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** Anyone with a high ping lagging the server.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]:
** The PC gamimg community after DICE announced that the PC would be the definitive platform for ''[[
** The inclusion of hand-held anti-air SAMs and effective AA vehicles. Also the removal of dumb bombs, and a major reduction in the damage output of the jet cannons.
** Back To Karkand for the PC crowd. Console gamers will probably think "what's the big deal", but on the PC for the old BF2, 1942 and Desert Combat B2K is what BF3 should have been from the start.
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* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0H_W155zKw Tourettes Medic].
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: You will soon learn to dread hearing the distinctive "plink" of the M26 firing.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: After ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]] 2'' was advertised with videos about how the game isn't about "Random Grenade Spam," the March patch introduced a bug where dropping multiple ammo boxes would vastly increase the rate grenades would refill. With 3 or 4 boxes it's essentially instant and enables a player to sit in one spot and throw grenades non-stop for an entire round.
* [[HSQ]]: Has it in spades. Both online and single player.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
** "Be advised: You are being advised. Repeat: You are being advised. Over." <ref>The multiplayer announcer in the beta had a very limited vocabulary; nearly everything he said was prefixed with "be advised."</ref>
** There has been a fascination with [[Everything's Better
** '''"FALL BACK! MILLET!"'''
** '''"The anemy hahs seht the charch!"'''
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** ''Battlefield 3'' on release is a very obvious late beta. It's simply not stable enough, especially in the online modes, to really be called a polished product. The integration between Origin, Battlelog, the game and the online servers is flaky and constantly being brought down for "maintenance." The reason was EA pushing the game for an early release out to beat the latest ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' game.
** The patches themselves aren't any better. For every problem fixed, a new problem springs up in its place, such as the much-hated M26 Dart exploit. Even elements of the game that didn't need fixing get broken with the patches; Alan Kertz, the Senior Gameplay Designer at DICE, admits that he wanted to tweak the Suppression mechanic until it's ideal, which is why suppression went from a minor annoyance to outrageously bad after the March 2012 patch.
* [[Pandering to
* [[Player Preferred Pattern]]: Battlefield can now be split into two periods, with the March 2012 patch being where the split takes place.
** Assault: Pre-patch assault players used the F2000, AEK-971, or the FAMAS due to their high rates of fire. Post-patch the FAMAS's handling and ammo capacity changes nerfed it into oblivion and the F2000 is useless beyond 20 meters. The M16A3 with Heavy Barrel reigns supreme.
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** Post-patch pistol changes mean the best players will use one of three sidearms: The G18 Suppressed fully-automatic pistol with a high rate of fire that is equivalent to the MP7 at very close range and is used for players who want a true 'backup' weapon, the 93R burst fire pistol which received a major buff in the patch for those who feel they need a more controllable gun than the G18, and finally the .44 Magnum which is a two shot kill due to a buff giving it a 1.25 damage multiplier to the chest, used by players who are extremely accurate and will pick and choose either their primary weapon or the Magnum based on the situation.
** MP7 with Laser + Extended Mags is ''the'' hip fire weapon. Its hip fire is often ''more'' accurate than many guns when aimed down sight and it is quicker to get bullets on target because of its hip fire. Its only drawback is that the extended mags mean you only have less than a handful of reloads, so playing a support kit or having the Ammo perk is mandatory.
** [[Tier
** When the March patch completely broke the M26 Dart, there were people who used nothing but that glitched combination on the smallest maps like Noshahr in Deathmatch or Metro in Conquest, with tens of thousands of kills with it.
** Camouflage-wise, Spec Ops Black as it hides your heat signature from infra-red optics. It's also useful for hiding in buildings since the interior is usually dark. [[Rule of Cool|It also looks cool]].
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** Seine Crossing's first stage ''B'' MCOM objective is one the hardest in the game. It is located in a small courtyard with three very small entrances. If the defenders get setup with spawn beacons there is no ability for the APC to influence this, resulting in the attackers throwing their tickets away trying to assault a near impregnable defensive position.
** Operation Metro for people who think Dice are playing up to the ''[[Call of Duty]]'' crowd.
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: ''Battlefield 3'' was arguably the first DICE game to really have DICE's owners [[Electronic Arts|EA]] pushing them towards EA's overall strategy. This resulted in Origin, EA's rebadged 'EA Download Manager' being forced to be used with BF3. It is a bloated and completely unnecessary rival to Valve's [[Steam]] and is required to run the game even if bought as a DVD retail copy. Battlelog does not integrate with Origin except to launch the game, making it another pointless step done purely so that EA could try and wrest some control of digital distribution away from Valve. Needless to say, when EA yanked [[Crysis (
** Battlelog. In what is a very fresh new look at managing games, DICE created Battlelog. This runs through a typical server browser, and contains the equivalent of a main menu, server browser and stats server. The biggest complaints were the lack of a not-while-being-shot-at in-game menu.
*** To elaborate: If you want to change your settings, you either take your chances ''during'' a match or do it via single-player. If you want to tweak your settings and check whether they fix the stuttering FPS count (or make using the gadgetry less uncomfortable), well, you'll just have to take your chances during a match.
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** Assault: The FAMAS after the March patch. It used to be one of the best weapons of the game, ostensibly balanced by its incredibly slow 4-second reload, but it wasn't enough for people complaining about the gun. When DICE added more recoil to all the guns, the FAMAS suffered the worst of it due to its extremely high fire rate, and the 5-round reduction to its magazine ensured no one would ever use the FAMAS again.
*** The F2000 received a similar nerf but made it just barely usable inside 20 meters or so using the Foregrip/Suppressor combo.
* [[Tainted
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]:
** Many players complained that the Russian announcer does not speak in Russian like the previous games.
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** Going from a strict magazine count to [[One Bullet Clips]] like every other modern shooter.
** Going from the full range of 16 player, 32 player and 64 player map layouts from BF 2 to the one-stop shop that is ''Battlefield 3'''s maps. Granted, there are 32-player and 64-player-oriented capture point layouts for Conquest for SOME maps, but they still have the same size boundaries, which still faces you with the issue of it either being too cramped or too widely-spaced depending on the map.
* [[Tier
** The USAS-12 with Frag rounds has definitely become this. It basically turns your automatic shotgun into a handheld IFV cannon, with all the power and accuracy of one. If you use this weapon, you are guaranteed to piss a lot of people off. Hell, there are Metro 24/7 servers that ban the RPG, M320, MAV ram kills and the USAS because of overuse for being very easy to spam for kills as opposed to using guns.
** As of the Rent-a-Server Patch, the USAS' status as this has been replaced with the SKS. Before the patch, it was considered terrible in lieu of other sniper rifles. The patch decreased the recoil to the point where there is practically none, and now it's become an alternative to regular assault rifles which have been massively nerfed because the Foregrip itself was nerfed. You now have a semi-automatic rifle that's super-accurate, and with the Flash Suppressor it easily becomes the most accurate weapon in the game.
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