Stephen_drewz
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Fuck sake. Multiplayer crashes every fucking round. Was on 7k points just then and crashed.
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Battlefield 4 |OT| Prepare to Leave Beta... Nevermind
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Oxnard Montalvo
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All the servers say they are empty on X360 for me the AM. It also has been freezing a lot kind of frustrating....
Not for me.
I was crashing all the time previously, but since yesterday's patch I've made it through several MP games.
Though non have been on Shanghai ... which was the usual map for the crashes to occur on.
the server browser was buggy back then in the beta. showed 0 players on servers, pretty lazy if they didnt fix that
spindoctor
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Escape works. Unfortunately you can't skip through the in engine cinematics during the mission, but you can alt tab and it continues in the background.
Oxnard Montalvo
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Still shows 0 players but even when I join there is nobody there. I just wait for players for eternity.
Learn the maps. Run with teammates. Just keep at it.
There's a learning curve, for sure. But it doesn't take long before you get the hang of what you should be doing.
I'm definitely gonna run through single-player first, then. This sounds entirely too frustrating.
Is this for real? This can't be real... can it?
MagicWithEarvin
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It's very real
Yeah, I just had a crash that brought my whole network down. Had to restart the computer.
jacksepticeye
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It's a learning experience. Even if you have played countless BF games ebfore you have to adjust to how the new game works and plays. Give it time
In the beta I was dying ALL THE TIME. No exaggeration. I finished my first few rounds with like 3 kills total for an entire round. By the end of the beta I was getting top of the board or close to it a lot of the time. Though of course everyone has bad rounds where nothing goes right
At least you could get to 7k points. I had micro stuttering piloting the little bird. Crashed three times in to the trees due to random 1-5 second delays. Unbelievable.
11 hours in. Mostly support class so far. It's going to take me the 200 hours some people spend on this game having fun just to learn the damn thing.
Almost no one in any server I've played on works with their squads, so I haven't learned what a squad is even supposed to do yet. Can anyone link me to a good page or video that explains the concept?
And if any other sucky noobs want to team up and figure this shit out, add me: BarberSurgeon.
Almost no one in any server I've played on works with their squads, so I haven't learned what a squad is even supposed to do yet. Can anyone link me to a good page or video that explains the concept?
And if any other sucky noobs want to team up and figure this shit out, add me: BarberSurgeon.
The game looks good and has an amazing lighting system but outside of that it's mostly smokes and mirror. It simply does not compare to Crysis 3, the world isn't as alive (static foliage, cubemap reflections that don't even make sense as int hey'll have cubemap reflections for things that aren't even around in the environment and it's so in your face that you can't ignore it, and the geometry looks quite angular and flat.
And then there's the water, I find it odd that water in this game still does not reacts to anything, not even a sprite based effect for gunfire. BF3 water looked like shit, this game it actually looks decent but rarely do you find a water body which reacts to something and causes a ripple.
I have a wireless HDMI transmitter that I use to play games on my Tele which is in a different room than my PC. Imagine the nuisance this causes.
And then there's the water, I find it odd that water in this game still does not reacts to anything, not even a sprite based effect for gunfire. BF3 water looked like shit, this game it actually looks decent but rarely do you find a water body which reacts to something and causes a ripple.
I have a wireless HDMI transmitter that I use to play games on my Tele which is in a different room than my PC. Imagine the nuisance this causes.
Stephen_drewz
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Lol yeah it's terrible. Definitely got the rubber band issue. But I was on foot. Vehicles are much too easy a target at the moment.
Is there a bug where at end of round the ribons etc give you enough points to level up and it actually says you level up but then in the next game you are still the previous level? Almost like the points from ribbons etc have dissapeared.
Swear there are some funny things happening with my game.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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It's 10x more fun than Crysis 3. All that really matters.
It takes a while to register.
Anton Sugar
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LevelCap released a review of the PS4 version.
A few highlights:
-Says that there is a lot of parity between PC and PS4 version
-Graphics look great and PS4 may be better option for people with low end PCs
-As far as XO vs PS4 version, he says there are differences, but to him, they are fairly negligible
A few highlights:
-Says that there is a lot of parity between PC and PS4 version
-Graphics look great and PS4 may be better option for people with low end PCs
-As far as XO vs PS4 version, he says there are differences, but to him, they are fairly negligible
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Internet finally uncapped a couple of hours ago, so I got my first taste of the multiplayer since the beta.
First impressions sure have been shitty. I've really only played two game from start to finish, one with lag. Every other match has either had game breaking bad lag (and everyone in the server complaining about it), or the server connection crashed and I didn't finish the game.
Parcel Storm seems like an awesome map, crashed. Yet to finish a game.
Zavod 311 is okay but pretty fucking dumb with 64 players. Way too small. Only game I've finished, smooth sailing from start to finish.
Lancang Dam, finished one match with insane lag, server crashed out of another. Map seems pretty boring. No idea what, if anything, the levolution event does. Dam wall crashed, nothing happened.
Golmud Railway, played about 30 seconds and quit due to lag.
First impressions sure have been shitty. I've really only played two game from start to finish, one with lag. Every other match has either had game breaking bad lag (and everyone in the server complaining about it), or the server connection crashed and I didn't finish the game.
Parcel Storm seems like an awesome map, crashed. Yet to finish a game.
Zavod 311 is okay but pretty fucking dumb with 64 players. Way too small. Only game I've finished, smooth sailing from start to finish.
Lancang Dam, finished one match with insane lag, server crashed out of another. Map seems pretty boring. No idea what, if anything, the levolution event does. Dam wall crashed, nothing happened.
Golmud Railway, played about 30 seconds and quit due to lag.
Anton Sugar
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I think they temporarily disabled it due to some issues.
It's only crashing on Shanghai and Lancang for me. And only in conquest so far.
jacksepticeye
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That's all it does, no water bursts out or anything it just sends like 4 boulders through the local area and knocks a few things or kills people and the main dam wall blocks off a road. It's terribly underwhelming for the size of it
In factsome of the levolution events are pretty crappy gameplay wise and seem to only look good.
I think the backend servers are dying, can't play on any servers now, so laggy
Yeah, only 2 or 3 seem worthwhile from a gameplay perspective. Flood Zone, Shanghai, and Paracel Storm. I think those will be my favourite maps anyway.
Yeah, only 2 or 3 seem worthwhile from a gameplay perspective. Flood Zone, Shanghai, and Paracel Storm. I think those will be my favourite maps anyway.
I'm just in an infinite loading screen when I try to join right now.
Well, they're gonna sell us another game's worth of DLC, so maybe they will be better later.
fluffydelusions
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Do not like the map with shantytown
Flood Zone? That map is awesome.
fluffydelusions
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Not sure the name but didn't have fun with it.
I have to say it. Operation Locker is a fucking terrible ass map.
It's like two versions of Metro had an inbred child that turned out very, very speshul. Such a clusterfuck of a map, rubbish spawn points and so many random places to die from. Terrible in every way possible. I really didn't like Shanghai at first but after having seen the alternatives it might actually be my favourite map.
It's like two versions of Metro had an inbred child that turned out very, very speshul. Such a clusterfuck of a map, rubbish spawn points and so many random places to die from. Terrible in every way possible. I really didn't like Shanghai at first but after having seen the alternatives it might actually be my favourite map.
Yeah, I had a bad experience with that map last night... Seems like it'll be a fun map when I get the hang of it, but there's a lot of little annoying places for people to camp that I need to learn to look out for.
Flood Zone's the best map in the game until Oman and Sharqi come.
Anton Sugar
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Don't know why I forgot the link, thanks.
ThomasAnderson
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360 version
Took almost an hour to find a match of Rush yesterday. Now this morning there is no sound.Even with the problems I'm still having fun.
Took almost an hour to find a match of Rush yesterday. Now this morning there is no sound.Even with the problems I'm still having fun.
Anton Sugar
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This happened with BF3 too, and by most accounts, the BF4 launch has been better. It sucks that first day issues have become the norm with AAA launches, but it is the norm and will probably be fine within a few days.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Wee, first actual crash that I had to task manager out of. Match again regressed to a lag mess. Awesome stuff.
Haha, that's so lame.
Haha, that's so lame.
All the Levolution events in one vid - yeah most are a bit lame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUnif8Aon0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUnif8Aon0
Stephen_drewz
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My last few posts have been pretty negative. So just going to say when the game works, multiplayer is friggin fun!
Crashes aside, this game is pretty awesome. But damn do I suck at it. I miss old school BF where someone killing someone from behind took a bit more effort instead of just getting a lucky spawn. Seems like the only time I can rack up some points is when I get into a tank as gunner with a decent driver. I've played with just one squad that actually stuck together and that was super fun, one of my few rounds with a positive K/D ratio and over 2k points. Its taking me forever to get upgrades due my poor play. I'm kinda disappointed with Engineer, my BF2 & 3 bread and butter class. Seems like its a lot harder to take down a tank and the starting weapon is absolute shit.
I need Origin friends. Mountain time zone on PC, I usually play later at night, like 8-10 PST till 1-2 AM. Most of my playtime is on Monday/Tuesday. I usually play Conquest/Obliteration and Rush. Just looking for non-mouth breathing individuals who are looking to not play with pubs. Origin name same as forum name.
I need Origin friends. Mountain time zone on PC, I usually play later at night, like 8-10 PST till 1-2 AM. Most of my playtime is on Monday/Tuesday. I usually play Conquest/Obliteration and Rush. Just looking for non-mouth breathing individuals who are looking to not play with pubs. Origin name same as forum name.
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