More love for PC Gamers from DICE

[DMan24]

Re: More love for PC Gamers from DICE

It would be nice to have, if there will be, BF3 just for PC gamers

[PPSKevin]

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i love you guys too =)

[Minmaster]

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It would be nice to have, if there will be, BF3 just for PC gamers

with all the money there's to be made these days from 1 game, i don't know if DICE/EA can fight the temptation to put it out on the consoles.

i'd rather have them do PC first and then port to consoles so that it doesn't take away from the PC development.

[PCGamer121.]

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They didnt say that there wont be tools for frostbite at all, just not for BFBC2. If bf3 will be what we all hope for, it will have mod support.

They did say that , NO mod tools for ANY frostbite engine game , go search it at EA uk forums.

I heard that BF3 will have its own PC engine made from the ground up , that could very well have mod tools , but NO mod tools for ANY frostbite engine was posted by a DICE developer

[Basil_Moulds]

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Dice I love you....

[Levente]

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i love DICE since codename eagle :salute::salute::yay::salute:

[Lurking Friend]

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Thumbs up for dice, this is how it goes, i like how they bash/slap IW for what they did, even i canceled my version of mw2 as i heared this!

I cant wait for bfbc2 and realy hope bf3 will be what we are all waiting for, a true sequel to bf2 that earns to be called BATTLEFILD 3!!

[RangerXML]

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I've kept myself out of this for a while but look who is talking down on us from their high horse.

[imported_Harlequin]

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Battlefield was born on the PC, it grew up with dedicated servers and even when it left the nest and became multiplatform it remembers it's roots. We're doing the PC version of BC2 right. We won't stomach a console port tossed off to some "lesser" studio like our competitors chose to do. We've got our top PC devs working on the PC version side by side with the console team. We don't do ports. It's not the game we'd want to play, and we know it's not the game you want to play either.

Thanks! That's all we ask for. Well, no, we usually ask for a lot more because we're a bunch of whining, complaining bastards, but you know what I mean!:p

Your response is much appreciated.:nod:

[garandx]

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From Dices community manager.

DICE feels that because the console versions of the game is at such a lower resolution (1280x720), compared to PC resolutions (as high as 2560x1600), that prone was breaking the fast paced action of the game and that it was too camper friendly. When DICE played with prone on consoles other players were nearly impossible to see while prone (until it was too late), and the matches often resulted in a camping festival between the defending team and the attacking team, complete with smores and campfire songs. The overall atmosphere felt slow, and the game wasn’t at its full fast-paced potential. When DICE played the matches with the prone turned off, it forced camping players to put more thought into their hiding spots, and it gave the attackers less of a disadvantage being able to see who was shooting at them and resulted in more fast paced gameplay. People like yourself can go on and on about how in real life prone is the most important battle stance in a firefight, but obviously this isn’t real life, and you should play ARMA2 or something if you really want it, or purchase the PC version .

Now, the reasons the PC platform are getting seemingly “better” features in the game are a result of DICE ignoring the PC user base for the past 3-4 years and this is a homage to the PC platform, and also because it’s a lot of things that PC users simply deserve. If you have played games on the PC for the last ten years you would know what I’m talking about, otherwise I won’t even try to explain... Also, k1ll8 saurav is completely correct about the difference of player’s between PC and consoles, and dedicated servers for PC’s are a must for any game like this on a PC platform, so don’t take it the wrong way. I don’t know DICE’s stance on clan support for the console version at this time, they have been back and forth on the topic and I don’t know why. If I find out I’ll let you know

Regarding player count on the pc…PC’s for obvious reason have much more powerful tech, thus allowing much more flexibility with things such as increased player count, so it would be flat out stupid to not take advantage of this and make the game more worthy of being on the PC instead of a direct port from a console version. You may say that this isn’t fair, but it really is and everything balances out (hey, we don’t get a slick Xbox LIVE interface and if I wanted that then I should play the xbox version). If you wanted a more powerful game, you should have bought a more powerful platform, plain and simple.

Prone- I don’t consider prone a real feature to get all excited about for the PC version, but I suppose people like you have proven me wrong. Regardless, as of right now prone is not going to be on the console version and I gave the reasons above.

Last but not least, the PC platform is usually expected to put up with a lot more “crap” compared to consoles. While consoles may get the game on a certain date, PC users typically have to wait much longer for the same game, but in turn, they get the game for a lower price because there are no licensing fees like consoles have, and typically they get a few more perks thrown in compared to consoles just for good measure. PC customers are a much tougher crowd then consoles are so we have to appeal to them in as many ways as possible, but why not? They deserve it after having a steady history of constantly getting the shaft. Also on a side note, If it wasn’t for the PC platform you wouldn’t be playing the game on consoles right now.

Anyway, regarding prone -because there is still plenty of dev time, there is a slim chance in can end up implemented in the game... but because of the reasons I stated above I want to emphasize that it is definitely a slim chance.

[imported_Xeq]

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Lol... I cant believe my eyes. Prone for PC ? Is it christmas yet ?

Here is original post ... http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/30/293857.page

[Rugerdog]

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Anyway, regarding prone -because there is still plenty of dev time, there is a slim chance in can end up implemented in the game... but because of the reasons I stated above I want to emphasize that it is definitely a slim chance.

Still much better than the support for a certain other game.

[imported_Xeq]

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Still much better than the support for a certain other game.

"People like yourself can go on and on about how in real life prone is the most important battle stance in a firefight, but obviously this isn’t real life, and you should play ARMA2 or something if you really want it, or purchase the PC version ."

If I understand it correctly, this confirms prone for pc.

[Minmaster]

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so regarding PC users getting the shaft, are they talking they (dice) shafted us or other devs?

and it sounds like PC version is coming after the console versions, yet again.

While consoles may get the game on a certain date, PC users typically have to wait much longer for the same game...

[Rugerdog]

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He sort of contradicted himself with his post edits. I would call it a definite maybe.