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Am i [b]glad[/b] i upgraded to windows 7 a few months ago.

[QUOTE=glennman94;27312263]This is also quite interesting: [url]http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-2142/854112-list-fixes-1-51-patch-please.html#post11975444[/url] Battlefield 2142 coming too Steam. Battlefield 3 is very very likely to be released on Steam too.[/QUOTE] Well that fucking sucks dick. Say good bye to downloading from your disk and hello to a 10 hour wait on release day.

[QUOTE=Fish_poke;27310667]They already said that they would be giving PC special attention.[/QUOTE] That's not enough.

Yo, BF3 ain't BC3. It'll be better. Less console game, more pc game.

[QUOTE=PEn1s lol;27462696]Well that fucking sucks dick. Say good bye to downloading from your disk and hello to a 10 hour wait on release day.[/QUOTE] In my case that's a goodbye for going to the store on release day to find out that they haven't even stocked it yet, and hello to playing it as it's released if it's available for pre-order, and if it isn't it's just a few hours away.

[QUOTE=kukiric;27463080]In my case that's a goodbye for going to the store on release day to find out that they haven't even stocked it yet, and hello to playing it as it's released if it's available for pre-order, and if it isn't it's just a few hours away.[/QUOTE] Also say hello to the people in europe that cant have there game at the same time even though its digital. Asides I don't think that ever happens.

Steam gets all games available in Europe before the shops over there has finished stocking them (mostly). Hopefully we can preload it and just unlock it when the countdown is over.

[QUOTE=Profanwolf;27456593]It happened with BC2, and you know it's true for many games, when devs get lazy Give us mod support, otherwise BF3 is a no go. But they did say frostbite has horrendously hard to compile maps and model for, but oh well.[/QUOTE] BC2 was a sequel to a console exclusive game what were you expecting? Of course it's going to be made to appeal to console gamers.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;27461195]Yeah, okay sure. Devs can't fix their shit, so we have to come up with a makeshift fix for it (and sacrifice the ability to communicate) instead. Totally reasonable.[/QUOTE]Devs don't have to fix their shit since "overlay.exe" can be anything else than an overlay. So, yes again. Makeshift fix or move on. That's just how the cookie crumbles. Discussion just took another 360 :facepalm:

[QUOTE=glennman94;27312263]This is also quite interesting: [url]http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-2142/854112-list-fixes-1-51-patch-please.html#post11975444[/url] Battlefield 2142 coming too Steam. Battlefield 3 is very very likely to be released on Steam too.[/QUOTE] EA has been trying to release 2142 on Steam since 2008. That's nothing new. I'm beginning to think that they wont release it period. Anyway the fact that Northern Strike is going to be free is nice.

[QUOTE=Binladen34;27469738]EA has been trying to release 2142 on Steam since 2008. That's nothing new. I'm beginning to think that they wont release it period. Anyway the fact that Northern Strike is going to be free is nice.[/QUOTE] Hell yeah. The NS explosive shotgun is one of the best infantry weapons in the game.

[QUOTE=Binladen34;27469738]EA has been trying to release 2142 on Steam since 2008. That's nothing new. I'm beginning to think that they wont release it period. Anyway the fact that Northern Strike is going to be free is nice.[/QUOTE] I believe the idea is that it would come out on Steam with v1.51. Which is supposed to be sometime this month. And maybe not 2 years later. Probably 2 years later. :smith:

[QUOTE=Bomimo;27465495]Devs don't have to fix their shit since "overlay.exe" can be anything else than an overlay. So, yes again. Makeshift fix or move on. That's just how the cookie crumbles. Discussion just took another 360 :facepalm:[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the whitelist for the overlay would have to be more complicated that a simple exe whitelist, anyone with a hint of intelligence would understand this

[QUOTE=kukiric;27463080]In my case that's a goodbye for going to the store on release day to find out that they haven't even stocked it yet, and hello to playing it as it's released if it's available for pre-order, and if it isn't it's just a few hours away.[/QUOTE] I generally bribe the store owner with about 5$ to get the retail game a day or two early. I got GTA IV, Bad Company 2 and Mass Effect 2 that way.

No support for windows xp? Mannnnn I don't wanna wipe my HD.

[QUOTE=Spetzaz;27475136]I generally bribe the store owner with about 5$ to get the retail game a day or two early. I got GTA IV, Bad Company 2 and Mass Effect 2 that way.[/QUOTE] *Enter the store, see the game you want through the semi-closed door to the back* You: "Do you have X?" *puts the 50€ on the table/counter* Employee: "No sorry, it arrives tomorrow" *Puts another 10€* You: "You sure?" Employee: "I'll go get it" Works most of the time. [editline]17th January 2011[/editline] Though most of the time it goes more like: "blablabla we don't have it blablalba" "Dude, I can see it from here, I know you have it" "Oh alright" And considering how much money I give them, I'd expect nothing less.

I hope that the new battlefield game will use something that isn't punk buster. Right now in bad company 2 I get kick for like 2 minutes for some error. I fix the problem then get another error + kick.

[QUOTE=Bomimo;27465495]Devs don't have to fix their shit since "overlay.exe" can be anything else than an overlay. So, yes again. Makeshift fix or move on. That's just how the cookie crumbles. Discussion just took another 360 :facepalm:[/QUOTE] Gameoverlayui, check its md5, instant-win. And just because they whitelist it doesn't mean that renaming a cheat to that would allow people to hack, there's still the standard signature-based cheat detection you know...

[QUOTE=Legend286;27475284]Gameoverlayui, check its md5, instant-win. And just because they whitelist it doesn't mean that renaming a cheat to that would allow people to hack, there's still the standard signature-based cheat detection you know...[/QUOTE] Apparentlythey have no clue so we'll just have to keep swearing about it, Makeshift fix it and move on. Do you see it changing?

I didn't want to make a new thread just to ask this. Are there a lot of populated U.S. servers in BF2? I missed out on its peak years because my video card sucked, but now I'm thinking I can still get it on the fun.

[QUOTE=Aasokeo;27476059]I didn't want to make a new thread just to ask this. Are there a lot of populated U.S. servers in BF2? I missed out on its peak years because my video card sucked, but now I'm thinking I can still get it on the fun.[/QUOTE] No doubt. Last time I played BF2, which was a few months ago, they were all pretty full. You'll be able to find a server for sure.

[QUOTE=acds;27475222]*Enter the store, see the game you want through the semi-closed door to the back* You: "Do you have X?" *puts the 50€ on the table/counter* Employee: "No sorry, it arrives tomorrow" *Puts another 10€* You: "You sure?" Employee: "I'll go get it" Works most of the time. [editline]17th January 2011[/editline] Though most of the time it goes more like: "blablabla we don't have it blablalba" "Dude, I can see it from here, I know you have it" "Oh alright" And considering how much money I give them, I'd expect nothing less.[/QUOTE] I gotta try this sometime

[QUOTE=acds;27475222]*Bribery and "evil business" & such*[/QUOTE] I just walk in and say loudly; "I see you've got "GAME II" in the storage, can I have it now if I pay an extra 5 dollars?" And then I walk home with a game and such. When I did it for the Halo Reach collectors edition I got it for normal price and not collectors edition price, so I saved 5 dollars by bribery and earlyism.

I want to play BF2 now..

I hope each side has their own equipment this time, unlike BC2 where it has the Call of Duty-ish system. Even Unlocks should be divided up between factions, like you unlock a class of weapons that are statistically identical, but visually are modeled after weapons native to their respective factions.

[QUOTE=Spetzaz;27476108]I just walk in and say loudly; "I see you've got "GAME II" in the storage, can I have it now if I pay an extra 5 dollars?" And then I walk home with a game and such. When I did it for the Halo Reach collectors edition I got it for normal price and not collectors edition price, so I saved 5 dollars by bribery and earlyism.[/QUOTE] You should have your friend record you doing it so we know exactly what to do.

In my opinion the perfect Battlefield 3 would take the feel of the infantry combat from BC2 and the vehicles from BF2. The vehicles in BC2 just feel weak, they die almost instantly to everything, were as the BF2 vehicles actually made you take cover in BF2.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;27481413] Even Unlocks should be divided up between factions, like you unlock a class of weapons that are statistically identical, but visually are modeled after weapons native to their respective factions.[/QUOTE] I must agree here; I have absolutely no problem with different weapons of the same class having almost identical stats. Putting effort into creating visual diversity where none is technically needed breathes quality.

^ Agree 100%. If they absolutely need balance, they should just make the differents factions guns have the same stats (IE: USMCs M16 has same stats as MECs AK47)

One thing I'd like to see is the command(commo) rose brought back along with prone. I heard that prone wasn't include in BC2 simply because there wasn't enough buttons on the controllers for consoles. If this is the case hopefully in the worst case scenario the features are just not include on the console versions of the game.