E3: Battlefield "Premium" on Sale Now for $50

[WaysideMaze]

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Nice summary. I think a lot of the hate is just 'herp derp EA derp' stuff.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

Imo this feels like more of an expansion pack and less like a DLC, which is good. I might get it.
Tons of new maps (don't have B2K yet, so that's cool), new vehicles, new weapons.

I wasn't planning to shelf out 15 bucks for a bunch of maps every time but a one time thing for all of them seems reasonable.

 

[WanderingFool]

So this service will actually have weapons that can only be access through it...

*sighs*

Well, the only other question I have is if Premium runs out, and I have weapons that I unlocked with Premium, do I still have access to those weapons? Cuz this service is starting to look pretty cheap (and not in the good way...)

It's not a subscription, so Premium never "runs out". You get a "new" knife, but it's visual only. It works EXACTLY the same way that the basic knife does, it just looks different in your hand and on the other guy's screen. You don't even get a new animation, it's used in exactly the same way.
There MAY be a full, new weapon added later through premium that you can't get elsewhere, but that's all speculation at this point. More likely it would just be a new model for an existing gun like this knife, or yet another exclusive skin. As for the other weapons/assignments added when you buy Premium, those come from the expansions themselves, not from the service. People running around with the AUG 93 or SPAS 12 have early access to Close Quarters and it's guns, they didn't get their guns directly from the Premium upgrade.

Well, the articles I looked up didnt seem to say it that way, so maybe that was a fa... I just remembered I saw the articles on IGN... so you are probably right then.

Also:

Even if its just a reskin of the 870 or M1014, its still a Spas-12... I am happy.

 

[MrTub]

I think its bullshit that I have to pay 70$ for it

Does anyone knows if its against their ToS if I buy from US by a vpn?

 

[oliver.begg]

ha! i got it for 60NZD (new zealnd) thats around 40-35USD, someone at orgin has finally failed in the other direction.

normally games that are 20USD in the states are 100NZD

 

[markisb]

sorry i will rephrase my question. i have bf3 limited ed. so i have b2k.
if i buy bf3 premium will i now have 2 copies of bf3 and b2k and the rest of the dlc?

 

[MC Sledgehammer]

Someone missed a memo, Xbox rolled out with it June 4th like everything else.

Personally I was slightly peeved that I already pre-ordered the Limited Edition and didn't get any throwback for already having B2K. Still, I only suffered about 30 seconds of calculation before I picked it up.

Makes sense for me, I've played every one of these until the next came out since Modern Combat 2. So +1 to what INF1NIT3 D00M said.

sorry i will rephrase my question. i have bf3 limited ed. so i have b2k.
if i buy bf3 premium will i now have 2 copies of bf3 and b2k and the rest of the dlc?

Premium just included B2K for those who don't already have it. If you buy Premium you're paying for the 4 Map Packs and 'vanity' content (Vanity is too skin deep. Each gun has a different feel to me, plus, I'm a vehicle whore so once they whispered 'Armored Kill' my stiffy clicked 'Confirm Purchase' for me.)