There have been many bits of information surrounding the upcoming Battlefield 3 patch, and we’ve taken to task to compile all the expected fixes and tweaks that DICE has confirmed will make their way into the new patch, which should be released in early February. The list of confirmed additions:

• Commo Rose 2.0: a complete overhaul of the “Q”-button communications interface, with new commands, voice overs, and more.
  
  
• Weapon specific accessory tweaks: accessories such as silencers, foregrips etc. will now be tweaked on a per weapon basis and not globally. All accessories are expected to be tweaked in this patch. For more, see a full list of accessory tweaks.
  
  
• A fix for MAV riding will be applied
  
  
• Random “Bad Luck” deaths will be fixed across all platforms.
  
  
• PlayStation 3 users will see a VOIP fix
  
  
• Drivers will now get 50 points for “vehicle assist kills”. Pilot assist points will be increased as well.
  
  
• Sniper rifles will get increased accuracy after aiming-down with Red Dot or Holo sights.
  
  
  And a few unconfirmed patch notes, but issues/features that DICE are looking into:
  
  
  
• The USAS-12 with Frag rounds will be balanced (unconfirmed: DICE has said they are looking into it).
  
  
• The resupply speed on the M320 grenade launcher might get increased, according to DICE.
  
  
• Horn sounds will be added to Humvees and other transport vehicles.
  
  
• Fall damage is being looked into as well.

This looks like a great patch. I've heard they are looking to improve the communication too

Yeah the VOIP is supposed to be getting fixed. Apparently that is happening this monday 6th with a 20G update

Most of the updates sound discouraging. It's such a stupid idea to have attachments magically change their adjustments per gun. >.<

Happy to see pilot and driver assists go up though. Now let's just cross fingers they get the VOIP issues fixed!

Cool.

good to have VOIP fixed though, and driver assists go up too. now to rack up points when bowl is in a tank.

How about a stinger that can actually shoot down a plane flown by a pilot who knows what he's doing and has unlocked all the upgrades?

I find it impossible...

Because in reality shooting down a $55 million dollar plane with a $38,000 stinger makes sense.

Tezzac wrote:Because in reality shooting down a $55 million dollar plane with a $38,000 stinger makes sense.

Whoa-ho-ho, the cynics are out in full force I see! =P

Why don't you just get two engineers to fire near-consecutively. Problem solved?

That's the best way I found, two stingers one after the other ususally does the trick.

Jets are pretty easy to evade against stingers. All you gotta do is fly towards the rocket and pull up at the last second or if you have afterburner use it to escape towards your advantage while letting your flares regenerate

Tezzac wrote:Jets are pretty easy to evade against stingers. All you gotta do is fly towards the rocket and pull up at the last second or if you have afterburner use it to escape towards your advantage while letting your flares regenerate

-writes down the tip- I totally knew that, was just uh...testing you! But jets I find are not as troublesome as attack helicopters. An attack helicopter can have two sets of flares (gunner and pilot) and a serious array of weaponry at their disposal. Jets are just a pest XD

As I said, I am sure stingers work great when 2 engs team up and fire stingers one after the other (to beat the flares), but failing this I just cant shoot them down!

It is quite frustrating as if you haev a good jet pilot, your tanks are basically toast

Hopefully I can soon get a couple games with TLCG members!

Guided Missiles in tanks are beastly when coupled with a CITV station. Takes a helicopter down in one. Jets are a difficult target to hit but you can scare the fuck out of them with the missile. I could see one pilot literally wetting himself as he tried to shake the missile off.

I pity the ones that can't successfully take off :/ Oh wait that's me! haha

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This video explains what will happen with the attachments

(This is a BF3 pro so the gameplay is crazy too)