Q: So lets say I get killed on the mcom and gets defib'd, I can come back to life when the enemy is long gone?
A: When you get defibbed you are "back to life." You need to accept to use anything other than your pistol in prone.
Q: I have a question for the mortar. Will it have only explosive rounds or smoke rounds as well?
A: The mortar has both HE and Smoke rounds.
Q: Can i fire my stinger from passenger seat?
A: Sure, you can shoot Stingers from the passenger seats.
Q: Will flying choppers and jets again like in BC2 will be much worse on PC vs consoles?
A: The flight models on PC and Console are identical in BF3.
Q: Hey you ever thought of making it impossible (/take a long time) to replenish explosives from ammo crates in BF3 to prevent spam?
A: That's already implemented.
Q: Ranks in BF3, will it be real ranks like in BF2? Or level 1, 2, 3 like in BC2? Major level 3 is not a real rank.
A: The ranks are based on Authentic Marine ranks, with comendations to fill out the full 50.
Q: Will there be long range hs sniper Bonus?like bc2?
A: Yes, Marksman Bonus for sniper headshots beyond 50m are back!
Q: Mkay but is it possible to make the pump-actions different. e.g. One has a better OHk range but the pump-reload is SLOW.
A: We've a wide variety of shotgun types, but only 1 pump action. Semi, Auto, Tube, Magazine, different spreads.
Q: can you kill someone in his body at close range with 1 sniper bullet? and wil someone be dead in 1 bullet in hardcore mode?
A: Up close in hardcore bolt action sniper rifles can 1HK at close range. In normal, no 1HK with bolts in the body.
Q: have you taken away the ability for the bloody shotty to serve as a OHK sniper rifle?
A: Much to shotgun sniper's disappointment, yes.
Q: Will quad bikes return in BF3 ?
A: We have a great set of Light Jeeps that are fast and nimble, while also being armed with a Heavy MG.
Q: You can control the parachute? :O
A: If the beacon is indoors, you spawn on the beacon, outdoors in the open you control the chute.
Q: does the beacon go away when you die?
A: It goes away when you respawn, so if you're being camped there's no loop.
Q: Alan, in conquest mode the number of flags is the same in all plataforms or on consoles is less? and in conquest 32/64 players?
A: Flag number varies between Conquest Small and Conquest Large. But is consistent across platforms.
Q: will there be 6x or 8x Sniper-Like Scopes available for the AR platforms (A3, A4, M4, M4a1)?
A: 6x is the highest zoom level available outside of recon rifles. There's of course some limits to which guns can use them.
Q: any new choppers and do they have more defense mechanisms?
A: There's lots of never before in Battlefield vehicles, some returning classics, and a TON of customization items.
Q: Are there any weapons for the pilot to use when flying a transport helicopter?
A: We want the pilot of a transport chopper to focus on transport and giving targets for gunners. We reward him for that as well.
Q: In RL, supersonic bullets make a very loud cracking noise when travelling through the air. Do supersonic bullets crack ingame?
A: They do, when close enough.
Q: will Battlefield 3 use hyper-threading can you say?
A: BF3 supports multithreading, yes. That means hyper or multicore.
Q: Talking buckshot, 40MM SGN in BC2 was fine with magnum ammo (20 dmg), except the hitreg. Shitty hitreg destroyed it..... :/
A: Well we don't have that Hitreg problem anymore, totally new system for BF3.
Q: If each squad member picks a different squad spec, do the squad members get each one, or does it pick a random spec to use for them?
A: You can have as many squad specs as you have squad members. They do not stack though, so dupes are a waste.
Q: Excuse me good sir, Could you tell me if when you throw a frag at a wall if it will do damage to the wall unlike BC2?
A: Frag grenades don't do a lot of environmental damages since they are not high explosive.
