I remember the joke was that a game company would start making bullets microtransactions... but this is starting to get close...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6-u8OIJTE
I remember the joke was that a game company would start making bullets microtransactions... but this is starting to get close...
Is this what I think it is?
"buy battlepacks to win a chance at better accessories!"
I don't like this idea with battlepacks.
The Battlepacks sound exactly the same as the Mass Effect 3 unlocks. They worked really, really well there.
*sigh*
Looks like Battlefield 3.5
And still only 4 classes :/
BUT, this gives me so much hope!
Commander mode hints
Ah yes, didn't even see that, had the image on a small monitor and the top part was cut off. Scorpion it is.
Can't wait, Scorpion is an awesome looking weapon.
I don't know if we need any more classes, but they need to change the way people
pick them. I think the class system in Red Orchestra works much better: you can pick a class, but the number of slots are limited. That way, you don't end up having 20 Snipers and 20 Machine Gunners in your team and weapons like LMGs and sniper rifles actually hurt people. Damage needs to be based on caliber, otherwise they shouldn't bother having heavier rifles at all.
It's also in Arma 2 (Army of Czech Republic DLC). It looks nice, but it's just a 9mm sub machine gun.
Dice can't be foolish enough to make the packs the only method to unlock new stuff.
It all must still be XP/rank based system like in BF3, but if you want to, you can try unlocking that one good gun early instead of reaching rank 40. Plus, I'd imagine they contain random customization items like skins, rare mods or xp boosts.
This COULD be a cool thing to have once you've reached max rank.
Is this what I think it is?
"buy battlepacks to win a chance at better accessories!"
So how many players online?
A refresh or BF3 2013 would indicate that it is BF3 with additional content, at least that is how i would understand it. This is not what BF4 is. BF4 will be a new game, and most of what we saw in BF3 will not be in BF4 (primarily the single player campaign and the multiplayer maps). While there could be some semantics as you mention indeed, i think the general distinction between an expansion and a sequel is the amount of new content that is included.As far as sequel vs. expansion goes that is just a semantics game in today's industry. I wouldn't call it a sequel or an expansion, I'd call it a refresh. Might as well call it BF3 2013.
A dollar to reload a clip. It's coming. lol
I've always said that Battlefield 3 (even with its flaws) its my favorite MP game of all time, but I hate with all my soul the Pachinko mechanic of the "EA packs", even more in a competitive online game which is not F2P. If the packs only featured cosmetic items, I wouldn't mind, but this is EA, and from we can see from the leaked screenshots the packs also unlock accesories, and we have categories of items, so I'm 99% sure that the standard unlocking will be very hard to get, so you will have to buy the damn packs. And you have the 50 game, Battlefield Premium, etc..
So it the end, fuck you EA and it was nice knowing you Battlefield :´(
The system seems to be similar to Battlefield 3, which wasn't hard at all. Yeah, sure you had to do a few assignments to unlock DLC weapons but again, they were very easy.
oh fuck off dice... what is this shit.
I simply won't buy the game with those shitty unlocks. BF is such a random mess with way too many vehicles; it makes playing as an infantryman feel like some blown up game of 'Frogger', except in BF's case the traffic is heavily armed. The unlocks in the last game only made it worse for anyone who didn't want to spend hundreds of hours (or bend over and take it up the arse via a typical paid EA unlock). Punishing new players for being new is such a backwards way to design a game. Ugghh.
Even if some of the "assignments" were retarded, I didn't mind it, but how this is the same thing? I'm sure you will unlock some "packs" (and you can see in the leaked screenshots) in the natural progression, and if you're Premium you will have some free packs every month (ala Season Ticket from Fifa for example), but then you will have to pay for it. Microtransactions in a full price game? Its a despicable practice..
Oh you're right, I agree. Microtransactions are wank and a horrible business practice, but just saying all the mugs who fall for it won't really have an advantage over the good players in the game who will unlock the stuff the normal way. Like the shortcut packs in BF 3's store.
Where's the battlerecorder, DICE?
Even if some of the "assignments" were retarded, I didn't mind it, but how this is the same thing? I'm sure you will unlock some "packs" (and you can see in the leaked screenshots) in the natural progression, and if you're Premium you will have some free packs every month (ala Season Ticket from Fifa for example), but then you will have to pay for it. Microtransactions in a full price game? Its a despicable practice..
Really on the fence for this.
For BF3 there was no competition in my mind, PC all the way. But I'm actually eyeing the PS4 for this one. Only if it has dedicated servers and 64 players like on PC.
Isn't this what battle packs are for? So if you don't have the time you can get one and catch up with the crowd instead of being left behind? As long as the normal levelling up stays the same I don't see the issue?Assignments are the worst. Want a camo for your weapon? Fuck you just do 200 of this 400 of this and 150 with that. Same thing for a new weapons. I do not have the time for that and those carrot on a stick things are such annoying.
All the BF games have had dedicated servers on consoles so that's one down. I think 64 players is almost guaranteed.
The trailer was running on a 7970, so you can expect next gen consoles to look similar to that. Maybe slightly worse on Xbox One.
Where's the battlerecorder, DICE?
See:oh fuck off dice... what is this shit.
I swear no one ever reads my thread.
I swear no one ever reads my thread.
What the fuck.
Save us, CoD Dog.
Looks like it is just cosmetic stuff so I don't see what the fuss is about.
WHAT THE F is this EA?!
XP boosts aren't cosmetic stuff, dude. Nor are Weapon attachments.
Maybe, juuuuust maybe could this mean we'll get some free dlc.
XP boosts aren't cosmetic stuff, dude. Nor are Weapon attachments.
Looks like we are still stuck with small maps
Every Mass Effect 3 mp dlc was for free. I can see them releasing new weapons and stuff for free.LOLOL