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Battlefield Megathread
Shell:
Wrap up of all the news so far:
DICE: it takes 100 hours to complete a kit and unlock everything — DICE explains that it’ll take 100 hours to unlock every weapon, attachment and feature for each kit.
Xbox 360 version ships on two discs — the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 3, and possibly the PC version as well, will ship on two DVDs, most likely one DVD for singleplayer and one for multiplayer.
No mounted machine guns in Battlefield 3 — the tried and tested mounted MGs in past Battlefield games are replaced with the new bipod feature.
Battlefield 3 has 1.25 million pre-orders — EA reveals that Battlefield 3 pre-orders have topped 1.25 million units.
List of Battlefield 3 pre-order deals — a run down of the current pre-order deals available in the United States.
Battlefield 3 runs at just under 720p on consoles — Battlefield 3 will run at “704p” on consoles, with two 8px black bars at the top and bottom.
Battlelog will stay free — EA clarifies that they have no intentions of charging players to use Battlelog.
Wafflajizzles:
This is going to be awesome.
If only origins was never conceived, I would be playing BF3 for an eternity.
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do i gotta pay to get into the beta?
Qwepir:
--- Quote from: Shell on September 11, 2011, 08:46:41 PM ---No mounted machine guns in Battlefield 3 — the tried and tested mounted MGs in past Battlefield games are replaced with the new bipod feature.
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What about AT or AA?
DrMaxwell:
--- Quote from: Qwepir on September 12, 2011, 01:16:16 AM ---What about AT or AA?
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AA and AT stuff will stay, just not the mounted machine guns. Since mounted machine guns weren't too useful in BC2, and now we're getting bi pods it makes them even more useless.