1921

Pretty much. I ended up on an almost deserted Caspian server where we just played in jets and helicopters. Using heat seekers against someone without flares was too easy. I ended up flying in straight lines so he could shoot me down a few times just to help him get flares.
My biggest XP boost occurred when i played an engineer. I planted a few mines and was shot. I then saw an empty plane and spawned in it. 3 seconds after takeoff a jeep with a few enemies ran over my mines and gave me a couple of hundred jet XP.
My biggest tip (from the youtube jet tutorial) for jet combat is to use the 3rd person view to fly until you see your target. The extra FoV really helps. Stupid lack of padlock.

1922

October 31, 2011
Battlefield 3 Sells 5 Million Units in First Week

The Fastest-Selling Game in EA History Propelled by Great Reception from Critics and Player Word-of-Mouth

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that based on internal estimates, Battlefield 3™ has sold through five million units in the first week globally, making it the fastest-selling game in EA’s history. The outstanding retail performance is driven by critic’s reviews averaging above 85 on console and above 90 on PC.* Word-of-mouth from gamers is also driving sales — Battlefield 3 now has more than 2.5 Million “likes” on Facebook®. Following the tradition of all games in this storied franchise; Battlefield 3 includes a superior multi-player experience. Consumers have logged-on in unprecedented numbers to team up and join the battle. Server stability was solid in the first weekend, delivering EA’s highest-ever usage rates. While some players experienced intermittent disruption of online services due to high volume, internal estimates show that servers and service uptime stabilized to roughly 98.9% throughout the weekend, ensuring that players were connected and enjoying the game. With a commitment to support the game as a software service, EA is listening to consumer feedback and is making daily updates and improvements to ensure an optimal online experience for all.

Battlefield 3 continues to set new EA records this weekend**:

  • 2.5 Million Facebook “likes” with hundreds of thousands of fans actively engaged
  • Over 200K followers on Twitter®
  • Battlefield 3 fans executed 73M savior kills, 48M revives and destroyed 67M vehicles

“From Tokyo to Los Angeles, Sydney to London, millions of fans have been playing all weekend long – we are overwhelmed by the global response to Battlefield 3,” said Patrick Soderlund, Executive Vice President of the EA Games Label. “It is extremely gratifying to deliver an entertainment experience that delights our fans, and to have the opportunity to introduce new people to the franchise. Already, we are seeing unprecedented play times and online activity which is very rewarding. This launch solidifies Battlefield as a leading entertainment brand.”

Battlefield 3 employs the state-of-the-art Frostbite™ 2 game engine that creates a massive sense of scale, completely destructible environments and enables players to pilot a range of vehicles from jets and tanks to choppers and jeeps. With the addition of Battlelog, the Battlefield social network service, fans can stay connected as they rise to the challenge to become one of the world’s best soldiers. To accompany the game, Orion Publishing released a novel called Battlefield 3: The Russian written by the highly decorated ex-SAS operator and best-selling author of Bravo Two Zero, Andy McNab, with co-author Peter Grimsdale. McNab worked with the creative team at DICE to ensure the authenticity of today’s warfare is experienced in the single player, co-op and multiplayer campaigns.

The Battlefield franchise began in 2002 and has risen to international acclaim over the last decade. Developed by DICE in Stockholm, Sweden, the series has sold 50M units life-to-date. Since the launch of the first title, Battlefield 1942™, DICE has released 17 games and expansion packs in the Battlefield franchise; all with the series’ signature open sandbox gameplay, vast array of military vehicles and an emphasis on social multiplayer with friends. With the release of Battlefield 3, DICE takes the franchise — and the shooter category — to new heights with the introduction of the advanced Frostbite 2 game engine technology and the Battlelog social network.

Battlefield 3 is available now in North America and Europe for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC. Battlefield 3 is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB. Fans of the game and DICE can purchase merchandise online at the all-new DICE store at www.store.dice.se. For more information on Battlefield 3, please visit www.battlefield.com, and for the latest news on Battlefield please visit http://www.facebook.com/battlefield or follow us on Twitter® at www.twitter.com/battlefield.

  • According to Metacritic as of October 31, 2011.

** As of October 30, 2011.

2.5 millions of likes!

1923

Tim James hoo-ahs this. Or something.

1924

Linked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkPsGauBb9s

1925

It’s in the multiplayer thread! All your questions will be answered there. This thread is for whether your mind is blown or not.

1926

Damavand conquest regular (3 objective) is crap. Damavand conquest large (5 objective) is crazy but awesome.

1927

New tip: Find a squadmate who’s got a very high rank, AND FOLLOW HIM EVERYWHERE. If you’re Rank 5 and that dude is, like Rank 28, he knows what the hell he’s doing.

1928

And if he doesn’t, he’ll probably get shot before you do :)

1929

Battlefield games have always been weird in that in one battle you can be a god of war, destroying everyone around you, and in the next battle, you die every 2 seconds, and feel like screaming, gaining a 1-50 KD ratio.

Its of course because the ebb and flow of the battle is based upon the human participants, not following any set of rules, especially in the conquest scenarios.

So yeah, its hard to know exactly what to do, but the only thing that will help is practice and knowledge of the maps ,and a healthy dose of luck.

1930

Conquest make me think. How I can help my team win this round? How can I counter-act the stuff the enemy team is going to thrown at us.

Sometimes I have a blurry idea. Is a vehicle map, but we can do withouth air superiority, so I will mine the battlefield and destroy vehicles with jabelin.
Or maybe is a infantry map, I am going to run away from the populated areas, and try to take over “abandoned” areas. Or…

But then the battle star, and not plan survive the contact of the battle. So I remade plans on the spot, and (sorry) flow with the battle. Maybe the battle want me to protect one flag, with one very good squadmate, or the battle want me to stay in a AA tank the whole game, or maybe the game want me to walk to a hill near the enemy base in Operation Firestorm, and snipe tanks with the jabelin. I read the battle, and the battle tell me what to do.

And is weird, because I can do amazing, and still lose. I can flow alone, and It will not work, but wen everyone “connects”, the team is unstopable.

1931

Came to the same conclusion last night. I love the 5 objective one.

1932

They need to fix auto balance ASAP , a few of my rounds yesterday were so horrible.

At one point people were defecting from the American team so fast, I think we were down by 8 people.

And I guess auto balance finally kicked in , and moved over a whole pile of level 1’s to my team. My friend and I left before the end of the round, it was so lopsided.

1933

Those with SSDs/fast computers are able to swap team before the rest of the players have loaded, every match. Had a rank 40 guy who constantly changed to the defending team, as they had the upper hand in terms of the Rush map, to get the most points.

Really hope they fix the UI issues soon, as well as the damn server crashes, lags and disconnects.

Also wouldn’t mind them fixing the 30 second timer between ROUNDS, 30 second AFTER a match, and 30 seconds after a new map has loaded before it begins.

On some of the 64-player rush maps, with a stupidly low 75 ticket count, you almost spend more time counting down for the map/loading than you spend playing.

Trying to pilot anything when the server is lagging is horrible as well, since it seems that your plane crashes into the 100ms behind/in front of you plane in the air constantly, so the cockpit is always shaking, and you lose thrust.

1934

I wish there was some convenient way to High Five someone who spotted an enemy for you. Spotting is totally awesome. If one team is spotting and the other isn’t, then the spotting team is winning even if the non-spottng team is full of great headshot hunters.

Heres my tip of the day, probably old news for veterans. Instead of running behind your squad mate, run beside him (keep an eye on your relative positions on the mini map). Stay far enough away that you are behind different cover, passing on opposite sides of small buildings, on opposite sides of the street etc.

This has 2 immediate effects. 1) You get a nice crossfire on any single enemy you encounter. 2) If one of you runs into opposition and engages in a firefight, the other one will naturally wrap around the side and flank the opponent. Half the time you be able to completely blindside your enemy while he is looking at your squad mate.

Best of all this tactic doesn’t require sophisticated tactics. Just 2 squaddies who agree to move parallel but apart from each other.

Tony

1935

ABF

ALWAYS

BE

FLANKING

First prize is a rank up

Second prize is 100 points

Third place is you’re killed

1936

Woohoo. I came in third place!

1937

For extra humor read in Zoidberg voice.

1938

+1. On Khark Island last night I was Davey Crockett with an M1 Tank. Someone was spotting the US infantry hidden up on those rocks up high, and I was sniping them with a 120mm tank cannon. Those idiots had no idea what was going on. One second they were alive, the next, they were told they were killed by an M1 round. It wasn’t long before they were screaming AIMBOT and saying I was a dirty cheater.

1939

Free skins/dogtags from Dr. Pepper for those who are into that sort of thing.

1940

If I knife someone with a Dr. Pepper dogtag, can I put it back?