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Discussion in 'Gaming Forum' started by Tone_E, Mar 27, 2013.

  1. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    It's a legit post, they put this up on the Battlefield (not Battlelog) page.

    The bugs are definitely an all hands problem, and it's amazing the game made it out in this state. I don't think DICE/EA has a very good QA process in place for their games.

    Hoping for a blitz of patches.
     
  2. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    It is all EA. Dice wouldn't allow it. Here is an anonymous convo between a pubby and a Dice QA member. It makes sense - imagine the total potential load out/gadget combos? Can't test them all. It also makes sense that the China Rising was in development prior to launch. I like where they are going. They owned up to their deficiencies.

    [​IMG]

    Full Article.
    http://bf4central.com/2013/11/ea-pushed-battlefield-4-quality-control/
     
  3. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Um... yes. Why is the sound guy making a change in the first place, when the weapon was already considered completed and handed to QA for testing? If it wasn't considered feature complete, don't give it to QA in the first place.
     
  4. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    How the hell do I fly the helicopters (xbox360)? I seem to only be able to go up and then immediately get shot down.
     
  5. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    If the mappings are the same as on PC, then the left stick controls elevation (up = higher, down = lower) and orientation (left/right), while the right stick controls yaw.

    So if you want to go forward, you tilt the left stick up to gain height/speed, then tilt the right stick up to pitch the helicopter forward to get it moving. Tilt forward too much and you'll crash into the ground, though.
     
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  6. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Youtube will explain better than anyone here can help. Search it. It is your friend.

    I've been playing BF since BF2, and still don't fly. It takes practice. At least BF4 has a range so you can go and practice. I suggest you do that before trying in a live game.
     
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  7. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    PC server and client patches are out. Crash fixes and desync fixes including some instances of being shot after making it around a corner. The camera height of the player while prone has also been raised a little bit to better represent how exposed or covered you actually are.
     
  8. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Im getting some random rubber banding with the latest patch. And I've been kicked from a game when I was on a tear completing some assignments and such. Very frustrating.

    I like the new maps though. I would've like some levolution though. Like a blizzard reducing visibility in Altari Range. Or a sandstorm like we've seen for Oman implemented on Silk Road. Something.

    Handguns are a pain in the butt to upgrade and unlock. They have to do something about that.

    Also, liking the ACE 52 CQB after giving it a shot. I still think the ACW-R is my favorite carbine though....for now. Haven't unlocked the M4 or SIG yet.

    M416 still my favorite assault rifle, but learning to use the ACE 23 and it is deadly. Having problems at range though. Angled foregrip (just got it) and burst fire seems to help a bit.
     
  9. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    BF4 Secrets! Like it. Dice teased the community with dinosaurs in BF3. Still tease dinosaurs in BF4 with emblems, goat tied to a chain on Rogue Transmission, dogtags, etc.

    BF4 is now rumored to have a megladon. Including a secret premium assignment Phantom Prospect. Check this video for info on both;

    [video=youtube;fk5fdlbwL34]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5fdlbwL34[/video]

    Here is a good reddit post where the community is trying to figure everything out.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/1smndd/looking_for_megalodon_try_this/

    Interesting.
     
  10. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    I'll believe in this megalodon stuff when it actually appears. Until then, yawn. It's the newest version of "GTA San Andreas has Bigfoot!"

    In the meantime, I already miss the double XP events. The ranking system was much more tolerable with that active. Though I did land a 200% XP bonus in a battlepack…
     
  11. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Yeah man. Im doing pistol only maps now to get the pistol unlocks. Adding all my 25% boosts to help that along. Have a lot of kills to do to get all rest of the weapons though, mg, recons, etc.
     
  12. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Biggest troll ever.

    [video=youtube;lMEk6mS-SWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEk6mS-SWs[/video]
     
  13. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Smokes suck. Good theory, but even lvlcap said it wont work, unless you are in Locker of course.
     
  14. Phinz420

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    Locker provides many different gameplay styles than any other map. To me, Locker seems like DICE decided to use a COD formulaic map with their own multi-tiered depth flair to it. Ive had games where all I did was use a shotgun and strafe back and forth around corners completely decimating my foes....that is just not somethin i am used to being able to do in any BF map(maybe Warlord from BF2 to some extent) due to the long range nature of most maps.

    The only thing that annoys me about Locker is the frequency of stalemates on there, with very few flags ever changing hands due to all of the mayhem going on at chokepoints.....so many grenades lol.

    Smokes are pretty crap, but Im pretty confident none of us wish they were OP either....
     
  15. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Locker is basically the BF4 version of Operation Metro… which is coming back in the Second Assault DLC. I don't understand why they made a new Metro if they were bringing back the original Metro.

    Personally, I think Zavod 311 is the CoD style map, and I'm not a fan of it. Flood Zone is the best map in the game, IMO. Paracel Storm is a close second.
     
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    Parcel and FZ are easily my favorites as well.

    Zavod has vehicles though, so I dont get the COD feel from it as much. Not only that, but if you look at a layout of the map , Zavod has much more of an open feeling than Locker. Also, Locker itself is essentially filled with narrow corridors and pathways that do not give you much leeway.
     
  17. Tone_E

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    Paracel is fun. I also like Rogue Transmission. Nice mix of cqb, long range, urban vs rural, etc.

    I am also liking Silk Road. I'm using vehicles so much more compared to BF3 and am having fun with them.

    I hate Zavod. It is a cluster mess. So much real estate on that map and they put C and D so close together. The map could be so much better if they spread C and D out closer to the edges of the map, with the same underground tunnels.
     
  18. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Play Zavod 311 on Domination, Team DM, or Rush. It really is CoD. Heck, play it on Conquest Large and just hang around C, D, and E.

    I'm not a fan of Silk Road. It's too small considering how many vehicles are available, so infantry can't do anything. It's just waiting for a tank to spawn and going out to do something before the other 10 tanks shoot you.

    I'm warming up to Altai Range. It's vehicle heavy but not in a game-breaking way, and infantry can be effective. Though it usually winds up devolving into a deathmatch around D.
     
  19. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Silk Road is lots of fun on conquest large in the middle camp, D I think. Run with a surpresed gun and enjoy the ownage. Inf can be effective, but you need a coordinated squad.
     
  20. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    D is usually infested with armor when I play Silk Road.
     
  21. Killer Bees

    Killer Bees Bringin' the Ruckus

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    So when I purchased the game on 360 it game with the code for the China Rising DLC. But I just got the XBOX One and traded in the game for the new one and I don't seem to have the DLC. Anyone else dealing with this?
     
  22. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    How are you judging if you have the DLC or not? If you can play the maps Altai Range, Silk Road, etc then you have China Rising.
     
  23. Killer Bees

    Killer Bees Bringin' the Ruckus

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    When I search for games in the servers with those maps it sends me to the store to purchase them :mad:
     
  24. Killer Bees

    Killer Bees Bringin' the Ruckus

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    BF4 on the xbox one is on a whole other level compared to what I was playing on the 360. I'm loving this game a whole lot more now that I'm really getting used to it. Now I'm getting the hang of flying the choppers lol. Any tips or suggestions when playing conquest because before I was just playing domination to get used to it.
     
  25. TiP54

    TiP54 Bad Reputation

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    Finally got around to installing Windows 8 today. Will download this today. Is Premium worth it?
     
  26. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Worth it? No, but get it anyway. :lol: You get access to DLC 2 weeks early and get premium-only stuff. There's a double XP event happening this weekend, for instance.
     
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    TiP54 Bad Reputation

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    Wait, $50 for some double XP and 2 week early access? Nahhh
     
  28. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    It's also the DLC season pass.

    DLC costs $20 a pop if you don't have Premium.
     
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    "season" :lol:

    From when to when exactly?
     
  30. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    There is no "when." The term season pass refers to making one discounted prepayment for all of a game's DLC. It's borrowed from iTunes, which has a Season Pass feature where you buy all episodes of a TV show's season at a discount.

    There are/will be 5 DLC packs. The first, China Rising, is already out. The next 4 come this year. Each costs $20 if you don't have premium.

    If you intend to play BF4 long term then it's worth it.
     
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  31. Tone_E

    Tone_E Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    [video=youtube;yfXI1pn5los]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfXI1pn5los[/video]


    Still not a fan of AMD but BF4 supposedly up to 45% faster on Mantle. Only tip of iceberg as Desides mentioned. Especially with AMD in XBone and PS4.
     
  32. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    Finally got my PS4 and BF4. Loving it so far. Using DMR's as an Engineer is my favorite setup so far though I've always been an LMG/support fan as well. Liking the airburst launcher.


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  33. sking29

    sking29 What it takes to be cool

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    Been mulling over getting this on the PS4 but seems like everything I read online says it's busted. Seems you're issue free?
     
  34. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    It certainly had its problems at the start it seems which isn't surprising considering it was a launch title on a brand new console. But it seems many of the problems have been fixed. Game stability has been fine for me. So has network stability though there's still room for improvement as far as lag and netcode go, and you can certainly expect DICE to continue to make improvements.



    Buy it, right now.



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  35. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    After one good night, I've come to the realization that DMR's are terrible. Carbines are definitely the way to go. AK-5C is a really good starter weapon. Loved the SG553. Great ROF with manageable recoil. ACW-R has too much recoil for my liking. Just unlocked the AKU-12. Only played one game, but seems like an even better version of the AK-5C, with really low recoil.
     
  36. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Yes, they are. They currently have too high time to kill numbers. Not worth using them unless you're trying to be 1337.

    I'd say the AK-5C is superior to the AKU-12 since it's better all around, but the AKU-12 is certainly worth using. The best overall carbine is probably the ACW-R, but I've been using the ACE 52 CQB (the ACE 21 CQB is the most popular carbine).
     
  37. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    ACW-R is a great CQB weapon but I find myself in medium range gunfights too often to get any use out of it. I prefer the low recoil, accurate weapons as opposed to high ROF or high damage types.

    Currently having the most success running carbines on recon class. Nothing like sneaking up on a tank and taking it out with C4. I'm destroying tons more vehicles than I ever did with rockets/mines as Engineer. Just not a fan of the MLAW. Too weak. Or the RPG. I do pretty well with the AA launchers though. And the motion sensors are awesome when capping or defending points on conquest. Have gotten a consistent 2+ K/D ratio since going to this setup while racking up tons of points capping/defending.
     
  38. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    Liking the AKU-12 on burst mode.
     
  39. Desides

    Desides Well-Known Member

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    Try the SAR-21 assault rifle. That thing is a laser beam.

    Unlock the SRAW, it's the only rocket launcher you'll ever use. Also try the support for a while, its final unlock is C4, so you can be more well armed as an assault than as a recon yet still be able to blow up tanks or vehicles.
     
  40. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    Forget burst fire actually. Automatic is definitely the way to go. What's your opinion on suppressors for conquest? Definitely seems that I'm dying less when using one. About to unlock the Ace 52 which looks like the SCAR equivalent of the carbines. I wasn't a huge fan of the little bit I used the SCAR though so we'll see.

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