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[Omni]

Huh, black hitmarkers instead of a black kill-confirm marker. That isn't hard to see in some maps like Locker's shadows? The night maps may make you (and me!) want to reconsider black.

That's actually a good point! Forgot about the night naps. Though honestly I haven't noticed any problems while playing on Locker... In fact the black is really nice on the outside. I guess a shade of blue might work if I do need to change it at some point

I'd say I only really take notice of the kill confirmation (red) and headshot marker (green), anyway

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

All you fuckers better get battlefront when it comes out.

 

[The Faceless Master]

All you fuckers better get battlefront when it comes out.

why?

 

[TheSeks]

why?

Because it's OMG SECRETLY BF5.

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I don't really care about Star Wars anymore and haven't even seen the Battlefront trailer. :shh

 

[The Faceless Master]

Because it's OMG SECRETLY BF5.

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I don't really care about Star Wars anymore and haven't even seen the Battlefront trailer. :shh

it doesn't really matter anyway, just 'in engine' stuff.

 

[TheSeks]

Kane: https://twitter.com/tompens/status/589229896494227456
Kane: motherfucker
Me: Which one was that again?
Kane: the most boring and shitty one
Me: The even starting spawn one, then?
Kane: yay for Hainan Resort: Jungle Edition
Me: I'm glad justice prevaled over Chaos.
Kane: This is why they should never let Rush players vote for anything

 

[Kane Zakharov]

you just voted for that one so that the superior Conquest players would get a boring map layout for the new map.

I'm onto you Seks.

 

[TheSeks]

As soon as you said "Hainan clone" you sealed the deal for yourself.

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Too bad Hainan is a terrible Rush map. Otherwise it's one of my favorite maps in the game. A clone of it is a good thing.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

why?

Because star wars. And you can act out your Lando fantasies, it will be great.

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Really though, I just want people to play with, I don't want to be a lonely star wars nerd.

 

[Orcus]

All you fuckers better get battlefront when it comes out.

Don't worry, 7.12 billion people will buy this game.

 

[Orcus]

https://xboxdvr.com/gamer/randomrosso93/video/1263739

Nice! Gotta love the spawns in this game.

I've actually had a few fun games with squads PTFO recently, instead of the typical randoms in a squad and soloing it.

 

[Spl1nter]

The battlefield community continues to show it is complete shit. Metro winning the vote for favourite BF3 map, boring design for community map, the majority of BF players suck.

 

[TheSeks]

boring design for community map,

T1gge's been talking about refining it from this base with decoration and other things. So long as it has an even starting spawn size distance from ALL "outside"/closet flags for both sides, I can't care what they do after that.

 

[Kane Zakharov]

Since they have to keep the layout of the map similar to the boring and linear one people chose, I doubt there's much they can do to make it any less boring than it already is shaping up to be. A and B layout were actually interesting and fresh. C layout has the exact same layout as Hainan Resort and is way too familiar and linear.

inb4 balance and identical flag distances for both teams. If only people understood there's more than one way to balance a map than with flag placement.

Guess I'll just wait for whatever final map pack they have, surely the community can't fuck that up as well.

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Who am I kidding, I bet they're gonna bring grand bazaar 2.0 along with remakes of shit BF3 maps.

 

[The Faceless Master]

C?

the community had one job

 

[TheSeks]

Since they have to keep the layout of the map similar to the boring and linear one people chose, I doubt there's much they can do to make it any less boring than it already is shaping up to be. A and B layout were actually interesting and fresh. C layout has the exact same layout as Hainan Resort and is way too familiar and linear.

Fine with me.

inb4 balance and identical flag distances for both teams. If only people understood there's more than one way to balance a map than with flag placement.

Oh you mean like giving the Chinese a flag/F on Rogue that they STILL haven't done? Yeah, about that that... might as well get even-steven starting spawn sizes than worry about that shit.

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Who am I kidding, I bet they're gonna bring grand bazaar 2.0 along with remakes of shit BF3 maps.

Would not mind a Grand Bazaar despite thinking it's a terrible map. Maybe they'd open up more alternate routes. But hahahahaha, given what they did to Oman they'd probably just make Bazaar one long hallway.

 

[Kane Zakharov]

Oh you mean like giving the Chinese a flag/F on Rogue that they STILL haven't done? Yeah, about that that... might as well get even-steven starting spawn sizes than worry about that shit.

You mean the Russians. You also seem to conveniently keep forgetting that this is not even remotely a similar situation. I don't recall the CTE getting Rogue Transmission in pre-alpha stage, maybe I missed the memo.

But yeah, let's go for the boring stuff just to make sure 7 people don't get upset over a map not being perfectly symmetrical. I suppose in this case it's the majority of the people who voted.

 

[TheSeks]

You mean the Russians. You also seem to conveniently keep forgetting that this is not even remotely a similar situation. I don't recall the CTE getting Rogue Transmission in pre-alpha stage, maybe I missed the memo.

Except CTE is meant for "testing/fixing/hemming-hawwing" about THIS (fixing the game) over pre-Alpha. Yes, the pre-Alpha stuff is nice and interesting, but we already have content in game that can be tweaked and tested already.

This is the same CTE that still ignores minority modes and minority mode feedback on maps/items/etc for balance in those modes, BTW.

 

[Kane Zakharov]

Except CTE is meant for "testing/fixing/hemming-hawwing" about THIS (fixing the game) over pre-Alpha. Yes, the pre-Alpha stuff is nice and interesting, but we already have content in game that can be tweaked and tested already.

This isn't a discussion about how CTE should be doing X instead of Y. For the umpteenth time: Working on a map in pre-alpha stage =/= completely changing map layout of a finished vanilla map.

They aren't even allowed to add a fucking easter egg to Paracel Storm and you want them to completely change Rogue Transmission.

inb4 moving goal posts once again

Just another reminder: Rogue Transmission is not in the same situation as an unfinished pre-alpha map. One would think you'd understand this by now.

 

[No_Style]

Played BF4 on PS4 for the first time in a long time. I played Conquest & noticed I couldn't spawn on contested flags. I like that change. When did they make this change? Or was it a server specific setting?

 

[Orcus]

F'ing battlelog/EA servers. It seems bad right now. I'm losing connection to them more than normal.

 

[todahawk]

What DMR is good besides MK 11 MOD? Only the last one is missing. Should unlock it in the next days. I use MK11 with heavy barrel and this shoulder thingy. Seems most of the others are better with hip fire but i don't need this. For CQ i use canted iron or instantly switch to handgun.

Ha, I'm still using the Mk 11 MOD and do so much better with the damn iron sights. Yep, using canted irons and ACOG atm. I'm level 111 and still haven't unlocked all of the so I worked on that a bit this weekend.

 

[SharpAttorney]

Played BF4 on PS4 for the first time in a long time. I played Conquest & noticed I couldn't spawn on contested flags. I like that change. When did they make this change? Or was it a server specific setting?

You must have been playing on a server with some sort if custom rules. I have never noticed this and am pretty sure I spawn on contested flags on a regular basis.

 

[TheSeks]

Well that was interesting. Lag that felt like I was two seconds behind everyone in game when I wasn't lagging according to the netgraph.

Weird.

This isn't a discussion about how CTE should be doing X instead of Y. For the umpteenth time: Working on a map in pre-alpha stage =/= completely changing map layout of a finished vanilla map.

They aren't even allowed to add a fucking easter egg to Paracel Storm and you want them to completely change Rogue Transmission.

Easter Eggs are a waste of time. Them fixing vanilla maps/etc. that effect gameplay isn't a waste of time. No "moving goalposts" about it. They can do pre-Alpha stuff all they want, again: Cool. But there's things in game already to fix. And I'm not talking bullshit like OMG GIANT SHARK NEATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT shit. I'm talking flags/routes/flanks/etc.

 

[Kane Zakharov]

Easter Eggs are a waste of time. Them fixing vanilla maps/etc. that effect gameplay isn't a waste of time. No "moving goalposts" about it. They can do pre-Alpha stuff all they want, again: Cool. But there's things in game already to fix. And I'm not talking bullshit like OMG GIANT SHARK NEATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT shit. I'm talking flags/routes/flanks/etc.

Now you're just being intentionally obtuse. It's not hard to understand what I meant there. Good job at trying to derail the topic once again btw.

Either way, not gonna waste more time on this.

 

[Ocho]

What's wrong with Rouge Transmission? That map is great.

 

[TheSeks]

Now you're just being intentionally obtuse.

I'm being "obtuse" because you want to say I'm moving goalposts. I'm not. Like I have been saying (over and over and over and over) since CTE started: There's things to fucking fix in game and the "new content" that wasn't planned for Premium's "first year" calendar is stuff that could be put on hold while they fix modes/maps already in game.

You're telling me you don't want them to look at CUAV balance in regards to certain maps/modes? Tweaking certain modes maps for better playability (*cough*Rush here*cough*)?

If DICE-DICE doesn't let DICE-LA tweak the maps for better balance and gameplay flow, then I'm sorry: That's stupid as fuck. There's things that should be done in regards to vanilla maps and modes that should be tested beyond lip-service.

(That's not to say that the things CTE has added in regards to gun balance/suppression changes aren't necessarily bad things/things I'm ignoring. What I am getting at is I'd like a nice balance between the new stuff they're developing AND the stuff that's already been developed and needs to be tweaked AKA: the maps already in game)

 

[Skyfireblaze]

Soo I have a somewhat unnecessary question I think but I will ask anyway

I'm still enjoying BF4 on PC with two friends and it's pretty much our go-to game for some evenings each week, the thing is though neither of us has BF4 Premium. We exclusively play Conquest Large 64 on Hardcore servers and we don't have too much trouble finding servers although we would like to play something else other than Zavod and Golmud most of the time. Our favorite maps are Shanghai, Dawnbreaker and Hainan and the ones we hate the most are Locker and Langcang, would the added maps from Premium be worth the 30€ extra investment as Hardcore Conquest 64 only players?

Note that we do have the first expansion from the Day One edition although the only Hardcore servers that feature it either require all map-packs or are Silk Road or Gulin Peaks 24/7 only servers with 3000+ tickets :/

Oh and we are in Europe so US servers would be troublesome.

 

[shone237]

hard to tell someone what is a value for them, but I will say this. I would check battlelog to see if there are even servers that have mixed DLC maps. I know on Xbox they are very very very rare. Otherwise the problem is that servers will run just one of the DLC packs and sadly none of them are worth playing the same 4 maps over and over. It's crazy to me that nobody has a server with the best maps from each DLC. That said, I play vanilla every night despite owning all the DLC.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

hard to tell someone what is a value for them, but I will say this. I would check battlelog to see if there are even servers that have mixed DLC maps. I know on Xbox they are very very very rare. Otherwise the problem is that servers will run just one of the DLC packs and sadly none of them are worth playing the same 4 maps over and over. It's crazy to me that nobody has a server with the best maps from each DLC. That said, I play vanilla every night despite owning all the DLC.

Well that seems to be a non-issue so far Looking at the browser right now I found 9 "new" servers for my friends and me which were populated, 7 ran all DLCs mixed, 1 had one pack missing and the last was 1 single DLC pack only.

How do the DLC maps stack up against the vanilla ones we like?

 

[shone237]

IMO each pack has a couple good maps in it. Except final stand, I hate every one of those maps. I'm sure you could google images of each DLC map to see which ones are similar to the ones you like. From memory none of them have the complete BF feeling, they are either to infantry based, to vehicle based or just plain suck. Then again, I fucking love Locker, and Langcang Dam.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

IMO each pack has a couple good maps in it. Except final stand, I hate every one of those maps. I'm sure you could google images of each DLC map to see which ones are similar to the ones you like. From memory none of them have the complete BF feeling, they are either to infantry based, to vehicle based or just plain suck. Then again, I fucking love Locker, and Langcang Dam.

Hmm alright, Locker is to me like Metro 2.0, unless it's the rare time where I play Rush I dislike the maps But alright seems we should just look around, some images and videos should do yeah

 

[Tubie]

Good DLC maps:

CR: Silk Road
SA: Caspian Border and Gulf of Oman
NS: All of them, best maps in the game by far.
DT: None.
FS: I consider them all good but people who don't like vehicles might not enjoy them. I really like that matches are usually a lot longer on these maps, I've hit the Conquest Large 60m time limit many times on these.

As far as Premium goes, it's definitely good value. Not just because of the maps, but for all the weapons and gadgets it opens up.

 

[tuco11]

Need some help.. i own both Ps4 BF4 and Xb1 Bf4. Why is everything smaller on ps4 version? ie fonts, scoreboard, display ? Now I did notice it is more detailed than the xb1 version. Is everything smaller due to 900p vs 720p? Funny thing is I actually want to play the PS4 version in 720. In my old age , I find everything easier to read when it is a little bigger . I am playing on a Sony 52inch lcd. I switched my ps4 setting to 720p and when I started a round my ammo/health info was off the side of the screen. Now I looked in the menus to adjust my display but found nothing. I remember adjusting the screen size when I initially installed bf4. How do i do that again without deleting it?

thanks!

 

[Lulu23]

Need some help.. i own both Ps4 BF4 and Xb1 Bf4. Why is everything smaller on ps4 version? ie fonts, scoreboard, display ? Now I did notice it is more detailed than the xb1 version. Is everything smaller due to 900p vs 720p? Funny thing is I actually want to play the PS4 version in 720. In my old age , I find everything easier to read when it is a little bigger . I am playing on a Sony 52inch lcd. I switched my ps4 setting to 720p and when I started a round my ammo/health info was off the side of the screen. Now I looked in the menus to adjust my display but found nothing. I remember adjusting the screen size when I initially installed bf4. How do i do that again without deleting it?

thanks!

Options>Gameplay>Advanced Options>Hud Size

I have mine on 0%, to resemble the awesome PC Version.

 

[tuco11]

Will give it a try tonight. Thanks!!!!!!

 

[TheSeks]

Game disconnected: you were kicked by an admin. Stated reason: Sorry seks, your stats show that you're not a noob. Please try our other servers.. Please try our other servers

Well, that's new. Because my SPM is over 500. Yeah, because that isn't an inflated stat given all those 2XP's.

:|

Though I guess I should feel... proud(?) of hitting some servers SPM limit?

 

[The Faceless Master]

these phantom tags sure are easy to find nowadays!

3 of 4 already, and i'm guessing i could have gotten the Hangar 21 tag if the time didn't run out before i checked all the locations.

 

[TheSeks]

these phantom tags sure are easy to find nowadays!

3 of 4 already, and i'm guessing i could have gotten the Hangar 21 tag if the time didn't run out before i checked all the locations.

People stopped trollin' on them?

You're actually going for all the tags, meanwhile? That's kinda... dedicated. I got two and stopped, the other two aren't worth the pain of sitting at spawns and hoping to luck out on them.

 

[The Faceless Master]

People stopped trollin' on them?

You're actually going for all the tags, meanwhile? That's kinda... dedicated. I got two and stopped, the other two aren't worth the pain of sitting at spawns and hoping to luck out on them.

wasn't planning to after how long it took on PS4 with earlier guides, but after getting two in three games, i decided to go for it.

only took 1 game of checking all spots in each map except Hangar 21, which took 3 because the game ended twice before i could check all spots. one dude on my team was actually guarding the box when i got there, dunno if he was watching it for someone else, didn't ask lol.

the craziest thing is people seem to be NOT trolling the elevator. seeing enemies and friendlies in that area with no death was strangely refreshing.

 

[TheSeks]

What's crazy to me is that non-Conquest modes DO get the tags, but if they spawn in an out-of-bounds area, it's pretty much GG.

I saw on on Giants Rush last set. But no one took it before it spawned elsewhere.

 

[Tubie]

Tried to find an official DICE Naval Strike server tonight and had no luck, only private servers with shit rules/rotations.

I'm very sad.

 

[The Faceless Master]

actually powered on the PS4 and got the tag in Hangar there too. then someone in the game sent me a message to help with the elevator, so i quit the game, equipped the tags and came back into the server to help them get down

 

[RoyaleDuke]

The new weapons of the Spring update coming out before the end of May:

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlipsebZd8

Source: http://mp1st.com/2015/03/31/upcomin...ng-update-due-before-end-of-may/#.VSrl2_mUeQA

So, they give us a damn lever action but I can't have the Thompson from BC2.

FUCK.

I want the Thompson back so bad, that was my main gun in BC2.

 

[Omni]

Good DLC maps:

CR: Silk Road
SA: Caspian Border and Gulf of Oman
NS: All of them, best maps in the game by far.
DT: None.
FS: I consider them all good but people who don't like vehicles might not enjoy them. I really like that matches are usually a lot longer on these maps, I've hit the Conquest Large 60m time limit many times on these.

As far as Premium goes, it's definitely good value. Not just because of the maps, but for all the weapons and gadgets it opens up.

Decent list. Gotta admit that I really like Propaganda though. Fun map. Reminds me of Bazaar a little

 

[jim2point0]

Was playing with a friend of mine when I received my first ever ban. He took a screenshot...

I can only imagine a server admin got mad after I killed him, because there's no way a wallhack was even falsely detected on my system. This is a 4 day old windows install. There's like nothing installed on here.

So annoying. Already sent a ban appeal to pbbans....

 

[TheSeks]

The little Amtrac that could... gets C4'd.

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Dude should've taken it over the bridge, at least then it'd have at least attempted to get people before getting C4'd

 

[Rex Griswold]

I want that AN back now, not next month. :c

 

[jim2point0]

Welp.... I'm fucked.

My ban prevents me from playing on any server that streams the pbbans list. Pretty much can't play anywhere right now. All for playing completely legit and being banned for a "wallhack" somehow.

Not even sure how it happened. I'm on a relatively fresh windows install and there's almost nothing on here right now that could even cause a false ban. At least not that I'm aware of.

 

[Darren_z33]

Played this again after about 4-5 months out. I only play conquest and it's still hard to get a decent game because there's always about 10 people camping and ignoring the objective. I know it's always been like this but it's still frustrating.