Battlefield 4

[Zyn]

I give up. I've played several games in a row where I have been promoted, got weaponpacks, and used boosts, only to have it torn out of my hands as the server crashes, making all of your efforts a waste of time. And for 63 other players.

[El Moroes]

Mmmh I just finished the campaign and I wasted my time...
Let's check the multiplayer mode now with the hope to find the same (and better) sensations than BF3 !

[knj]

oh and 2 more questions:

there are not any coop mission this time ? (shame, i really liked it in BF3)
can i customize my soldier offline ?

[Pampers]

you can customize everything in battlelog, or via the mobile app, even if you are ingame

[knj]

hm ok my bad, i said it wrong. Can i customize my soldier and gear in game menu (not while in match ?)

[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. 

 

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).

 

 

I thought the whole idea was to unpark the cores?

 

Anyway guys, check this:

 

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065217944685108/1/

 

Should I be worried they didn't didn't mention CPU/GPU spikes and extreme stuttering? Still can't play.

[knj]

ok, been playing a lot yesterday on conquest, and it starting to get the shapes, positive reaction

[ZZZ]

PS3 / X360 look good. I mean, apart from obvious texture downgrade, shaders downgrade, draw distance, distance fog, ridiculous aggressive lod, etc. The geometry level, baked lighting, faces, uniforms, wet reflections, look pretty close to PC / PS4 / Xbox one.

 

But I don't understand why they made frame rate sacrifices along with baked lighting and reduced player count while keeping maps sizes.

 

a PC with 512MB of RAM and a Geforce 8 with 256MB GDDR3 would never run it.

Edited November 4, 2013 by 0kelvin

[knj]

OK serious question
attack chopper: in previous BF's after shooting all the rockets, it was automatic reload and again all the rockets are ready to use, why here after some time you can't shoot rockets and need to wait (don't know how long, don't know why) and this is really bad ?
chopper are too easy to shoot down right now imo, they are not as movable as in BF3 and the new damage system is very weak ! a guy shooting at you form 50cal can kill you very easy too easy IMO

[Thrik]

FWIW you should post these criticisms to DICE, I assume they have a proper feedback forum or form. With Battlefield 3 a lot of serious balance changes were made during the first few months because of feedback by players in the official forums, which is one thing that I do like about DICE — they're bold enough to experiment with long-established mechanics, but humble enough to change them if they suck.

 

Otherwise Battlefield would be like many other franchises where each sequel is the same gameplay but with a different coat of paint. I mean, it's important to remember that Battlefield 3 is still there if you want the same gameplay as before, hell even Battlefield 2 is as long as you don't mind playing with ultra-dedicated hardcore assholes.

 

With any luck the game will be nice and balanced by the time I get it in a few months.

[Sprony]

Good point. If anyone else is experiencing stutter and CPU/GPU spikes. Please post it here:

 

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065218176570056/

[Beck]

OK serious question

attack chopper: in previous BF's after shooting all the rockets, it was automatic reload and again all the rockets are ready to use, why here after some time you can't shoot rockets and need to wait (don't know how long, don't know why) and this is really bad ?

chopper are too easy to shoot down right now imo, they are not as movable as in BF3 and the new damage system is very weak ! a guy shooting at you form 50cal can kill you very easy too easy IMO

 

You effectively have ammo in the choppers and other vehicles like the tank/apc main guns. You can let out three or four full bursts then will have to wait for the next set to be replenished.

 

Quick search bought me to this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGWXIcx_9Y

 

I take it you play in hardcore so you can't see your ammo? Hop into normal mode or go to the test range and you should figure it out quick enough

[knj]

Thanks man ! i think i need to start watching some BF4 tutorials lol
and yes test range with all vehicles is just great, but i want some coops

[⌐■_■]

 

 

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).

 

 

I thought the whole idea was to unpark the cores?

 

Anyway guys, check this:

 

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065217944685108/1/

 

Should I be worried they didn't didn't mention CPU/GPU spikes and extreme stuttering? Still can't play.

 

 

argh, yeah of course. unparking the cpu helped me with bf3, seeing bf4 is almost an exact copy it wouldnt surprise me if this would help with performance drops on bf4.

[Sprony]

Nice

But sadly it doesn't, at least not for me.