I think the meant Main Battle Tank.

Gamescom 2011 Battlefield 3 Fan Reaction y'all 

Battleblog #9: Online vehicle warfare refined

The Battlefield series has always been about the perfect mix of infantry and vehicle warfare. Battlefield 3 is no different. Read on for the full story on our deep vehicle customization and refined gameplay mechanics that will change how you play the game.



As you can see in our Caspian Border gameplay trailer, the skies in Battlefield 3 will be filled not only with helicopters, but with roaring fighter and attack jets as well. No matter if you want to transport your troops quickly to the current hot spot on the battlefield, if you want to engage in high G dogfights, or take out enemy tanks with laser guided missiles – there’s a flying vehicle in Battlefield 3 that lets you do the job in style.

With over 20 drivable vehicles in multiplayer spread over 12 classes, you will find your personal favorite whether you prefer to fly above the battlefield or stay on solid ground. Some of the vehicle classes include armored transports, infantry fighting vehicles, main battle tanks, scout helicopters, attack helicopters, fighter jets, and attack jets. Whatever your choice, we let you fine tune almost every vehicle in Battlefield 3 to fit your play style, the current map, and the current situation.

Deeper, bigger, tactical vehicle customization
Vehicle customization is much bigger, deeper, and more tactical in nature than in previous Battlefield games. With over 80 unlockable specialization upgrades spread over the different vehicle classes, there is plenty of room for you to tailor your rides to fit your needs. Each customizable vehicle class has three unlock slots: one secondary weapon slot, one gadget slot, and one upgrade slot. By playing a vehicle class and getting kills with it, you gradually unlock more specializations for that particular vehicle class.

Vehicle customization in Battlefield 3 is just as deep and tactical as the weapon customization showcased here on the blog last week. For every choice you make in vehicle customization, you are effectively gearing up for a specific combat role and leaving something else out. In the Russian fighter jet, do you go with anti-air missiles to dogfight enemy air targets, or would you rather mount a handful of laser guided air to ground missiles as your secondary weapon to harass opposing tanks? Do you equip it with IR flares to avoid missiles, or would you rather take your chances with the fire extinguisher in case you get hit

Our most dynamic vehicle warfare ever
We are making sure vehicle warfare in Battlefield 3 is even more dynamic than before. That’s why we are introducing two new tactical gameplay concepts affecting how vehicle damage and repairs are handled.

Imagine that your tank is hit by an RPG in Battlefield 3. As the first warnings go off, this is your time as Commander of the tank to assess the danger of the situation – do you push on towards your goal regardless, or do you abort and take evasive action? If you back up and take cover, you give yourself a chance to let the vehicle armor recover, just like your soldier heals up when going into cover.

This is a new feature in Battlefield 3 where lightly damaged vehicles recover their armor after a set amount of time (if kept away from enemy fire). Instead of promoting a gung-ho attitude at all times, this means that the driver who keeps his cool and adapts to any given situation will also be able to keep his vehicle in working order for longer. It is basically our way of giving smart non-Engineers a fighting chance to keep his vehicle in the battle.

Past a certain damage threshold, vehicles will not recover armor. And with heavy damage comes the horrifying and adrenaline-inducing experience of having one’s vehicle disabled. In the case of the tank, it would slow to a crawl. Fire and smoke would signal that it is in dire need of manual repairs, and that it is only a matter of time before it explodes. But here’s the beauty of the new system: Its weapons will still be functioning, turning this into a high risk situation that can play out in a number of ways.

Patrick “Posh” O’Shaughnessy is Lead Vehicle Designer on Battlefield 3:
-- Battlefield 2 was the first game I worked on at DICE as a designer, so finally building the vehicles for the sequel is very exciting! I think the ability to kit out your favorite vehicle depending on the situation combined with the new dynamics we’ve added to vehicle damage and repairs makes for a lot of interesting choices for players.

In our daily playtests here at DICE, you will often find a disabled tank in the field with Engineers scrambling to repair it, while its crew is still operating the main cannon and auxiliary machine gun to keep enemy forces at bay. If repairs go well, the tank gets back to full working order and the crew has narrowly escaped a disaster. If not, at least they had a fighting chance, while the disabled vehicle itself made a tempting target leading to more intense multiplayer action.

There's plenty of open-ended vehicle warfare in the single player campaign as well. This shot is from the single player mission Thunder Run, shown at this year's E3.



Subtle game-changers
The powerful trio of vehicle disabling, armor recovery, and manual field repairs complement each other to refine the multiplayer game. Disabling means you no longer have to chase a vehicle that’s low on health to repair it. In a way, the repair tools are the new defibrillators, bringing a vehicle back into the fight from the brink of death. Also, regenerating armor means non-Engineers stand a greater chance at keeping their vehicle in the fight. Still, nothing will beat a well-trained squad of soldiers where Engineers help keep their vehicle in prime fighting condition.

The new vehicle customization and gameplay refinements in Battlefield 3 are subtle game-changers. Add them to our already proven rock/paper/scissors formula and you have the recipe for our most dynamic and exciting online warfare experience ever.

Battlelog

actually not bad wat, rather then to land the plane down just to repair...

that would be the last option i will choose.
but its still so lame that unlike BF2 now cannot have everything in the plane...
dumbing down for the masses i guess.

Damn it! Already pre-ordered from PbbSeller. :/ I wish they had retailers in Johor.

EDIT: Plus I'm too lazy to google this but can you customize VISUALLY how your character looks?

You can definitely say that Battlefield 3 is world known now...

It is the only game that isn't Japanese gaming company related in the Tokyo Games Show.



Plus , we'll gonna see more tourneys now 

Any beta testing running it on a quad core CPU with 2GB ram? How's the performance? Tons of disk swapping or ok?

For coming new games , it's best to go for Quad core...

Think this rig can run BF3?

Nvidia GTX460
i5-2500k
8gb ram
DirectX 11

huh terasa macam dah lama gila pre order ni. cepat lahhh... cant wait to play with fellow [LYN]

nop xp cannot..who uses xp for gaming rig nowadays 

Core2Duo/Quad use 775 socket , the core i3/i5 uses 1156 socket , the i7 uses the 1366.The second generation of i3/i5/i7 are 1155.

Check your current Mobo. Even if it say it is 775 doesn't mean that it will support the latest 775 CPU. Without a bios update your mobo won't recognise anything 2-3 yrs younger than it.

That's why I went to great effort to hunt down the last quad core that my current Mobo can support.

depends on the processor socket....must matching with the motherboard socket...what is your current processor?

Use CPU-Z can check your mobo chipset and cpu model. 

Ermm.... download from here: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

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This are mine for my current CC but 2GB DDR 2 WINDOWS XP

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Added on September 2, 2011, 5:36 pmbtw Core 2 Duo Better or NOrmal I3 proc better ??

nowdays mobo isnt that expensive already...rm250-300 can get a 1155 mobo already that supports the latest gen intel processors....or u could go for amd...a little cheaper 

& of course i3 is better coz its a newer gen processor...improved performance & more power efficient...but not sure if its good enough for battlefield 3 la (64 players  )...better wait for them to release the specs....

Work a bit?

It's gonna save you money , getting ready for next gen games when they fully utilize the power of a quad core cpu.

and i just saw the recently release MW3 multiplayer trailer...... OMG that one sure looks super DULL! 

Never a game that makes me yawn hard like MW3. Even solitaire ain't that boring.

i started with medal of honor...cant get enough for it..then cod mw came out... play on flying spaghetti monster  followed by mw2.....hehehe didnt get the chance to buy bfbc2 tho

WTF is Gunz...?
All of them have their own category of games , you can't just compare that wholesale ... 

more like hours after MW3 trailer. 100% want to cari pasal

The Type 88 sound effects in the Physical Warfare Pack is just ear orgasm to me.

It sounds so good, compared to BC2 and a*hem, MW3.

Aha! You got carried away by my sig It's an upgrade from an old desktop for Battlefield 3. I've waited a long time for it and I think it's worth the upgrade!
Mind that, those were my ole HDD! SSD coming in a few months for sure. No point of having a beast without an SSD 

GunZ was my fav game during my high school. That game was awesome. I replaced 3 mice just by playing that game Butterfly step lol...

but in the end, i will still think mw3 single player sure more nice compared to bf3, bc2 single player wasnt really all that great.  Unless they can prove me wrong, bf3 multiplayer , mw3 single player. but both games look hella of fun