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A sniper shot from 5 miles away would encounter a drop of somewhere in the neighborhood of 600m. Or for those non-metric hoopla kinda guys that would be 1968.4 feet.... With a cross-wind of only 5mph it could move the shot up to 45m or 147.636 feet in either direction along the x-axis of your trajectory. That wouldn't be very real to life. And we haven't even taken into consideration the earth gravitational and rotational variables or humidity and elevation. This shot would be just pure dumb luck if it had the most sophisticated computer in the world as it's targeting and guidance system. But with a bullet there really isn't much "guidance" to be had.



But imagine for a minute. If that shot were to make contact with someone, the sound from the gunshot (granted they could hear it that far away) would probably not be heard untill sometime around 27 seconds after impact which is nuts!!!!! And speaking of impact, at that range I believe the bullet would no longer be deadly. lol

lol i cant wait to do it to pyro

Record is what, 1.5mi?

Blah lost the old BF3 thread....

But got my beta invite today. Early access, starts today.

Strebeck wrote:Record is what, 1.5mi?

Blah lost the old BF3 thread....

But got my beta invite today. Early access, starts today.

Were you able to redeem your code? I have some BF3 early access beta keys that I grabbed from gamespot livestream yesterday, not sure if used already or just not working yet...

Not working yet. EA forums are saying that it will work when the PSN store updates, which is usually 5 Pacific, 8 Eastern. So, I'll just wait till then.

how many do you have?

PyroPhoenix wrote:Ooohhh beta codes! Gimme one Raz.

I think they're all taken.

downloading now, and i started the download late. others are in. it's a heafty download and the network i'm on right now isn't the best for such things. I'll update when i get a few mins of playtime in.

Additional note, at least one person I know has access to the beta without getting a code, or an email. He found out by going to the PSN store, then "View All Titles" or whatever is on teh left column. Then picking "B" then "Battlefield 3" then the first icon was the beta. He's downloading now, too.

5 mins of your time for what might be a few extra days of Beta.

Strebeck wrote:downloading now, and i started the download late. others are in. it's a heafty download and the network i'm on right now isn't the best for such things. I'll update when i get a few mins of playtime in.

Additional note, at least one person I know has access to the beta without getting a code, or an email. He found out by going to the PSN store, then "View All Titles" or whatever is on teh left column. Then picking "B" then "Battlefield 3" then the first icon was the beta. He's downloading now, too.

5 mins of your time for what might be a few extra days of Beta.

he must be lying, no beta there T_T *feels em0*
edit: What pyro said.... same.

PyroPhoenix wrote:After trying out those codes Raz posted, I managed to somehow get one of them to work! Thanks Raz! Super corrupt mod club epic highfive!

guess I'll have to wait 2 more days.... if you find any ununsed code, let me know

played at werk, shit was dope. d/ling at home. .drunk as fk, win/win/win? what;s the 3rd win? me.

sure, homed it up, got froze

So I gave this a whirl a little yesterday and again this morning.

The menus are solid and make sense. I can find everything I'm looking for.
The matchmaking was good, fast, and gave me the option to autojoin a squad, or to create my own. I tried both, both worked well.
The GUI is clean, and I like it. It's blue/orange color scheme is nice, and one I've chosen in custom UIs in the past.
I was not able to find a hotkey for checking the scoreboard, and this irritated me. It was burried under a start menu layer, and wasn't very accessable at all.
The map we're given in teh Beta is large and pretty fun. It has some indoor, outdoor, and underground elements all in one. I liked it. It flowed well and had some nice paths and choke points.
Geometry damage was "okay" it looked cool, but it wasn't *WOW* inspiring. Also once when I had a guy beaded up and fired, i ended up shooting the wall i was covering behind instead. I think I saw through the wall due to damage, but i couldn't shoot through the damaged area. Not cool.
The kill cam sucks, it showed the guy AFTER he killed you, not before and during. But the data given on the kill cam was nice (load-out, ID, personal KVD between you and that guy, etc)
Spawn options were good. Static, squad leader, squadmate.
As for intangibles, it was fun. The flow was nice. I felt engaged, and part of a team. I'll buy it based on that alone.
Also, leveling up seems good. I only played a little, but the pace seems reasonable and the upgrades are welcome.
Visually I was satisfied. I wasn't over-the-top impressed, but at no point did I think "yuck!" it was pretty, but not OMGz pretty. Bottom line, I forgot about the graphics and melted into the game. For me that's the right amount of graphic coolness for an online FPS.

First impressions give this game a solid B with plenty of realistic opportunities for improvement. I'll buy it, but in the end it will be the community that dictates how long I play.

You know what grinds my gears about this? The ps3 is fully capable of running Mouse+keys control setups for shooters (or any title), but it's an industry guideline that doing so creates non-skill based differentials in gamers and as such, is inappropriate for developers to implement this.

That said I need to borrow someone's SplitFish and see if it's worth a damn on BF3.