The Battlefield 4 Thread ~ Server details in opening post ~

stulid · 3 Feb 2014 at 14:30

I'm lethal with the AA on Golmud and the Dam, pretty much nothing gets of the ground.

1kiwi · 3 Feb 2014 at 14:46

Rroff said:
My favorite moment of the game yet was jumping into the attack chopper as gunner and as we rose up over the buildings from spawn there was ~11 people sitting on top of that building between E and D sniping completely oblivious to us being there (never seen so many on one rooftop) - was like shooting fish in a barrel (I got 7 kills from that plus pilot got some more).

Was getting annoyed with them on Zvod the other day so I got in the transport helicopter and took them out by running them over. Was like mowing the lawn rofl.

Gazb · 3 Feb 2014 at 15:57

Zavod's my favourite map, followed by Golmud.
Paracel Storm is good when playing with the guys on here, but if you're on a not so good team, it's a hateful map. You really need team support or you can't do anything.
Siege of Shanghai is usually good until the tower is brought down then it's just boring and irritating. (The map seems to lose it's flow or something at that point)

I have actually had 'some' fun on the china rising maps as well, but they just aren't as good as those above.

Mockingbird · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:07

Game mode is important here too!

TDM: Lockers is fun. CQ/Rush: Lockers is bobbins-bum-awful.

For objective stuff I enjoy Golmud, Seige, Dawnbreaker and Zavod a lot (though Zavod often becomes all about C, D, E it at least has options).

For CQ (TDM and Domination) I like most of the maps - Floodzone, Zavod and Silk Road are all particularly fun (though only with relatively small teams, 64 players gets too silly too fast). TDM on Dawnbreaker is possibly the most hateful combination of map and game mode in BF4.

Rroff · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:09

1kiwi said:
Was getting annoyed with them on Zvod the other day so I got in the transport helicopter and took them out by running them over. Was like mowing the lawn rofl.

There is little more satisfying than pulling that off, sadly I tend to crash it more often than run them down :|

Mockingbird said:
TDM: Lockers is fun. CQ/Rush: Lockers is bobbins-bum-awful.

Most people in this game seem truly awful at CQB and especially 64 player conquest large on locker is terrible for people who once their team gets suppressed into spawn just go prone and don't push up when the gaps open up while often tking their own team half the time who are trying to push up and doing nothing to help their team win - might as well join the other side. I actually enjoy those games though aside from if that gets too bad as I'm fairly good at sneaking through, getting a spawn beacon setup in the other half and then retaking map control - especially if my squad is half on the ball.

Mockingbird · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:25

Rroff said:
Most people in this game seem truly awful at CQB and especially 64 player conquest large on locker is terrible for people who once their team gets suppressed into spawn just go prone and don't push up when the gaps open up while often tking their own team half the time who are trying to push up and doing nothing to help their team win - might as well join the other side. I actually enjoy those games though aside from if that gets too bad as I'm fairly good at sneaking through, getting a spawn beacon setup in the other half and then retaking map control - especially if my squad is half on the ball.

I think that's the problem I have with Lockers usually - you need at least squad level co-ordination (ideally team-level, but that's a pipedream on pubs) in order to be effective. As a solo, you can play as well and as cunningly as you want and you'll still lose the map because half your team is spamming bouncy grenades and shotguns through the same corridor for 45 minutes.

You rarely get the chance to sneak off, cap a flag and melt into the bushes that you'd get in many other maps - you sneak in, cap a flag and die to a rush of grenade spamming loons, and it just gets a bit frustrating and poo.

Sasso · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:32

despite all my "ooo gunna jump on tonight"s ...I have't played in over a week.... and I;m sure the last time I was on I was actually spectating haha!!

personally.... I blame Joe, always being on BF3 or private servers.......WHY WONT YOU JUST LOVE ME?!

I mean PLAY WITH ME... yeah... that's the one

I quite like rooftop campers for that exact reason, yeah they're a pain... but that satisfaction when you obliterate them with some big ordnance

YAT TAT TAT TAT TAT! roof clear, points up and grin extended

James J · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:38

The maps seem to have TDM and domination as a complete after thought tbh. Domination in CQ on BF3 was superb and easily one of my most played game modes, yet in BF4 I never touch it as the level design is utterly retarded, along with the spawning.

Rroff · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:45

Mockingbird said:
I think that's the problem I have with Lockers usually - you need at least squad level co-ordination (ideally team-level, but that's a pipedream on pubs) in order to be effective. As a solo, you can play as well and as cunningly as you want and you'll still lose the map because half your team is spamming bouncy grenades and shotguns through the same corridor for 45 minutes.

You rarely get the chance to sneak off, cap a flag and melt into the bushes that you'd get in many other maps - you sneak in, cap a flag and die to a rush of grenade spamming loons, and it just gets a bit frustrating and poo.

Thats why I play are recon with radio beacon and try and get in a squad that looks half competent, sneak a spawn behind enemy lines and they start spawning on it and take the other teams camp out from behind - turned around a losing round a few times doing that.

1kiwi · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:56

I guess with all this talk of maps - I wonder how the BF3 maps will play in BF4. I think Caspian is actually going to feel massive compared to the maps we have been playing.

Xire · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:21

Keep getting this error:

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'Xire01' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe

Doing my head in. Can't seem to get round it, updated PB and everything.

Rroff · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:23

Sounds like PBA isn't running or isn't running with correct privledges.

JGStonedRaider · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:40

Sasso said:
despite all my "ooo gunna jump on tonight"s ...I have't played in over a week.... and I;m sure the last time I was on I was actually spectating haha!!

personally.... I blame Joe, always being on BF3 or private servers.......WHY WONT YOU JUST LOVE ME?!

I mean PLAY WITH ME... yeah... that's the one

I quite like rooftop campers for that exact reason, yeah they're a pain... but that satisfaction when you obliterate them with some big ordnance YAT TAT TAT TAT TAT! roof clear, points up and grin extended

I'm all your tonight...unless PCW, ESL or TEam UK stuff :eek:

Rroff · 3 Feb 2014 at 17:54

Pretty much close to giving up on this game - 60% of the time I have the "packet loss" icon up and when its up hit reg goes completely out the window and I might as well not even bother shooting anything.

My connection is SOLID, my framerate is good and the servers themselves seem mostly stable so I dunno wtf other than it seems a common story :|

Gazb · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:03

Rroff said:
Pretty much close to giving up on this game - 60% of the time I have the "packet loss" icon up and when its up hit reg goes completely out the window and I might as well not even bother shooting anything.

My connection is SOLID, my framerate is good and the servers themselves seem mostly stable so I dunno wtf other than it seems a common story :|

What servers are you usually playing on/where are they located?

Most german hosted servers aren't too bad, also scan's servers seem pretty good.

Rroff · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:47

UK servers fairly random as I often join with friends but mostly SAS and CQ247 hardcore, sometimes the FMJ server as it seems to have less frequenct "hit reg" problems than others for some reason but I don't really know anyone who plays there so don't play so much there.

Josh · 3 Feb 2014 at 18:47

Cant't find the motibation to play it how it is now, the maps are way too boring now.

Normally well up for it but lately, its a take it or leave it situation. Might be on tonight, might just watch Top Gear and the footy.

JGStonedRaider · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:08

Gazb said:
What servers are you usually playing on/where are they located?

Most german hosted servers aren't too bad, also scan's servers seem pretty good.

Most people play on Corsair / Scan and others, there is of course a small number who play HC, see SaS / CQ247. HC is totally broken in BF4 tho, can't stand it and I used to like BC2 and BF3 HC mode.

Gazb · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:10

JOSH86 said:
Cant't find the motibation to play it how it is now, the maps are way too boring now.

Normally well up for it but lately, its a take it or leave it situation. Might be on tonight, might just watch Top Gear and the footy.

China Rising jungle maps maybe rather than the usual vanilla maps?

I do understand though, it's easy to get burnt out on BF4 atm with it's issues, and maps that just aren't quite as fun as BF3 or BF:BC2's were.
In fact BC2 was great in that when you got bored you just changed game mode, from Conquest to Rush and it was like a whole new game/map.

setter · 3 Feb 2014 at 19:31

Rroff said:
The only problem I have with roof campers is that the game engine doesn't seem to handle shooting up at them very well - seems a lot of time you just can't hit their hitbox even though you can see the player model on the edge of the building. Aslong as your heli pilots aren't fail they can clear most roof campers pretty easy, sadly too few of them actively do so.

Same problem was in bf3 too. On caspian border, you couldnt shoot anyone standing on the platforms of the tower, bullets just hit the fence even though you were aiming over/through them. But if shooting from the platform there were no issues.