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Just seen they've added to the patch notes for the PS4... Look at this lot!

My monies on us getting it next Tuesday.


March 4 PS4 Game Update Notes
-Several crash fixes and stability improvements
-Various improvements for Spectator Mode
-Increased the maxium rank to 120
-Fixed an issue with the kill camera triggering before game client would display the last portion of damage being dealt, giving players the impression that they died too early
-Fixed issue with blood effects, damage indicators, and health bar updates in the HUD being out of sync. This issue meant that players would sometimes miss information about being shot at, or get the impression of too few hits occurring for the amount of bullets that hit.
-Tweaked the speed, dispersion, and re-arm duration of the IFV and MBT projectiles
-Tweaked timing for how long the killfeed stays on screen
-Fixed an issue where the message "Joining Server" sometimes didn't appear when the user tried to join the server
-Added default player slots to server browser filters
-Fix for an issue on Silk Road where players could deform the terrain to create a big, water-filled hole
-Fix for a bug that occurred with the end-of-round camera if the player was in the bomber in China Rising
-Fix for an issue on Rogue Transmission where it was impossible to capture a flag while riding the quad bike
-Prevented players from interacting with an M-Com on Siege of Shanghai after it had been destroyed
-Fixed an issue where audio for disarming M-Coms could get stuck in an infinite loop
-Added minimap details for missing carriers in Rush on Paracel Storm and Hainan Resort
-Fix for an exploit that would allow players to shoot two tank shells with not enough delay between shots
-Removed a bug where squads would get split up when transitioning between Conquest and Air Superiority
-Fixed an issue where Defuse could get stuck in an unplayable state between rounds
-Removed a bug that would cause players to sometimes get stuck in the killcam after having been killed
-Fixed an issue with revive icon not being greyed out in-game on map and minimap, when the player died after getting revived in Defuse
-General improvements and bug fixes for the Battledash and Mission create screens
-Fixed a bug where red laser dots would get stuck on textures
-Zoom dispersion fix. When zooming in while firing the dispersion did not lower to the new max value
-Fixed a bug where the enemy health always displayed as full in the kill-cam
-Fixed an issue in Defuse so killed bomb carrier can’t plant a bomb in the next round without picking up a new bomb
-The MAV has been updated to prevent players from exploiting it
-Improved repair rates for vehicles with different base healths
-Tweaked volume balance and other ambience parameters on the majority of base game and China Rising maps
-Improved the track vehicles wheel friction so vehicles don’t get stuck at relatively minor hills
-Fixed an issue with faulty zoom levels that occurred when using click to zoom in. While sprinting and zooming, will mess up the zoom levels, from hip to zoom.
-Improved boat physics and handling, including implementation of a system that lets players push stuck boats back in the water

SPECTATOR MODE
-Fix for the EMP/Proxy Attack effects being visible in Spectator Mode
-Removed the black screen that was visible when switching between cameras and players in Spectator Mode
-Removed squad colors in Spectator Mode, now only the red and blue team colors are visible
-Decreased the user interface clutter in Spectator Mode by removing health pack, ammo pack and revive icons
-Tweaked the 1st person view in Spectator Mode so that spectators now see exactly what players see and nothing else
-Added a functionality in Spectator Mode so that, when going into Freecam from 1st or 3rd person mode, the first static freecam will be moved to behind the previously spectated player
-Added the possibility in Spectator Mode to ‘fire’ at a player from Freecam to go into 1st person view of that player
-Spectators can now see which player on the scoreboard that carries the bomb in the Obliteration and Defuse game modes

NOTE: For in-depth details on all the balancing tweaks below, head to our "Balancing BF4" articles [blogs.battlefield.com].

GRENADE TWEAKS
-Increased the number of M84 FLASHBANG and HAND FLARES the player can carry from 2 to 3.
-Increased the effect of M84 FLASHBANG grenades on friendly and enemy players.
-Increased the maximum damage for the RGO from 67 to 80, however reduced the range of explosion.
-Reduced the visual and audio effect for the detonation of the V40 Mini to highlight its smaller blast when compared to other grenades. Decreased the maximum damage from 80 to 60, and decreased the range at which maximum damage is applied.

PISTOL TWEAKS
-Increased the aimed accuracy of the M1911 to make it a viable choice once the COMPACT 45 has been unlocked.
-Increased the close range damage of the M1911, QSZ-92, FN57, CZ-75 and COMPACT 45.
-Reduced the delay between pressing the trigger and the bullet firing for the M412 REX and .44 MAGNUM.
-Increased the magazine capacity of the QSZ-92 to 20 rounds. Additionally reduced the recoil of the QSZ-92 to give it a clear difference from the FN57.
-Corrected a small error with the COMPACT 45 accuracy when crouched or prone.

WEAPON TWEAKS
-Increased the damage of all DMRs across all ranges. Additionally, reduced the penalty to accuracy for sustained DMR fire, allowing more rapid follow up shots in combat. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of DMRs in combat, and determine if additional action is needed to make DMRs a viable mid to long range weapon.
-Increased the accuracy of pump action shotguns (870 MCS, HAWK 12g, SPAS-12, and UTS 15) while on the move and aiming.
-Reduced the long range damage of the MTAR to bring it in line with the rest of the Carbines.
-Adjusted the way inaccuracy is handled when transitioning from Hip fire to Aimed fire.
-The Heavy Barrel’s Accuracy bonus now also applies on the move, at a reduced bonus. This should give the Heavy Barrel a wider role for players who desire accuracy while aimed in all situations.
-Synchronized the timing of the aim down the sights animation of sniper rifles with their ability to fire with full accuracy. Players no longer need to wait for additional time after the aiming animation plays to get accurate shots. There is still a delay to achieve full accuracy, so Quick Scoping is still not possible.
-THe SRS bolt action time has been tweaked and the rate of fire has been lowered
-The GOL bolt action time has been tweaked
-The muzzle velocity for the MP7 has been reduced
-The MTAR21 muzzle velocity has been reduced
-Updated the handling of the 1x scopes for Type95B1, A91, SteyrAug, SAR21, QBZ951, FAMAS, UTAS, MTAR, L85A2, and F2000
-Updated rate of fire for the RGP7 and NLAW

VEHICLE TWEAKS
-Reduced the total amount of missiles carried by the Mobile Anti-Aircraft vehicles from 6 to 4.
-Reduced the velocity of the MAA’s default 20MM CANNON from 1200m/s to 800m/s to match the 30MM CANNON.
-Reduced the physical impact of all Anti-Aircraft missiles to prevent helicopters from flipping uncontrollably when hit. The damage values have not been changed.
-Reduced the cone in which ACTIVE RADAR missiles search for targets, making them require a higher level of skill in predicting where a target will be when the missile is fired.
-Increased the direct damage done by the Attack Helicopter’s gunner cannon. The gunner will be better able to assist the pilot in taking down vehicle targets with this change.
-Increased the direct hit damage of the Zuni Rockets for Attack Helicopters. The rate of fire of these rockets combined with their smaller magazine pool made them a poor choice over the other two rocket types.
-Reduced the splash damage and maximum splash damage range of the Scout Helicopter 25MM CANNONS.
-Reduced the “intelligence” of the MBT LAW missiles, requiring the player to aim the missile closer to their target before the smart projectile will activate. Additionally, the MBT LAW now reloads slightly slower. Finally, a bug where the MBT LAW would pass through an ACTIVE PROTECTION shield has been fixed.
-Fixed an issue where ACTIVE PROTECTION and the MP-APS did not properly stop 12G FRAG rounds.
-Reduced the range where the M2 SLAM will do maximum damage to vehicles from 6M to 3M. The range was deemed to be too large, making the M2 SLAM far superior to the M15 AT MINE.
-Reduced the damage the STAFF shell does to all targets by 25%. This should balance the ease of use of the STAFF shell with its damage potential.
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065226050471362/
 
Liking the heavy barrel and sight transitioning tweaks if they work as intended - not a fan of the DMR tweaks through - every shot should count with a DMR and the more rapidly you try to fire it the more control and skill it should require.
 
All platforms apparently. Thought not all at the same time.

Least thats what i read on BL somewhere.
 
Finally nerfing MAA, MBT law & Staff Shell!

Finally buffing attack choppers and Little Birds!

Finally fixing netcode!

FTW

Just unlocked F2000, have no desire to use it but not having it was bugging me, need the others now, hopefully Tony has Premium now so we cab start unlocking them!
 
"maybe" tomorrow or Tuesday I guess. Those seem to be the update days in BF4. My baby the heli will maybe almost be viable again xD

edit..Josh Littlebirds are getting a nerf in regards to the 25mm splash dmg and splash dmg raidus being reduced. Which is a good thing IMO
 
HMMMMMMMMM

I thought we already had a patch containing a few of these changes i.e. the hip fire to ADS sight thing, DMR damage increase, could have sworn they did those things ages ago....


I am saying Tuesday, seems to be the day when we get new DLC, patches etc.

Can't wait for the :

- heavy barrel buff
- mbt law, staff shell, activ missle nerf
- improved vehicle control, wonder what they have done with the boat "physics and control"???
- hipfire to ADS fix

Not looking forward to the shotgun accuracy increase whilst moving etc., the DMR damage buff, joy! can hear more pew pew pew now.....
 
Yeah those 25mm are a tad OP

I though they had already enacted some of these changes, I have been using Zuni Rockets on the attack helo for about the last month thinking they had buffed the damage :o:o
 
"maybe" tomorrow or Tuesday I guess. Those seem to be the update days in BF4. My baby the heli will maybe almost be viable again xD

edit..Josh Littlebirds are getting a nerf in regards to the 25mm splash dmg and splash dmg raidus being reduced. Which is a good thing IMO


Ah balls read that wrong, back to the mini guns then.
 
- improved vehicle control, wonder what they have done with the boat "physics and control"???
They need to fix the quads "physics and control" They are horrid to drive!


'Improved the track vehicles wheel friction so vehicles don’t get stuck at relatively minor hills'

Finally. that and being able to powerslide a tank is/was retarded.
 
They need to fix the quads "physics and control" They are horrid to drive!


'Improved the track vehicles wheel friction so vehicles don’t get stuck at relatively minor hills'

Finally. that and being able to powerslide a tank is/was retarded.

They "broke" jetskis and quads at some point since release, originally they were pretty much spot on but somewhere along the line they became over twitchy and very easy to spin 180 degrees off a tiny bump, etc. :|
 
Yes Nexus some stuff has already changed ie DMR's and HipFire to ADS. Most haven't tho, the zuni's haven't received there's yet but they are the best rockets anyway so..lol

Ah kk, thought so!


And yeah I still can't believe DICE are increasing the damage for them, already stupidly good, just needed more ammo for them!


Lol, also thought the 25mm had already been nerfed.... been using mini guns instead although I actually find mini guns to be better, just need to be very accurate.

They need to fix the quads "physics and control" They are horrid to drive!


'Improved the track vehicles wheel friction so vehicles don’t get stuck at relatively minor hills'

Finally. that and being able to powerslide a tank is/was retarded.

Personally I don't find them too bad, hardly ever use them anyway :p


haha yeah, that was damn annoying although it was quite handy whenever you wanted to do a quick 180 in order to engage a tank or something behind you :D


Yup jet skis are so bad for control!
 
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Play some CTF on Caspian, it is not hard to get shotgun kills defending the flag. As long as the other team can actually attack.

I'm not sure if you can unlock it on Dom / TDM as you need to be able to get to the boarder gate. (I don't know if it is part of the playable area)
 
I tried playing with some off here last night, only managed one and a bit rounds tho, I just had no aim at all. Maybe I'll try again this evening.

I wouldn't say so, nailed me a good few times on Lockers!

E: Also downloading BC2 again, never really got that into it at the time though
 
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Just played some BF 3 CQ there, SOOOOO AWESOME! LVLCAP summed the infantry play/netcode up really well in his BF 4 VS BF 3 video, just soooo fluid, hit reg. much better and it just feels spot on (aside from suppression...)

That may have changed...

Yeah josh said he thinks he bought it last night....

Guess we will find out later!

To unlock the DAO, you just have to close/open the gates on caspian iirc??

E: Also downloading BC2 again, never really got that into it at the time though

BC 2 the best imo, only thing is the movement is very clunky!

Although don't think it is worth reinstalling as last time I played it, hardcore rush servers weren't that popular and that was about a year or more ago now so I imagine it would be more or less dead....

Can't stand normal mode in that game, spotting ruins it completely, wasn't fussed on conquest, rush was just too good in that game!
 
As CODified as those CQ map are the one in on the top of the tower is one of my favourite BF3 maps. Used to have some epic Xbow and pistol only games on it.

You have to lower / raise the gate and get a shotgun ribbon in the same round.
 
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