Battlefield 4 Thread ~ Server details in opening post ~

1kiwi · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:47

Westie said:
yea thats them... also use flares in jets ECM is bugged to hell.. flares also distracts active radar where as ECM does nothing.

only way to really kill AA is fake a strafe so he uses active radar then just head on him prefire flares for next active radar and one burst from cannon should rape him if not just finish with j bombs... only way ive found killing a decent AA guy...

or get a boat/tank guy to rape him depending on map ofc

Thanks for the tip. You're still using JDAMs? I need to practice with them as I can't hit crap lol. I miss my rocket pods.

Sasso · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:51

1kiwi said:
Thanks for the tip. You're still using JDAMs? I need to practice with them as I can't hit crap lol. I miss my rocket pods.

same

rockets were awesome! I;m trying to figure out the J-dams but can't seem to hit ****all!

I assumed it's just F to look at the little screen and then click when the crosshairs is over something you want to destroy. is there any trick like you have to be flying perfectly level or anything?

also took me a few tries to realise with the laser guided bombs you have to keep the lock until they hit or they just plummet and fall short

might just do vertically down attacks from now on....

dodg3rman · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:53

Random deaths ? Me and Nexus in LB on Zavod , I was repping and i think we were at nearly full health and then we just both died "KIA" ???? WTF just happened......Was a good round though as we worked bloomin hard as a squad (Mp and Stoney iirc) but the other team were just a little better organised.

1kiwi · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:56

dodg3rman said:
Random deaths ? Me and Nexus in LB on Zavod , I was repping and i think we were at nearly full health and then we just both died "KIA" ???? WTF just happened......Was a good round though as we worked bloomin hard as a squad (Mp and Stoney iirc) but the other team were just a little better organised.

Had a couple in a row like that. Some times you feel like the whole team is on your back. Seeing roof top campers and bush wookies make me rage.

mp260767 · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:58

1kiwi said:
Update has not provided ticket counts

thank god, much as i want it the last time they tried to introduce it, i had even more connection issues

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i know i've said it before but what i don't understand is how this sort of thing was tested during the beta, that was supposedly the whole point, server testing etc :confused:

Sasso · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:10

mp260767 said:
thank god, much as i want it the last time they tried to introduce it, i had even more connection issues .

i know i've said it before but what i don't understand is how this sort of thing was tested during the beta, that was supposedly the whole point, server testing etc

you'd think so

but no...beta testing means "give the public a view of a game with many things disabled so they won;t get tested so everything runs smooth and they get excited and all hand over their cash......then we'll hand over the finishing development and implementation of features to a bucket of damp swamp muck and hope for the best"

~>Dg<~ · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:19

1kiwi said:
Had a couple in a row like that. Some times you feel like the whole team is on your back. Seeing roof top campers and bush wookies make me rage.

now mortars are nerfed everyone has just gone sniper crazy

you cant even clear them off made certain maps so different to play. i fear it will go to how bad company was 10 snipers in a line on highest point

thing was with mortars as they were bang bang snipers dispersed ! even if you didnt kill them it made them think twice about camping and made map and play more fluid.

Atlas23 · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:21

~>Dg<~ said:
now mortars are nerfed everyone has just gone sniper crazy you cant even clear them off made certain maps so different to play. i fear it will go to how bad company was 10 snipers in a line on highest point

thing was with mortars as they were bang bang snipers dispersed ! even if you didnt kill them it made them think twice about camping and made map and play more fluid.

Have they dropped the damage of the mortar?

~>Dg<~ · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:28

you cant reload them. so now you have like 5 or 6 shots thats it.

while they were over powered thing was they kept the map moving and stopped snipers just sniping whole game. now it will just slow up majority will just snipe .

should have slowed mortars down maybe less rounds with a cool down time not 5 shots then empty.

as usual dice and balance

all or nothing no inbetween !

Neil79 · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:29

On one match I played there was 24 snipers on the enemy side with at least 7 on two different buildings

eyetrip · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:32

I hate playing sniper....

always found it odd that mortars had limitless ammo, and helicopters and jets had limitless missiles...

Mockingbird · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:35

~>Dg<~ said:
you cant reload them. so now you have like 5 or 6 shots thats it.

while they were over powered thing was they kept the map moving and stopped snipers just sniping whole game. now it will just slow up majority will just snipe .

should have slowed mortars down maybe less rounds with a cool down time not 5 shots then empty.

as usual dice and balance all or nothing no inbetween !

Does not the big ammo pack restock mortar ammo? (genuine question, haven't unlocked mortar yet, only got big ammo pack last night).

And does not the same class have both those things?

Surely it just slows you down a bit, rather than stopping you altogether?

While I'm at it - is there any advantage to small ammo pack/medkit over full ones, or should you just immediately switch once the big ones are unlocked?

1kiwi · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:35

mp260767 said:
thank god, much as i want it the last time they tried to introduce it, i had even more connection issues .

i know i've said it before but what i don't understand is how this sort of thing was tested during the beta, that was supposedly the whole point, server testing etc

It's a joke. They clearly pushed this game out too early with massive defects (which I'm assuming they were aware of) going into production builds.

It's what happens when big companies like EA buy small Dev companies like DICE. It's all about meeting investor targets.

1kiwi · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:37

Mockingbird said:
While I'm at it - is there any advantage to small ammo pack/medkit over full ones, or should you just immediately switch once the big ones are unlocked?

With the smaller packs you can just chuck it at someone whereas I guess with the big ones the players needs to: see the pack & heal/resupply themselves.

Gazb · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:38

For those interested the battlefield 4 commander app is 701Mb in size, so make sure you've got plenty of space.

[update:] It did actually work and let me play commander for about 3mins, before crashing (nice to see EA are consistent with their bugs). Personally the interface is too small on the Nexus 7 to be easily usable.

spiki · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:39

Just joined the SAS server for a bit of after work shooting and within a minute CTD, system locked up and two restarts and a hard reboot & I'm just about able to web browse. Same last night on Locker. Had about 7500 points, 100 tickets to go and crash. When BF4 works its great, pity its so ****** infrequent.

Nexus18 · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:39

TBH, I am going to start looking for servers with a recon/sniper limit, not playing games where it just ends up with 10+ people camping on hills, buildings etc. I reckon 3 or 4 recon/sniper limit per team for 32/48 player is the best. Game is starting to end up like bc 2 with regards to snipers.......

Was a joke last night on rogue transmission, there were 5 people camping on the tower + others camping on the hills between d and b.

Mockingbird said:
While I'm at it - is there any advantage to small ammo pack/medkit over full ones, or should you just immediately switch once the big ones are unlocked?

No point whatsoever imo, just another pointless item that DICe have thrown in, stick with the big bags.

dodg3rman said:
Random deaths ? Me and Nexus in LB on Zavod , I was repping and i think we were at nearly full health and then we just both died "KIA" ???? WTF just happened......Was a good round though as we worked bloomin hard as a squad (Mp and Stoney iirc) but the other team were just a little better organised.

Yeah that death was damn annoying! :mad:

I have had quite a lot of "killed in action" deaths.........

Indeed, very tough and good round, other team must have had a group of friends on TS + they had a good commander, seemed to know every move we made + it seemed like there whole team were PTFO compared to ours

Sasso · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:40

soooo 5 rounds with the mortar and that it.... can't even resupply from the big ammo boxes like in BF3? well that's ****ing retarded! makes it pretty much not worth it as you can pick any other item to replace in that slot and be able to re-arm when you run on.... bullshiz i tell thee!

didn't realise that I had unlocked it either haha! checked my unlocks last night to see how long it would be and was pleasantly surprised to find out I had unlocked everything support except the c4 (which was pretty close anyway). missed my chance to rape with it

boooo

Rroff · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:41

So you don't get any more ammo for it even after redeploying it any more? that kind of makes it pointless.

Mockingbird · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:44

Nexus18 said:
TBH, I am going to start looking for servers with a recon/sniper limit, not playing games where it just ends up with 10+ people camping on hills, buildings etc. I reckon 3 or 4 recon/sniper limit per team for 32/48 player is the best. Game is starting to end up like bc 2 with regards to snipers.......

With "any class" DMRs though, a Recon limit won't do much except punish good recons who use their C4, spotter scopes and motion trackers - it would have to actually be a limit on the specific weapons, which could be harder to enforce/code (I would have thought).