Battlefield 3 loading times ?

I haven't seen anyone else complaining about this issue. but BF3 loading times are really killing me.. I played through the campaign 2 days ago & each level took minutes to load. same thing is happening in Multiplayer

I start Origin -> I click BF3 -> then Firefox opens battlelog -> I search & find a server -> I click "join" -> then before I get ingame on the server, in spawn menu.. I have to wait for like 2-3 minutes. how does everyone else tolerate this non sense ? & each time a new map loads it again takes 1 minutes & sometimes more. Everyne else starts capturing flags before I jump in :confused:

thankfully my PC is alright for now.. every other game works & loads flawlessly. any help ?

spec - quad core 3.4 ghz, 4 gb, gts 250 (running bf3 on all low for smooth performance in MP)

Happens to me too. I think you basically need an SSD to load into the map fast.

I wish ranked servers would have a minimum time of 60 seconds "warm up" so people could at least get in at the start of the match.

Read something while you wait. That's what I do.

Guess you need a better machine. I find the loading times to be shorter than what I expected in a game like BF3.

yeah it bugs me, but that is the only thing I really don't like about BF3. That, and the occasional microstuttering.

WHERE IS OUR PATCH!!?? :P

yeah it bugs me, but that is the only thing I really don't like about BF3. That, and the occasional microstuttering.

WHERE IS OUR PATCH!!?? :P

mrbojangles25

BF2 took forever to load also, longer than BF3 even.

I think it must be buggy or something, because the beta loaded far quicker for me than the final release does. I'm using the same machine as well.