Battlefield 3 Beta - Steamgroup and Empires fags

Orgin.com if you live outside the UK....

http://store.origin.com/store/ea/home/

 

Meh, I have school. Maths is hard.

 

Trickster's link worked for me and I live outside of the UK.

 

Spyware.

Orgin is EA's answer to steam. Previous versions of Battlefield were available for play through steam. At this moment BF3 is the only BF that wont be available over steam. The problem is Orgin's (EA's) EULA isn't as friendly as Valve's. There has been some controversy over it's Eula. Which is why, I might be testing this over PSN (I think its Orgin free).


http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/08/24/ea-origin-service-privacy-eula/

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Origin-EULA-PC-Gaming-Glorified-Spyware-DRM,13285.html

$60 for a game and EA has the nerve to Data mine (for profit?). If that is going to be the case, give me the thing for free.

 

I see it used either my xbox or ps3 gamertag, soldierlrycraig

 

ORIGINS GONNA STEAL YOUR PORN SITE PASSES ETC

its true,

 

f1r3w4rr10r is the nickname

and i already got the first reason to dislike origin

it offers you only the limited editon (apparently for 10€ more) and doesnt even say what you get more for it

 

It's impossible to buy a non-limited edition anywhere. All Pre-orders from any store are limited edition. It gets you the back to karland pack, with 4 BF2 maps redone for BF3, and all the old BF2 weapons, a few months after release. Pre-ordering off origin will also get you the physical warfare pack, which has a couple of extra weapons.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield-3/news/6331203/ea-changes-origin-eula

It was poorly written, and they fixed that.

 

well ok but i still cant see a "buy" button anywhere :/
(for any game on there)

nvm there is one on the website

 

You don't have to buy to get beta access, it's free.

 

Trickster, how was the name system in BF3? Was it the same nick as your Origin account or could you choose a name specifically for the game?
And that silly server browsing stuff. Is it faster to exit the game to change server than the system in Bad Company 2?

 

It's odd. When you start BF3, it opens your web browser, all the server browsing was done from within that. When you find a server in that, you click join. You can carry on doing stuff, and when BF3 is ready, it'll tell you, and you just swap into it, ingame.

Also, I've got some issues adding people in Origin, unless I'm doing it wrong.

Can Firewarrior and Krazer add me? I've got everyone else so far.

 

I can't play. I need new computer.

 

Just try it anyway, it's free and shit.

 

id preorder but not sure if I can run well.. problem is I'd upgrade my GFX card (4770) but don't really want to upgrade my entire comp

hopefully Q6600 at 3.0 + like a 460 would run it well.

iono

we'll see

if its optimized for quad cores I think i'll be ok. I could always bump it to 3.2 now that its getting towards winter.....

 

I bought bf3 today username on origin is VIPER_Vicki

 

EA actually changed it's EULA over the controversy. They are still datamining, but they specifically said it wouldn't be "for profit" in the sense that they are selling the information. They're using it themselves.

 

Dual Core is the minimum requirement. A Core2 should be acceptable.