New Battlefield 3 Info Surfaces

Senior Gameplay Designer on Battlefield 3, Alan Kertz, revealed a bunch of details regarding Battlefield 3 on twitter while answering questions from fans. He talked about the revival system, hitregs, squad beacons, shotgun sniper rifles and much more. Check out the full reveal below.

• Squad Specs don't stack and players can use as the same numbers of squad specs as the squad members.
• Frag won't be doing a lot of damage to the environment since they aren't really high explosives.
• No Hitreg and there will be a totally new system for BF3.
• Multithreading will be supported.
• Supersonic bullets make a crackling noise when close enough.
• No weapons for the pilot of a transport chopper, but there will be rewards.
• There will be lots of never before seen vehicles, some returning classics, and a TON of customization items.
• 6x is the highest zoom level for most guns apart from recon rifle.
• Flag number varies between Conquest Small and Conquest Large. But is consistent across platforms.
• Squad beacon goes away on respawn.
• When the beacon is outdoors in the open you control the parachute.
• A host of fast and light Jeeps with a heavy MG will be at your disposal.
• No shotgun sniper rifles.
• Up close in hardcore bolt action sniper rifles can 1 Hit Kill at close range. In normal, no 1 Hit Kill with bolts in the body.
• The ranks are based on Authentic Marine ranks, with comendations to fill out the full 50.
• Marksman Bonus for sniper headshots beyond 50m are back!
• Wide variety of shotgun types, but only 1 pump action – Semi, Auto, Tube, Magazine, different spreads.
• Flight models will be identical on PC and consoles.
• Players can shoot stingers from the passenger seats.
• The mortar has both HE and Smoke rounds.
• When you get defibbed you are "back to life." You need to accept to use anything other than your pistol in prone.
• You can shoot someone trying to knife your teammate from behind.