The PC version of Battlefield 3 will be receiving a 2gb patch on December 6th. It will include a number of bug fixes, balance tweaks, a colorblind mode, and most of the content for Back to Karkand. Here are a few highlights from the patch notes:
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Bugfixes:
Fixed a problem where player who joined queuing on End of round got spawn screen stuck on screen, but unable to do anything with it untill next round loaded
Fixed a problem where TV guided missiles could be shot into its own helicopter and destroy it
Added alternate HUD colors to help colorblinds
Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often
Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other
Fixed a problem where you could get green flashes on screen
Balance Tweaks:
Fixed several weapons so they are properly suppressed and hide the player on the minimap when fired.
Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.
Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range.
Reduced the damage done to Armored Vehicles and Infantry from AA guns.
Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles.
Slightly Increased the power of Fighter Jet Cannons against all vehicle targets, especially Helicopters.
I have no problem with the AA guns getting a downgrade in damage to land targets. Even a mediocre player in that vehicle could be a total menace to the enemy team, regardless of land/air orientation. They should be a "shoot and scoot" anti-air option, not a minigun-on-wheels that can range tanks (due to shell drop).
heh No more sprinting over the side of bridges and dying on impact with water? That one bothered the hell out of me. I've made jumps into water as high as that bridge, no way is it lethal.
We'll see if the tac light and IRNV tweaks lower the whining. Mortar got a debuff too. Glad to see the stingers getting repowered, they were already near useless before the last patch. Will be interesting alongside the air stealth debuff though. Nice that the jets got a needed damage buff on the cannons.
Particularly like that weapons got decreased accuracy across the board in full auto. Also particularly like that the godlike frag rounds on auto-shotguns are getting a debuff. Was like a full-auto short range grenade launcher.
Plenty of other good stuff in here too, and it sounds like a couple other highly requested things being worked on. Just noticed the colorblind thing, can't believe that wasn't in there from launch.
I wish they'd make RPGs and tank shells do increased damage to the AAV. The AAV is a slow coffin in real life and extremely weak.
Isn't that exactly what they did?
"-Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles."
Overall, very pleased with this patch. There's nothing in there I really dislike, and it looks like it fixes a lot of things I currently dislike about the game. The only two things I can think of that I still want would be:
- Reduce RPG splash damage to infantry when the RPG does not hit a vehicle. This way you can still kill someone repairing a tank, which I would argue is a necessary aspect of balance, but not spam RPGs through a choke point to get easy triple kills (which I think would make Damavand Peak and Operation Metro much more tolerable maps). And frankly I find it ridiculous that RPGs are basically better versions of the assault grenade launcher, even though assault has to sacrifice the use of their medkit to use that.
- Allow players to change their loadout during kill cams and the end of round waiting period.
- Reduce RPG splash damage to infantry when the RPG does not hit a vehicle. This way you can still kill someone repairing a tank, which I would argue is a necessary aspect of balance, but not spam RPGs through a choke point to get easy triple kills (which I think would make Damavand Peak and Operation Metro much more tolerable maps). And frankly I find it ridiculous that RPGs are basically better versions of the assault grenade launcher, even though assault has to sacrifice the use of their medkit to use that.
- Allow players to change their loadout during kill cams and the end of round waiting period.
I agree on changing the splash damage for balance sake but I think they need to also reduce damage done by the 320 vs vehicles.
I do wish they would let you change your loadout during the kill cam however I'm curious how much of a problem this would represent towards getting defibbed.
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Originally Posted by lockwoodx
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I do wish they would let you change your loadout during the kill cam however I'm curious how much of a problem this would represent towards getting defibbed.
If I recall correctly, I think it worked in BF:BC2. Even if you changed your loadout while down, if you got defibbed you'd just stand back up with whatever kit you had before you died.
Isn't that exactly what they did?
"-Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles."
Overall, very pleased with this patch. There's nothing in there I really dislike, and it looks like it fixes a lot of things I currently dislike about the game. The only two things I can think of that I still want would be:
- Reduce RPG splash damage to infantry when the RPG does not hit a vehicle. This way you can still kill someone repairing a tank, which I would argue is a necessary aspect of balance, but not spam RPGs through a choke point to get easy triple kills (which I think would make Damavand Peak and Operation Metro much more tolerable maps). And frankly I find it ridiculous that RPGs are basically better versions of the assault grenade launcher, even though assault has to sacrifice the use of their medkit to use that.
- Allow players to change their loadout during kill cams and the end of round waiting period.
I'd prefer the damage the RPG does to vehicles to be increased, and keep the damage tin infantry the same, but halve the ammo you can carry. I think it's ridiculous that it takes 3-4 shots with the RPG to destroy a tank, and even more if you have an engineer repairing it.
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A cannon? Get out of here with that!
You can already kill a tank with 2 RPGs if you hit it on the back. Any damage increase on top of that would just be overkill; tanks would be worthless deathtraps. And the half ammo would easily be countered just by having a support on your squad.
Really the infantry-ground vehicle balance is this game is quite good; much better than any previous BF game.
I agree on not needing to limit the ammo. It's easy enough to lose a tank in an urban area from more than half the players seeming to be armed with RPGs/SMAW/Jav and helicopters crushing you or jets doing gun runs.
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Originally Posted by Johan
Valve hasn't stripped anyone of anything.
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Originally Posted by lockwoodx
Steam has always been 100% voluntary. Origin.... not so much.
You can already kill a tank with 2 RPGs if you hit it on the back. Any damage increase on top of that would just be overkill; tanks would be worthless deathtraps. And the half ammo would easily be countered just by having a support on your squad.
Really the infantry-ground vehicle balance is this game is quite good; much better than any previous BF game.
This hasn't been my experience at all. 2 shots in the back to disable, and a 3rd to destroy most of the time.
Regardless, the reason why so many INF spam other INF with RPGs is because there is little risk of running out of ammo. If you had 2 or 3 rockets, and it takes that to take out a tank, you wouldn't be wasting it on INF.
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A cannon? Get out of here with that!
This hasn't been my experience at all. 2 shots in the back to disable, and a 3rd to destroy most of the time.
Regardless, the reason why so many INF spam other INF with RPGs is because there is little risk of running out of ammo. If you had 2 or 3 rockets, and it takes that to take out a tank, you wouldn't be wasting it on INF.
I'm willing to bet people would still fire those 2-3 rockets at other INF. Your general BF player isn't looking at the bigger picture just the next kill.
Also that low ammo count would make tanks much more lethal. If you only have 2-3 rockets then your gonna need 2-3 perfect shots to hope to destroy a tank. Also if your not destroying them in two shots your not hitting them in the direct middle of the rear.
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Originally Posted by Johan
Valve hasn't stripped anyone of anything.
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Originally Posted by lockwoodx
Steam has always been 100% voluntary. Origin.... not so much.
Wake me when they finally FINISH this game so can put my copy back in my 360 and play. Until then I'm enjoying Gears3, Dead Island and Saints3. Maybe next year sometime I'll go back to Battlefield3. Oh and I skipped MW3 altogether this time btw.
