ElzarTheBam
Member
Haha, yes. That completely slipped my mind.
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Battlefield 4 |OT2| Is it fixed yet?
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Haha, yes. That completely slipped my mind.
E-mail said:
Dear Gamestop/Amazon,
No1curr about manufactured hype-Call-of-Mechy. Please stop e-mailing me about it, I'll either get it when it's $15 or less or never.
No love,
A consumer that is tired of this shit.
FTFY
Kane Zakharov
Banned
So never.
I can always hope. And thereby become utterly underwhelmed as usual. BUT THERE'S HOPE!
Kane Zakharov
Banned
Jet requirement is great, it'll give me an opportunity to see how you fly.
NOPE.avi
Kane Zakharov
Banned
I really need to get good at jets.
And by that, I mean actually turn them the fuck around. In Test Range.
EDIT: All I needed to be told was to flip the jet to the side to turn. MIND BLOWN. Now I'm not a total imbecile with the thing. I still wouldn't dare attempt pubbing the way I am now, but maybe after a bit more practice tomorrow I could manage it.
And by that, I mean actually turn them the fuck around. In Test Range.
EDIT: All I needed to be told was to flip the jet to the side to turn. MIND BLOWN. Now I'm not a total imbecile with the thing. I still wouldn't dare attempt pubbing the way I am now, but maybe after a bit more practice tomorrow I could manage it.
Well, that's one way of doing it. You can also "turn" the jet manually with left-right on the infantry controls to fine-tune your aiming. Then there's the sharpness of the turn by your speed and other factors.
Kane Zakharov
Banned
20 Kills.
For the tightest turns possible you need to keep your jets within 300-315 speed.
20 or there about. The point is: The jet requirement for the CUAV already sucked, I don't need it for a totally optional/premium camo.
Getting kills is the issue. The jet ribbons were already a PITA. I don't need to get a jet to get 20 more kills, kthxbi.
The Faceless Master
Member
200 handgun kills is way more troubling.
Well that assignment sucked particularily because you had to get 5 kills in a single match with jets. 3 times. If it's just 20, it won't be so bad.
Still, if they put the requirement for tanks as 200 and jets as 20, aren't they acknowledging that jets are horrible? And yet nothing changes...
Does anyone else think that the speed of jets is to high! It takes mere seconds to get across the full map and by this time you've hit nothing.
Think I've hardly ever been killed by a jet as infantry or in armour, so all they're good for really is taking out the other jet, since you come up too fast on choppers.
Think I've hardly ever been killed by a jet as infantry or in armour, so all they're good for really is taking out the other jet, since you come up too fast on choppers.
Cronnie
Member
You can slow down more than enough to take anything out in one pass, I wouldn't recommend going too slow though otherwise you're an easy target then.
News to me. I always have to get lucky and target a vehicle that is already damaged and has it's countermeasures in cooldown.
Noisepurge
Member
Well that just takes time, but its easier to do. Just play Hardcore TDM or Domination to rack up kills.
Jet kills are rare when you only keep getting mobility hits and no one gets kills in air superiority games.
FTFY.
Noisepurge
Member
Hehe, yeah and i guess kills get easier after unlocking other weapons.
(I can't fly jets for shit, scout choppers are my thing)
Oh god, another thing I didn't know about that's about to confuse me. How the hell do I even alter speed, aside from the boost?
THE LONG ROAD TO JET PRO (TM)
I was once harassed by a jet user on Paracel Storm so hard that I died to him ~6 times. He inspired me to actually try to learn the controls.
Cronnie
Member
Yeah if you're up against a tanker who knows what they're doing they'll hit their countermeasures pretty quickly, if they do abort your attack and line yourself up for another run.
Also my tactic is generally to use my hydra missiles at the start of my attack while I'm still pretty high up, and then switch to my main cannon to finish them off if need be.
You can speed up and slow down your jet, not sure what platform you're on or what control scheme you're using but I believe the default controls are 'W' and 'S' on the keyboard, or moving the left analogue stick 'Up' or 'Down' on a controller.
If you are using a controller and having a bit of difficulty with the speed I would strongly recommend changing your jet control scheme to 'Veteran', so you can use your triggers to adjust your speed, it's a lot better in my opinion.
Kane Zakharov
Banned
Lots of youtube videos out there to help you out (especially since I'm kinda bad at explaining stuff). The way you change speed is the usual acceleration/deceleration with the W/S keys, not sure how it's on consoles but I would presume it's the same buttons for moving forward and backwards. You lose speed when pitching up and gain speed when pitching down, so compensate for that by accelerating when pitching up, and decelerating when pitching down. I'll try to explain this stuff better later on.
One more important thing though, jet loadouts:
Attack Jet: Standard 30MM Cannon, Hydra Missiles, ECM Jammer/Flares (either one "works"), and Gyro Stabilizer
Stealth Jet: 20MM Cannon, Laser Guided Missiles, ECM Jammer/Flares, and Gyro Stabilizer
JDAM is bad. Active Radar is a crutch for noobs and/or people desperate to take you out. The great thing about Hydra Missiles is that they reload pretty quickly and they deal at least 80 damage to enemy armored vehicles and you can kill infantry with it pretty easily (this is especially great when there's practically no enemy armor left on the map).
Laser Guided on stealth jets because no more Hydra missiles on them like in BF3, these missiles can sometimes go through Active Protection if you hit the enemy armored vehicle in a low altitude, happens because they usually used it too late to block your missiles.
Also, Cronnie knows what's up.
CheDominik
Member
Can only speak for PS4 but the game is perfectly playble. Some people experience a lot of rubberbanding(happens to me to once in a while) and the kill cam is borked. Other than that I have a lot of fun with BF4.
The community? Playing with friends in a squad is a blast. But otherwise people just like to snipe and couldn't care less about the objective.
Background: I was in an IFV driving through the water, then our attack boat rammed into me at full speed flipping my tank, destroying it, and beaching itself on my destroyed tank. Funniest thing I've seen in this game.
It was fucking hilarious. If the PS4 wasn't a poo I'd have uploaded the video, but you know, why bother recording the last 15 minutes of play unless I initiate it?
For the most part it plays fine and is alot of fun. More than enough playing. Have both versions and I think the ps4 has the edge with a higher resolution and a slightly better framerate, but its perfectly playable on the one, and looks good regardless. I wouldn't miss out if you want to play it.
Rey
Member
It's like when Rey is driving those buggies or jeeps. You know he will crash spectacularly and kill us all, it's just a matter of _when_. So you hold the finger over the eject button waiting for the inevitable. By the time he yells "GET OUT NOW!", I'm already rolling in the grass watching the car blow up after hitting that rock or wall.
Hey at least I'm giving a warning.
I do admit, most of the time its already to late
You're welcome Dom. I'm glad you enjoy playing with me
Reflection
Member
I don't remember DICE having any servers with all maps, but at least there were rent a servers.
Yes it's the same on PS4, nice little addition, but it would be better if they also had an all maps option since all premium players have the DLC. You'd think they'd want less fragmentation of the player pool, but I guess not.
Sometime in the middle of the night (3 or 4 AM central time) I experienced the first crash on PS4 that I've had in a long time -- Was in the middle of great battle in conquest, Caspian Boarder, in a tank obliterating enemy-held buildings with Staff Shells and plus a number of tanks and other vehicles with a combination of sabot round / staff shells. I dunno if my team would've won but the game crashed and I didn't get anything for it, god damnit,
I spent about 5 hours this morning playing China Rising (I really like the China Rising maps) and I crashed twice. Both times were after the match had ended and probably about 10-15 seconds into the post-game score screen. I've only had, I think, three crashes since they patched it several weeks ago. It's ridiculous though.
The netcode & hit detection might as well be non-existent, Operation Metro is a paid DLC, the game still crashes, it's far too easy to shoot down helicopters, people that snipe with tanks...
And yet, I can't stop playing this game.
Rey
Member
It really is. Gets a bit boring winning with 4 to 500 tickets.
Sometimes I jump into an attack helicopter as the gunner and the pilot glides majestically three-meters above the ground at insanely high speeds. I have tried to replicate this but I can't get them up to a similar speed..
mitchman
Gold Member
I had one earlier where we almost had 700 left. The most ridiculous stuff I've seen.
I'm sure this is nothing to you guys, but I usually just solo
Only time I've ever seen consistent read-lining of the enemy team.
ElzarTheBam
Member
As I said before, I've been enjoying Obliteration on the SA maps, everything seems fair from vehicle spawns to the arm locations.
Unfortunately, today I had some of the most dumbass randoms you could imagine. Two highlights though.
I was over looking the bomb with the SRAW, now I wish I had done the GOL magnum assignment earlier using this method.
And lastly, I tried to cause both confusion to the enemy team and hope we could scramble a bomb plant...well confusion was caused
Unfortunately, today I had some of the most dumbass randoms you could imagine. Two highlights though.
I was over looking the bomb with the SRAW, now I wish I had done the GOL magnum assignment earlier using this method.
And lastly, I tried to cause both confusion to the enemy team and hope we could scramble a bomb plant...well confusion was caused
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah having Premium available from the beginning should mean a significant number of players will have all DLC.