Battlefield 3 beta email...

Shot at 2011-07-20

Anybody else get it? I'm pretty excited.

Did you have a beta key from MoH or what? (edit: derp, just read the first sentence of the email, lame sauce)

They better give me one, I've been playing since 2002.

I just hope I can try it out a little bit before release, to see if I even want to actually purchase the game.theafiguy

Ya, I only bought MoH to get BF3 beta, lol. Hope my Invitation arrives soon :Dtrastamad03

I bought MoH LE and I have yet to get an email. I better get one, it's half the reason I even bought MoH in the first place.SF_KiLLaMaN

[QUOTE="theafiguy"]I just hope I can try it out a little bit before release, to see if I even want to actually purchase the game.C_Rule

I figured as such, regardless, I just wanna try it.

Man, 2 months is so far off.:cry:

To this who got the beta access with MoH, wasn't there a key-code you needed to enter to become eligible? I have friends who mentioned you need to enter a key-code.the_ChEeSe_mAn2

never got any key, never got an invite....

I never bought MOH 2011, would it be possible to still join the BETA by buying MOH now, or am I too late?

Do we have to do anything after buying moh? I bought it during the steam sale but did nothing besides install it. Am I still going to get this email or do I need to do something else?

Yes I got it too. Very excited :D

Do we have to do anything after buying moh? I bought it during the steam sale but did nothing besides install it. Am I still going to get this email or do I need to do something else?

toddx77

Even though it said on the Steam sale page that you'd get into the beta...turns out it's not true.

EA lied.

Check this thread for yourself.

I used to think tha Battlefield 3 would be the GOTY of this year and the most important mp shooter in years, but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing in vids about the alpha:

-Terrible gameplay design decissions, as disabling grenades and knife through direct hotkeys (you must equip them instead); also the HUD messages pups just in the center of the screen blinding your crosshair vision just as in the crapy Medal Of Honor multiplayer.

-Bad soldier designs, with an assault kit that no longer carries ammunition (that will rend smoke grenades useless to help to take objectives). At the end of the day grenade launchers will be useless (as currently are in BC 2) due people whinning so assault soldiers will no longer exist: everyone will end using defibrillators.

- Paris Metro is a laughlable map: a map that doesn't show the Conquest mode, doesn't use any aerial vehicle and doesn't support 64 players, is used as the main promotion event in the BF 3 marketing campaing? Oh Lord, this will end very, very bad for the game. EA is just having the same mistakes that lend Crysis 2 to underperform...

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

Do we have to do anything after buying moh? I bought it during the steam sale but did nothing besides install it. Am I still going to get this email or do I need to do something else?

Remmib

Even though it said on the Steam sale page that you'd get into the beta...turns out it's not true.

EA lied.

Check this thread for yourself.

What!? Well **** you too EA. That's one of the reasons I got the damn game at $20 instead of waiting until it got even cheaper.

[QUOTE="Remmib"]

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

Do we have to do anything after buying moh? I bought it during the steam sale but did nothing besides install it. Am I still going to get this email or do I need to do something else?

Phoenix534

Even though it said on the Steam sale page that you'd get into the beta...turns out it's not true.

EA lied.

Check this thread for yourself.

What!? Well **** you too EA. That's one of the reasons I got the damn game at $20 instead of waiting until it got even cheaper.

I wish Dice wasn't with EA.

BF3 Alpha Trial to select users

"Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the [Battlefield 3] Alpha Trial?

A: RECOMMENDED WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
Installed: Origin
CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video: 256 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game."

WHOA - is that the "officially official" system specs for BF3 then?

I don't think I ever saw Quad-Core 2.0ghz or faster for any game's system requirements!

Glad I got a i7 920!

"Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the [Battlefield 3] Alpha Trial?

A: RECOMMENDED WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
Installed: Origin
CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video: 256 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game."

WHOA - is that the "officially official" system specs for BF3 then?

I don't think I ever saw Quad-Core 2.0ghz or faster for any game's system requirements!

Glad I got a i7 920!

Netherscourge

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]

"Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the [Battlefield 3] Alpha Trial?

A: RECOMMENDED WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
Installed: Origin
CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video: 256 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game."

WHOA - is that the "officially official" system specs for BF3 then?

I don't think I ever saw Quad-Core 2.0ghz or faster for any game's system requirements!

Glad I got a i7 920!

C_Rule

These are the minimum for the alpha testing

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]

"Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the [Battlefield 3] Alpha Trial?

A: RECOMMENDED WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
Installed: Origin
CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video: 256 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game."

WHOA - is that the "officially official" system specs for BF3 then?

I don't think I ever saw Quad-Core 2.0ghz or faster for any game's system requirements!

Glad I got a i7 920!

C_Rule

They don't need to have these requirements fleshed out. They're just for Alpha Testing.

I used to think tha Battlefield 3 would be the GOTY of this year and the most important mp shooter in years, but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing in vids about the alpha:

-Terrible gameplay design decissions, as disabling grenades and knife through direct hotkeys (you must equip them instead); also the HUD messages pups just in the center of the screen blinding your crosshair vision just as in the crapy Medal Of Honor multiplayer.

-Bad soldier designs, with an assault kit that no longer carries ammunition (that will rend smoke grenades useless to help to take objectives). At the end of the day grenade launchers will be useless (as currently are in BC 2) due people whinning so assault soldiers will no longer exist: everyone will end using defibrillators.

- Paris Metro is a laughlable map: a map that doesn't show the Conquest mode, doesn't use any aerial vehicle and doesn't support 64 players, is used as the main promotion event in the BF 3 marketing campaing? Oh Lord, this will end very, very bad for the game. EA is just having the same mistakes that lend Crysis 2 to underperform...

Ondoval

[QUOTE="Ondoval"]

I used to think tha Battlefield 3 would be the GOTY of this year and the most important mp shooter in years, but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing in vids about the alpha:

-Terrible gameplay design decissions, as disabling grenades and knife through direct hotkeys (you must equip them instead); also the HUD messages pups just in the center of the screen blinding your crosshair vision just as in the crapy Medal Of Honor multiplayer.

-Bad soldier designs, with an assault kit that no longer carries ammunition (that will rend smoke grenades useless to help to take objectives). At the end of the day grenade launchers will be useless (as currently are in BC 2) due people whinning so assault soldiers will no longer exist: everyone will end using defibrillators.

- Paris Metro is a laughlable map: a map that doesn't show the Conquest mode, doesn't use any aerial vehicle and doesn't support 64 players, is used as the main promotion event in the BF 3 marketing campaing? Oh Lord, this will end very, very bad for the game. EA is just having the same mistakes that lend Crysis 2 to underperform...

TruedUp

+1.

They won't show their best maps first. They will hold off on it. not all maps are arial/ ground vehicle style maps. Even BF2 (As wasdie said) had its vehicle maps and its infantry maps. This is obviously infantry. And equipping weapons is way better than people just running around knifing each other easily. It now takes skill and thinking and decision making on what to do. They also wouldn't have made the classes the way they are now if it didn't work well. The HUD pop ups can easily be fixed after beta if people complain about it. Don't hate the game before you play it

I used to think tha Battlefield 3 would be the GOTY of this year and the most important mp shooter in years, but so far I'm not liking what I'm seeing in vids about the alpha:

-Terrible gameplay design decissions, as disabling grenades and knife through direct hotkeys (you must equip them instead); also the HUD messages pups just in the center of the screen blinding your crosshair vision just as in the crapy Medal Of Honor multiplayer.

-Bad soldier designs, with an assault kit that no longer carries ammunition (that will rend smoke grenades useless to help to take objectives). At the end of the day grenade launchers will be useless (as currently are in BC 2) due people whinning so assault soldiers will no longer exist: everyone will end using defibrillators.

- Paris Metro is a laughlable map: a map that doesn't show the Conquest mode, doesn't use any aerial vehicle and doesn't support 64 players, is used as the main promotion event in the BF 3 marketing campaing? Oh Lord, this will end very, very bad for the game. EA is just having the same mistakes that lend Crysis 2 to underperform...

Ondoval

The only good point here is the first one, and those are not gamebreaking for me, although I would prefer them to be like BC2.

"Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the [Battlefield 3] Alpha Trial?

A: RECOMMENDED WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
Installed: Origin
CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video: 256 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection
Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game."

Stupid question but would a nvidia gtx 330 be higher then the 275.33? Also is the moh on steam the special edition?

WHOA - is that the "officially official" system specs for BF3 then?

I don't think I ever saw Quad-Core 2.0ghz or faster for any game's system requirements!

Glad I got a i7 920!

Netherscourge

Ohhh yeah I'll be uhh putting my key in there! Day 1! Ordering people around! Hey buddy! FIX this BUG! What is this?! CD Projekt?! Put yah back into it!! *Witchhh witchhh*

I bought MoH LE and I have yet to get an email. I better get one, it's half the reason I even bought MoH in the first place.SF_KiLLaMaN

Yeah same here. As far as I'm aware they have only just started rolling the emails out. I heard someone on the EA forums mention that customer service told him to contact them if they didn't recieve the email within 4 days time.

I'll have to keep an eye on my emails ^^

Is a nvidia gtx 330 better then the nvidia 275.33 mentioned in the minimum requimrents?

Is a nvidia gtx 330 better then the nvidia 275.33 mentioned in the minimum requimrents?

toddx77

Wait...when did Nvidia release a 3xx card?

Anyway, that 275.33 is referring to a specific set of drivers for an Nvidia graphics card.

You might be able to run the game on low with a GTX 330, I dunno though.

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

Is a nvidia gtx 330 better then the nvidia 275.33 mentioned in the minimum requimrents?

Remmib

Wait...when did Nvidia release a 3xx card?

Anyway, that 275.33 is referring to a specific set of drivers for an Nvidia graphics card.

The 3xx series was just a few very low end cards that were only made available to OEMs

I never bought MOH 2011, would it be possible to still join the BETA by buying MOH now, or am I too late?

thesaracen123

[QUOTE="Remmib"]

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

Is a nvidia gtx 330 better then the nvidia 275.33 mentioned in the minimum requimrents?

Phoenix534

Wait...when did Nvidia release a 3xx card?

Anyway, that 275.33 is referring to a specific set of drivers for an Nvidia graphics card.

The 3xx series was just a few very low end cards that were only made available to OEMs

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

toddx77

Life lesson:

The sales folks at Best Buy will tell you anything to sell you something, because they get commission on their sales. They love it when customers are clueless because that allows them all of the freedom in the world to take you for all that you're worth.

Your laptop won't run BF3, sorry to tell you. Next time please please please ask in the PC & Hardware forum before buying anything computer related if you aren't knowledgeable about computers.

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

[QUOTE="Remmib"]

Wait...when did Nvidia release a 3xx card?

Anyway, that 275.33 is referring to a specific set of drivers for an Nvidia graphics card.

toddx77

The 3xx series was just a few very low end cards that were only made available to OEMs

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

The 3xx series was just a few very low end cards that were only made available to OEMs

Phoenix534

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

toddx77

Can't upgrade laptops, sorry man. :?

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

toddx77

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

My graphics card is low end? They guy at Best Buy said this lap top was one of the best gaming lap tops when I bought it last year :(

toddx77

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

Upgrading a laptop is a very limited deal. You can buy a new HDD and replace the RAM on some models, but as for CPU, GPU, etc., you're stuck with what you buy.

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

Phoenix534

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

Upgrading a PC is a very limited deal. You can buy a new HDD and replace the RAM on some models, but as for CPU, GPU, etc., you're stuck with what you buy.

By PC are you just referring to lap tops since I always thought if you had a desk top you could upgrade since guys at LANfest said that and they were giving away stuff like motherboards, corei7 processors, and cooling fans. I could be wrong though since I have only been pc gaming for a year and Ill admit Im kind of a noob lol. On a side note if I got my gaming lap top last year and its a pretty good top of the line one how much time before it becomes to obsolete to play games?

Did you have a beta key from MoH or what? (edit: derp, just read the first sentence of the email, lame sauce)

They better give me one, I've been playing since 2002.

Remmib

beggars cant be choosers =P

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

You won't get a really high-end GPU in a laptop, and laptops that have the high-end mobile GPUs(like the HD 6990M and 580M) are always expensive and not worth the price. If you really want to play games on a PC, I'd suggest saving up some cash and building a desktop as your main and using you laptop just to play things on the go.

Also, when a guy at BestBuy tells you something, be nice and act like you're listening and then ignore everything they say.

Phoenix534

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

Upgrading a PC is a very limited deal. You can buy a new HDD and replace the RAM on some models, but as for CPU, GPU, etc., you're stuck with what you buy.

[QUOTE="Phoenix534"]

[QUOTE="toddx77"]

Well I told the guy told me there wasn't anything more expensive then what he showed me so I figured that was the best. Although I wanted a laptop with blu ray and he did say I would be more limited in what I could get if I wanted blu ray. Is there anyway I can buy a graphics card and install it in my laptop or can you can upgrade lap tops at all? I have already reserved it for pc and I would hate to have to get this on a console.

toddx77

Upgrading a PC is a very limited deal. You can buy a new HDD and replace the RAM on some models, but as for CPU, GPU, etc., you're stuck with what you buy.

By PC are you just referring to lap tops since I always thought if you had a desk top you could upgrade since guys at LANfest said that and they were giving away stuff like motherboards, corei7 processors, and cooling fans. I could be wrong though since I have only been pc gaming for a year and Ill admit Im kind of a noob lol. On a side note if I got my gaming lap top last year and its a pretty good top of the line one how much time before it becomes to obsolete to play games?

Yes I did mean laptop it was early and I hadn't had my coffee yet. And you should have enough time to build a very good desktop long before that laptop stops being able to run new games.