Battlefield 4

[Sprony]

That actually makes the stuttering worse.

[Zyn]

So the M416 is the new M16A3. Here we go again.

 

Meanwhile, I got the MG4 unlocked on Support and let me tell you, this thing is a death machine.

[dux]

*plays hearthstone*

 

I'm kinda sad really, this is the first battlefield game I've had zero desire to play on release. And that's pretty unfortunate as I have 6 other friends who I've played all the other BF's with in a squad on teamspeak and we all felt the same about this one. BF3 left a sour taste in our mouths (not enough pineapple) and while BF4 fixed some issues we had with the game, it didn't do enough to rekindle our desire to play while at the same time introducing other things that put as off wanting to pick up the game

Edited November 2, 2013 by dux

[Erratic]

I've put 10 hours into the game since tuesday and I still don't think I'm even close to being able to coherently judge the game at all. There's a ton to take in, not sure I've even played all the maps yet.

 

Had a lot of great moments so far and it's actually changed some subtle but pretty impactful things that I wasn't expecting. The ammo loss on reload is one of those, the game's actually shifting back more towards 1942/BF2 era mechanics than BF3. The game feels a touch slower and the perks aren't instantly activated anymore and are hardly as apparent as the old BF3 perk system. In general it just feels like a more paced, tactical version of BF3. Plus TDM's and Domination don't feel quite as much of a clusterfuck as BF3, as fun as that was at times.

[Zyn]

When the first balance patch hits, I hope it addresses choppers. It is completely retarded that when you have two engineers on board, the bird becomes invincible. Even with multiple sources of damage to it, it just flies off as the engineers repair faster than you can damage it. Doesn't help when anti-air rockets does fuck all damage, and Anti-Air Vehicles does as much damage to air as infantry, as in next to nothing. In BF3, if an air-vehicle took a tank-shell to the face, it got destroyed. But in BF4, getting hit by a tank is just a minor inconvenience. And if you manage to bring it down, the crew has already bailed and the aircraft suddenly won't give you any points.

 

Also the various throwables needs to be tweaked. There is no point in using anything but the V40 MINI nades, as they are pretty much M67 FRAG nades with longer throwing distance and less damage, and you get 3 of them. The description says it has smaller blast radius, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Smoke nade is situational and does what it says on the tin, but the rest is just disappointing. Incendiary can't kill anyone even if you stand right on top of it, flashbangs doesn't work at all.

 

And then there is hitreg...

[Sprony]

After 2 days of trying every 'fix' out there I give up. Checking CPU cores, turning of Hyper Threading, custom configs, new drivers, running the 32 bit version, setting everything to low, making changes in the Nvidia control Panel, etc. It's a bit disappointing because after hours of Googling is has become apparent that this is not a new issue and was already present in the beta (with some very vocal people). Why Dice didn't address this before release one will never know. 

[xfckup]

Servers are crashing today, not synching up shit...I keep on unlocking the bipod for the scar the last three hours, this is a bit pointless today 

Edit: Servers are down for maintanance.

Edited November 2, 2013 by xfckup

[Jenn0_Bing]

After 2 days of trying every 'fix' out there I give up. Checking CPU cores, turning of Hyper Threading, custom configs, new drivers, running the 32 bit version, setting everything to low, making changes in the Nvidia control Panel, etc. It's a bit disappointing because after hours of Googling is has become apparent that this is not a new issue and was already present in the beta (with some very vocal people). Why Dice didn't address this before release one will never know. 

 

I suffered really bad stuttering in the beta. For me they have improved it considerably, though it's not perfect. A couple of my friends now run flawlessly. I hope they are still working on it, it is a known issue.

[Puddy]

I have been playing quite a bit and ultimately, I have to say, that I am a tad disappointed.

 

Enjoyed BF3 waaaay more.

[knj]

Puddy, i'm with you on this one !
As for now i'ts a  bit strugle to play it. I'm mostly play Hardcore soo i don't get why DA FUCK you can't see whos in your team and who is not, untill you put him in your crosshairs. This is fucking retarded. You need to waist time to aim and maybe shoot and after that you learned that is your teammate - da fuk ? (only your squad is highlithed) and ppl have problem with that cause loads of ppl kill teammates but they don't want to.
Why hardcore matches doesn't have mini map like BF3 ?

Vehichle spawn is a joke, flying an attack chopper is a joke, reload time for flairs is a joke, rockets damage is a joke, hate the damage system making the chopper unable to fly for some time.
Why i can't spawn on EVERY of my squade mates ? and sometimes i can't spawn on any of them ? this is soooo annoying !
these are some of the first issues i have with the game, and i havn't play it that much

[Sprony]

G2play really did a number on me and they are refusing to cancel my order. Which means they finally send the keys today. But I already bought them somewhere else (other people were counting on it and I recommended this site). Anyway, if anybody is interested pm me. It's the preorder edition which includes China Uprising. I paid 40 euros for it.

Edited November 2, 2013 by SpronyvanJohnson

[Vilham]

Thanks for beta testing the game for me guys. Looks like I won't be getting it yet, if ever.

[tr0nic]

Puddy, i'm with you on this one !

As for now i'ts a  bit strugle to play it. I'm mostly play Hardcore soo i don't get why DA FUCK you can't see whos in your team and who is not, untill you put him in your crosshairs. This is fucking retarded. You need to waist time to aim and maybe shoot and after that you learned that is your teammate - da fuk ? (only your squad is highlithed) and ppl have problem with that cause loads of ppl kill teammates but they don't want to.

Why hardcore matches doesn't have mini map like BF3 ?

Vehichle spawn is a joke, flying an attack chopper is a joke, reload time for flairs is a joke, rockets damage is a joke, hate the damage system making the chopper unable to fly for some time.

Why i can't spawn on EVERY of my squade mates ? and sometimes i can't spawn on any of them ? this is soooo annoying !

these are some of the first issues i have with the game, and i havn't play it that much

I don't get it why you can't see who's who either, but the upside is less HUD

Standard Hardcore dont have mini map, but a lot of Custom settings Hardcore servers do have it. I made a favorite list yesterday

Vehicle spawn is a joke? Explain.. I have no issue with vehicle spawns.

rockets damage is a joke = too high or too low? They seem very fine to me with the new damage system

Squad leader spawn only has been a feature of Battlefield 2 and all of the Hardcore modes in all other BF titles. Are you sure you played HC in bf3?

If you are interested in playing a server with "Classic settings: READ Battlefield 2 settings"

No doritos spotting (3D spotting)

Minimap - Yes

Minimap spotting - Yes

HUD - Yes

Friendly Fire - Yes

HP Regen - No

Vehicle Regen - No

Squad leader spawn - Yes

Maximum health - 100% (not 60% like HC) I hate 60% HP, make fights less strategic and skill based. It's the first to point and spray that get the kill...

3rd Person vehicle cam - Yes

Servers that run with these settings:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/en/forum/threadview/2955064766385186337/

I really like the swimming mechanics. It improve the game a LOT. Same with vehicle reload time. Less Spam = I don't care as much if the maps are smaller. You don't feel under fire 100% of the time. Levelolution is great in most maps (Flood zone, Rogue Transmission,Paracel Storm, Siege of Shanghai in particular)

Commanders are back yay! Feels great.

5 man squads!! (still not 6 like in BF2, but a step forward!)

Counter knife!

The UI is much much better too.

If you spawn on a spawn beacon, you don't spawn parachuting. You spawn in free fall.

The new medic defribilator mechanic is great too.

More grenade types! Flashbangs!

Rocket Launcher vehicle is like the Mortar gadget. You point and shoot on a minimap screen.

Scout Helicopters passengers can now look towards the front of the chopper, not only the sides like in BF3, Making the Scout helicopter a great threat when 2 passengers are equipped with stingers.

Well that's all the improvements I can think of for now!

Edited November 2, 2013 by tr0nic

[⌐■_■]

After 2 days of trying every 'fix' out there I give up. Checking CPU cores, turning of Hyper Threading, custom configs, new drivers, running the 32 bit version, setting everything to low, making changes in the Nvidia control Panel, etc. It's a bit disappointing because after hours of Googling is has become apparent that this is not a new issue and was already present in the beta (with some very vocal people). Why Dice didn't address this before release one will never know. 

 

i reckon you're having trouble with the cpu throttling? have you checked your cpu and gp usage during play (with cpuid / msi afterburner)? my gf had frame drops every 20 secs on bf3 (which has had ALOT of CPU related issues, like bf4) and it turned out the cpu was throttling. parking the cores fixed it for me (and yes, i've tried out every single solution there was - practically reprogrammed the bios lol).

Edited November 2, 2013 by killertomato

[knj]

 

Puddy, i'm with you on this one !

As for now i'ts a  bit strugle to play it. I'm mostly play Hardcore soo i don't get why DA FUCK you can't see whos in your team and who is not, untill you put him in your crosshairs. This is fucking retarded. You need to waist time to aim and maybe shoot and after that you learned that is your teammate - da fuk ? (only your squad is highlithed) and ppl have problem with that cause loads of ppl kill teammates but they don't want to.

Why hardcore matches doesn't have mini map like BF3 ?

Vehichle spawn is a joke, flying an attack chopper is a joke, reload time for flairs is a joke, rockets damage is a joke, hate the damage system making the chopper unable to fly for some time.

Why i can't spawn on EVERY of my squade mates ? and sometimes i can't spawn on any of them ? this is soooo annoying !

these are some of the first issues i have with the game, and i havn't play it that much

I don't get it why you can't see who's who either, but the upside is less HUD

Standard Hardcore dont have mini map, but a lot of Custom settings Hardcore servers do have it. I made a favorite list yesterday

Vehicle spawn is a joke? Explain.. I have no issue with vehicle spawns.

rockets damage is a joke = too high or too low? They seem very fine to me with the new damage system

Squad leader spawn only has been a feature of Battlefield 2 and all of the Hardcore modes in all other BF titles. Are you sure you played HC in bf3?

If you are interested in playing a server with "Classic settings: READ Battlefield 2 settings"

No doritos spotting (3D spotting)

Minimap - Yes

Minimap spotting - Yes

HUD - Yes

Friendly Fire - Yes

HP Regen - No

Vehicle Regen - No

Squad leader spawn - Yes

Maximum health - 100% (not 60% like HC) I hate 60% HP, make fights less strategic and skill based. It's the first to point and spray that get the kill...

3rd Person vehicle cam - Yes

 

Interesting thanks

I don't get either, i see a running guy (without anything over his head) i'm aiming at him and then i see than it's my man ( or nothing, so i shoot the fucker)

as for the rockets those from attack chopper are very weak IMO - maybe i need to play some more to feel them really

Yes i am sure i've played HC but it seems some of them had spawning only on leader ON <- what i hate