Battlefield 4 (Frostbite 3)
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Big Phoenix
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Elerion
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Queue function was patched out for launch due to issues, it will be back in. I read something to that effect yesterday.
I also crash a lot. The crashing appears to be map specific, or at least greatly increased chance of crashing on certain maps. Shanghai, I crash every 10 minutes or more. Locker I haven't crashed once. I've tried playing Borderless, Fullscreen, AO on and off, closing battlelog, all the fixes I have seen online. None of them seem to work.
I hope they can patch that soon. Pretty bad launch so far, but the game is fun.
I also crash a lot. The crashing appears to be map specific, or at least greatly increased chance of crashing on certain maps. Shanghai, I crash every 10 minutes or more. Locker I haven't crashed once. I've tried playing Borderless, Fullscreen, AO on and off, closing battlelog, all the fixes I have seen online. None of them seem to work.
I hope they can patch that soon. Pretty bad launch so far, but the game is fun.
Brahma
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Some servers I joined had queues.
MUCH better night last night. Once I learned a couple of the maps (The prison and the flooded map) Things picked up. Well that and getting decent guns and their addons. Few Ace pins, accused of being a dick, so you know your doing fine.
Staying away from the 64 man servers, I only crashed once. Matter fact I had my PC reboot on me! The map with the dam, and the map with resort, fuck my sound up something awful, and after those maps I need to restart BF4.
MUCH better night last night. Once I learned a couple of the maps (The prison and the flooded map) Things picked up. Well that and getting decent guns and their addons. Few Ace pins, accused of being a dick, so you know your doing fine.
Staying away from the 64 man servers, I only crashed once. Matter fact I had my PC reboot on me! The map with the dam, and the map with resort, fuck my sound up something awful, and after those maps I need to restart BF4.
Ive only crashed twice after about six hours of play, both times on the Shanghai map. The tips previously were put into good effect last night, much appreciated. Managed to gain a few ranks thanks to a really lucrative obliteration game. Having a good bit of experience from Mechwarrior Online, tank combat is coming pretty naturally to me and helped a lot.
Has anyone who bought the game from Amazon received their battle pack you're supposed to get for pre-ordering yet?
Has anyone who bought the game from Amazon received their battle pack you're supposed to get for pre-ordering yet?
Scyfi
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I haven't crashed once, but my machine is pretty beefy (i5-4670, 16gb ram, gtx770). You guys have turned off hardware acceleration for sound and so forth? On my old machine with BF3 my crashes were always sound related.
The starting weapons are so bad, the eng. one being the worst. Better off switching to single fire mode for anything beyond 20m
The starting weapons are so bad, the eng. one being the worst. Better off switching to single fire mode for anything beyond 20m
spronk
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If you are crashing a lot try running the 32 bit client instead of 64, some people have said that fixed it for them. I've been fine with 64 bit client, haven't crashed out once in 15+ hours and full single player but I do get the weird sound cut out problem on certain maps. Did get the client patch last night on regular bf4 not deluxe.
Prodigal
Shitlord, Offender of the Universe
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Played last night without any crashes, still getting the hang of the differences. It is nice as recon to be able to hide from a tank that is hounding you and C4 them when someone else gets their attention. I've had more luck with vehicle kills as recon than as engineer.
Yeah the starting weapons suck, might go play hardcore more to unlock better weapons faster.
Oh, have been using 32 bit client also.
Yeah the starting weapons suck, might go play hardcore more to unlock better weapons faster.
Oh, have been using 32 bit client also.
Cyni
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Anyone mind giving me some recommendations on what I should pickup as a PC upgrade?
Currently running:
Intel Core2Duo E8500 @ 3.17ghz
512mb Geforce 9800 GTX
4GB Ram
Non-Solid State HD
Game is REALLY difficult when I hang for over a second every time there is an explosion, or I turn a corner. PC is 4-5 years old so I understand having to finally upgrade (vid. card has been a champ up until this game). Just don't wanna break the bank and i'm totally out of the loop on what is good/ok/shitty nowadays.
Currently running:
Intel Core2Duo E8500 @ 3.17ghz
512mb Geforce 9800 GTX
4GB Ram
Non-Solid State HD
Game is REALLY difficult when I hang for over a second every time there is an explosion, or I turn a corner. PC is 4-5 years old so I understand having to finally upgrade (vid. card has been a champ up until this game). Just don't wanna break the bank and i'm totally out of the loop on what is good/ok/shitty nowadays.
Zodiac
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Cyni
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Morsakin
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Since some of you seem to be having problems with the pace / speed / mechanics of the game, figured I'd post some helpful links / tips for those of you who are either new or haven't played the BF series competitively.
Firstly, symthic's weapon stats:http://symthic.com/bf4-stats
Utilizing the above stats, a few weapons to shoot for, early to mid unlock range include:
Assault: M416; this is my most used weapon.
Carbines: ACW or SG553
PDWs: Lol.
Recon: M40, but it's really just a matter of understanding bullet drop relative to the scope and weapon you're using (e.g. bullet velocity and bullet drop in m/s^2)
Support: U100; incredibly accurate weapon.
Rockets: RPG, all day. You also get to like what you see in the mirror but not using the atrociously broken LAW.
Tanks: HE Shells, HMG. That is all. Rear shots are fucking hilarious, and IFVs are cannon fodder from any angle. Two shots max if you know what you're doing, even from the front.
As far as attachments, I've generally been putting a muzzle brake on everything outside of long range weapons, but this doesn't prevent me from being able to snipe kids from 150m out with the support weapon above.
If you're engaging in a lot of close quarters strafing action, take the vertical or ergo grip, whereas if you're focusing more on versatility across all ranges, go for the angled grip, as this will create tighter ADS bursts across all ranges. I use the latter predominately with the 416, along with the muzzle brake.
Sights are a bit of a toss up and mostly a matter of personal preference; RDS and Kobra are both legit, but in certain spots (e.g. the snow flanks on Operation Fuckfest Locker) the RDS dot becomes transparent, which is why sights like the HD-33 (U100 default) are quite nice. I'm trying to get this for each weapon, but unfortunately it's battlepack only (fuck off, DICE).
Random notes:
Fuck bipods, the sway with large mag weapons like the T88 and so forth is absolutely atrocious, unless you use a compensator. Even then it's still nothing like BF3's. This is a good thing, imo.
The M320 flashbangs are fucking hilarious on maps like Operation Locker.
The SRR-61 has incredibly low bullet drop, which combined with its bullet velocity makes for the flattest trajectory of any long rifle I've seen in the BF series. The M98B may have slightly higher velocity (650 to 620 m/s) but it has over 50% more bullet drop (9.81 to 6 m/s^2), which means less adjustments for incredibly long range shots. One full mill dot on a 6x scope was taking my shots out several hundred meters.
The REX is shitty compared to how quickly you could perform follow up shots with it in previous games; I still use it for quick "oh shit" moments nonetheless, and so that I have more bang for my buck when I'm down to nothing but a sidearm. About to unlock the shorty 12G, will let you know how that works out.
As far as general gameplay is concerned, think about it as a game of principles which are absolutes that cannot be broken. The infantry combat isn't nearly as fluid and aggressive as it was in BF3; you must be careful and thinking about both the macro and micro situation as it pertains to you at all times to keep yourself out of the large amount of exposed areas which become killing grounds filled with the less experienced players. If you see a route that has more cover, but might take you twice as long to get to your destination, take it.
Some of you have been on our mumble server; I'll see if I can't set up a visitor-only channel outside of my Lesbian love shack so that I might be able to give some of you random guys tips as you need them.
Firstly, symthic's weapon stats:http://symthic.com/bf4-stats
Utilizing the above stats, a few weapons to shoot for, early to mid unlock range include:
Assault: M416; this is my most used weapon.
Carbines: ACW or SG553
PDWs: Lol.
Recon: M40, but it's really just a matter of understanding bullet drop relative to the scope and weapon you're using (e.g. bullet velocity and bullet drop in m/s^2)
Support: U100; incredibly accurate weapon.
Rockets: RPG, all day. You also get to like what you see in the mirror but not using the atrociously broken LAW.
Tanks: HE Shells, HMG. That is all. Rear shots are fucking hilarious, and IFVs are cannon fodder from any angle. Two shots max if you know what you're doing, even from the front.
As far as attachments, I've generally been putting a muzzle brake on everything outside of long range weapons, but this doesn't prevent me from being able to snipe kids from 150m out with the support weapon above.
If you're engaging in a lot of close quarters strafing action, take the vertical or ergo grip, whereas if you're focusing more on versatility across all ranges, go for the angled grip, as this will create tighter ADS bursts across all ranges. I use the latter predominately with the 416, along with the muzzle brake.
Sights are a bit of a toss up and mostly a matter of personal preference; RDS and Kobra are both legit, but in certain spots (e.g. the snow flanks on Operation Fuckfest Locker) the RDS dot becomes transparent, which is why sights like the HD-33 (U100 default) are quite nice. I'm trying to get this for each weapon, but unfortunately it's battlepack only (fuck off, DICE).
Random notes:
Fuck bipods, the sway with large mag weapons like the T88 and so forth is absolutely atrocious, unless you use a compensator. Even then it's still nothing like BF3's. This is a good thing, imo.
The M320 flashbangs are fucking hilarious on maps like Operation Locker.
The SRR-61 has incredibly low bullet drop, which combined with its bullet velocity makes for the flattest trajectory of any long rifle I've seen in the BF series. The M98B may have slightly higher velocity (650 to 620 m/s) but it has over 50% more bullet drop (9.81 to 6 m/s^2), which means less adjustments for incredibly long range shots. One full mill dot on a 6x scope was taking my shots out several hundred meters.
The REX is shitty compared to how quickly you could perform follow up shots with it in previous games; I still use it for quick "oh shit" moments nonetheless, and so that I have more bang for my buck when I'm down to nothing but a sidearm. About to unlock the shorty 12G, will let you know how that works out.
As far as general gameplay is concerned, think about it as a game of principles which are absolutes that cannot be broken. The infantry combat isn't nearly as fluid and aggressive as it was in BF3; you must be careful and thinking about both the macro and micro situation as it pertains to you at all times to keep yourself out of the large amount of exposed areas which become killing grounds filled with the less experienced players. If you see a route that has more cover, but might take you twice as long to get to your destination, take it.
Some of you have been on our mumble server; I'll see if I can't set up a visitor-only channel outside of my Lesbian love shack so that I might be able to give some of you random guys tips as you need them.
Morsakin
Golden Knight of the Realm
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Those are my BF3 stats.
My KD in BF4 is currently 3.17 due to playing lots of Domination, albeit rising.
Edit: Random thought, but unlocked adaptive camo for my weapons last night. It adjusts itself to the environment of the map you're on. Pretty nifty.
Are there any hardcore servers yet? When i select hardcore in the filters, i get 0 server found.