@awesomeusername: And inFamous2 Festival of Blood :P October is a very good month 

I wonder how much smaller that map will be on the console version.  The action will definitely be less intense.  Will they feel empty?  The footage reminded be of battlefield 2 and not bad company which is a good thing.

@Potter9156 said:

@allworkandlowpay said:

You know what I loved about BC2 that is returning to BF3? Hardcore mode. All issues people had with the game (Bullet sponges, 3d spotting, kill cams, etc etc) are gone with one flick of the switch.

Yeah. I can't stand to play non-hardcore anymore. 3d spotting is an abomination. I have no idea why DICE ever thought it was a good idea.

I think it serves a purpose for certain players. I'm generally indifferent to the spotting, I never used it, but didn't really have a problem with it. My issue was the bullet sponginess. But hardcore remedies that problem.

I wonder if hardcore will switch to squad-leader only spawning. That way they can appease the hardcore fans.

@Zedap said:

@awesomeusername: And inFamous2 Festival of Blood :P October is a very good month 

But which is better?   October: inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood Battlefield 3 Batman: Arkham City Rage  November: Skyrim Uncharted 3 Saints Row 3 Ac Revelations Need for Speed The Run  Yeah, November wins. Hahaha. But this a great Fall. September has Dead Island, Resistance 3, GoW Origins collection and Ico and Shadows of the Colossus collection. Next year is going to be amazing also!

Could someone clarify what's new about squad spawn?

In the ALPHA I thought it was just a bug that I could spawn on my squad now and then but most of the time it never worked.

I prefer a kill-cam in my FPS.
It tends to greatly reduce camping.

@awesomeusername: metal gear hd collection dammit!

Could someone clarify what's new about squad spawn?

@Tennmuerti

I prefer a kill-cam in my FPS. It tends to greatly reduce camping.

You have no chance of of being sneaky, stealth or undetected if there's a cam that hangs above your head showing where you went after you killed the enemy. It simply kills any motivation you have to keep pushing forward with your preferred style when you know that the guy just saw where you went or what you're currently doing.  And more importantly, some people walk for up to 10 minutes until they reach a good sniping spot. It's extremely unfair to see the sniper's exact location by looking at a camera pointed at them.. I'm not saying they camp, im saying they spend 10 minutes running towards a certain special hilltop or cliff, and when you see them in the camera, their effort to try and find a good sniping spot is gone to waste. They should be given the chance to stay "in that general area" without being seen, unless they camp, which is when the other elements do their job

@Ahmad_Metallic

1. 3D spotting (spot the guy, put a huge light cone on his head and make everyone turn and shoot at them) 2. Scope glint: If you're camping in the same spot for too long, enjoying your mid/long range scope, the sun is gonna reflect on your scope and light up like a flashlight. You better stay on the move or the sun's coming after you 3. Directional hit detection: The directional hit detection in BF3 has been improved (red half-a-circle indicating being shot), It now feels more precise and accurate as to showing you the more or less the exact direction and distance of the enemy shooting at you (it's no longer a static red detection half-a-circle, it now has different intensities)  4. 2D spotting: When you spot someone, they get spotted on the mini-map showing you exactly where they are 5. MAV: The game has a new improved UAV system called MAV, which is promised to be much more agile and efficient in moving around and showing enemies Those things should be enough for a skilled player to know a camper's location and go get them.

@Ahmad_Metallic

  And more importantly, some people walk for up to 10 minutes until they reach a good sniping spot. It's extremely unfair to see the sniper's exact location by looking at a camera pointed at them.. I'm not saying they camp, im saying they spend 10 minutes running towards a certain special hilltop or cliff, and when you see them in the camera, their effort to try and find a good sniping spot is gone to waste. They should be given the chance to stay "in that general area" without being seen, unless they camp, which is when the other elements do their job

I like kill cam. It reduces camping and makes the game less frustrating because it's easier to get nemesis kills. That said, server admins have the option of turning kill cam off.
 
I didn't like the squad leader system even when it worked because the respawn timer is too short for killing the squad leader to send a squad back to the uncap. It would work better if the squad leader has twice the respawn time as everyone else, and gets more assist points for friendly respawns to compensate.

I'm just glad we're still fighting Russians for some reason.  Never get tired of stickin it to the Reds.

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

@Fagballs said:

Could someone clarify what's new about squad spawn?

In Bad Company 2, you could spawn on any of your 3 squad mates.
In Battlefield 3, the new system (which was technically flawed in the alpha) was that squad members could only spawn on their squad leader (to force teamwork and sticking together), whereas the squad leader can spawn on any of his squad's members (in order to give him a chance to get back in the action quick)

The BF3 spawn system is perfect, we all love it, yet DICE had to suckerpunch us by implementing the BC2 spawn system again. The squad leader is useless if two/three squad members spawn on each other and leave him alone. We'll have to make sure they change it back in the beta!

Aha, hmm ALPHA just had some janky UI issues then. My brain explodes when I try to think of 64 players and no Commander :(

That's why you stay in place or move in the wrong direction for 3 seconds, then go where you please to your hearts content. 

2 that's interesting, but is the glint unidirectional or realistic? (first one seems overkill, second would be completely ineffectual)

A good sniper will change his position after only a few kills. This is expected. A bad sniper that will stay in the same spot deserves to be killed.Killcam does not prevent the sniper from staying in the general area it prevent him from staying in the exact same spot.  PS: why is the dude walking for 10 mins? A. he is being a drain on hi team by not contributing anything at all for that time. B. dude should really catch a ride :)

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

2 that's interesting, but is the glint unidirectional or realistic? (first one seems overkill, second would be completely ineffectual)

How do you mean? It's a light coming out of your scope that attracts attention to you

I mean in reality the glint of the scope works like a light bunny. It is basically a very directed beam of light. Therefore the only way to see the glint of the scope is if the position of both the sun and the scope itself are perfectly aligned at a proper angle in order to travel to your position. Hence the probability of actually seeing the glint of the snipers scope is insignificant to none.

So how does in work in BF3 to actually matter?

@Ahmad_Metallic said:

2 that's interesting, but is the glint unidirectional or realistic? (first one seems overkill, second would be completely ineffectual)

How do you mean? It's a light coming out of your scope that attracts attention to you

I mean in reality the glint of the scope works like a light bunny. It is basically a very directed beam of light. Therefore the only way to see the glint of the scope is if the position of both the sun and the scope itself are perfectly aligned at a proper angle in order to travel to your position. Hence the probability of actually seeing the glint of the snipers scope is insignificant to none.

So how does in work in BF3 to actually matter?

Why do they have to put Red Dot, ACOG, Reflex and I don't know what else on every weapon?! They're killing the whole joy from the aiming. An AK-74u as accurate as a PSG-1. Enough.

@leebmx: Someone needs to establish a global standard sign for sarcasm on internet forums.