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Posted by Andeh13 - Tue 18 Oct 2011 11:16
Clicking for the larger email doesn't work, and you cant see the small print with the current pic! :(
Posted by danroyle - Tue 18 Oct 2011 11:45
i picked the worst time ever to move house. No proper internet until the middle of novemeber and just a silly dongle with 4gb usage to last til then, The install files will probably be double that so cant even download and play single player either
Posted by shaithis - Tue 18 Oct 2011 11:47
The download is ~10GB
Posted by Cabidge - Tue 18 Oct 2011 17:54
Where do you download it from
Posted by hnosyalnif - Tue 18 Oct 2011 18:10
Origin (EA Store).
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Tue 18 Oct 2011 18:59
uhh? i thought beta ended weeks ago?
Posted by hnosyalnif - Tue 18 Oct 2011 20:04
Beta has, I was referring to the release there, although it is of course available elsewhere.
Posted by dfour - Wed 19 Oct 2011 01:00
Bring it on
Posted by Rob_B - Wed 19 Oct 2011 09:06
I'm moving soon too but I will be able to DL before I leave. If not I was going to take my rig around the in-laws house and use their net! ;)
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 09:38
hnosyalnif
Beta has, I was referring to the release there, although it is of course available elsewhere.

release where?
Posted by hnosyalnif - Wed 19 Oct 2011 12:22
Friday it should be available for preload from Origin (1 week before release). At least that is what I was told on help chat yesterday.
Posted by Rob_B - Wed 19 Oct 2011 12:29
j.o.s.h.1408;2153285
release where?

Hasn't a release appeared on torrent?
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 14:17
not on pc thats for sure but now i know what u mean,. i thought there was a legit new beta out
Posted by Terbinator - Wed 19 Oct 2011 14:46
j.o.s.h.1408;2153758
not on pc thats for sure but now i know what u mean,. i thought there was a legit new beta out

Do you mean the torrent isn't for PC? Because it is.
Posted by shaithis - Wed 19 Oct 2011 14:54
Yup it is, already downloaded it as if FIFA was anything to go by, we will have to wait until release day to download from EA…rather download in advance!
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 15:09
Terbinator
Do you mean the torrent isn't for PC? Because it is.

Yes thats exactly what i mean. With it being online centric. doubt it will work matey. Anyways seems like you right:wallbash:

edit: jut as i thought, that version is as useful as a paper weight :)

EA/Origin prevails :) nothing to see, move along
Posted by shaithis - Wed 19 Oct 2011 15:16
It's quite useful if you have bought a key online and don't want to wait for EA to allow you to download it and then fight for contention with a million other pre-orderers….
Posted by Tunnah - Wed 19 Oct 2011 15:24
no it's not, you need origin to login and the date check will prevent play
Posted by Terbinator - Wed 19 Oct 2011 15:34
Aside form the fact activations methods like that have tried and failed - it's only a matter of time.

Outside of people's short-sightedness in regards to the leak, at least it will offer up how ‘Ultra’ will perform to those who have it and maybe even a good filler campaign until next Friday/Tuesday.
Posted by shaithis - Wed 19 Oct 2011 15:34
Tunnah
no it's not, you need origin to login and the date check will prevent play

Err, yes it is.

It's the same as FIFA 12…..which I did the same thing with recently.

Download torrent. Wait for release. Install - Enter your key and install using your pre-downloaded CD image from torrent while a million others are downloading at 250k/s from EA all at once…
Posted by j.o.s.h.1408 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 16:00
Like fifa 12, it dos a date check
Posted by shaithis - Wed 19 Oct 2011 16:04
I give up. Enjoy your release day download contention and/or your over-priced retail box that gets delivered days after the rest of the world are playing :P
Posted by Hicks12 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 16:39
i get what you're saying but why do that… why waste bandwidth on a potential iso that doesnt work fully/in a different language + potential crap added in. Maybe its wise if there was no preload, however i must tell you that preload starts on the 21st so dont see whats the problem ;).
http://store.origin.com/store/eaemea/en_GB/html/pbPage.battlefield3_EN_LE/
Posted by shaithis - Wed 19 Oct 2011 16:42
Because pre-load on origin only seems to work if you purchased direct from the origin web-store.
Posted by Hicks12 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 16:53
oh haha,i missed that part! Luckily for me i preordered via origin when it was £17, woo :D.
Posted by Rob_B - Wed 19 Oct 2011 17:05
Can you see your order histroy in Origin? I cant most of the time but occasionaly it shows some orders but my pre-order isnt there (its on my games list so I know its been bought) just curious to know when I buoght it and whether it was £14 or £17 as I forget!
Posted by Hicks12 - Wed 19 Oct 2011 17:18
i believe some got it for £15 with coke codes, mine wouldnt work so i took it at £17 :D. my order history in origin says none found yet battlefield 3 is already listed there just locked and with cdkey XXXXXXXXXXXXXX(it really is just a load of X there is no key yet) so presume all is well lol