Thread: Double XP this weekend

Originally Posted by chray00

Yes, totally. Did I ever say otherwise?

Originally Posted by chray00

I wont. I dont want to encourage DICE into thinking these kind of maps have their place in battlefield

Yes you did...and you fell for it.

I'm a compulsive consumer and a chump, yes. I bought it and yet I acknowledge Trigger's statement, no matter if it was meant to be ironic and point out the contradictory/hypocritical nature of my position (I do not blame him for it, its totally called for), but I still think nobody should give in as I did (maybe unless they are very likely to enjoy every single DLC DICE will come up with, but still. Encouraging EA/DICE to sell contents we don't know anything about or telling them that giving queue priority to "premium" players (while we still lack of a slot reservation system) is acceptable should be good enough reason not to buy it no matter the quality of each piece of downloadable content).

Thats my opinion. Completely contradictory with my actions, but really, who the fuck cares. I do not have the authority to have any influence on anyone's decision, and in the end it doesnt really matter, really. "Voting with your money" won't change anything. Battlefield has changed, and it sells way more than it ever had. There is no coming back. who cares if you feed EA with all the money you have or if you boycott their games. It wont change anything

It takes a concerted effort. Even if all of the people who hate the direction that EA has taken the franchise refused to buy I think we would still be WAY outnumbered by those who would buy it anyway.

Please god, not another 'trash BF3/BF Premium' tangent...

Originally Posted by chray00

To be fair, if you care that much about double XP weekends, you deserve to get your money stolen from EA

meh, I could take it or leave it. But it certainly helps with the amount of hours I've got in the game.

Originally Posted by SovietDooM

What do you get from premium other than instant access to the add-ons?

Can't you buy the add-ons seperatly?

You can, but it'll cost you more (about $20). You also get early access to the add-ons (I think a week or 2 advance of the standard download)
You also get some special camos, a fancy knife, some weapon camo and other 'throw away' stuff. They're going to be doing these things called 'Soldier upgrades' for Premium people that give you aesthetic stuff.
Also, the most hated feature: "Premium Queuing". Premium people get to jump ahead of non-premium users in queues. I hate this because reserved slots still aren't available.

Originally Posted by Chapel

Please god, not another 'trash BF3/BF Premium' tangent...


meh, I could take it or leave it. But it certainly helps with the amount of hours I've got in the game.


You can, but it'll cost you more (about $20). You also get early access to the add-ons (I think a week or 2 advance of the standard download)
You also get some special camos, a fancy knife, some weapon camo and other 'throw away' stuff. They're going to be doing these things called 'Soldier upgrades' for Premium people that give you aesthetic stuff.
Also, the most hated feature: "Premium Queuing". Premium people get to jump ahead of non-premium users in queues. I hate this because reserved slots still aren't available.

1. Concerning premium outfits and such, that just means you'll make for a prettier corpse.

2. The premium players getting to jump in line and the double XP for premium players only are reasons I won't pay. Where this is going is obvious, 'pay to play'. I will never be down with that program regardless how good the game is.

Edit: Oh and if I want to play with 'premium' weapons, I can just shank you and take yours. Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by chray00

I'm a compulsive consumer and a chump, yes. I bought it and yet I acknowledge Trigger's statement, no matter if it was meant to be ironic and point out the contradictory/hypocritical nature of my position (I do not blame him for it, its totally called for), but I still think nobody should give in as I did (maybe unless they are very likely to enjoy every single DLC DICE will come up with, but still. Encouraging EA/DICE to sell contents we don't know anything about or telling them that giving queue priority to "premium" players (while we still lack of a slot reservation system) is acceptable should be good enough reason not to buy it no matter the quality of each piece of downloadable content).

Thats my opinion. Completely contradictory with my actions, but really, who the fuck cares. I do not have the authority to have any influence on anyone's decision, and in the end it doesnt really matter, really. "Voting with your money" won't change anything. Battlefield has changed, and it sells way more than it ever had. There is no coming back. who cares if you feed EA with all the money you have or if you boycott their games. It wont change anything

Announcements - Battlefield 3

Originally Posted by Blood_Thirst

Announcements - Battlefield 3

Didnt see the announcement, like I usually do. Always thought the emplacement was kind of odd, but I guess its just me.

Thats really great news, I didnt expect that from DICE. I dont think they ever said anything within the lines that they are actively working on it. Maybe all hope is not lost.

but still, the premium queue priority is still pretty lame for those who don't feel like buying a bunch of DLCs they dont know anything about

From what I can tell you didn't see it from DICE because they didn't do it. I believe it is a Procon plugin.

I assumed it was the job of the developers (either by creating the reservist system or not fucking up code-wise and thus making the creation of said system technically impossible), but I do not own a server nor do I make games/admin tools, I know basically nothing about that kind of stuff. Just what use communities like TPG make of it, and its importance.