BF3 Hit Detection Part 3: Responses from DICE Part 1

Response on October 6th, 2011 by HBrun, "Top 10 Battlefield 3 Open Beta issues and how we are addressing them"

10. Why is the hit detection seemingly different from Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

The netcode is one of the many things that we are testing as part of the Open Beta and is not necessarily reflective of the final retail game. The DICE team appreciates and has heard the feedback you’ve provided and is further optimizing online play. 

Response on October 11, 2011 by Lars Gustavsson in a Gamespy interview entitled, "Battlefield 3 Beta Interview" by Bennet Ring:

We've done a lot of tweaking and tuning, everyone needs to understand that the beta was early code. Everything from hit detection to damage, flashlights that people have been mentioning – a lot of the issues that people have raised have already been fixed.

Response by Arthur Gles from joystiq.com on October 10, 2011 from his experience playing the closer-to-final build of BF3 in "The Beta and Battlefield 3":

As it stands now, Battlefield 3's beta is a wellspring of misinformation about what your final Battlefield 3 experience will be. I'm glad for that – I enjoyed what I've played of this more-final build of Battlefield 3 much more than any time I've spent with the game throughout the year. DICE and EA told me last week that they've been taking player feedback from the beta into account, though I have a hard time comprehending how they could make such sweeping changes based entirely on player feedback.

David Stellmack reiterates Ring's comments from the Gamespy interview in his article, "Beta BF3 bugs swatted, according to DICE"

Lars Gustavsson, has been telling everyone who will listen that the beta does not represent what they will  see when the code is released.

Stellmack further notes:

While DICE has admitted that the beta did uncover some new things, DICE has apparently put a significant amount of energy into planning the post-launch support for the game. This is an area when many Battlefield fans feel that DICE has previously fallen down over the years.

This is some encouraging news, since DICE has a reputation of abandoning their titles to launch new ones. For this reason alone I may rethink cancelling my BF3 pre-order, because this would mean that intend to further fix bugs as they become apparent (i.e. hit detection improvements).