(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Zh1nt0 (head community manager for Battlefield 3) sat down with the German Battlefield community to discuss questions concerning the beta. A lot of valuable information was revealed during the conversation.

Battlefield 3 Beta:

* The beta will not start at midnight or 00:00 GMT
* The download size will be 2 - 3gb
* Those who had the alpha must download the beta client, the alpha client can not be updated.
* No game rank limit during beta (go all the way to 50!)
* Pre-load information coming soon
* The beta was not delayed

Battlefield 3 General:

* The netcode is completely new and rewritten
* Players can not join a squad if their team is full (to prevent Battlelog groups from getting split)
* Vehicles will begin to heal themselves after 10 - 15 seconds (this is a server setting)
* Vehicles will only begin to regenerate if their health is under 75%
* Unlocks are class restrictive, can't put a sniper scope on a support gun
* Operation Metro has been better balanced
* Two knife animations (behind and on the ground)
* A knife attack on your player can not be countered
* Throwing a grenade will still prompt enemy players to yell (Bad Company 2 similar)
* Hand grenades can not be held to make the detonation time quicker (known as cooking)
* You can join a server that a friend is on via Origin
* Friendly Fire is set to "on" by default. It can be turned off in the server settings
* Caspian Border is not the biggest map
* Jets do not have bombs (wtf?)
* If you are kicked from a server, Battlelog will prompt you with the reason (ping, server settings, or server admin reasoning)
* A ranked server can be turned into an unranked server (for practice, etc.)
* No weather or time change during a multiplayer game
* e-sports are the focus of Battlefield 3
* No word on Battlerecorder/Game recorder

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no bombs on jets... looks like the only way you could use them to blow up stuff is to strap c4 to them and dive them into enemies... unless they have missiles