Battlefield 3 Servers Are Not Shutting Down, They Are Being Rented

With the recent allegations that servers dedicated to console version were being shut down it appears that an EA representative has responded to clear up the situation.

[core_5]

good to hear

[WeskerChildReborned]

That's nice cause i thought they got rid of the DICE servers because i don't really like playing on rented servers. I hope they make an option so you can only do matchmaking in DICE servers.

[Soldierone]

when they do that I will be back in a heartbeat. I haven't been playing a lot lately because i keep getting stuck on rented servers through quick match, and facing facts a lot of people shouldn't be allowed to host anything with their rage lol

[Murad-D12]

Yeah, you get kicked just because you killed the admin ?! or sometimes just because u r good then he/she will switch you to his/her team.

the only good parts about the rented servers for me are that u can sometimes find the maps you want to play only and they are very long (conquest).

[WeskerChildReborned]

Yea, I'd much rather play on a server that isn't rented by people who advertise their platoon or sometime's kick people for no reason.

[ShadowJetX]

Where have you been playing? I've never run into people like that, and I'm usually in the top 5.

[DeadIIIRed]

Happened to my brother and I yesterday. We spent nearly an entire game in an attack chopper tearing it up and got the boot. I asked the admin why and he said we were hogging it lol

[liquidhalos]

It would be cool if they would police rented servers or give players an option to report crappy admin. DICE are being represented by these kiddies who kick/ban players for no reason. Its stopped me playing bf3 and i probably wont be playing it until DICE run servers are back on the block.

It cant be good for business, all they will end up with is a load of empty boosting servers being lorded over by children with bad attitudes

[krisq]

Just search for DICE in server browser and voila, you'll get the list.

[Janitor]

JUST GIVE US AN OFFICIAL DICE SERVER FILTER!

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Sorry but I doubt very much that EA / Dice will add any "more" servers at this point...they simply will work with the amount they have and as the rent servers fill up and take away from the Dice servers ....it will just be tough to find a dice server. EA/Dice should never ...never have taken away from the amount of set Dice servers. They only should be adding servers as needed for the rental side...not pulling from the core server

[tokugawa]

honestly, the game is fucked! last week before i finally traded this (it breaks my heart to admit that!), all i saw was page after page of 24/7 metro!

the game is now either pay to play what you want, play metro or run the risk of getting booted if you kick arse too much.

thanks for that ea..

^^^^ dlacy13g. agreed, but now they are making profit on their servers. thet wont bother with supplying servers that they foot the bill for anymore. this is a sign of the times, and i have a feeling will become more and more the norm after eas experiment proves a success

[Soldierone]

Exact reason why I quit.

I complained about it to my friends and on battlelog and they just get all annoyed about it. Metro is fun once in a while, but they will literally sit on it for hours on end and its boring as hell to me.

That and its massive stat padding, which made me wanting to level up disappear. Its SUPER easy to get kills in metro, and the badges are even more easy. I was getting a crap ton of kill badges from playing a few rounds of it. Yet to all the people doing it they don't see it as a problem.

I tried getting on again recently and it was either games with really lopsided teams, you get kicked for "hacking" aka being good, or its metro. A lot of the DICE servers are either full or not full enough.

[vickers500]

Am I just extremely lucky or something? Because not once have I encountered a single problem either of you two are complaining about.

I barely ever get metro, I've never gotten kicked (had a few times where I've gotten disconnected from ea servers, but only like twice), and I've been playing this game quite heavily for the past week.

I just got this game close to a week ago, but I'm loving the crap out of it, and I can't say I've ran into any actual problems other than those 2 disconnects (which happened because of my own internet).

[franko]

Greedy bastards. Both EA and Dice. First Dice ruined the game with patch, and now EA is finishing it with this server crap. Never again.

[Dday141]

This made my cum hurt me.

[yeahokchief]

I regret buying this game. It's the only game I wish I hadn't bought last year. I lost ALL faith in DICE with BF3.

I won't be purchasing ANY more games by EA or DICE no matter what. I'm pretty much sticking to 1st party stuff for the mostpart. You can be sure that it's quality.

List of fail:

-No working voice chat and input lag almost 1/2 yr after release on PS3

-Charging for map packs

-Renting out the servers so there are less to play on

-Less largescale destruction than BFBC2

-Toned down maps and player counts on console so if you were foolish enough to purchase for PS360, you're basically paying that $60 for the PC crowd to have more fun at your expense.

-No dino mode despite teasing it

Yeah... fuck you. go fuck yourself.

[ExCest]

Charging for map packs: Every other game does it. At least for this pack, you actually get a lot of stuff.

What? The console crowd was stupid for buying the game? Yes, the PC version is technically superior but that doesn't mean it's not fun you intolerant b@stard.

Dino mode was never to exist. It was only a thing that people wanted.

No, f*** yourself. Right now.

[yeahokchief]

Yes the game is not fun when it doesn't work, has smaller maps, smaller player counts and shitty graphics. Cash grab port you stupid asshole.

PS fuck you

[flyinrhyno]

this is the exact reason I am against dedicated servers for call of duty. Once the company is focused on a newer product all support is lost and EA has been doing it for years with the madden servers

[PAYNEinc85]

They really can do some stupid shit. Like some of the patches they do to balance things that are perfectly balanced in the first place. They make so many unnecessary changes to stuff.

[Nafon]

Duh?