Yes, but it's more to do with the financial impact the release and subsequent bad press had on the share price than the actual state of the game. In other words it's about money lost because of the state of the game at release, not the state of the game itself.
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Yes, but it's more to do with the financial impact the release and subsequent bad press had on the share price than the actual state of the game. In other words it's about money lost because of the state of the game at release, not the state of the game itself.
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I'm going to have to catch a game with you lot sooner rather than later, sounds like a right laugh 
Quick question, what attachments are people favouring on the M249? I love the suppressor, but keep switching from angled grip to stubby and back again and can't decide wether running the laser is worth the easy detection or not.
Quick question, what attachments are people favouring on the M249? I love the suppressor, but keep switching from angled grip to stubby and back again and can't decide wether running the laser is worth the easy detection or not.
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My M249 preferences
Run and gun - suppressor, laser (green if you have it), ergo grip, sights of choice.
Other - RDS with magnifier, bipod, muzzle brake
Run and gun - suppressor, laser (green if you have it), ergo grip, sights of choice.
Other - RDS with magnifier, bipod, muzzle brake
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Tap fires...uses stubby...makes no sense Josh me ol mucker...stubby only helps for (gun dependent) 5-9 bullets + so only good for mag dumping so use ergo instead, far more beneficial 
Stubby's best uses are for if you have a PDW as tank defense and intend just to mag dump in hipfire mode when bush wookies are trying to C4 you and if you want to use an LMG and mag dump.
Oh and smithers you REALLY don't want to use a muzzle break on an LMG, they have high spread anyways, unless you are tap firing 1-2 bullets ALL THE TIME (very unlikely once in combat). If you can't handle the recoil (WHAT recoil) use angled grip but ergo / vertical is far better.
Statistically the best combo on 90% of BF4 weapons is Heavy Barrel + Ergo / Vertical Grip...Whether you can control it, is another question
Stubby's best uses are for if you have a PDW as tank defense and intend just to mag dump in hipfire mode when bush wookies are trying to C4 you and if you want to use an LMG and mag dump.
Oh and smithers you REALLY don't want to use a muzzle break on an LMG, they have high spread anyways, unless you are tap firing 1-2 bullets ALL THE TIME (very unlikely once in combat). If you can't handle the recoil (WHAT recoil) use angled grip but ergo / vertical is far better.
Statistically the best combo on 90% of BF4 weapons is Heavy Barrel + Ergo / Vertical Grip...Whether you can control it, is another question
See all these things I never knew, I'll give it a whirl next time I'm on, although for me at the moment its working and if it aint broke. I normally just use whatever the latest grip unlock is, need to start going on symthic and trying these new attachments out.
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I need a bit of advice here chaps,
My system is struggling a bit with this game, i'm seeing drops to 45 fps when looking over a map. All settings on max apart from the Mesh which is on medium. There is no difference in FPS if I lower the other settings. Mesh seems to be the only one that makes a difference.
I'm not sure if it's my processor or my GFX cards.
Specs,
i7 920 @ 4GHZ
2 7970s
6 GB Triple channel ram.
1080p monitor.
I'm suspecting it's the processor not driving the cards.
My system is struggling a bit with this game, i'm seeing drops to 45 fps when looking over a map. All settings on max apart from the Mesh which is on medium. There is no difference in FPS if I lower the other settings. Mesh seems to be the only one that makes a difference.
I'm not sure if it's my processor or my GFX cards.
Specs,
i7 920 @ 4GHZ
2 7970s
6 GB Triple channel ram.
1080p monitor.
I'm suspecting it's the processor not driving the cards.
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Do you use Anti Aliasing? No1 frame killer and not needed IMO
Mesh should always be on Ultra, I'd drop effects and lighting down to LOW
Mesh should always be on Ultra, I'd drop effects and lighting down to LOW
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What barrel mods would you use for longer range/mostly stationary LMG work (expecting to be prone and using the magnifier for most of the time - keep RDS as an option for moving between overwatch positions)? I like to set up then tap bursts into people who think they are too far away/haven't spotted you.
I find the drop-off of the suppressor too annoying at range, so stay clear of it - would you say flash hider, muzzle brake, heavy barrel or what?
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Well for long range / stationary work you can't beat the bipod. Certainly if you are going to use the bipod the HB is a must for super laser gun, if not the compensator is the way to go as long as you don't use over 5 bullets per burst, then it kinda loses it's potential. But I couldn't recommend the HB enough
Flash hider is next to useless except if you have your effect level too high and would like to remove some muzzle flash. IMO it's not really an issue tho.
What LMG may I ask? MG4 is better that the M249 if people were wondering. PKP and M240b are the high dmg kings with the MG4 king of the low dmg high ROF LMG's, Symthic.com for all your nerdy needs
Flash hider is next to useless except if you have your effect level too high and would like to remove some muzzle flash. IMO it's not really an issue tho.
What LMG may I ask? MG4 is better that the M249 if people were wondering. PKP and M240b are the high dmg kings with the MG4 king of the low dmg high ROF LMG's, Symthic.com for all your nerdy needs
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Cheers lads will give that a shout tonight
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MG4 is my fav weapon so accurate and deadly its like being robocop with that on
I'm going to unlock it tonight, I only new a few k more points in LMGs, need a round or three on hurt locker
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Well for long range / stationary work you can't beat the bipod. Certainly if you are going to use the bipod the HB is a must for super laser gun, if not the compensator is the way to go as long as you don't use over 5 bullets per burst, then it kinda loses it's potential. But I couldn't recommend the HB enough
Flash hider is next to useless except if you have your effect level too high and would like to remove some muzzle flash. IMO it's not really an issue tho.
What LMG may I ask? MG4 is better that the M249 if people were wondering. PKP and M240b are the high dmg kings with the MG4 king of the low dmg high ROF LMG's, Symthic.com for all your nerdy needs
I've run out of unlocks in the LMG category, so I assume I have all the weapons available except any unobtained achievement ones - I use M249. I thought it was identical to the MG4 except for a slightly different spread pattern?
I can't access Symthic from here to check.
If I missed then why did the crosshair register the hits? This is different to when you know you should have hit someone and it does not register (people say that's to do with netcode). When your crosshair changes and you get the hit recognition, you have not missed. The problem is the enemy has not dropped despite being shot many with an assault rifle. Far less rubber bullets would kill a man.
Especially coming from hc, it takes a comical amount of hits to down people sometimes. Not always, but sometimes it is ludicrous and spoils the immersion for me. It becomes a chore to have to shoot some people that many times. You have to hit people so many times that burst fire becomes less effective at close range and in faced paced, high player games nobody gets a headshot every time unless they're cheating. It makes the guns feel weak. I know why they do it of course, so casual players don't get so easily killed all the time and because it's just a game and they want everyone to enjoy it. But sometimes when you're shooting a bullet sponge the amount of fun I'm having plunges from MAXIMUM (blowing up a tank from a jet before parachuting and rpg-ing the second tank to bits on the way down) to GROAN another-bullet-sponge, how long do I have to hold down fire for this time?
From my first few games of hc the guns feel so much more meaty, more powerful. I like that.
have you tried dropping the resolution on the monitor to see if that affects the fps ?
what drivers are you using, and how does the framerate do if you only use one of the 7970's ?
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I'll give a great tip....if you're wondering about attachments and weapons, just click on joes (raiders) battle log profile, go to load out and copy, voila lol
Now, has anyone got any tips for me to stop me being a gung ho Rambo mofo lol....I'm always getting told off by gord for giving away his position? I feel bad gord, I have an itchy trigger finger lol
Now, has anyone got any tips for me to stop me being a gung ho Rambo mofo lol....I'm always getting told off by gord for giving away his position? I feel bad gord, I have an itchy trigger finger lol
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don't squad with gord ?
i know how ya feel, i just get bored camping, and tbh next to no ****** spots so the mini map is near enough useless to know if anyone is around.
i'm useless in armour so i'm mostly on foot, always trying to get to flags and take them, if i die in the process its usually one or both of im a rubbish shot so get killed or i have no support on the flag.
one of my big problems is i tend to want to defend a flag im close to if it starts getting taken rather than go to the ordered position, especially if its one of those near our base as i just think it opens the team up to getting back raged
couple of problems with that for me :
1) i control recoil like a blind man with no arms
. EDIT : thinking about it thats a bit harsh, it should definitely be WORSE than
2) the guns never seem to handle the same from day to day for me, i know it sounds weird, but one day i get on really well with a gun , the next i'm all over the place
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I doubt I'll get a better tip than that heheI'm the same mate, I forget to look at the ordered base to attack/defend. I just go in the direction of whatever is needed, if see our base being capped I'll run to it more than I would to cap an enemy base.
As for spotting, I'm forever spamming my Q key, I have so many spotting ribbons, still no sodding x200 bonus though, how will I ever get to 110 rank on x50s lol