PC Battlefield 3 Lacks Key FPS Feature

[Smooth Operator]

Wow... this just made my jaw drop... I don't even know how they dare say that shit in public.
Whoever the lead designer on this was needs one hell of a proper backhanded slap, beat some fucking brains into him.

Words can't even describe what fucking lazy stupidity this is for a triple A title.

 

[Cronq]

BF3 is now officially a software suite. How can other games expect to keep up with EA and the bundled software they include in all their new games.

I'm curious, do we still get to manually update PunkBuster? Cuz I would hate to lose that feature.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

First Origin, now this? What the fuck are they doing?

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Please tell me they're joking. Who the hell thought that this is a good idea? Isn't the entire point of in game server browsers to streamline an intrusive process to make it as painless as possible? Then how exactly is it a good idea to make it MORE DIFFICULT and MORE ANNOYING for players to interact with their game? This just makes absolutely no sense, especially considering that they implemented in game server browsers in the other versions of the game.

I tend to jump between servers quite a bit until I find one I like, and the very idea of having to exit the game and restart it every time I want to switch servers is enough to put me off buying this game.

I've been ready to preorder the game for a long while, but every time I want to EA announces something else that makes me stop and rethink my purchasing decision. First it was the whole deal with origin, and now it's this. Now I'm once again stalling on my preorder. EA, if you really want to keep this customer you need to shut the hell up for a while before you pill on any MORE stuff that'll make me question whether your game is good enough for me to forgive the headache of getting to the gameplay.

 

[Furioso]

I think my brain just hit the side of my skull due to the speed at which I turned away from battlefield, you know what? I think ill just save my money, thanks EA for making me more responsible

 

[TheAmokz]

Well... looks i need to cancel my pre-order then. I guess they don't want me to buy it.

 

[Beryl77]

What the-?! Who the hell thought that this is a good idea? Don't they realise how often I change a server when I play a FPS? This just doesn't make any sense at all, except if they're too lazy to make one but they could just use the one from bc2. Css has in my opinion the best fps online browser but use at least one that works without having me to exit and start up the game again.
Do we really have to exit the game? Can't we at least just alt-tab it, or if I start the game through Steam, use the ingame browser? That would at least be a bit better, still a pretty retarded idea and whoever came up with it, should be punished by having to exit and start a game for all eternity.

 

[ph0b0s123]

So an even worse system that BFBC2 and a big step down from BF2 where you could look to what was going on in other servers without having to leave the serve you are on.

I suppose this is what they mean by progress.

Also battlelog is another service you have to go to on top of Origin in order to run the game. Yeah, good job there....

But yeah keep announcing great news like this, the game moves from something I want to pre-order, to a game I might get after launch and is now hovering around the will wait for it to be on sale.

 

[RaeveSpam]

People are really taking this for the worst imaginable. Yes there will be no ingame server browser. You're supposed to launch the game through Battlelogs server browser, which worked perfectly in the Alpha (I was in the Alpha trial) The server browser on Battlelog felt faster and more effective than the current ingame server browser in Battlefield Bad Company 2.

TLDR: There is a server browser, on battlelog, which infact works great! so chill out! ^^

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Everything is controlled through the Battlelog website, VoIP, server browser, friends list, community forums, stats...everything.

You're not making their case any better with this statement.

 

[krychek57]

Could you please do some research before posting this sensationalist crap & causing people to react as above?

BF3 doesn't have a server browser because BF3 doesn't have a main menu.

Everything is controlled through the Battlelog website, VoIP, server browser, friends list, community forums, stats...everything.

Battlelog is fucking awesome. Seriously.

PS. You don't need to close the game and open it again to change server, simply alt+tab (which is super quick) to Battlelog & find a new one.

This needs to be read by all. Though the internet hate machine is already spinning up >_>

I also had no issues with battlelog, it seemed to be the perfect central hub.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Could you please do some research before posting this sensationalist crap & causing people to react as above?

BF3 doesn't have a server browser because BF3 doesn't have a main menu.

Everything is controlled through the Battlelog website, VoIP, server browser, friends list, community forums, stats...everything.

Battlelog is fucking awesome. Seriously.

PS. You don't need to close the game and open it again to change server, simply alt+tab (which is super quick) to Battlelog & find a new one.

Well, assuming that you are correct about this. You probably need to copy and paste this into 30 different posts here becase in general, people don't actually read these posts, they just click on them to respond to the story in question( ergo: no one wants to engage in a coversation, yet everyone has an opinion they want to share).

 

[Phishfood]

What. The. Fuck.

Seriously? I mean...just....it breaks my brain to try and follow the thought process behind this.



Next EA will bring back gamespy!

 

[alrekr]

Could you please do some research before posting this sensationalist crap & causing people to react as above?
BF3 doesn't have a server browser because BF3 doesn't have a main menu.
Everything is controlled through the Battlelog website, VoIP, server browser, friends list, community forums, stats...everything.
Battlelog is fucking awesome. Seriously.
PS. You don't need to close the game and open it again to change server, simply alt+tab (which is super quick) to Battlelog & find a new one.

I refused to pay for a game that runs from a fething website. If they can't gakking make a menu it ain't worth charging me for.

Also do you really think that alt-tab is gonna be fast on 64 player game with the amount of enivromental destruction thats been promised? Bad Company 2 doesn't alt-tab that well, what makes you think this will be different.

For reference I played the alpha and I hated the method of launching the game; at the time I as like "its only alpha", but now DICE can go shove it.

To think I was going to buy this game.

 

[Navenis]

People are really taking this for the worst imaginable. Yes there will be no ingame server browser. You're supposed to launch the game through Battlelogs server browser, which worked perfectly in the Alpha (I was in the Alpha trial) The server browser on Battlelog felt faster and more effective than the current ingame server browser in Battlefield Bad Company 2.

TLDR: There is a server browser, on battlelog, which infact works great! so chill out! ^^

What theis guy said seriously the battlelog system is incredible better than any of the previous incarnations server browser.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

well good thing i'll buy it on the 360 because i dont like FPSs on my PC.
but seriously, this is an incredibly retarded decision.
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/facepalming

 

[Something Amyss]

So when does EA mention they're intentionally sabotaging their "Modern Warfare" killer?

 

[-Dragmire-]

What in the hell made DICE think that was a good idea!? Seriously, that's not even a bullshit marketing ploy, it's just insane.

...Maybe they forgot.


Actually, that would quite the awkward funny statement to come out.

DICE PR: Yeah... we were kind of overly focused on integrating Origin Subscriptions into our service that we kind of... forgot. Sorry, our bad.

Gamers: ...? Are you going to fix/patch it?

DICE PR: Hmmm... nah.

It confuses me on how they want to out sell MW3 while making these kind of miss steps. The "You'll buy it anyway" stance doesn't always work with gamers... only most of the time.

edit:

Could you please do some research before posting this sensationalist crap & causing people to react as above?

BF3 doesn't have a server browser because BF3 doesn't have a main menu.

Everything is controlled through the Battlelog website, VoIP, server browser, friends list, community forums, stats...everything.

Battlelog is fucking awesome. Seriously.

PS. You don't need to close the game and open it again to change server, simply alt+tab (which is super quick) to Battlelog & find a new one.

Quoting for second page, as said people need to be aware of this.

Was it really impossible to integrate a limited in-game browser that connects exclusively with Battlelog?

Are all normal options/settings(that would normally be in the main menu) be available in game or is there a separate application for that too. I'm not being sarcastic, it wouldn't be the first time I've heard of that. Many games I own have very limited in game graphics options, the advanced settings always needed to be done in the main menu.

 

[chibivash]

is there anyone that played the alpha that has first hand knowledge of this? is it as bad as it sounds? and is origin a resource hog? i'm kinda starting to rethink my pc version of this game.