Battlefield 3 PC Version won't have in-game server browser - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Swebonny;31821792]I get what you mean. Shitty way to distribute the game and a shitty way to access game servers. Obviously the game industry has changed a lot since the BF1942 days. Very much is about money. But really, the game itself seems to be quite intact. I mean they gave us 64 players back, gave us back jets, commander role, and loads of other stuff. I'm really happy about that. I'm not going to boycott the game, but if there are things that can be done to remove the battlelog browser, I'd happily participate.[/QUOTE] Okay, it's beginning to bother me how you are saying they gave us (etc, etc, etc) back yet those features never left. Did they take them away in BF2142 or something? Because everyone knows that The Bad Company series was pretty much just a spin-off of the Battlefield series. And I'm hoping commanders aren't given the freedom to spam anymore.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;31823570]you probably should have preordered skyrim in the first place, it's probably going to be a more well refined experience[/QUOTE] but most of us arent nerds who like dragons and shit

Rejoining servers with in game main menu Disconnect from server>Go to main menu>Go to server browser>Click on server Rejoining servers with battlelog Exit Game>Go to battlelog>Go to server browser/refresh server browser>Click on server Its not even that different. But having another option is nice

[QUOTE=DarkCisco;31825319]but most of us arent nerds who like dragons and shit[/QUOTE] You're on a gaming forum, dude. What the fuck else did you expect?

[QUOTE=DarkCisco;31825319]but most of us arent nerds who like dragons and shit[/QUOTE] But dragons are awesome

[QUOTE=DarkCisco;31825319]but most of us arent nerds who like dragons and shit[/QUOTE] I think you'd be surprised. Also, go die in a fire.

My main concern, is this will do a BFP4F turn where the main page will disallow players or the launcher will disallow players. Not to mention... Intro Video, I fricking love intro videos like BF1942 - BF2142.

Are people still using the whole "origin makes you log in" excuse? As if they don't have to do that for a certain resource heavy program

So is this the reason why BF3 isnt on steam?

No one seems to give a shit about the opinions of the people who actually PLAYED THE DAMN GAME. From the BF3 thread: [QUOTE=chonks;31818332]And you can send people HTML links to servers making organizing games through forums a lot easier.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=DogGunn;31819283]And the game loaded up really fast once you had already launched it once. So if you had to quit and join another server, loading a second time only took like 15 seconds.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Apache249;31817887]To be honest, joining games through the Battlelog was actually a very quick process.[/QUOTE] EDIT: EVEN MORE [QUOTE=Tuskin;31823781]Playing the alpha, it was 5 times faster to go to Battlelog, find a sever and start playing then it was to start BC2, wait through the opening movies you can't skip, log into my EA account wait for it to load my stats, open the server browser and search. Honestly the battlelog way IMO is way better then how BC2 did it.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Fisk;31823872]Indeed the web server-browser was in no way slow, quiting the game and joining a new server did not take a long time at all, from clicking the "Join server" button to actually being in a server took about 15 seconds. Think of the "Quit game" more of a "Quit to main-menu" with battlelog being the main menu.[/QUOTE] [B]FROM THIS VERY THREAD:[/B] [QUOTE=Pandamobile;31816010]Worked fine in the alpha. I liked being able to jump in and out of the game without having to go through the main menu. Worked great, actually.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=dvondrake;31816293]After trying the alpha, there's really no problem with this. The server browser in your browser (dawg) is actually really functional, more functional than ones I've seen ingame in most games because it doesn't take 5 hours to get the server list, it's just there instantly. Launching and exiting the game literally takes seconds, and the game plays well with minimizing--no issues at all. There's really no problem at all with this, anyone who says otherwise hasn't tried it and is clearly just jumping on the bandwagon. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SappinMyNick;31815551]I played the alpha and the battlelog system worked fine, and about having to exit the game to join a new server the game loads up very fast so it's not a problem.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Dippeggs;31815628]Yes very fast indeed. I could join and exit 2 games in BF3 in the time it takes to join 1 BC2 game.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Fisk;31817449]I played the alpha and believe me it did not take long to leave the game and join a new server. It was probably even faster then it is in Bc2 to leave and join a new server. [editline]19th August 2011[/editline] From pressing the "join server" to actually being in the server took about 20 seconds in the alpha if not less.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=DogGunn;31819175]Why do people want both? DICE's ingame offerings have always been extremly buggy at release, and Battlelog was working amazingly well during Alpha. It's really not a big deal. Plus if they remove menu, we don't have to watch intro movies, we don't have to use a buggy server browser and selecting a server would be quicker than doing it ingame. People are making a big deal out of nothing.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Dippeggs;31819783]In the alpha, it was more like this. Close game find new server Reserves a spot Loads game Play Game I was never kicked out of the game because it was full.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sharp_Shooter;31819917]So people prefer starting the game, skipping intro crap, logging in, setting filters, then having the servers load really slow every time they want to play multiplayer? Battelog let's you get into a game in not even 20 seconds. Also, you don't even need to alt-tab the game to change servers, the time it takes to quit the game is not even 2 seconds, DICE even said so. By the time you alt-tab and find another server, you could have just quit, found another server, and already be on the loading screen. Also, if you keep your browser open, you can find another server and get in to it damn quick. Hell, set Battlelog as your homepage and make it so it remembers your login information so you don't have re-enter it every time, and it will be even easier. I'm getting really tired of shit like this when EA announces something related to BF3. People need to stop and think about it.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=matt54;31820134]Like most of the people that where in the alpha. The browser based server browser wasn't actually all that bad. The game launched really quick, and had no issues exiting the game.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Kalleo;31820731]It worked fine in the alpha. I don't see the difference really. If anything it is easier to search for games and discuss with friends if the actual game isn't running when I'm not on a server. If you want to whine, whine about something that matters and may actually be changed, like they did with the commo rose.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;31820769] Plus, the online browser from BF3 Alpha wasn't bad at all, it was quick and responsive.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Natrox;31820927]Seriously, it was great in alpha and it worked better than BC2[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Mercenary-;31821219]Well Battlelog worked in the Alpha. You should wait and see how it works in the open beta.[/QUOTE] And I've seen so many people saying "Hurr it's so fuckin stupid that I gotta alt+tab to switch servers," when people have REPEATEDLY corrected this statement saying that YOU DON'T ALT+TAB TO SWITCH SERVERS, you just close the game and pick another one from battlelog. Can't be arsed to open up your browser every time you wanna switch? Use a browser with a low footprint like Chrome and keep it open with the game. PROBLEM FUCKING SOLVED.

ergh a bit more information (I really fucking hate how twitter is like THE primary way to address concerns) [quote] @Demize99 @Quaxi_ I noticed that when joining a server, battlelog reserves you a slot so it doesn't really matter how fast launch is, right? dyndragon 17 mins @dyndragon well, currently you've got 2 minutes, but that should be enough @demize99 @quaxi_ @jbripley @demize99 @quaxi_ That's great! Does that give you a hold a window for you to reconnect in case you crash or something? @dyndragon the web will hold your reservation until you've reached the spawn screen, but the 2 min timeout still holds @jbripley right, but I mean let's say you're happily playing, but mid-round you crash. Is a slot held for you in case of a dirty disconnect @dyndragon no, you'll need to make a new reservation. Reservation is consumed when you join the server, after that it's gone. @jbripley Consider that a feature request? ;-) its a pain when all your buds are finally together, one crashes, reconnects on opposite team. @dyndragon "Join a friend" should solve that in most cases, if the server isn't very full or un-balanced. [/quote]

[QUOTE=Aasokeo;31825961]No one seems to give a shit about the opinions of the people who actually PLAYED THE DAMN GAME. From the BF3 thread: [B]FROM THIS VERY THREAD:[/B] And I've seen so many people saying "Hurr it's so fuckin stupid that I gotta alt+tab to switch servers," when people have REPEATEDLY corrected this statement saying that YOU DON'T ALT+TAB TO SWITCH SERVERS, you just close the game and pick another one from battlelog. Can't be arsed to open up your browser every time you wanna switch? Use a browser with a low footprint like Chrome and keep it open with the game. PROBLEM FUCKING SOLVED.[/QUOTE] This, the only people bitching about it are the ones who haven't played the alpha, the ones who have played the alpha are actually defending it except for 1 or 2 people which I have seen who said it was bad.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/sAIXZ.png[/img] Battlelog is great. I don't want to go back to *updating your stats* from bc2.

[QUOTE=Fisk;31826154]This, the only people bitching about it are the ones who haven't played the alpha, the ones who have played the alpha are actually defending it except for 1 or 2 people which I have seen who said it was bad.[/QUOTE] yeah on BF2s Forums *gasp* most people who were in the alpha (that's like 14-15 people) are saying battlelog is a good system, much better than BC2 and even BF2's server browsers

It's just a fuckin list of letters and numbers, it doesn't really bother me as long as loading is fast, which it appearantly is.

If TF2 has taught me anything, its that your net code sucks if your game and server loads up faster using an exterior source then the game browser.

Shit, next they'll be dropping mouse aiming for "Special ops aiming"

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;31826317]Shit, next they'll be dropping mouse aiming for "Special ops aiming"[/QUOTE] If you read the thread even on this page you'd see that the system actually works really well.

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;31826317]Shit, next they'll be dropping mouse aiming for "Special ops aiming"[/QUOTE] with a fuckin novint falcon yay

As much as I think BF3 will still be a big hit, I really hope EA doesn't do what they did with SPORE. They dumbed it down for kiddies, slapped a massive time restriction on Maxis, and pretty much removed everything that made Spore...spore.

Just a thought. If you buy it through Steam (if that's possible) or buy it and link it using Game -> Add non-steam product, wouldn't you theoretically be able to join games using the (shift+tab) Steam ingame web browser? This would be even faster than BF2/BC2's system of having to leave the server first and find a new server in the ingame browser, assuming BF3 auto disconnects you when you click on a link.

Hey guys. Remember when EA actually stopped doing fucking bullshit for about half a year at least and then they said that they were going to "release fewer but bigger and better games". lol they fooled us. Fool me once...

[QUOTE=Wheeze201;31826785]Hey guys. Remember when EA actually stopped doing fucking bullshit for about half a year at least and then they said that they were going to "release fewer but bigger and better games". lol they fooled us. Fool me once...[/QUOTE] I think BF3 fits under the description of "Big and Better"

[QUOTE=plokoon9619;31812289]Modern Warfare 3 wins. Great Job EA. First they take it off steam, hold it hostage on a EA store that only distributes games they make, force us to use the EA store application if we want to buy their games digitally, and now we get stuck with a shitty server browser.[/QUOTE] you are forced to use it whether you buy it digitally or not now.

[QUOTE=Divran;31826754]Just a thought. If you buy it through Steam (if that's possible) or buy it and link it using Game -> Add non-steam product, wouldn't you theoretically be able to join games using the (shift+tab) Steam ingame web browser? This would be even faster than BF2/BC2's system of having to leave the server first and find a new server in the ingame browser, assuming BF3 auto disconnects you when you click on a link.[/QUOTE] For the in-game browser to work, you need to be... in-game, and you can't switch servers without exiting the game.

[QUOTE=Divran;31826754]Just a thought. If you buy it through Steam (if that's possible) or buy it and link it using Game -> Add non-steam product, wouldn't you theoretically be able to join games using the (shift+tab) Steam ingame web browser? This would be even faster than BF2/BC2's system of having to leave the server first and find a new server in the ingame browser, assuming BF3 auto disconnects you when you click on a link.[/QUOTE] I think that Origins doesn't allow for that. That's probably what all the commotion is about.

I honestly can't think why someone would even think that's a good idea, even worse that the idea even got to be discussed and how the fuck did it even get passed? At what point does inconveniencing your customer instead of making the process easier seem like a good selling point? Fucking useless EA, I know fuck all about marketing and development and I reckon I'd do a better job!

[QUOTE=sam.clarke;31827398]I honestly can't think why someone would even think that's a good idea, even worse that the idea even got to be discussed and how the fuck did it even get passed? At what point does inconveniencing your customer instead of making the process easier seem like a good selling point? Fucking useless EA, I know fuck all about marketing and development and I reckon I'd do a better job![/QUOTE] YEAH, DON'T READ THE THREAD OR ANYTHING READING IS [B]BAD[/B]

So what happens when/if Battlelog goes down?

same as if steam goes down, you can't play maybe they'll add an offline mode for SP... since the SP is supposed to be uber-cinematic and all man I miss when games had a LAN mode.