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[Machina]

Hats off to pilots, seriously... It's so hard to get decent at this. It seems so fun, I never been a flight guy but this just seems worth it to learn. I just need that click moment.

I started off absolutely sucking as a pilot, and then something happened that really sparked my confidence which helped my development in a big way.

I have some instructions for you. I did this a number of times last night and not only was it fucking awesome but it also fools you into thinking you're one of those Japanase Pilots in Pearl Harbor divebombing the ships (which btw you could actually do on Fao Fortress) which is amazing in and of itself:

1. Go to your Attack Plane and customize it to have the anti-blimp rockets
2. Jump in said plane when the enemy team gets a Behemoth
3. As soon as you spawn, Pull hard vertical and just fly straight up until you reach the skybox limit. Try and watch your radar and position yourself directly above the blimp

4.When you reach the skybox limit, the plane will auto fall into a hard nosedive. From this point, position your plane to be aiming downwards at the blimp, equip your rockets and aim well.

5. Do this a half dozen times, while being evasive of the gunners on the blimp who will inevitably take great exception to what you're doing, and watch that blimps health plummet and your piloting confidence skyrocket

 

[jengo]

Why am i not getting battlepacks?

I don't get them either...they're not really visible in-battle and aesthetically not exciting or varied enough to be much of a carrot on a stick for me. But I played BF2 for over a hundred hours without much of an achievement system, so I guess I've changed :\

 

[endlessflood]

While I completely agree with you, the repair tool has no cool down. In BF4, there was, and it worked well. Spamming repair is cheap. It shouldn't just be about some dude holding down M1 forever.

Ah OK, didn't realise you just meant cooldown (and not total removal). Having said that, in this game I'm taking sniper fire from every man and his dog the moment I stand still and start repairing so I don't think it's too bad. That might change in time though.

 

[Ozorov]

Patch-day!! Woop-woop

 

[GodParticle]

The salt when the same guy keeps killing you no matter where you go on the map...

Patch coming? Are there going to be any ps4pro tweaks?

 

[Ozorov]

The salt when the same guy keeps killing you no matter where you go on the map...

Patch coming? Are there going to be any ps4pro tweaks?

We dont have any patch notes yet

 

[Xux]

Oh boy am I bad with with the Gewehr 95. It sure is fun, though.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Goddammit. Down she goes.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Seems like the servers are down. Just got kicked from a game.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Kicked out right as I was kicking ass!

 

[2blackcats]

Goddammit. Down she goes.

Yup. Mid revive for me, ha.

Thought it was the patch launching for a sec but no sign.

 

[endlessflood]

Goddammit. Down she goes.

Seems like the servers are down. Just got kicked from a game.

Aren't they a little over 3 hours early with this?

 

[Nickdogmoneycash]

Damnit EA

 

[Outtrigger888]

The salt when the same guy keeps killing you no matter where you go on the map...

Patch coming? Are there going to be any ps4pro tweaks?

I'm scared if they do any pro tweaks. The game looks amazing and the frame rate is solid.

 

[Concept17]

Maybe they meant eastern time. -_-

 

[Lemnisc8]

Love how it says "Looks like you're offline!"

I'm not the one offline, pal.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Maybe they meant eastern time. -_-

Eastern.. Specific.. It's all the same to me!

 

[0coolclimate0]

Knew I could count on Gaf to have the answer in seconds! Thought my PS4 finally crapped out when the screen went black. Oh well, play some World of FF.

 

[Machina]

Is the patch imminent?

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Eastern.. Specific.. It's all the same to me!

Pacific*

 

[endlessflood]

Maybe they meant eastern time. -_-

I'm going off the GMT/UTC times they posted.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Pacific*

Spoiler

That's the joke.

 

[No Love]

Pacific*

Went right over your whiskers, huh?

 

[dreamstation]

Medals are still frustratingly buggy so hopefully they get fixed in the update tonight. They always change to the ones from last week which makes completing the new ones very difficult.

Looking forward to hardcore servers and fog of war and some confirmation on the PS4 Pro enhancements.

 

[ronco2000]

Got the pro. Is there special setting to play 1080p 60fps on my 1080p TV? Is it automatic?

 

[ron_bato]

Got the pro. Is there special setting to play 1080p 60fps on my 1080p TV? Is it automatic?

Should be automatic fam.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

Holy shit my fucking stats just reset :'(

 

[Ozorov]

Any patch notes yet?

 

[Theorry]

Holy shit my fucking stats just reset :'(

Nah. Happens all the time when they are working on the servers. Should be oke.

 

[Machina]

Nah. Happens all the time when they are working on the servers. Should be oke.

Yeah, this. Don't even worry about it.

 

[Theorry]

Patch is up on Origin. Arround 1.6GB.
Revision 5 is also up.

 

[ArtificialIntelligence]

Patch is up on Origin. Arround 1.6GB.
Revision 5 is also up.

I was having issues with the game , I hope this patch fixes it

 

[ShadowsFell]

I'm still playing on Xbox One on the west coast of the U.S.

Hmm...

 

[lawnchair]

right when i get off work the servers go down gr8 gr8

 

[Theorry]

I'm still playing on Xbox One on the west coast of the U.S.

Hmm...

Because Xbox is later and PS4.

 

[| Praxis |]

Patch is up on Origin. Arround 1.6GB.
Revision 5 is also up.

And still no patch notes?

 

[Theorry]

And still no patch notes?

They always wait until every platform is patched.

 

[ShadowsFell]

Because Xbox is later and PS4.

People on Reddit are reporting Xbox being down for them already along with others, hence my wonderment.

 

[Disagree Guy]

RIP my dear friend

Got in the top 70 for PS4 players for most kills with this beauty.... Don't cry. You'll make the goodbye that much harder...

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Got in the top 70 for PS4 players for most kills with this beauty....

Stats are really inaccurate anyway since only a small amount of players are even accounted for in them Still waiting for stats that include all PS4 players, and not only those who played BF4.

And thank the lords for shotgun nerf anyway, it was the one nerf that was needed. The range for one shot kills was ridiculouuuuuus.

 

[| Praxis |]

Is the shotgun nerf confirmed?

 

[Disagree Guy]

Stats are really inaccurate anyway since only a small amount of players are even accounted for in them Still waiting for stats that include all PS4 players, and not only those who played BF4.

And thank the lords for shotgun nerf anyway, it was the one nerf that was needed. The range for one shot kills was ridiculouuuuuus.

Things needing a nerf:

Rigotti - too much rapid fire
M18 Trench - far more powerful at range than need be
Automatico - far too accurate considering fire rate
Dreadnought - The blimp and the train you can take down with methods other than planes.
The capture zone on certain points on operation

Things needing a buff:
All LMG damage
All other shotguns

Is the shotgun nerf confirmed?

I hope not but with the amount of butthurts bitching about it, it's likely inevitable. It's not even OP like for real....

 

[Aters]

So the server really is down. Was trying to play it but got no connectiom so I played a bit Bloodborne instead.

 

[Ozorov]

So the server really is down. Was trying to play it but got no connectiom so I played a bit Bloodborne instead.

Its a maintence for the patch. They will be down 1 hour per platform

 

[flipswitch]

Downloading the 1.61GB patch right now. Damn, I was looking to jump right in.

 

[Nickdogmoneycash]

RIP my dear friend

Got in the top 70 for PS4 players for most kills with this beauty.... Don't cry. You'll make the goodbye that much harder...
[/IMG]

Do you know if it's actually getting nerfed? I just started using the Model 10-A Hunter and it is so fun to play with.

Edit: Nvm you already answered someone else

 

[Disagree Guy]

Do you know if it's actually getting nerfed? I just started using the Model 10-A Hunter and it is so fun to play with.

Edit: Nvm you already answered someone else

If they do nerf the model 10 Hunter.....
The slug version should do around the same damage from range but will require ADS rather than buck spread

The 12g seems to have about the same stopping power just slightly less range. It also sounds amazingly more meaty.

 

[Machina]

The servers are still down post patch but I can confirm one new addition: There is an option for Squad XP Boost under Inventory now.

 

[Theorry]

Jup. Hopefully its not very common. Hated how the xp boosts messed up BF4 stats.

 

[endlessflood]

Things needing a nerf:

Rigotti - too much rapid fire
M18 Trench - far more powerful at range than need be
Automatico - far too accurate considering fire rate
Dreadnought - The blimp and the train you can take down with methods other than planes.
The capture zone on certain points on operation

Things needing a buff:
All LMG damage
All other shotguns



I hope not but with the amount of butthurts bitching about it, it's likely inevitable. It's not even OP like for real....

I'm not sure if DICE will use a different philosophy in BF1, but in more recent BF games their nerfs have largely been based on usage. Their reasoning is that if everyone is using the same weapon, it needs to be nerfed, and while I thought it was silly at first, I've gradually come around to the concept.

As someone who has more kills with the Model 10-A Hunter than any other weapon, I really hope it doesn't get nerfed, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it.