So DICE's uber Gameplay designer Niklas Fegraeus has spilled the beans on some new BF3 DLC...
And here is the link...
But if your too lazy to click a link then the whole story is here anyway...
DICE gameplay designer Niklas Fegraeus gives Battlefield 3 fans a deeper look into the upcoming
Armored Kill
expansion pack due out in September as he details some of the new
vehicles and gives his two cents on the brand new game mode, Tank
Superiority.
Being heavily focused on vehicular
combat, Armored Kill will be introducing a number of new vehicles to the
Battlefield 3 experience including tank destroyers, new ant-aircraft
vehicles and the brand new AC-130 gunship. Fegraeus details these new
additions in a recent Q&A session with
GameSpot.
“The new tank destroyers carry a lot of
firepower, while sacrificing armor for speed,” he explains. “This means
they have the ability to bring the big guns to contested areas much
quicker than the main battle tanks, providing your team with great
mobility and area control.”
New additions to aerial and anti-air
vehicles are also being made. Fegraeus continues, “the mobile artillery,
on the other hand, are slow and poorly protected but, properly placed,
can suppress entire bases with heavy shelling. There’s nothing better
than a skilled artillery gunner to have on your side, softening up a
base before moving in for the capture.”
Speaking of capturing bases, there is
one base in particular that you’ll definitely want to be focusing all
your attention on in most or all of the new maps. Taking control of the
new AC-130 gunship can be a game changer and is also a completely new
way to play Battlefield 3. “The AC130 gunship brings a completely new
experience to Battlefield,” says Fegraeus. “If your team wins control
over a specific base, it starts circling the battlefield. When doing
this, your team can use it as a parachute spawn and also man the weapon
positions. These range from heavy auto cannons to high caliber shells
and anti-aircraft machine guns. A fully utilized AC130 can suppress and
destroy ground targets with great efficiency, so the other team needs to
quickly scramble their pilots and mobile AA to shoot it down.”
If dogfighting isn’t your thing, then
you’ll definitely be interested in the brand new Tank Superiority game
mode. “Tank Superiority is a vehicle focused mode where large number of
heavy vehicles clash in order to control key areas,” explains Fegraeus.
He also lets fans in on a few tips to master in order to dominate the
battlefield while driving one of these war machines. “It covers vast
areas, so tactical positioning and precise long range firing are two
very important skills players need to deploy in order to win.”
While many of the new maps like Bandar
Desert (a map that Fegreaus likens to Battlefield 1942′s El Alamein)
will be extremely large in scale and will provide many open
environments, there is still room for building to building, close
quarter combat. “For example,” says Fegraeus, “on Bandar Desert, there
is a whole town being constructed near the shore, and there’s always
intense building to building combat taking place there. However,
surrounding this built up area are vast deserts populated by artillery
bases and supply lines that are key to controlling if you want to stop
the enemy from getting the upper hand.”
So, what about motor-bikes, which are
being added in Battlefield 3′s fifth expansion pack End Game? Fegraeus
teases, “we are introducing motorcycles in our fifth expansion, End
Game. These will of course be nimble and fast transport vehicles, but
might offer something else as well.” When asked if players could perform
tricks and stunts on these, Fegraues mentioned, “I don’t think I’ve
seen a tank do a wheelie before jumping off a bridge!”
Lastly, Fegraeus is asked, “ Armored
Kill isn’t out until September, almost a year since the game was
released–why the long wait for this DLC?” He responds, “we are truly
humbled by our fans’ response to Battlefield 3, it’s been amazing! So
when we started thinking about how to provide players with DLC post
launch, we wanted it to be something really special that fans would
truly appreciate. That’s when we thought of doing “more than just maps”
and instead give players a chance to enjoy something suited for their
favorite Battlefield experience. And that’s how we committed to the
themed expansions we have presented now. We are putting a tremendous
amount of work into these, and we just hope that players will enjoy all
that these expansion packs have to offer.”
