Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Beta Officially Open to Everyone

After two days of early access only, DICE has opened up the Battlefield 3 Beta to the public.  The Battlefield 3 Open Beta pits players on the Operation Métro map in Rush mode.

Rush offers an object based mode. The attackers have to arm and detonate pairs of M-COM stations in each area of the map to unlock the next area and the next pair of M-COM stations. While defenders have an unlimited amount of spawn tickets, attackers only get new tickets every time they destroy a pair of M-COMs. If all M-COM stations on the entire map are destroyed, the attackers are declared the winning team. If the defenders manage to deplete the attacker’s tickets to zero (by killing them), the defenders are declared the winners. Rush includes all types of vehicles, including transport vehicles, armored vehicles, helicopters, and of course, jets.

Players can also get a first look at the new Battlelog, a free social platform, that allows players to check their in-depth stats progression, start their own Platoon, and see how their friends are doing in the news feed.

Before you login and start playing, you might want to review some of hte Operation Metro tips that DICE has provided.

DICE’S TOP 10 BATTLEFIELD 3 OPERATION MÉTRO TIPS
1) Stick to your team mates, and remember to spawn on them to stay close to the fight.
2) Use your kit specific abilities to help your team mates. Assault can hand out med kits, Engineers can repair vehicles, and Support can hand out ammo.
3) Make sure when you have armed an M-COM station, that you defend it to make sure it is destroyed.
4) The bombed-out tunnel section in Operation Métro is an excellent place to use a flashlight as one of your weapon attachments. Use it to light the tunnels up – and to blind your enemies.
5) Attach bipods to your weapon and deploy it automatically by pushing up against cover or going prone and zooming in – this gives you a huge increase in accuracy and stability.
6) Use suppressive shooting (fire close to enemies behind cover) to negatively effect the enemy’s fighting capabilities.
7) Watch out for falling debris as this can hurt you. But you can also hurt your enemies by taking out buildings with the Engineer’s RPG.
8) Shotguns are excellent for CQC (Close Quarters Combat) in the tighter tunnels sections.
9) Fire automatic weapons in short bursts for accuracy, or switch to single fire mode if applicable.
10) To grab your enemy’s dog tag as a souvenir, do a stealth knife kill from behind.

The Open Beta ends on October 10th.

Here are the scheduled "launch window" times for the Battlefield 3 open beta:

• US Pacific time: 6 AM – 8 AM
• US Eastern time: 9 AM – 11 AM
• Europe: 3 PM – 5 PM
• Australia (AEST): 11 PM – 13 PM
• Japan: 10 PM -12 PM JST

Remember, patience is a virtue.  So try to show some during this time.  Expect delays, expect downtime, and expect a buttload of people downloading the client at once.

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