mcrae said:
just unlocked it with these instructions:
1. Run/Login to Origin
2. Run Internet Explorer
2a. Internet Options
2b. Connections Tab
2c. Lan Settings
2d. Check the proxy box and input 211.53.208.28 into the IP box and 3128 into the Port.
2e. Save
3. Run BF3 via Origin (a date verification will run)
4. Once the verification is done go back to IE and disable the proxy so your internet traffic is not routed through it. If you do not disable it you risk your own security.
5. Play BF3
worked easy as pie
Used these instructions to get it authenticated (I'm located in the US, EST). Just been playing the campaign so far.
Graphics are fantastic - probably the best looking game I've played. The story seems pretty overblown and melodramatic so far, but no worse than anything CoD has put out for years - basically a contrivance for various setpieces. Definitely see what people are saying about the bad AI, but if anything I would say it's somewhat uneven rather than straight up bad. At times I was getting killed over and over by guys hitting me through tiny cracks in cover, while at others I'm standing 5 feet from a guy in the open and he does nothing. However, I do think it feels a little more tactical than the CoD campaigns I've played though, and even with less than brilliant AI routines, you still need to make smart use of cover and the environment to survive. I'm enjoying stalking a smaller number of "more difficult", i.e. better aiming, enemies rather than a parade of endless cannon fodder that can't hit the broad side of a barn.
Looking forward to checking out the multi later tonight...if anyone wants to add me, I'm LuvMusl on battlelog.