Battlefield 3 gamers are going to have to sit on the sidelines for a while to download a large update for the game clocking in at 758MB for the PS3 version after last week’s patch of the PC version. EA hopes to improve the experience with tweaks that will enhance gameplay and the level of realism.
Here are just a few of the key improvements:
*Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it
*Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies
*You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
*Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
*Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag
*Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing
*Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots
*Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters
*Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns, AA guns, and jet cannons against infantry
*Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns against jeeps
*Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly
*Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex
*Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons
*Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R
*Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range
*Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles
*Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons
*Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft
*Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds
*Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against helicopters
*Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells
