Battlefield 3 weapon customisation detailed

Battlefield 3 will feature the deepest weapon customisation ever seen in a Battlefield game, with each of the title’s weapons – of which there are more than 50 – able to be tailored to differing play styles and combat roles. There are thousands of weapon customisation options available to players.

Each main weapon in the game has three accessory slots, where you can attach unlocked weapon accessories. Weapon accessory unlocks are received on a per weapon basis, meaning that the more time you spend with a particular weapon, the more options you will have to customise that weapon to fit a particular combat role and play style.

As en example, a rifle in Battlefield 3 can be customised for wildly different combat roles. The carbine can be equipped with a heavy barrel, bipod, and a 4X magnification combat scope, making it ideal for a soldier who wants to engage targets at medium to long range and use suppressive fire to support his team mates.

Alternatively the same carbine can instead been equipped with a suppressor, foregrip, and quick acquisition holographic scope. This setup would be well suited for Close Quarters Battle, especially indoors where stealth can be a vital factor.

Unlockable weapon accessories include an assortment of optics, suppressors, bipods, barrels, underslung grenade launchers, underslung shotguns, foregrips, flashlights, laser sights, and more.

The class and model of your weapon will determine a number of basic values (like muzzle speed, energy, and fire rate), but this can be modified to tweak it towards anything from long range to close quarters combat.

Battlefield 3 will be released October 28 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Via BattleBlog