Battlefield 4 Thread ~ Server details in opening post ~

ChrisJSY · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:00

1kiwi said:
I get my entire squad, who are often on teamspeak to the central points

On these maps, controlling the central points are important. Esp on Siege as controlling C allows you to get to most points in the game

The point of this chopper is to transport people

When there are mini birds and attack choppers to use then why do you guys get so angry when I use the transport chopper for doing what it was intended to do. It's basically useless accept for transporting people.

It's not soley for transport, if you think that you're grossly underestimating it's use. The US version will tear any littlebird or attack helo in a matter of seconds with both guns firing at it with team work.
You also have to distinguish the difference between using it to take people somewhere and using it to play solo and just jumping out and letting it crash.
The latter being the idiotic way.

Mockingbird · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:02

ChrisJSY said:
It's not soley for transport, if you think that you're grossly underestimating it's use. The US version will tear any littlebird or attack helo in a matter of seconds with both guns firing at it with team work.
You also have to distinguish the difference between using it to take people somewhere and using it to play solo and just jumping out and letting it crash.
The latter being the idiotic way.

The REALLY great one is when 1 member of your team hops in, speeds over to a flag, jumps out, letting the heli fall where it likes and the other team capture it and use it against you.

nuzik · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:06

anyone wanting to add me to origin feel free im nuzik

'Wes · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:08

EL_JOCK said:
to do it right i think it should be a counter loop fight i.e if you press it, they can press it with the time to press getting shorter, could make some proper knife fight moments good for the you tube videos, think about the end fight in under seige, steven seagal style

A game has done that but i can't remember what it was. It was really frustrating but fun at the same time.

LostPhil · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:08

Mockingbird said:
The REALLY great one is when 1 member of your team hops in, speeds over to a flag, jumps out, letting the heli fall where it likes and the other team capture it and use it against you.

Someone did that with a little bird when I was defending on Rush. Nabbed it and subsequently stopped their attack (mostly because it stopped the thing respawning)

It was the one with the aircraft carrier as the attackers starting base?

'Wes · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:12

LostPhil said:
Someone did that with a little bird when I was defending on Rush. Nabbed it and subsequently stopped their attack (mostly because it stopped the thing respawning) It was the one with the aircraft carrier as the attackers starting base?

Paracel Storm, the Caspian Border of BF4.

Etheco · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:27

I am playing most nights, if anyone ever fancies a game add me to origin

Username: Etheco

nicnik · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:28

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Errol · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:32

Neil79 said:

This is, in effect, totally game breaking.

If DICE don't fix this quick I would go so far as to say the franchise will be dead.

rhysduck · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:47

Wow. Shoddy coding at it's finest.

1kiwi · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:48

ChrisJSY said:
It's not soley for transport, if you think that you're grossly underestimating it's use. The US version will tear any littlebird or attack helo in a matter of seconds with both guns firing at it with team work.
You also have to distinguish the difference between using it to take people somewhere and using it to play solo and just jumping out and letting it crash.
The latter being the idiotic way.

Totally agree with your last point.

For me its about taking as many people as I can to capture the points first. I try to land safely every time. Not really sure I agree about it being effective as an a attack vehicle. It's very slow and has no heatseeker capability. Often pilots will not orientate it in a way that enables both gunners to fire and in that situation you will easily be outgunner by any other pilot who has a couple of unlocks.

IIRC it's designed as a transport vehicle with some defensive capabilities but that's all - which is how I choose to use it.

Alex_6n2 · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:49

Errol said:
This is, in effect, totally game breaking.

If DICE don't fix this quick I would go so far as to say the franchise will be dead.

Errrm no.

The exact same thing happened to me all the time in BF3 and people are still playing the franchise

Yaayuh! · 7 Nov 2013 at 12:50

This thread needs stars.

Rezident · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:09

wndzr said:
Sounds about right. EA/DICE should try and gain a reputation for creating quality and not giving in to a pathetic need to release a game [one week] earlier than their main competitor. In the long run, it's much worse for business.

Is it though? You all bought the game anyway so EA got the money in early, as planned and the market clearly endures the bugs and crashes. I am sure there were dev's that would have preferred to fix some of the bugs first but the suits won, and it looks like they know exactly what they're doing, and after that, why wouldn't they do the same next time as well?

cHk4 · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:09

What's best way to level guns to get unlocks, or should I say easy way? I'm using the AEK only because I have most of the attachments and it's nice, the other guns have irons which I hate and also the recoil is all over the place due to not having the attachments I have on the other

Also how do I find the servers on the first page, I'm searching by name but can't find them

fozzybear · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:10

JGStonedRaider said:
AK5C is the best medium range carbine there is! What FOV and what mouse DPI / in game sens are you using? Low sens is the way to go, I meant really low sens

FOV 76, DPI 1500 and in game sens at around 20. I do like the feel of my current settings.

I always thought the AK 5C was mainly for closer quarters.

fozzybear · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:14

Ian Jones said:
Anyone have any problems with punkbuster? Yesterday I was kicked each game after about 5 seconds and the reason was something to do with Punk buster.
Anyone else had this problem?
Thanks
Ian

Saw lots of people mentioning issues with Punkbuster last night on the Battlelog forums.

Have you tried updating it?

Sasso · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:24

i agree with these heli statements, nothing annoys me more than to see someone using a jet or heli for personal transport, just to bail and let it either crash or get captured by the enemy!

some even do it with you in the heli, be coming up to a flag, pilot bails last min and heli crashes killing the people inside

but on the other side, I love it when the enemy team do it as I will try my damn hardest to salvage said chopper and then sound an evil laugh as I make them pay for their errors

also love when you get up close to an enemy tank and they panic, bail to try and shoot you but you just yoink the tank and let them have it xD

Think this is why I prefer vehicles over inf only game play. inf only is rather limited I think is situational variance, peek corner, get shot or kill someone....ok there's more to it but for the sake of my point we won;t go further with that

on the other hand, with vehicles, there are so many more variables and possible options to choose from....not to mention epic combos. e.g. be in heli, fixing it for buddy, fire rpg out of side to hit a tank, the dude bails...you then jump, shoot him mid air while trying to rep, steal the tank and then use it against what ever else is there....truly a total badass feeling overwhelms you as you feel like rambo xD

Mockingbird · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:30

cHk4 said:
What's best way to level guns to get unlocks, or should I say easy way? I'm using the AEK only because I have most of the attachments and it's nice, the other guns have irons which I hate and also the recoil is all over the place due to not having the attachments I have on the other Also how do I find the servers on the first page, I'm searching by name but can't find them

I would say TDM for guns - just kill kill kill kill kill.

In BF3 I'd have said Scavenger/Gunmaster gave a good balance of fun vs utility - a few days of playing that and you have a bunch of unlocks and have been on a level playing field the whole time. Don't think it's implemented yet in 4.

bJN · 7 Nov 2013 at 13:33

JGStonedRaider said:
BJN are you mad? Vehicles are already toned down in HC, they have no regen and no 3D view. HC mode is massively broken in BF4 as it is. Try to use a different launcher to the n00b canon which is the MBT law.

Mad? Vehicle regen is the most ridiculous thing added to the battlefield series yet. It makes no logical sense. 3D view? It should never have that in the first place in my opinion, defeats the point of "sneaking" up on vehicles.

My point is that it shouldn't take yiur entire inventory to take down a single tank in hardcore - the whole point of the hardcore setting is that it is harder, you die in 3-4 shots max from any weapon at most engagement ranges. The vehicles should be adjusted to match this.

I was only using the LAW as an example, the RPG only does a negligible amount more meaning only 4 rockets instead of 5 are needed.

Even though I'm guilty of doing it, you shouldn't be able to fly the scout choppers with two engineers repairing you constantly. When we do this we're able to wipe out any other aerial target as well as ground targets and last the entire round in a single bird - reducing the vehicle max health to 60% (as it should be) would stop this.