Battlefield 4 (Frostbite 3)

Vlett

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I've noticed on CR that their server location impacts lag quite a bit. A ton more than default maps anyway. I've bailed plenty of servers due to their location based on time of day. I'm in Nashville and I've never had this problem in a FPS before.

Just realized how to unlock the MTAR. That shit was my favorite in BF3. How will this thing compare to the Ace 52?
 

Morsakin

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Been having a lot of fun with L85 muzzle brake / angled grip lately. Don't see enough of a difference in hip fire to use ergo, and bursting really negates the gains from stubby. Probably going to end up switching to the ACE full time though, the L85 is just wonky at times.

For those of you who don't know about the booby traps on Op Lock; there are 4 traps located across the map, which, upon accessing them, coat the area in flames (think of it as a highly improved incendiary grenade, that actually works).

You activate them by shooting the red pipes where the steam/gas is spraying out. Takes ~2 bullets. Cooldown is ~10 seconds

Locations:

E flag, second floor, right after you come in from outside.
E flag, on the right if you're leaving spawn, in the kitchen/whatever that room is (I think? I'll double check later, this is the one that has the least usefulness)

B flag, in the kitchen.
B flag, behind the kitchen in the hallway. Right near the top of the stairs leading to lower C.

It's hilarious roasting multiple enemies to death when they make a push at said areas. Good area of denial tactic, especially if you're low on ammo.
 

Hekotat

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How do you set the explosive range on the airburst and can you make the slam mine anti personnel? It seems like you can from the description but I can't figure it out.
 

Xalara

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The range on the XM25 is set to where you are aiming just before you look down the scope. In particular the "top bar" on the reticule is where the range is set.

Once you get the hang if it, it is super effective at killing idiots on top of buildings.
 

Cinge

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Class action:

Class-action lawsuit commenced over buggy Battlefield 4, EA calls it - GameSpot

Love it.

Now if we can do the same to the viral marketers that work for EA/DICE with the same misleading statements and tie that into the same law suit and see it decimate a wallet or six, that would be a fantastic start to turn around this shitpile of an industry.
Did you even read that? Its a "possible" lawsuit for stockholders, because EA gave "prediction" on future of their stock that didn't work out. Nothing to do with gamers or the industry, its for the people who don't actually care about the games and just want EA to make more money every year, regardless of quality etc. The only "result" that would come from if they even get a case and win, is stock buyers getting more money and EA being more vague/open ended when it comes to "Future lookout".

Story pretty much has nothing to do with gaming, and why gamespot even put it up is retarded.

Hell you could probably have this lawsuit for every major corporation in the world.
 

Kreugen

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I don't even know how it is possible to have as many problems as Utnayan is having with the game. Unless he's talking about the console version?

At any rate, I think it shows that developing for five fucking platforms with a hard release date is a bad idea.
 

Cinge

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Who knows, I just think UT saw "EA and lawsuit" in the same sentence, got a instant hard on and started frothing at the mouth in excitement.
 

Utnayan

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I don't even know how it is possible to have as many problems as Utnayan is having with the game. Unless he's talking about the console version?

At any rate, I think it shows that developing for five fucking platforms with a hard release date is a bad idea.
I am curious how we can go to having FPS shooters work fine since 1992's version of Kali, yet Dice/EA still cannot address the gameplay issues and crashes after a month of patching.

The class action goes exactly to EA/Dice incompetence, having to pull from various teams to throw other projects off track, which then has a perpetual snowball effect across other games. Sim City, BF4, Hell, BF3 suffered this as well, etc.

And yes, Cinge, with how EA has handled damn near anything regarding quality for the last 10 years, I do get a massive hard on when I see lawsuit and EA in the same sentence. And at this point I couldn't give two more shits if this is a way to get at them from a different avenue (Which it is) similar to how Al Capone was destroyed on Tax Evasion charges.

EA on Battlefield 4 issues -- - GameSpot

Latest Battlefield 4 patch aims to make life easier for PS4, PS3, and 360 owners - GameSpot

Keep chugging along.

These issues are widespreads with all versions of the game. It isn't getting better. AT ALL.

We should really bring this thread back to reality - talking about a game which is fun as shit when it works - which is about 45% of the time one is playing it.
 

Kreugen

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Compare the complexity of Quake 1 with Battlefield, and then realize that the internet has not changed in that time.

Toss in developing for 5 platforms with a set release date.

Not that I don't think EA is the Great Satan, but come on. 1992 Kali?

And 45% of the time, the game works? Well you need to play on PC then because for me that number is closer to 99%. Consoles versions must really be fucked.
 

Cinge

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These issues are widespreads with all versions of the game. It isn't getting better. AT ALL.

We should really bring this thread back to reality - talking about a game which is fun as shit when it works - which is about 45% of the time one is playing it.
Not sure about anyone else, but yes I use to crash a shit ton that first week or so. That 45% number was pretty much spot on. But since then and after one certain patch(which was 2 or 3 weeks ago iirc), my issues have almost disappeared. I've gotten the revive bug twice since then and I do get "cannot join game" about 5% of the time I try to join. So the whole "it isn't getter better AT ALL" is a lie, at least for me and the 45% number is more like 98% now.

@ 180 hours in so far and I paid iirc only 30 bucks for the game(had origin coupon on my origin account) I'm quite happy, outside the times I rage when I die to some shitty sniper 400m from the fight on his rooftop :p
 

Hekotat

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Only issues I have are "cannot connect to EA" when trying to join servers which is annoying as hell, and so far I've only had 1 crash.
 

Vlett

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The cannot connect message you get from ps4 is because the server it tried to quick join was full. I actually entered a que for the first time today so this might be fixed? The only time I haven't been able to play was due to Sony network updating, nothing to do with EA/Dice...

For the last two weeks the only problem I've seen is the previously mentioned server lag with CR. Reconnecting from my battlelog phone app seems to fix it pretty quickly because there I can pick a US server. The console server browser doesn't work, nor does squad join.

Yesterday's patch did not fix the kill swap bug. I LOVE headshot points then death by shotgun from a corpse, but at least this is rare.
 

Cinge

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I don't see how the kill swap is a bug? If you kill someone but they still have bullets in the air, those bullets should be able to kill you also, even if they are dead when you are hit. Unless its something else? Like bullets firing from a actual corpse.
 

Kreugen

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It's compounded by the 300 ping faggots + client side hit detection though. So they turned the dial down on the lag compensation somewhat so that you weren't dying so often to people who seemingly never fired a shot.