Is it a good decision to buy Battlefield 3 now?

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Hi everyone. I was wondering if it would be okay to buy Battlefield 3 now? Its been 2 years since its release, but only now i've got a PC that can handle the game so - should I buy it?

Also, i have BSNL 750 plan. with terrible internet speed, i wont be able to download online (it would take me a billion years if i tried). So, im probably gonna buy physical, from Flipkart. would that be wise? or is there any other cheaper alternative?

And would my internet be able to handle it? Please help me out. and advice what would be cheapest way to get BF3. thank you.

No no no, BF3 is having a sale over at origin, buy it from there, for 539/- and download to PC, the sale ends feb 27.

Buy Battlefield 3

Hurry.

get it from origin ! If you live in delhi , i can give you the disc so that you dont have to download huge files from origin ( 18gb to be exact)

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anyone from hyd can do the favour of lending me the disk?
i already have the game on origin.

Bought BF 3 for 539 INR
Origin sale!

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Get a physical copy, it would take a LOT of time to download with your connection

freakinghell2 said:
Hi everyone. I was wondering if it would be okay to buy Battlefield 3 now? Its been 2 years since its release, but only now i've got a PC that can handle the game so - should I buy it?

Also, i have BSNL 750 plan. with terrible internet speed, i wont be able to download online (it would take me a billion years if i tried). So, im probably gonna buy physical, from Flipkart. would that be wise? or is there any other cheaper alternative?

And would my internet be able to handle it? Please help me out. and advice what would be cheapest way to get BF3. thank you.

I'm on the same plan too bro

a week download

shoebahmed said:
Get a physical copy, it would take a LOT of time to download with your connection

So pay 1k extra for DVDs ?
F#$k logic

pratyush997 said:
I'm on the same plan too bro
a week download

So pay 1k extra for DVDs ?
F#$k logic

Hmm? Same plan, I download about 4GB every day, a week? How big is this $hit?

^haha ! will download 20 hrs a day!
My router !

Yea get it BF3 multiplayer will live for another 1-2 years

tkin said:
Hmm? Same plan, I download about 4GB every day, a week? How big is this $hit?

around 18 gb without dlc . 27.8gb after all dlc and patches

yep ! second largest game after max payne 3 on this planet ( for pc

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iittopper said:
around 18 gb without dlc . 27.8gb after all dlc and patches

*i.imgur.com/HeDEB4e.png

Waiting for BEAM.

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Thank you @iittopper but I don't live anywhere near delhi. anyway, after a lot of thinking i think im going to order it on Flipkart. Physical disc would be better option for me, even if its almost 3 times costlier than Digital. I dont buy games often, so i think its okay.

That origin sale is what prompted me to think about buying BF3 though. :razz:

Btw,

RT @GameStop Got to see Battlefield 4 today and all I can say is WOW! Thanks @EA for the sneak peek. ^CEO #BF4

Those Bf4 rumours were true after all. and this is the reason i was skeptical on still buying BF3. then i figured it would cost lot more, and i no haz so much money .. :razz:

Anyway,you guys esp those buying BF3 now.. add me, and maybe we can squad up and play together sometime..

freakinghell2 said:
Also, i have BSNL 750 plan. with terrible internet speed, i wont be able to download online (it would take me a billion years if i tried).

pratyush997 said:
I'm on the same plan too bro
a week download

Even I'm on the same plan and I'm going to get BF3 in this sale.. (i missed it when game4u was giving the premium edition for around ₹850)
On that plan, I'm able to download around 4.5GB per day after the FUP limit is reached.. It took me around 10hrs to download Win8 Pro using Windows Upgrade Adviser. But here is a bug

the 750 plan gives 1Mbps for the first 6GB per month.. I never switch off my modem and it generally goes on for 20-30 GB at that speed before some $hit happens (like disconnection of DSL link..) But if the modem restarts after 6GB limit is reached, the connection speed will be reduced to 0.5Mbps (64KBps). Just keep the modem from shutting down as long as you can. I plan most of my downloads in the first week.
Drop me a PM if interested in another bug to reset your FUP limit. I've been using BSNL Broadband for much time..

tkin said:
Waiting for BEAM.

jealous me..

but BEAM is in Hyd only, isn't it..?? u shifting or something.. (Location : Kolkata, India)

I hate you tkin I hate you you. You getting BEAM and I am stuck with BSNL friggin EVDO.

piyoosh528 said:
Even I'm on the same plan and I'm going to get BF3 in this sale.. (i missed it when game4u was giving the premium edition for around ₹850)
On that plan, I'm able to download around 4.5GB per day after the FUP limit is reached.. It took me around 10hrs to download Win8 Pro using Windows Upgrade Adviser. But here is a bug the 750 plan gives 1Mbps for the first 6GB per month.. I never switch off my modem and it generally goes on for 20-30 GB at that speed before some $hit happens (like disconnection of DSL link..) But if the modem restarts after 6GB limit is reached, the connection speed will be reduced to 0.5Mbps (64KBps). Just keep the modem from shutting down as long as you can. I plan most of my downloads in the first week.
Drop me a PM if interested in another bug to reset your FUP limit. I've been using BSNL Broadband for much time..

jealous me..
but BEAM is in Hyd only, isn't it..?? u shifting or something.. (Location : Kolkata, India)

Shifting to hyd in march, will get bombed by july :cry:

gameranand said:
I hate you tkin I hate you you. You getting BEAM and I am stuck with BSNL friggin EVDO.

And should I hate you for your rig?

The Cyclone is it?

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Dont hate each other.

And @tkin, remember that the customer care of beam is something as terrible as sh@#t. So keep that in mind. However its better in some areas and hope you reside in one such area

rakesh_ic said:
Dont hate each other.

And @tkin, remember that the customer care of beam is something as terrible as sh@#t. So keep that in mind. However its better in some areas and hope you reside in one such area

Some place called Gachibowli stadium, I'm staying near there.

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tkin said:
Some place called Gachibowli stadium, I'm staying near there.

don't worry their customer service excellent (it was very bad few years ago)...and the area in which you are staying, i am sure you will not face any problems

btw are you shifting in hyd for work?

ghouse12311 said:
don't worry their customer service excellent (it was very bad few years ago)...and the area in which you are staying, i am sure you will not face any problems

btw are you shifting in hyd for work?

Yeah, next month.

is it bf3 buying thread or beam buying thread? :???:

IndianRambo said:
is it bf3 buying thread or beam buying thread?

I gave him the suggestion a long time back, he even made up his mind, this is not a buying thread any more, we are just talking a bit, chill, we stop here

lol.so u bought bf3?

IndianRambo said:
lol.so u bought bf3?

Me, no, but OP said he can't spare the bandwidth for 28GB download, so he'll buy the disc for 1.5k and then download 10GB worth of patches.

I have BSNL, 400ms pan India ping, what BF3?

rakesh_ic said:
And @tkin, remember that the customer care of beam is something as terrible as sh@#t.

Nope, its awesome.

cyborg47 said:
Nope, its awesome.

Fine, lets not do OT anymore, I fear a banhammer might be coming

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Err... ACT BB in Bangalore's a subsidiary of BEAM or the vice versa? I'm thinking of ACTing my BB soon. Govt-powered internet is too bad.

NVIDIAGeek said:
Err... ACT BB in Bangalore's a subsidiary of BEAM or the vice versa? I'm thinking of ACTing my BB soon. Govt-powered internet is too bad.

I think its the other way around, Beam is a subsidiary of ACT.

@freakinghell2: the cheapest I found is on origin & then ebay.in
flipkart is selling at higher price and I don't know the price in steam.
so Origin will be best place to get this one.

@others: don't go offtopic pls they will be deleted and u will get infractions

Talking about internet speeds on a multiplayer based game thread is offtopic...oh yeah

dont know about OP but i got it for ₹539 on origin.. :-D

piyoosh528 said:
dont know about OP but i got it for ₹539 on origin..

Everyone's doing that

tkin said:
Everyone's doing that

Wait is that the premium edition or just the standard?

Thunder said:
Wait is that the premium edition or just the standard?

Standard is 1.5k, premium I think should be about 2.5k(check origin to verify).

I am not buying this game because I can't play online.

gameranand said:
I am not buying this game because I can't play online.

Join the club :banghead:

tkin said:
Join the club

Yes but your condition is going to improve but mine will be persistence for 2 years or more.

BF3 multi player consumes 35-40MB per hour, so if you get 3G signal in your place, test the pings with mobile data plans, if the ping is steady, go for BF3

I play it on tata docomo 3G, tat & airtel give me steady pings - tata=150, airtel = 90.
(place=b'lore)

gameranand said:
Yes but your condition is going to improve but mine will be persistence for 2 years or more.

we need more bf3-ers in india, how come we don't even have any indian server :banghead:

. u ppl should really encourage ur friend gamers to take on bf3 online now when this offer is on.

and yes, it will live on crowdily for another 2-3 years, may be even after that. just because some older battlefields are still having some good playerbase.

icebags said:
we need more bf3-ers in india, how come we don't even have any indian server . u ppl should really encourage ur friend gamers to take on bf3 online now when this offer is on.

and yes, it will live on crowdily for another 2-3 years, may be even after that. just because some older battlefields are still having some good playerbase.

I can easily find around 7-10 asian servers with an average ping of 50-70.

cyborg47 said:
I can easily find around 7-10 asian servers with an average ping of 50-70.

Let me guess, BEAM?

tkin said:
Let me guess, BEAM?

Yeah

icebags said:
we need more bf3-ers in india, how come we don't even have any indian server . u ppl should really encourage ur friend gamers to take on bf3 online now when this offer is on.

and yes, it will live on crowdily for another 2-3 years, may be even after that. just because some older battlefields are still having some good playerbase.

Yeah but for encouraging and all I should be play in online but I can't.

gameranand said:
Yeah but for encouraging and all I should be play in online but I can't.

This is India, in 2020 we'll have 2MbPs unlimited, finally, the world will move to GbPs though.

cyborg47 said:
I can easily find around 7-10 asian servers with an average ping of 50-70.

it's a prestige issue.

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cyborg47 said:
Yeah

Darn, is that ISP like something from South Korea? Awesome is what it is.

tkin said:
This is India, in 2020 we'll have 2MbPs unlimited, finally, the world will move to GbPs though.

No re..
Sibbal told 2mbps in 2015 & then 4mbps in 2020 :shock:

Bought BF3 from origin yesterday. Origin ID sam142000
But how the hell do I play it online? There's no multiplayer/online option inside the game menu.

funskar said:
No re..
Sibbal told 2mbps in 2015 & then 4mbps in 2020

Actually I have to tell you “no re“
tkin is correct here.

sam142000 said:
Bought BF3 from origin yesterday. Origin ID sam142000
But how the hell do I play it online? There's no multiplayer/online option inside the game menu.

Play more of SP first or prepare to be PWNED.
Anyways join servers from here *battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/

funskar said:
No re..
Sibbal told 2mbps in 2015 & then 4mbps in 2020

I have 4mbps now....wid 175gb limit

thetechfreak said:
Play more of SP first or prepare to be PWNED.
Anyways join servers from here *battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/

I have played almost all CODs at hard level and have a lot of experience in playing COD4 online. You still think I need to play SP first?

^ where do you live?

pratyush997 said:
^ where do you live?

I've already mentioned. Gurgaon.

funskar said:
No re..
Sibbal told 2mbps in 2015 & then 4mbps in 2020

He didn't tell the price did he?

With the new telecom policy in effect the telecom operators are losing revenues on telephony, where do you think they'll recuperate the costs from?

sam142000 said:
I have played almost all CODs at hard level and have a lot of experience in playing COD4 online. You still think I need to play SP first?

No, but just play SP once, its a few hours long, get to know the movements, techniques, weapon physics.

yah play the single player first. then in battlelog look for servers with <200ms (<100 is better) pings. for this select singapore/ australia/ japan servers in the location checkbox.

bf3 has lots of weapon choices, hopefully some will be there that u will soon feel confident to run with.

Only buy if you got Really good internet connetion

Ps- I got refund

can't download 26 gig

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I have been playing Bf3 since the beta...and trust me it gets boring really quickly.
Lately i have been playing only Bad company 2 and that game is still more interesting and feels a lot more smoother than Bf3.

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I got the game (from Flipkart). Just installed it, but now it's updating through Origin and update is about 6.8 gb. the only reason i bought the physical disc was because i didnt want to download anything. what can i do now? :-(

you cant do anything ! you will need to update the game to play mp and coop . till then enjoy single player

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Its too late to buy BF3 now -

1) All the players of BF3 might have capped thier lvls already.
2) Newbies (unless you have played enough BF BC2 to have some experience dealing with it) in BF games are always on the harsher side of the gameplay untill you lvl up and find your feet. Its tough initially though.
3) Map awareness on BF3/BC2 leaves it too much to lose for a new player.

I am not trying to discourage you, but am trying to give you a headsup before joining in the club of BF multiplayers

Actually we are seeing lot of new guys in the servers, so people are still buying BF3, not only in India but other parts of the world. I will stop playing BF3 after reaching LVL 100 with master dogtags for all primary weapons.

RCuber said:
Actually we are seeing lot of new guys in the servers, so people are still buying BF3, not only in India but other parts of the world. I will stop playing BF3 after reaching LVL 100 with master dogtags for all primary weapons.

which will take atleast 6 month i guess ! . Anyways there are lots of server which are avilable for noobs , so they can practice there . Also single player and coop will be a good start to get some taste of mp .

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Though I haven't played BC2 but i've played BF2 and BFP4F extensively, and even MOH Warfighter SP so I think i'll be fine. have watched ton of BF3 gameplay videos so know the maps a bit. anyway, update'ing is 50% complete, just 14 more hours to go :razz:

btw how do i play SP while updating? the window has two options Play Now and Cancel.. if i click PN will everything i dl'ed till now vanish? didn't want to take risk so i left it the way it was..

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iittopper said:
which will take atleast 6 month i guess ! . Anyways there are lots of server which are avilable for noobs , so they can practice there . Also single player and coop will be a good start to get some taste of mp .

BTW single player will not give you any experience to taste the multiplayer. They are 2 different entities when it comes to FPS.

iittopper said:
yep ! second largest game after max payne 3 on this planet ( for pc )

*i.imgur.com/HeDEB4e.png
Sims 3 complete edition
56 GB

^^ After end game dlc and some patches , bf3 size will be more than max payne 3 , so still its on second after sims 3

What would be the size finally ??

gameranand said:
What would be the size finally ??

no idea ! but as dlc released till now are around 4 gb , game will be around 32 gb i guess

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Update is complete.. game is running fine. Did campaign for about 2 hours, now playing multiplayer. Server browser looks bit messed up, doesnt show the ping.. how do i choose which server is best suited? anyway, thanks for all the advices..

install batllelog plus plugin, it has option to search server using ping filter.