PC Battlefield 3 Lacks Key FPS Feature

[k7avenger]

I was in the alpha, and I thought it worked fairly well. It really did work pretty fast, faster than BC:2 anyways. Seriously, its not bad at all, AT ALL. There STILL IS a server browser, its just on a webpage now and you click ONE DAMN BUTTON to start playing. That is ALL.

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

Who had that idea? that's like saying "oh, you want to change website? gonna need to restart your computer first buddy."
i blame that paper clip for all of this ¬¬

 

[Ivan Torres]

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.

Wait, lemme get this straight.

So instead of quiting to a main menu I quit to a website? The amount of clicks haven't changed?

....I'm okay with this.

What's wrong with a Facebook-esque way to check stats and join games? Really, what's wrong?

Isn't saying you're going to cancel a pre-order a little hasty, by something you haven't even seen or used?

It's a cleaner and simpler way to do that. It's just that.

And they have to have a server browser on the consoles because viewing a Webpage and even using it is a damn nightmare. I owned a PS3 once.

Wow do people have low standards.

OK let me explain what in development circles a web page UI translates to "laziest bodge job known to man", only seen in the shittiest of indie games, a triple A title with that... there was none before this.

>More efficient UI = being lazy

Your logic baffles me.

I was in the ALPHA

Keyword: Alpha

 

[suitepee7]

Why are people so angry about this? You people are never happy with anything, are you? Seriously, you spend weeks talking good about the game, then one thing comes up that you don't like and suddenly you refuse to buy it. Seems very childish to me.

you people? this would be who exactly?

and perhaps 'we' are not happy because it shows laziness. if it works so well, why not just put it in game. just seems a bit silly to not put the feature in when it clearly exists in other versions of the game

 

[sgtshock]

I'm playing devil's advocate here, but I don't think this is as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. BC2's server browser was sluggish and crappy, so an out-of-game server browser will probably be faster. And all its really doing is cutting out the middle man of the main menu; I usually quit to the menu before finding another server anyway. The real annoyance is it prevents you from looking for other servers while youre still playing.

It's nothing worth canceling preorders about. And its a hell of a lot better than no dedicated servers at all.

 

[C95J]

Why are people so angry about this? You people are never happy with anything, are you? Seriously, you spend weeks talking good about the game, then one thing comes up that you don't like and suddenly you refuse to buy it. Seems very childish to me.

you people? this would be who exactly?

and perhaps 'we' are not happy because it shows laziness. if it works so well, why not just put it in game. just seems a bit silly to not put the feature in when it clearly exists in other versions of the game

"You people" obviously refers to the people who are complaining...

Not so much to the people who are just complaining, more towards the people who are refusing to buy the game because of this. Refusing to buy a game because there is one thing which you don't like, especially if it doesn't even effect the actual gameplay, is stupid.

 

[NicoDK]

Glad I didn't pre-order, this was pretty much the nail in the coffin.

 

[lacktheknack]

BUT WAI?

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.

...Oh.

That's NOT a point in their favor.

Well, looks like my record of "I don't play war shooters" isn't going to change any time soon.

 

[Dissentient]

Glad I didn't pre-order, this was pretty much the nail in the coffin.

And what were previous nails? Adding Commo Rose? Removing wallhack from 3D spotting?

 

[lacktheknack]

What's wrong with a Facebook-esque way to check stats and join games? Really, what's wrong?

Isn't saying you're going to cancel a pre-order a little hasty, by something you haven't even seen or used?

It's a cleaner and simpler way to do that. It's just that.

And they have to have a server browser on the consoles because viewing a Webpage and even using it is a damn nightmare. I owned a PS3 once.

Wow do people have low standards.

OK let me explain what in development circles a web page UI translates to "laziest bodge job known to man", only seen in the shittiest of indie games, a triple A title with that... there was none before this.

>More efficient UI = being lazy

Your logic baffles me.

Alt-Tab is the direct opposite of efficient. Besides, it suffers EXACTLY the same issues as "Always-On DRM". You know, the most reviled thing that developers have done, ever.

 

[martin's a madman]

This sounds like a hassle, I'm not exactly sure I'd want to have this game and play it if this is what they're doing.

Couldn't they just code a working in game server browser?

 

[ChickenZombie]

It's nowhere NEAR as bad as it sounds. It sounds like a pain but it actually works very well. In my experience it was easy to use and very fast, better than any other browser the battlefield games had

 

[Gasaraki]

...wha... that.... THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD TO DO FOR QUAKE 10+ YEARS AGO FFS.
This game is being developed by time travelers from the past

 

[ChickenZombie]

What's wrong with a Facebook-esque way to check stats and join games? Really, what's wrong?

Isn't saying you're going to cancel a pre-order a little hasty, by something you haven't even seen or used?

It's a cleaner and simpler way to do that. It's just that.

And they have to have a server browser on the consoles because viewing a Webpage and even using it is a damn nightmare. I owned a PS3 once.

Wow do people have low standards.

OK let me explain what in development circles a web page UI translates to "laziest bodge job known to man", only seen in the shittiest of indie games, a triple A title with that... there was none before this.

>More efficient UI = being lazy

Your logic baffles me.

Alt-Tab is the direct opposite of efficient. Besides, it suffers EXACTLY the same issues as "Always-On DRM". You know, the most reviled thing that developers have done, ever.

You dont have to Alt-Tab out. You hit exit game and it takes you directly to your browser, which has the server browser on it. I'ts really quick, easy to use, and makes sense. ive used it, and it works a hell of a lot better than a lot of other browsers I have used.

 

[Sebenko]

This game has no main menu.

That's almost too stupid to type.

I mean christ, most FLASH games have a menu.

THIS GAME HAS NO MAIN MENU.
I CANNOT CRITICISE THIS BECAUSE IT MAKE MY BRAIN HURT JUST CONSIDERING HOW STUPID THIS SOUNDS.

 

[Double A]

Love you too, EA.

*slow-clap*
Well done EA, well done.
I know consoles are a lucrative market and all, but have you stopped trying to get money out of the PC gaming crowd?
They offer you money, you decline and slap them with your genitals.

Good thing i'm getting this on console i suppose.

Because dickery is the only language they speak, I suggest you buy it used from Gamestop. I know I will.

Wow and to think people I know say that the escapist comunity are a bunch of fickle hypocritical virgins whom rage at the slightest provacation. I wonder why they would say that?

edit: I would bet every dollar i have ever made that if Valve released this system it would not be a problem because "OMG ITS VALVE(jizzes in pants)"

edit: yes I MAD

Your guess is as good as mine.

And no. It wouldn't. Not from me, anyway.

 

[lacktheknack]

What's wrong with a Facebook-esque way to check stats and join games? Really, what's wrong?

Isn't saying you're going to cancel a pre-order a little hasty, by something you haven't even seen or used?

It's a cleaner and simpler way to do that. It's just that.

And they have to have a server browser on the consoles because viewing a Webpage and even using it is a damn nightmare. I owned a PS3 once.

Wow do people have low standards.

OK let me explain what in development circles a web page UI translates to "laziest bodge job known to man", only seen in the shittiest of indie games, a triple A title with that... there was none before this.

>More efficient UI = being lazy

Your logic baffles me.

Alt-Tab is the direct opposite of efficient. Besides, it suffers EXACTLY the same issues as "Always-On DRM". You know, the most reviled thing that developers have done, ever.

You dont have to Alt-Tab out. You hit exit game and it takes you directly to your browser, which has the server browser on it. I'ts really quick, easy to use, and makes sense. ive used it, and it works a hell of a lot better than a lot of other browsers I have used.

And yet, it's still as bad as Always On DRM.

 

[Rack]

Don't worry because it starts really fast. You know after the EA logo. And the Dice logo. And the ad for Nvidia. And Intel. And the intro movie. After that it starts fast.

 

[n19h7m4r3]

Soo, if this doesn't have a main menu, where the hell do we change settings, keybindings or graphical options?

Are going to have to do it all in the config files?

 

[petergriff06]

Once in game you can change settings but only once you have spawned.

Just to clarify there is a server browser, it's just part of Battlelog so to start searching for a server to join you just have to open a new tab/your web browser, join one and boom it's loading the map, no waiting for a menu to load...