Physical Warfare Pack Available to all Battlefield 3 Players Later This Year

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  • CptainCrunch
    I am the 1%
    • Oct 2007
    • 12976

    #1

    Physical Warfare Pack Available to all Battlefield 3 Players Later This Year

    From the Battlefield Blog:


    A point of clarification for all of our Battlefield fans. We will unlock the contents of the Physical Warfare Pack to all Battlefield 3 players later this year – for free. Read on for more details on this and Back to Karkand.

    So maybe this is stating the obvious, but all of us at DICE are here because of our passion for games and the passion to bring you the games we too love to play. I always knew our pre-order offers for Battlefield 3 would be open to misunderstandings. This post is an attempt by me to answer any questions you have.

    I would like to start by clarifying that the Physical Warfare Pack is a time-based exclusive. If you do not pre-order Battlefield 3 at a retailer carrying the Physical Warfare Pack, don’t worry. We will unlock the contents of the Physical Warfare Pack for free to all Battlefield 3 players later this year.

    The Physical Warfare Pack will be available as a pre-order bonus all over the globe. Right now, the UK is the only country where it has been announced, but stay tuned to get constant updates on where you can pick this up in your country. And remember, if you do not pre-order, you will still get access to this content at a later date, free of charge. If you do pre-order, you will get access to it from day one.

    For Battlefield: Bad Company 2, many in the Battlefield community were very vocal about wanting additional, new maps to expand the multiplayer experience. With Battlefield 3, we want to make sure we can increase your library of maps quicker than we did for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. We also want to give you something special for pre-ordering, as pre-ordering is basically your way of saying you believe in DICE and Battlefield 3. When we announced that everybody who pre-orders Battlefield 3 would get an entire future expansion pack at no extra charge, I knew we had created a very generous pre-order offer.

    Back to Karkand is a massive, themed expansion pack available a period of time after the base game, developed by a separate team here at DICE -- the same team that brought you Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. If you played Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam, you have a pretty good idea about the scope and ambition of our expansion packs. This is so much more than just four remixed maps.

    If you pre-order Battlefield 3, you will be able to play Back to Karkand at no extra charge as soon as it is released, but it is not day one DLC and it is not on the base game disc. We think it’s a sweet deal, and it’s available to everyone everywhere. If you do not pre-order Battlefield 3, you can still buy Back to Karkand separately and play it as soon as it is released, the very same date as anyone who pre-ordered. In other words, there is no segmentation of the community when we launch the base game.

    So there you go; The Physical Warfare Pack is now for everyone and FREE. Pre-orders also get the Back to Karkand DLC for free and is not available on release date nor is it content already on the disc.

    Sound good or is this still bad?

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  • The_Eliminator
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 5486

    #2
    I think they only just came up with this idea after all the backlash from the exclusives. Good move though.

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    • Minmaster
      I DON'T PLAY CS!
      • Nov 2006
      • 4112

      #3
      Re: Physical Warfare Pack Available to all Battlefield 3 Players Later This Year

      yup the talks of boycott scared the crap outta them
      they said during E3 that except the DAO, the other exclusives couldn't be bought or obtained any other way.
      clearly changed their minds after the world wide rage

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      • troybob
        Member
        • Sep 2007
        • 2823

        #4
        DLC's segment the community. Period. Expansion packs do the same thing.

        Either you bought the game. Or you bought the game AND a DLC.

        But its business. I can understand. If you love the game - you'll shell out more money. And it's not like you're paying for crap for the most part, they do spend money making DLC's.

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        • Vreki
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 4226

          #5
          Re: Physical Warfare Pack Available to all Battlefield 3 Players Later This Year

          Originally posted by troybob
          DLC's segment the community. Period. Expansion packs do the same thing.
          Its true but.......
          Doesnt the community already segment itself according to favorite gamemodes and maps? e.g. all the Karkand IO 24/7 servers.
          We are hardly an uniform mass.

          As long as extra maps are not part of the standard map rotation, that would really be annoying for those suddenly kicked of the server.

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          • Roger Smith
            Member
            • Aug 2006
            • 1390

            #6
            the only dlcs or expansion packs battlefield 3 should have is battlefield 1942, vietnam, and 2142 remakes. battlefield 3 spec ops armored and euro totally seperated the game.

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            • Anarchy1
              Member
              • Aug 2010
              • 1546

              #7
              They are obviously backtracking, but at least they made the right decision.
              Battlelog/Origin ID - Hurricane043

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