It’s important to note:
• This list is provided as a way for the Community to give us feedback on potential Balance changes to the game.
• This list is specifically focused on Balance changes. Feature requests and bug fixes are purposefully absent from this list.
• There is no guarantee that any of these Balance changes will make it into a future update at all, nor is this list a guarantee that there will be future updates

•  Slightly increased the AEK971 recoil.
• Slightly increased the ASVAL recoil.
• Added Extended Mags to the ASVAL.
• Slightly increased the recoil on the M249.
• Reduced the recoil of the SKS rifle.
• Fixed aimed firing max accuracy on the Pecheneg to be consistent with other LMGs.
• Slightly reduced the recoil of the F2000 and restored it to the previous base accuracy.
• Semiautomatic and automatic shotguns firing FRAG rounds now do slightly less splash damage.
• Increased the damage of the G3, M60, and M240 at close range.
• Claymores can now detonate from vehicles and can be used to disable jeeps or kill the passengers in light jeeps. Claymores will not do any damage to heavy vehicles.
• Reduced the spot times on C4 and Claymore projectiles from 30 to 15 sec.
• The Radio Beacon, Mortar, Mav, EOD bot, T-UGS, and SOFLAM should now be much easier to deploy.
• C4 will no longer be detonatable after a player respawns, if the player is revived within 5 seconds he can still detonate his C4.
• The player may now have a maximum number of mines which will persist after the player’s death. Deploying more than the maximum of 6 mines will remove a previous mine from the world.

• Claymores now also persist through death, the player can have 2 claymores planted.
• 9x39mm rounds no longer benefit from the Sniper headshot bonus.
• Increased the damage of the 9x39mm rounds.
• Fixed the AKS74u damage at max range, it was incorrectly higher than other carbines.
• Increased the damage of the .357 and .44 magnum rounds at max range.
• All semiautomatic and bolt weapons, including all shotgun slugs, now have their maximum damage out to 15m.
• Semiautomatic sniper rifles, Assault Rifles, LMGs, and shotgun slugs now have more consistent damage over long range.
• Tweaked IRNV to be more consistent across all levels.
• Fixed a rendering issue with IRNV view when taking damage.
• Tweaked the IRNV zoom times and scope visible areas to be the same across all weapons (some were faster than others).
• Fixed the QBU-88 sniper and the L96 IRNV scopes to use the proper aiming reticule.
• The spread for Flechette rounds has been reduced slightly on all shotguns.
• The spread for buckshot has been reduced on the M1014, DAO-12, and S12k. These weapons have an accuracy advantage over the USAS12 but are not as accurate as the 870.
• Semiautomatic weapons will no longer "jam” if the player presses fire faster than the weapon is capable of shooting. Some semi automatic weapons have had their rates of fire adjusted to fit this change.

• Slightly reduced the effective blast radius of the RPG, SMAW, and 40mm grenade projectiles against infantry.
• Reduced the total number of RPG and SMAW missiles carried from 5 to 4.
• Tank rounds will now instantly destroy Jets, Attack Helicopters, and Scout Helicopters.
• Fixed a problem when locking on to two nearby targets, the locking should no longer jump rapidly between multiple targets.
• Significantly increased the damage of the Javelin and Air to Ground missiles against laser designated targets.
• Javelin missiles fired without laser targeting now do more damage to the side and rear of MBTs.
• Slightly reduced the locking time of all weapons vs Laser Designated targets.
• Increased the locking distance for Jets when locking on laser designated targets.
• Slightly reduced the repair speed of the repair tool.
• Increased the damage the MBT’s primary weapon does to other main battle tanks.
• AA Missiles should no longer kill the pilot instead of the vehicle.
  
• Reduced the damage AA missiles do to jets.
• Stinger and IGLA missiles now do 50% damage to Jets, Attack Helicopters, and Scout Helicopters.
• Slightly reduced the damage of Jet cannons.
  
• Increased RPG and SMAW damage against aircraft.
• Guided Rockets will now only track ground targets, as originally intended.
• Reduced the direct damage done by helicopter gunners vs armor.
• Helicopter guns should now suppress correctly.
• Improved the accuracy of the Mi28 gun to match the AH1 gun.
• Increased the direct hit damage of the APFSDS rounds for the IFVs.
• Miniguns and Helicopter Gunners now more quickly destroy parked cars.
• Increased the power of explosions from cars and other explosive static objects.
• Dying from the explosion of a car or other explosive static object should now correctly credit the player who caused the explosion.
• Adjusted the F35′s Center of Mass and Lift Engine for more stable, level flight.
• Updated the F35 weapon systems to be consistent with the other air craft.
• Changed the Kornets to TOW launchers on Wake Island and moved the spawn position of the AAV to a more level position.
• Fixed several bugs with air vehicles colliding with objects at high speeds and taking no damage.
• Players will no longer receive suicides or team kills if they crash their vehicle (dying is punishment enough).
• You can now spot with the EODbot.
  
• Increased the spawn protection time from 1sec to 2sec. The protection will still be immediately canceled as soon as the player moves or shoots.
• Spawn protection will no longer be canceled by the player looking around.
• Slightly increased the speed at which a player can shoot again after sprinting.
• Fixed some situations that would unintentionally make a player unrevivable.
• Reduced the black screen fade in time on spawn.

Version:

290.36 ^BETA

Release Date:

2011.11.28

Operating System:

Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit

Language:

English (UK)

File Size:

197 MB

Just days ago, DICE released a huge Battlefield 3 PC patch weighing in at 450MB, fixing a whole slew of issues However, some of the promised fixes didn’t make it into the patch.

For instance, the tactical flashlights did not get fixed as previously promised, and neither did the change/nerf to the IRNV infrared sight. But fear not, those changes will be made in the upcoming patch DICE is currently working on.

Here’s a list of confirmed items/changes that will be addressed in an upcoming Battlefield 3 patch, as posted on Battlelog:

• In-game VOIP addition
• Tactical light nerf
• Chat window changes (size, positioning)
• New squad changes (ability to make squads)

These are just some of the issues that are being worked on, and, according to DICE, they are well aware of the huge demand for Battlerecorder in Battlefield 3.

•  BY: HBrun
 
• POSTED: Nov 18, 2011, 07:33AM
 
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There was initially some confusion of how Back To Karkand would be played on servers, whether it would be part of the same rotation as regular maps, or perhaps as Bad Company 2 Vietnam. EA has now clarified the issue via Twitter, stating that Back To Karkand will be integrated into regular Battlefield 3, and will be part of the same map rotation. In other words, there’s no need to play on separate servers just for Back To Karkand.

Back to Karkand will be released next month and will include 10 new weapons, 4 new maps and 3 new vehicles, plus a new game mode called Conquest Assault.

EA has announced (via Twitter) that over the past week, they’ve banned "hundreds of offending accounts” in regards to Battlefield 3, and added that they’ve also stats wiped the accounts of those who were "boosting”, e.g. using in-game glitches to boost their score. EA will continue to monitor players and "take action” against players who don’t respect the game. The bans happened across all platforms.

Over the past week, there have been revelations of a new boosting technique where players could rake in tens of thousands of points during a match by misusing the repair tool. We won’t go into details of the technique for obvious reasons, but it’s good to see EA and DICE taking quick and decisive action against cheaters and boosters.

Before

After

We were pretty stoked about this and some great new information came out about the Upcoming Battlefield 3 expansion pack, Back to Karkand.

Unlocks carried over to Vanilla BF3

All the weapons that you unlock while playing Back to Karkand expansion pack will be usable when playing Battlefield 3.

Introducing Assignments

WIth Back to Karkand will come a new feature called "Assignments”. These will essentially be objective based tasks you can accept and will gain rewards from it.

Enhanced Destruction

The Destruction will be turned up a new level in Back to karkand.

Maps with BF2 Flag Structure

The levels in Back to Karkand will bring back the traditional Conquest Assault Gameplay. What this means is one team will start off with most of the flags, and the other team will have to capture those. This is the traditional map format we saw in Battlefield 2.

Karkand stats contribute to global stats

Everything you earn in Karkand will be contributed towards your soldier’s global score.

All game modes available

You’ll be able to play all gamemodes on back to Karkand maps. That means Rush on Wake Island, oh lala!

December 2011 Release

A specific date has yet to be released but it’s right around the corner!

Just two weeks after the launch of Battlefield 3, there has already been some server updates and today, a new patch for Battlelog. You’ll notice at the bottom of your battlelog on PC that you’ll have to update the web plugin in the game manager. New options have been added as per request of the community such as a more enhanced Server Browser, Punkbuster checks, and other nice fixes. Here is the complete Change list. It’s great to see enhancements to the system so soon after release.

Change list