marrr Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 This is not a NFO-specific requirement, and as I've said in other posts, this is something that we would prefer not to have. We can't provide further information at this time, but I will post follow-ups to http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=5705 I'll lock this thread for now, because I don't want more speculation here, and because I am concerned that one of the staff might accidentally post more information than we are allowed to give in responding to a probing "let's narrow things down" question like this. Something fishy is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Something fishy is going on. Sounds more like the teamspeak system where if you sell servers you have pay teamspeak a per slot cost. http://sales.teamspeakusa.com/pricing.php I'm doubting it's to cover the Windows 2008 server license at this point since RSPs could easily say that was the reason for the fee. Plus it would be a flat rate fee. It's starting to sound like BC2 and Black Ops again. Both shouted "we have dedicated servers" but left out the parts of no public server files, limited providers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113020-Battlefield-Fans-Dont-Like-Freebies "People say they don't want to pre-order, so again we just have to say, 'Okay, what do you want?! What can we give you for free? We'll give you a hundred dollars if you play our game!'" Bach said. anyone have Executive Producer Patrick Bach's contact info? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Team DeathmatchAvailability: On all 9 maps Players: 24 (12 vs. 12) Focus: Team Based Infantry Combat Goal: Eliminate a set number of enemy combatants Winning the game: The team that reaches the set kill number first is declared the winner Squad Deathmatch Availability: On all 9 maps Players: 16 (4 squads of 4) Focus: Squad Based Infantry Combat Goal: Eliminate a set number of enemy combatants Winning the game: The squad that reaches the set kill number first is declared the winner Rush Availability: On all 9 maps Players: 24/32 (Console/PC) Focus: Objective Based All-out Warfare Goal: Attack/defend M-COM stations Winning the game: Destroy all M-COM stations/Deplete the attacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolor Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 ..and if it's the same then it's back to cod4 for me. See you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 meh i'll be bouncing from borderlands/killing floor/RO2:HoS(if they get the streaming issue resolved) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 meh i'll be bouncing from borderlands/killing floor/RO2:HoS(if they get the streaming issue resolved) My biggest issue with RO2 is the WW2 setting. I just can't get into it like the rest of the WW2 shooters out there. Now if someone makes some modern day mods then I will look at it. I was interested in BF3 but the more I hear about it the more I want to stay with older "modern day" games. But Ro2 is the #1 WW2 game I played since I didn't give up after 15 minutes :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttscratcher Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 You guys go ahead and save your money - stay w/ cod4. Then everyone will be happy... You can play your 'ol faithful' till the cows come home. While we are saved from months and months of "woe is me" buyers remorse posts - when things are not absolutly perfect (or your perscpetion of how things "should" be) on Oct. 26th. :D Its no secret that some are haters waiting to pounce, just to show how ahead of the curve they are on all things gaming. I was lucky enough to play the b3 alpha, and loved it. Looking forward to the beta, so I can see if they fixed the few alpha issues I noticed. Give me a few 64 slot servers, a "hopefully" woking pb_ss system, and( w/ a little help from above) some sort of a demo/theatre utility and I am good to go! For those of us that prefer a "team play" gaming experience, with the e/candy a 2011 PC release deserves, theres only one true option. butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 lol i was lucky enough to play bf3 alpha as well. exactly why i am not buying it :P not going back to cod4 either. if i go "back" it will be to Diablo II :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-Hunter Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) I don't think this had anything to do with windows 2008.. Check out the dedicated servers from branzone.com for BF3.. https://secure.branzone.com/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=2 You see how it lists how many BF3 slots you can run... now the regular dedicated servers they sell http://www.branzone.com/services/dedicated/dallas.php Right, same at LowPing ... check the first option, although that is for a location in Germany only, but BF3 slots are limited as well. Besides the amount of slots looks reasonable for the overall price ... lol https://billing.lowpinggameservers.com/cart.php?gid=4 Edited September 16, 2011 by RC-Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-Hunter Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Sadly you have to be a current client of theirs to use that code, so good on them for giving a little extra back to their current customers. But no good for any new clients I believe that is not entirely correct. Check their main site http://www.LowPingGameServers.com ... besides the reasonable slot pricing already, they still give new customers a 10% discount on top. (seems that fits the "clients" coupon @ butt) Since the more slots on a server you purchase the cheaper it goes, you may pay for a 64 slot BF3 server just $1.26 , going for a month period. Going for 3 or more months, that comes down to $1.13 for the time of the subscription. I see no problem with that, being a happy customer for many server slots per months in a row since BC2. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiebie Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lImFm-LmZus Feast your eyes on the first official full-length Xbox 360 gameplay trailer! Take an extended look at how U.S. Marine Sgt. Blackburn enters the city of Tehran in Operation Guillotine, a joint operation to capture key members of the PLR leadership. This Xbox 360 gameplay trailer showcases one of the many single player missions found in Battlefield 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrr Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Fee might be 25 cents per slot.. Managed VDS and managed dedicated server customers will be able to create BF3 servers after the game is released. However, customers will need to prepay a monthly amount per BF3 player slot they wish to run (much less than the standard rental fee). This is due to a unique requirement of BF3 that does not relate to the resource requirements of the game. This fee will likely be about 25 cents per slot, although the number has not been finalized yet. We will be providing the exact number and, we hope, why this surcharge has to exist, when the game is closer to release. These details will be posted here. http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=5705 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Fee might be 25 cents per slot.. http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=5705 Battlelog may be free but I'd rather have the sheep pay for CoD Elite to help cover operation costs than charge an extra per slot fee to rent servers. Paid CoD Elite features doesn't interest me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrr Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Battlelog may be free but I'd rather have the sheep pay for CoD Elite to help cover operation costs than charge an extra per slot fee to rent servers. Paid CoD Elite features doesn't interest me anyway. Yea, someone has to pay for battletrash... Funny how this fee doesn't apply to slot servers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttscratcher Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Did some looking around for prices on slot servers and came up with this list of providers. I've used a handful of them over the years, others I've not tried. Without going into meaningless detail, I wont be ordering from MYis or AOW. Forget why we dumped Hypernia, think it was support related. http://artofwarcentral.com/ http://www.branzone.com/index.php http://www.gameservers.com/ http://www.hypernia.com/game_servers-gaming.php http://myinternetservices.com/servers.php http://www.leetservers.com/order.php http://billing.lowpinggameservers.com/aff.php?aff=083 http://www.nfoservers.com/order.php http://vskgamingservers.com/game-servers/ http://wolfservers.com/ http://www.xfactorservers.com/game_servers.php Few of them dont have their B3 prices up yet (but they host other ranked BF games, so I expect them to) ... Hope the list may help some ppl make an informed decision on who to go with. Anyway, couldn't find an official current list so put this one together. Enjoy butt Edited September 18, 2011 by buttscratcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 THE OPEN BETA STARTS SEPTEMBER 29TH ON XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3, AND PC. THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED THE PC DIGITAL DOWNLOAD VERSION OF BATTLEFIELD 3 THROUGH ORIGIN OR OWN THE LIMITED/TIER 1 EDITION OF MEDAL OF HONOR FOR XBOX 360, PLAYSTATION 3 OR PC, WILL HAVE EARLY ACCESS STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH. THE OPEN BETA ENDS ON OCTOBER 10TH. Minimum System Requirements OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ALTHON X2 2.7 GHZ) MEMORY: 2 GB HARD DRIVE: 20 GB GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE) GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE) SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE DVD ROM DRIVE Recommended System Requirements OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU MEMORY: 4 GB HARD DRIVE: 20 GB GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950) SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE DVD ROM DRIVE Featured Game Mode: Rush Featured Map: OPERATION MÉTRO http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttscratcher Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 metro again? So much for testing the 64 slot servers. :unsure: butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrr Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Looking bad.. We cant even test out a real battlefield map :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 /me refrains from making rude bf/dice/ea comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Looking bad.. We cant even test out a real battlefield map :angry: I have a feeling they don't want people to cancel pre-orders because their PC can't handle 64 players. Even at 32 players, the alpha was hard on my i5-2500K and GF 460GTX. Looking at BC2, it runs smoother with 24 players, MoH was 24 players, BF3 TDM is 24 players, consoles are 24 players. 24 seems to be the magic number with lower to mid range systems and I think many will get a rude awaking when they try to play on 64 player server in BF3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have a feeling they don't want people to cancel pre-orders because their PC can't handle 64 players. Even at 32 players, the alpha was hard on my i5-2500K and GF 460GTX. Looking at BC2, it runs smoother with 24 players, MoH was 24 players, BF3 TDM is 24 players, consoles are 24 players. 24 seems to be the magic number with lower to mid range systems and I think many will get a rude awaking when they try to play on 64 player server in BF3. Or at least until it gets optimized and has the kinks ironed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 @zh1nt0 so can you tell us if the recommended system requirements are enough to run the game on ultra? @bkohn1 recommended is usually medium http://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/116140116820504576 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 what are the specs? :P nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaydaX Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 what are the specs? Page 23 :P http://www.pbbans.com/forums/battlefield-3-t135903.html/page__view__findpost__p__379970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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