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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:46 am | |
| Open Beta starts Sep 29th Early Access starts Sep 27
Beta runs till Oct 10th
Metro Rush only | |
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Alyss The Hanged Woman
Posts : 5912 Points : 6291 Reputation : 83 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Suzu, Japan
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:32 pm | |
| Pretty similar to BC2 then. | |
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St NickelStew Midget
Posts : 482 Points : 534 Reputation : 1 Join date : 2010-03-21 Age : 57 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:35 pm | |
| Sadly, those dates all but leave me out. :-( I leave for an interview this Saturday and return on the 27th, but I will be in a pretty big hole at work that I will need to dig myself out of. I will probably download it just out of principle, but probably won't get to play it much.
At least the real game will be here soon ....
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DTECH Master of Facts, Factual Evidence, and Facts
Posts : 4541 Points : 4745 Reputation : -115 Join date : 2010-03-19 Location : Here
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:35 pm | |
| Blehh rush... oh well I havent played any BF for the last month or 2, so Ill take it | |
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GnarlyBromance Admin
Posts : 1838 Points : 2266 Reputation : 7 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Austin, TX
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:48 pm | |
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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:54 pm | |
| Yah, I was kinda hoping they'd include Caspian CQ to showcase the large scale side of BF3.... but w/e, full release is only 35 days from now anyways I get Gear3 tomorrow from Gamefly (They mailed it out yesterday) so between horde2.0 with my bro, Hoarderlands, and the beta, I'll be good2go until release. only 1 more week to beta | |
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Eradicated Murderous Crack Fiend
Posts : 1138 Points : 1214 Reputation : 28 Join date : 2010-03-23 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:10 pm | |
| i wus rite, wut du i wyn? | |
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Alyss The Hanged Woman
Posts : 5912 Points : 6291 Reputation : 83 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Suzu, Japan
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:29 pm | |
| There were some good Rush maps in BC2...wasn't generally my favourite, but I did have some awesome games on Port Valdez and Valpraiso. | |
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GnarlyBromance Admin
Posts : 1838 Points : 2266 Reputation : 7 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Austin, TX
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:37 pm | |
| Port Valdez...the amount of times I played that map in the BC2 beta...guess it will be the same with operation metro haha.
Got attacking and defending down to a science when I played with the usual crew of Zulu and a few others...we never lost.... | |
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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:01 pm | |
| Yah, Op Metro should be fun....
I kinda wanted to see how they changed the vehicles and crap, but I'll live with just the IFV...
it's free early access... honestly I'm not gonna fuckin complain about it lol | |
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St NickelStew Midget
Posts : 482 Points : 534 Reputation : 1 Join date : 2010-03-21 Age : 57 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:09 pm | |
| - RoninHo'in wrote:
it's free early access... honestly I'm not gonna fuckin complain about it lol But on the UK forums many have been complaining. Then Zh1nto laid into them a bit, and later deleted said thread. The UK forums currently contain some entertaining reading! :joker: | |
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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:27 pm | |
| US forums are much the same right now actually
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Mark! Midget
Posts : 440 Points : 464 Reputation : 3 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 28
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:27 pm | |
| Too bad I'm IP banned from EAUK. | |
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GnarlyBromance Admin
Posts : 1838 Points : 2266 Reputation : 7 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Austin, TX
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:27 pm | |
| Reddit is blowing up as well
I don't get it at all, the sense of entitlement the overall BF3 community has is mind boggling. YOU GET TO PLAY SOME OF THE GAME EARLY, FOR FREE!!!
EA should just kept it at closed testing and launched the game normally...WTF people | |
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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:32 pm | |
| This sense of entitlement is more of a generational thing then just a BF3 fan thing.... | |
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GnarlyBromance Admin
Posts : 1838 Points : 2266 Reputation : 7 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 35 Location : Austin, TX
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:37 pm | |
| - RoninHo'in wrote:
- This sense of entitlement is more of a generational thing then just a BF3 fan thing....
True, makes PR and marketing a nightmare sometimes... | |
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Eradicated Murderous Crack Fiend
Posts : 1138 Points : 1214 Reputation : 28 Join date : 2010-03-23 Age : 31
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:58 pm | |
| Alot of the complaining is coming from retards who are whining just because, but there are a quite a few legit issues with the beta. I cba to summarize it all, but norm360 makes some great points in it. - Quote :
It's not that we are ungrateful, I appreciate the work DICE does highly, but I generally get the impression the beta is used as an excercise in marketing, rather than working towards making the game better.
Essentially EA gets:
1. Free bug testing. 2. They profited off MOH by promoting BF3 alongside it. 3. They profited by attaching a pre-order requirement for early access. 4. They generate free publicity for the game prior to release.
The Battlefield fan gets:
1. Obscure bits of info surrounding the beta for weeks on end. 2. Single Rush map (hardly relevant to a BF2 sequel). 3. A chance to play a map we've already seen (many want to try the jets/tanks to provide feedback on that). 4. Trailers of Caspian Border giving the impression it will be the beta map (and it's also being played at Expo).
Hence the mild frustration we are seeing.
But who knows, you might pull a proper demo out of the bag once the beta is over. | |
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spacefox Blatant Cocksucker
Posts : 4915 Points : 5512 Reputation : -9 Join date : 2010-03-19 Age : 29 Location : Florida
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:07 pm | |
| It's understandable.
They tell us, "Beta will be in September! And it might be a new map! Get excited!"
And then we find out it comes out on the penultimate day of September and it's the same infantry based, vehicle lacking map we saw in the Alpha.
It's not so much entitlement as it is disappointment. It's not like DICE is doing us a favor either with the beta, they're using it to test the game, gather data, and for publicity. So they win too.
Still looking forward to playing this, but I wouldve much rather preferred Caspian Border. I can imagine those who already played the shit out of the Alpha would be pissed at this.
EDIT: FUCK I got ninja'd by Erad. | |
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St NickelStew Midget
Posts : 482 Points : 534 Reputation : 1 Join date : 2010-03-21 Age : 57 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:21 pm | |
| - RoninHo'in wrote:
- This sense of entitlement is more of a generational thing then just a BF3 fan thing....
Yup ... you should try attempting to *teach* some of these creatures ... or not. | |
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Hawk Hawk
Posts : 1417 Points : 1581 Reputation : 30 Join date : 2010-04-18 Location : Outside
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:35 pm | |
| If it's anything like BC2, the beta is gonna be the more fun then the actual game.
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DTECH Master of Facts, Factual Evidence, and Facts
Posts : 4541 Points : 4745 Reputation : -115 Join date : 2010-03-19 Location : Here
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:17 pm | |
| - St NickelStew wrote:
But on the UK forums many have been complaining. Then Zh1nto laid into them a bit, and later deleted said thread. The UK forums currently contain some entertaining reading!
:joker: Complaining? I love it http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3/1426537-racist-ea-dice-no-beta-asia-n-africa-8.html#post19914904 | |
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RoninHo'in Paranoid Vet
Posts : 8157 Points : 8617 Reputation : 47 Join date : 2010-03-22 Age : 42 Location : Cali baby
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:58 am | |
| prolly cost vs market share
they are a business.... money makes their decisions | |
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DTECH Master of Facts, Factual Evidence, and Facts
Posts : 4541 Points : 4745 Reputation : -115 Join date : 2010-03-19 Location : Here
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:54 am | |
| LOL thread was deleted, pretty sad, look at the BF3 forums lots of locked threads and bans over there, yet on the BC2 forums I can probably make a thread about cocks... almost like they think BC2 is dead | |
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St NickelStew Midget
Posts : 482 Points : 534 Reputation : 1 Join date : 2010-03-21 Age : 57 Location : Missouri
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:43 pm | |
| The PC-kiddies on the forums are incredible cry-babies. No wonder game developers have been ignoring that market. | |
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Skreshavik Mordekaiser
Posts : 5997 Points : 6336 Reputation : 55 Join date : 2010-04-30 Age : 34 Location : California/Oregon
| Subject: Re: Beta Date Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:45 pm | |
| All I've ever seen in a PC forum are the vocal people who jizz themselves over whoever has the higher CPU/graphics card/OS. Other than that, the majority are pretty cool (Gnarly in this case ), tell you what is what and why it doesn't work like that. | |
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