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Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:13PM CleanUndies said
What!!!!? you're telling me i have to play the damned Campaign??? ... Ok .. No problem.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 11:00PM Wizardsofwaverly said
@CleanUndies Reason I'm not getting it because i don't got a good PC . Console version is like a happy meal where as the PC version is a triple whopper meal for the same price, so the console version is a rip off
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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 2:24AM Once known as Shadsy said
@teeftwo Wrong: it sucks DIFFERENTLY than previous Battlefield campaigns.
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Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:13PM xyloPhipps said
Bummer! It's worth the wait though, 360 owners. I've been playing on PC all day and it's a blast! Look on the bright side, you didn't have to agree to Origin's EULA...
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:35PM echerringtonYAHOOCOM said
@xyloPhipps
I'm also playing on PC. I can't wait to finish this. XD
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I'm also playing on PC. I can't wait to finish this. XD
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:44PM miles82 said
@Mcmax3000 I'm sorry, but you are playing a completely different game. The PC version has a web browser as it's server browser and you have to restart the game every time you join a new server. I'm sorry but this is unacceptable to force us to use a web browser as our server browser especially since I cannot use Nightly since they don't have x64 web browser support. No thanks.
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Posted: Oct 25th 2011 11:49PM phinn said
@xyloPhipps Yea the game is a lot of fun on PS3 too, the servers are working fine there, but the mics and squads are 4 years back to BC1 quality. What a joke this game was released in this condition. This game is NOT on par with Call of Duty games in terms of release quality.
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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 12:36AM TheRepublic said
@phinn
Well yeah....when you release the same game over and over again, year after year, you would hope all problems would be fixed about the third time around...
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Well yeah....when you release the same game over and over again, year after year, you would hope all problems would be fixed about the third time around...
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:13PM arucious said
Mic lag... Squad problems... Can't join any squad I want... Graphics aren't as great
C'mon Dice :(
C'mon Dice :(
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:13PM Ruinkind said
@arucious
Okay, complaining about problems with voice chat I can understand, same with squad problems... but giving DICE a hard time because the 360 graphics aren't as good (as the PC graphics, presumably)? That's just the nature of the modern beast.
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Okay, complaining about problems with voice chat I can understand, same with squad problems... but giving DICE a hard time because the 360 graphics aren't as good (as the PC graphics, presumably)? That's just the nature of the modern beast.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:14PM judagrmn said
Looks like I'll have to go cut myself to ease the pain of not being able to play online tonight >:(
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:58PM pluupy said
@judagrmn
Agreed. I will now commence with a goat offering to EA so they may bring a speedy return to server activity. Just for good luck, i'll light a few candles and make a few markings all over my Xbox360. ...and a virgin maiden sacrifice wouldn't hurt.
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Agreed. I will now commence with a goat offering to EA so they may bring a speedy return to server activity. Just for good luck, i'll light a few candles and make a few markings all over my Xbox360. ...and a virgin maiden sacrifice wouldn't hurt.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:17PM houstons85 said
B-b-but the $60 a year I pay for Gold......
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 11:02PM JMoney156 said
@kmcroc Microsoft is at fault here. Microsoft makes a special exception to their rules and allows EA to manage their own servers. Every EA Battlefield game is plagued with server outages for the few weeks. I know this as fact because I've bought all of them and run into these issues. Microsoft also knows this, yet they still allow EA to run their own servers.
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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 2:37AM Faceless Troll said
@T24 It's almost like you didn't read any of the comments before you posted. Shocking.
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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 3:51AM (Unverified) said
@T24
Xbox Live is up and running, so I don't know wtf you're talking about. Now EA's Servers on the Xbox side are down, but that has nothing to do with Microsoft. That's entirely EA's fault, though I'm willing to bet there's a lot more traffic on EA's Xbox servers, hence the issues.
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Xbox Live is up and running, so I don't know wtf you're talking about. Now EA's Servers on the Xbox side are down, but that has nothing to do with Microsoft. That's entirely EA's fault, though I'm willing to bet there's a lot more traffic on EA's Xbox servers, hence the issues.
Posted: Oct 26th 2011 9:14AM Klearwater Killer said
@houstons85
...has nothing to do with EA or their sever capacity.
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...has nothing to do with EA or their sever capacity.
Posted: Oct 26th 2011 9:50AM Vcize said
@JMoney156
Microsoft made an exception because they didn't have a choice. Remember, when EA threatened not to release their games on MS platforms if they couldn't use their own servers it was back in the early days of the 360. Back when MS was coming off the disappointing XBox and had all their eggs in the 360 catching on. EA games not being on the 360 would have been much more catastrophic to them than it would have been to EA, so EA strong-armed them into it.
Whenever that agreement runs out (presumably with the current generation of consoles), you can bet that EA likely won't be able to do this next time around as the Xbox brand is now established enough that EA can't afford to just pull all their releases from it.
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Microsoft made an exception because they didn't have a choice. Remember, when EA threatened not to release their games on MS platforms if they couldn't use their own servers it was back in the early days of the 360. Back when MS was coming off the disappointing XBox and had all their eggs in the 360 catching on. EA games not being on the 360 would have been much more catastrophic to them than it would have been to EA, so EA strong-armed them into it.
Whenever that agreement runs out (presumably with the current generation of consoles), you can bet that EA likely won't be able to do this next time around as the Xbox brand is now established enough that EA can't afford to just pull all their releases from it.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:20PM Scape3d said
Wow. Massive fail Xbox360.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:29PM MEMgrizzlies7 said
@Scape3d
Yeah, It's totally Xbox's fault that EA's servers are down. Get your shit together Xbox, God...
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Yeah, It's totally Xbox's fault that EA's servers are down. Get your shit together Xbox, God...
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:38PM CoconutSkittle said
@MEMgrizzlies7
Stupid Microsoft, with their...faces...
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Stupid Microsoft, with their...faces...
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:23PM arucious said
Oh btw... I found a bunch of bugs.. game is scripted beyond belief... and they tried to copy COD too hard
for gods sake one guy just said "history is determined by the victor"
SHEPARD...MUCH?
for gods sake one guy just said "history is determined by the victor"
SHEPARD...MUCH?
Posted: Oct 26th 2011 12:31AM joylessmedic said
@Colin lol, fanboys get all their war history from games.
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Posted: Oct 27th 2011 5:31PM Special Agent Steve said
@joylessmedic
Understand what a joke is, you idiot.
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Understand what a joke is, you idiot.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:25PM EDZiLLUH said
played earlier & was completely addicted. but once these server problems came in it disappointed me. i thought the beta was made to be prepared to see if the servers could handle all these people. ugh.!!!
Posted: Oct 26th 2011 8:43AM (Unverified) said
@EDZiLLUH that's not what a beta does. Beta looks for flaws in script not servers. They got a bandwidth overload. It happens to every game launch. Cod me2 had the same issue and halo reach
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Posted: Oct 26th 2011 4:55PM GThang said
@(Unverified)
DICE's GM stated that the beta was mainly for server stress tests, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info from.
http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/10/03/battlefield-3-open-beta-update-2.aspx##
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DICE's GM stated that the beta was mainly for server stress tests, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info from.
http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/10/03/battlefield-3-open-beta-update-2.aspx##
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:26PM Starcade said
Haven't been able to play multiplayer since I picked up the game a few hours ago, but then again this seems to happen with every Battlefield game during the first week. Just once I'd like to buy a Battlefield game that doesn't have issues with online play.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:27PM blackangel209 said
Oh god... Ton of idiots on this site are going to blame this on the 360. Here's the deal that somehow some of you still don't know. EA got a special deal with Microsoft so that they could use their own servers instead of MS's. *Their* servers are down. Blame EA for being unprepared douchebags.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:16PM nerdquest said
@blackangel209 Great to see someone who knows what they're talking about. EA, Sega and Take-Two hosts their own servers over Xbox Live. Hence, they also have the ability to shut them down at any time.
Their deals with MS enables them to refuse the release of any their games for MS platforms, unless they have full controll of their own servers.
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Their deals with MS enables them to refuse the release of any their games for MS platforms, unless they have full controll of their own servers.
Posted: Oct 25th 2011 10:28PM aronmayo2 said
@nerdquest Also means EA, Sega and 2K games (generally) have very poor ping and performance compared to Microsoft/other third party games. Less reliability too...Sega's are the WORST and Need for Speed games are usually nigh unplayable. Which is disappointing because Battlefield deserves more.
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Posted: Oct 25th 2011 9:27PM thevoid said
Wow good to see that beta really prepared their servers. *rolls eyes*
