Flashlights are Getting Nerfed (Finally)

The next update will nerf the ridiculously OP flashlight attachment.  It looks to have about a 50% reduction outdoors, but will still have the same effect indoors.

Before (WTF were you thinking?)

Better?

New Video Card Driver Updates for BF3

Seventeen days after the release of BF3 a new drivers have been released.  Will they help resolve some of the graphical lag issues? Let me know if it helped you.
Here are the latest graphics drivers for Battlefield 3 supported by AMD and GeForce.


Nvidia: 285.79 Beta (released today)


http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-285.79-beta-driver.html [nvidia.com]
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-32bit-285.79-beta-driver.html [nvidia.com]


AMD: 11.10


http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx [sites.amd.com]
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-32.aspx [sites.amd.com]




If you are using Crossfire also install 11.9 CAP4 (Crossfire Application Profile):


http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx [sites.amd.com] 

Yay for Boosters!

Looking for an easy way to unlock your favorite guns, gear, and attachments without having to earn it on the battlefield? Want to make your KDR look amazing? Perhaps get your SPM up into the 600-700 range? Well children, now you can and all you need is an empty server, a few friends, and no personal pride or integrity.

 

Sadly, its not just mindless noobs that are boosting, but so-called professional and league players. Consider your boasting rights revoked, because your stats page is a lie. That's right, I called you a liar if you boost, and in case you don't know, that's a worse insult than saying your mom has a coin slot behind her ear to make her teeth fold back.

Not only that, but boosting robs you of one of the most enjoyable parts of any game ever created: the progress bar.  Once you have everything unlocked, the only other way to achieve a sense of accomplishment is from ranking high on the scoreboard.  And chances are if you boost, you're usually at the bottom.

BF3 Flashlights: Preferred OP Attachment for Noobs

BF3 flashlight attachments are a great idea gone terribly wrong. It's easy to tell that this feature is OP because it is the preferred attachment for noobs everywhere. To make matters worse, it forces seasoned players to use the flashlight attachment just to compensate for its overuse to level the playing field. The effects of the flashlight are far too debilitating, with no consideration to the amount of ambient lighting. Should it blind a player in the darkened subway of Metro? Yes. But in a well lit hallway? Or outside in the sunshine? Absolutely not. If DICE can't figure out how to balance the effects of the flashlight inversely with the amount of ambient light, then get rid of it altogether, or nerf it immediately.