure game IMHO. There are far FAR more glaring lapses in reality in all the BF games than the ability to quickly turn around with the mouse...and I don't think most of those should be changed either; its a game and the design of it seems to favor fun over simulation (and has since BF1942).
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I feel this way about the game at the moment, It's a great game. Just the maps are pretty boring and bland.. Too many of them have tight alleyways and close quarter combat. Doesn't really feel like Battlefield until maps like Operation Firestorm and Caspian Border come up.. Should have a rotation for the big open maps with vehicles :D
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I wish I bought a brick & mortar copy of BF3 so I could return it. :( I guess I got a nifty graphics card demo now, at any rate.
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Hope they sort out the Hyperthreading stutter.
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