Battlefield 3 upgrade to premium

hello i have the BF3 without DLC but i realized that the DLCs offered a great deal and would like some of them. If i purchase the premium on origin will it just give me ANOTHER copy of the game and the DLCs or will it realise that i already have it and that it would deduct the price of the game and just have me pay for the DLCs? And i really like he idea of Tank and Air superiority so which ones do you recommend?

Premium is on sale @GMG for $30; use the coupon GMG20-P4DLK-FKYRS and it drops down to $25.  AFAIK, purchasing it through GMG gives you two codes, one for the base game, and one for the DLC/premium content, so you get an extra copy to give to a friend or something.

Premium doesn't even include the game.  Premium is ONLY for DLC.  That $50 is for just the five DLC packs and not the base game.

Look out for sales I see Premium all over for like $30 now.

BF3 Premium is just Premium DLC packs and doesn't include the BF3 base game.

Read bottom of Premium description: "Battlefield Basegame 3 not included"

To get it cheaper you have to wait for a sale, I got it when it was 50% off last holiday and I'm happy with it.

Premium is on sale @GMG for $30; use the coupon GMG20-P4DLK-FKYRS and it drops down to $25.  AFAIK, purchasing it through GMG gives you two codes, one for the base game, and one for the DLC/premium content, so you get an extra copy to give to a friend or something.

PTMags

Yeah through GMG you get two codes for origin, one for Premium and the other for BF3 Standard Edition. 

ok thanks! ok i dont want all the Dlcs... so which ones do you recommend as a must have?yodude1026

Really, all the DLC packs are good except for maybe Close Quarters (not great, but offers something different in Battlefield), but it's a matter of preference.

Aftermath and End Game are my favourites (Back to Karkand too, but that was a pre-order bonus or something so maybe you have it?).

ok thanks! ok i dont want all the Dlcs... so which ones do you recommend as a must have?yodude1026

Depends what you want out of them.

Back to Karkand = remastered BF2 maps that are pretty great. Some of them are huge and really good for Conquest or Rush

Close Quarters = Only infantry on small maps and is very very chaotic. You get Conquest Domination which is just a smaller faster Conquest mode, and gunslinger which is pretty cool but gets old fast.

Armored Kill = More vehicle based combat where infantry is pretty much useless and the maps are huge. You get Tank Superiority which sucks balls and no one plays it. Avoid that mode, it's terrible.

Aftermath = A nice mix of vehicles and infantry with a slight edge to infantry again as the maps aren't easily maneuvered in a vehicle. The maps are medium sized. You get Scavenger which is ok but nothing special and a Crossbow which is a novelty at best.

End Game =  Bigger maps that revolve around seasons (purely for visuals) and are basically a mix and match of different elements from other maps. They're pretty good but some of them only work well in certain mdoes. You get Air superiority mode which is Conquest in Jets and terribly unbalanced where good or decent pilots dominate the skies. And capture the flag which is actually cool. You also get dirt bokes which are fun as hell.

:( i dont have Karkand. But im getting the feeling that Aftermath is the general best.. What doe the DLCs contain?yodude1026

See my post above :P

Really, all the DLC packs are good except for maybe Close Quarters (not great, but offers something different in Battlefield), but it's a matter of preference.

Aftermath and End Game are my favourites (Back to Karkand too, but that was a pre-order bonus or something so maybe you have it?).

SaltyMeatballs

Except close quarters has new weapons as does B2K

ok thanks! ok i dont want all the Dlcs... so which ones do you recommend as a must have?yodude1026

You may as well just get premium while it's on sale, as two individual DLCs off of Origin are going to be more expensive.

ok where is the sale? its still around 40£ on Origin

ok where is the sale? its still around 40£ on Origin

yodude1026

Check my post earlier in the thread for the link and coupon code.

I was just about to buy it on GMG and a box came up that was supposedly from my bank asking for my SS# 

Is this site legit ? I figured that my brand new card may not be verified yet, so I tried another card, and it asked for my bank password...

Is this a scam or what ?

I was just about to buy it on GMG and a box came up that was supposedly from my bank asking for my SS# 

 

Is this site legit ? I figured that my brand new card may not be verified yet, so I tried another card, and it asked for my bank password...

 

Is this a scam or what ?

 

 

 

SentientMind

Premium is on sale @GMG for $30; use the coupon GMG20-P4DLK-FKYRS and it drops down to $25.  AFAIK, purchasing it through GMG gives you two codes, one for the base game, and one for the DLC/premium content, so you get an extra copy to give to a friend or something.

PTMags

Yeah I'd do this TC, even at full price it's a great deal.

Premium isn't some "Premium Edition" of the game like GOTY editions (though there is a version of the game that comes with it). Premium is just like a season pass or CoD Elite, all the DLC with a few bonuses and perks (like Server queue priority and special assignments), and if you love BF3 it's very worth it. Even if you merely like BF3, the sheer amount of content means you'll find something for you to enjoy.

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Really, all the DLC packs are good except for maybe Close Quarters (not great, but offers something different in Battlefield), but it's a matter of preference.

Aftermath and End Game are my favourites (Back to Karkand too, but that was a pre-order bonus or something so maybe you have it?).

lostrib

Except close quarters has new weapons as does B2K

Aftermath and End Game actually disappoint me for that reason, especially since new weapons were planned but scrapped (and added to BF4 according to rumors). B2K was my favorite for offering some of the best classic maps, updated, with new vehicles, weapons and a new game mode.

End Game and Aftermath are amazing and have some great game modes (Air Superiority and CTF being two of my new favorites), and I love the new vehicles, the maps and the crossbow, but you can never have too many weapons to pick from.