XANDER CAGE
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Battlelog still doesn't display server ping. That's an issue I've had since halfway through BF3, on three different computers, two different ISPs, and four routers.
What gives?
What gives?
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Battlefield 4 |OT| Prepare to Leave Beta... Nevermind
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Your 780 will handle it.=p
PoweredBySoy
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Commander kinda sucks.
First of all, you only get about half the points as everybody else on the team - or about a 1/3 of the points of the upper finishers. Nor are there any unlocks to work towards. Then your most used ability relies on the fact that your team is using their minimap - which is painfully obvious that most do not.
There are also no inherent offensive abilities. The only offense you get is map specific and requires that your team hold on to certain objectives. Without these it's all kinda of boring.
I'd say the coolest part is giving promotions to the squads that do your bidding, which gives them minor buffs.
First of all, you only get about half the points as everybody else on the team - or about a 1/3 of the points of the upper finishers. Nor are there any unlocks to work towards. Then your most used ability relies on the fact that your team is using their minimap - which is painfully obvious that most do not.
There are also no inherent offensive abilities. The only offense you get is map specific and requires that your team hold on to certain objectives. Without these it's all kinda of boring.
I'd say the coolest part is giving promotions to the squads that do your bidding, which gives them minor buffs.
Brain of J
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If anyone wants to play with a bullet sponge on the 360 tonight feel free to send a request to dmh33.
XANDER CAGE
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I really hope we get a good amount of vanilla servers as this game evens out. I'm really enjoying the actual core multiplayer (battlelog and all the crashes/bugs not so much), but I seriously cannot deal with these 1000+ ticket games, infinite vehicle respawn games, or 64 player Obliteration matches.
I get that people like choices in their PC shooters, but BF3 got to the point where stupid whacky garbage was the only choice. It's feeling like that right out of the gate with 4 and I just wanna play some damn regular games, maybe with hardcore damage.
I get that people like choices in their PC shooters, but BF3 got to the point where stupid whacky garbage was the only choice. It's feeling like that right out of the gate with 4 and I just wanna play some damn regular games, maybe with hardcore damage.
My experiences have been up and down with this game so far. I'm a huge fan of BF3 and put a lot of hours into it. I'm sick of these crashes. Since the patch from today, I've only froze/crashed one time. Each time I start my computer up and boot up Origin and BF4 though, I get a crash every time. It's only the first time and then I don't get the error again, but it's so incredibly annoying.
Where are all the Obliteration and Rush servers? It's all Conquest!
Where are all the Obliteration and Rush servers? It's all Conquest!
Play with DICE developers and help test our systems by joining the team on these BF4 servers
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...0-4210-8a4e-decdc9a6738b/i3D-net-DICE-Test-1/
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...7-41f3-ac2f-f0f46a829532/i3D-net-DICE-Test-2/
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...0-4210-8a4e-decdc9a6738b/i3D-net-DICE-Test-1/
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...7-41f3-ac2f-f0f46a829532/i3D-net-DICE-Test-2/
PaleFolklore
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Is there anyway to prevent the locking up and crashing? This is so frustrating.
Or DICE just eat server costs and make [DICE] servers for ALL platforms
and censor [DICE] from being used as a custom server title thereby preventing copy-cat clones that can't get people to play their rules
DICE taking those out of the PS3 version as server space was blown up by rent-a-servers was the worst damn thing.
For me I use the 1-5, 5-10, All on the filters and it finds a ton. Click on the player count and ill sort from high to low.
Awesome, hopping in. There's only 4 people in 1 right now.
Edit - Disconnected yet again
jacksepticeye
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All this talk of constant crashes makes me a bit happy as I'm still downloading it so people won't be getting too far ahead of me it would seem.
Though I like to do the SP first and then never again
Though I like to do the SP first and then never again
I'm really enjoying the game so far. It's my first Battlefield and pretty much my first competitive game. I've put about seven hours in so far. It's remarkable because I'm completely terrible. I think I'm starting to pick up some skills, but I've currently got a SPM of 89...
I see no DICE but I see Seth playing.
Yes, no, maybe... we don't know, maybe wait for DICE to clarify?
PoweredBySoy
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Just need the engies to level up a bit. The default rocket launcher is a joke against the attack boats.
XANDER CAGE
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I think the only map I dislike is Zavod 113. I'm actually surprised at how much I enjoy Operation Locker - Metro was fun for shits and giggles in 3, but it was a bad map. Locker feels like Metro that's insane on purpose, not because the map is stupid.
I think Paracel Storm or Flood Zone are my favorites.
Speaking of which, Spectator mode is awesome but I see DICE STILL has not fixed being able to switch "teams" into joining the game or going into Spectator if there is room. I guess to prevent loss-abusers but it'd be nice to not have to leave the server to join the game on the same server. :|
It's actually been worse for myself.
Europe has officially arrived.
Crash after first 10 minutes of MP - good sign
Haha, same here. Was on Shanghai, going through the settings and then it just stopped working.
Got through the second game though, and I'm surprised at how much better than the beta it is. The game looks really crisp even on low settings and the framerate is stable.
I bought premium for BF3 when Close Quarters had been out for some time and I got it. I'm sure it will work like this for BF4 as well. It would be really odd if it didn't.
Yeah. I got through a couple full matches, but it's just about 100% crash on each map switch. I just crashed 4 times in the last 20 minutes or so as well, just going to leave the game alone now. Really fun while it works though.
chrominance
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It's been an hour and I'm still installing the game (at least it's now downloading the update). Already had a PunkBuster install error. My guess is that in a few hours, I will want to kill every man and woman working for EA. If this goes as well as my initial Battlefield 3 multiplayer experience, this will be the last Battlefield game I ever buy.
fierrotlepou
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Is it me or do all servers have 100+ ping?
Jinjo
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I was unable to test myself as my copy of the game hadn't unlocked yet. Still, jury's still out on whether this will work properly. I've always liked the party'ing up before a game. Without partychat outside the game it's going to be kind of inconvenient to communicate what server you're on, not to mention if all your friends can see/find it (before it fills up too).
Played it for two matches just now. After a frustrating start and the game prompting me to change to veteran controls I did much better. Game looks like absolute ass on PS3, I remember bf3 looking way better. Still, I like the simplified bad company 2'ish look bf4 has going a lot better compared to the screenglare party that was bf3. It's functionally ugly, but it's still ugly lol. Here's hoping that the next gen version will wow me.
Teasing_Pink
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Totally agree about Operation Locker. Played my first round of that today, and was expecting some kind of bottleneck horror like the stair approach to B on metro. Instead, was completely surprised at how many routes and cover options you had when moving through the prison complex.
The ice storm fogging up my PDW optics in the middle of a firefight was a nice touch too.
Telephoto999
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Updating to the latest AMD drivers removed the various crashes I was having.
Also, Oblideration is the greatest thing to happen to the battlefield series in a long time.
One final thing, MBT's FTW
Also, Oblideration is the greatest thing to happen to the battlefield series in a long time.
One final thing, MBT's FTW
josecitoxnyo
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For those guys who appreciate the godlike skills of DICE to make trailers, they recently updated their Vimeo channel with the 1080p60FPS videos of the BF4 trailers. This is the link for the multiplayer launch trailer, more on their channel.
https://vimeo.com/78148393
https://vimeo.com/78148393
mysteriousmage09
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This shit is crash central. How this got approved for launch is absurd.
Great patch DICE.
Great patch DICE.
Telephoto999
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AMD video card? Windows 8.1? Make sure you update to the new BETA drivers. It solved my crashing.
Woo-Fu
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The sad part is the crashing wasn't near as bad in the beta.
None of that works for me. I get 0/64 servers the full page. :/
OriginofHysteria
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Oh man.
the USS Titan stage was one of the best levels I've played visually, especially when you get on the deck
crimzonflame
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Why is every multiplayer game unplayable? No matter what server I join, its laggy as fuck. Im new to PC gaming and this is quite frustrating.
mysteriousmage09
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Windows 7, NVIDIA latest driver. The patch made it much worse. It was maybe a crash every 4 hours now it's 6 crashes in 1 hour.
It's pretty much like this every big PC launch.... Just kinda get numb to it after awhile.
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