BF3 – Beta Stats & Unlocks Won’t Carry Over + Waiting For The Beta

Battlefield 3 M320

Can you feel it?

*Cue ‘Down With The Sickness’ by Disturbed*

The Beta is almost here ladies and gentlemen, I can sense it. I’m obviously speculating, but part of the reason is also because it seems the DICE devs have been rather quiete these past two days. I can’t help but think something is in the works. Anyways, I’ll stop feeding the hype.

It’s been tough to gather news and updates during these past two days but alas, MP1st has managed to scrounge up some tid bits, as well as some thoughts of the DICE developers regarding the whole “waiting-for-the-beta” situation.

First, you may find it interesting to know that stats and unlocks that you earn in the upcoming beta will not carry over to the final game, according to Alan Kertz, aka Demize99. When asked if they would carry over, much like in the Gears of War 3 beta, Kertz responded, “No, we will use the beta feedback to tweak the full game.” The second part of the answer may not have made much sense after that particular question, but at least he’s assured us once again that we will see improvements between the beta and the final version.

If you’ve seen Daniel “zh1nt0” Matros’ Twitter feed lately, you may notice the bombardment of beta questions he’s been receiving. While this would normally be extremely enduring for any normal human being, he seems to be taking it quite well. Of course, there are some gamers showing sympathy for Mr. Matros and letting him know that there are at least a few patient fans out there. To these folks he responds that there are simply just some “hardcore people [out there] who love the game.” Interestingly, when asked whether he thinks communication regarding the beta could have been better, he answered, “I’ll tell you that right now.

Could DICE have communicated about the beta any better than they already have? I think it’s a simple case of them telling us when they know, but what do you think?

While you wait for the beta, it may be a good time to catch up on some of the latest trailers. Including the debut of the Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield 3!

Make sure to Follow @MPFirst on Twitter for more Battlefield 3 news and while you’re here, check out some of our latest articles!

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Graham
12 years ago

I know it’s weird, but I usually skip out on betas. I like having everything new for me on day 1 of release. That being said, I’ll be watching an s-load of beta feeds, and hope to see some good/unique montages before 10/25.

nate
nate
12 years ago

The wait for the beta is bad enough, but the two days I’ll have to sit and watch the internet explode with beta gameplay from MoH LE and EA Origin players will be just excruciating!

HuguesDaBooze
HuguesDaBooze
12 years ago

This an interesting article. I’m really happy that the unlocks won’t carry over to the full game. Where did you guys find the picture of the M320 attached to the M16?

BTW, I’m loving this site so far, and I just wish that you hosted membership options instead of having us type in our info for each reply. I’d be more active here, if I didn’t have to type my info every time I made a comment.

bf_fan
bf_fan
12 years ago

Daniel “zh1nt0″ Matros has been quiet because he’s been at the Tokyo Game Show where he had limited internet access.

Cosquillin
Cosquillin
12 years ago

I’m losing my mind. I want that beta to be released already. And the funny thing is I’m not even gonna play it. I’m running onboard video! So really I just want to see how GPU’s will perform on the beta so I can make a decision on what card to buy. Hopefully a Twin Frozr III 570 will do.. Cuz I can’t afford a 580.

Niosus
Niosus
Reply to  Cosquillin
12 years ago

chances are AMD comes out with their next gen GPU before the release lowering the price/performance of everything. A GTX570 will certainly be able to play it at high settings, maybe not max, but it should look gorgeous.

Cosquillin
Cosquillin
Reply to  Niosus
12 years ago

I just hope I can play it on ultra settings at 1080p. I have a Phenom II X4 970 BE @ 3.8GHz so the processor shouldn’t be a bottleneck. At least for 1080p. And considering Frostbite 2 is a highly optimized engine maybe I shouldn’t be too worried about being able to play at those settings with a juiced up 570. Still though, it kills me to speculate. I must know for sure already.

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