EA's Origin service is rotten to the core.

[zarx]

Mummelmann said:

zarx said:

Mummelmann said:

zarx said:
I don't think any of those server issues are to do with Origin TBH, the servers, battle log and BF3 crashes are all separate from Origin.

Not to say Origin isn't a cheap imitation with many problems and no advantages over steam from a consumer point of view but to blame BF3's issues on it is rather strange.

The support team has all but told us that the Origin network is to blame, I got my mail (finally last night) after havig waited a couple of days. As is, the game is largely unplayable for hundreds of thousands, I'm one of them.

Really? That is weired, I wonder if they are blaming the 360 issues on Origin as well?

Of course not. The crashes and freezes are (according to them) probably a lockdown due to Origin and/or Punkbuster interfering with other programs and vice versa (however, turning off EVERYTHING before game start doesn't help). Some believe that the reason the problems persist is the Origin "rootkit" tangling with idle processes and programs when launching and running.

I don't know what the answer is, I just know that's its damn annoying, haven't been able to finish a single session in almost two days. Some would say; "oh, boo-hoo, poor thing, get a grip" and be somewhat right. However; this is a product that I have bought and it doesn't work properly so I feel entitled to be angry.

The worst part though, is EA giving us the finger by basically saying "this game is broken, but you have to try to fix it yourself". They have also tried blaming 32 bit Windows, nVidia drivers and all and everything in between but the problems affect absolutely every and any kind of hardware and OS. The console issues I have no knowledge of at all since it doesn't really interest me but I imagine that the hosting of the servers is run by the same people and hardware as the PC servers so it makes sense that if one cops out, the other follows.

Edit; one more thing. Whose idea was it to make a godamned browser based launcher?! Browsers aren't exactly known for being the most stable things... Further complicates the clusterfuck this game is becoming. For once, you have a developer and a title that are PC first and foremost and they manage to botch it like this.

I knew it was to good to be true, fact is BF3 was rushed to beat COD to market and so it's fked up.