Battlefield 4

[knj]

Question to DICE dudes:
vegetation in BF3/4 is it rigged by hand ? and blended with actual weather on the map ? or just procedurally animated by engine ? as far as i know and in some TECH vid's this is the second option, but some ppl are arguing with me, and i just want to get sure

[Vilham]

I would be amazed if it isn't no. 2. It will be rigged in some form though.

[Beck]

God this game frustrated me last night to the point where I just alt+F4'd it, and I hardly ever do that in games.

 

I was playing on Flood Zone (Which I usually enjoy) and every time I spawned I just died from sniper fire I couldn't hide from on the roofs. At first I was spawning in on my friend and died a few times so I went and spawned on the capture points instead thinking it'd be better to spawn on a point we own and run in on my own. The frustrating thing was I spawned on the enemy teams side of the point so I was immediately greeted with a gun in my face.

 

It seems like both teams use the same spawn points for each capture point. So you could spawn on your side of the point or on the enemies side of the point. I'd have thought they'd have separate spawn points for either team  and you'd only ever spawn on your side of the point. Sure you might still have enemies in your face but chances are less likely since there should be friendly guys coming from the same direction as you.

 

Also, it'd be nice if they didn't use spawn points with enemies sat next to them. Nothings more frustrating than spawning only to be dead before the screen fades in from black (Which takes ages I might add).

 

Rant over.

 

I did have an awesome game on Zavod later in the night though

[Thrik]

lol wtf, that sounds terrible. Is that a different mode to Conquest or something? It seems like madness you'd spawn right next to enemies or even anywhere near them.

[Puddy]

It happens and it's retarded. I can't remember which map I played but on that this was actually really horrible. You spawned far away from the point. Towards the enemy. 

[Beck]

It happens to me all the time on Conquest.

 

I don't mind it spawning me outside of the capture zone as that stops people just spawning to stop the enemy capping it. But please make sure I at least spawn on my side of the map!

Edited November 27, 2013 by Beck

[Beck]

China Rising shots:

http://imgur.com/a/DNfQd

[knj]

this is fucking interesting console haters, isn't it ?

[dux]

not particularly

[Chimeray]

Afaik that's how it's been for pretty much every FPS game last gen? PC has had a much lower market share for a while now.

Edited November 28, 2013 by Chimeray

[Puddy]

IIRC console sells more, but the community peaks and dies faster.

[Zyn]

And now the Double XP event is on for everyone, lasting an entire week, so BAD PEOPLE CAN RANK UP

[Jetsetlemming]

Just bought this today off Amazon. Amazing that it just came out and I could get it for $30, good shit

[Dennispls]

I managed to score a 10 dollar coupon. Got mine for 20

[Jetsetlemming]

I really like the passive conversations that happen between Pac and Irish so far. I explored the lobby of the hotel in China instead of hitting the elevator, and while they did ask me to hit the button for them a couple times, they quickly gave up and started talking about fortune cookies in a really funny conversation that felt both very natural and like a stand up routine.