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Title: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 03:04:19
Looks like the beta battlelog is up and running! Here's all the weapons and gadgets available for the beta (so far):
(http://battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com/cdnprefix/501a06f50793f4308e7065/public/profile/warsawob/gamedata/weapon_unlock/medium.png)

So, who's excited to get some BF4 beta play time in?


Just go into a server!
(http://i.imgur.com/mkJHPXo.png)
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: mauri on Tue, 01 October 2013, 03:15:45
how do u get beta? :o preorder?
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: darkfire32 on Tue, 01 October 2013, 03:17:23
I'm probably just excited for the Beta to see if it confirms my suspicion that BF4 is a patched version of BF3 instead of a brand new game. After logging in about 100 hours into BF3, this thing just magically happened where I completely sucked at the game. Before I got to Colonel, I used to get top 3 in the leaderboards. After I hit Colonel, I couldn't even keep my crosshair on the target. If the Beta for BF4 gives me this same problem, I guess I'll save my money and not preorder the game.

Also, does anyone else find the reload animations to be really boring? I know its a moot point to bring up and I'm gonna get hate for this but COD does have interesting reload animations, or at least more interesting than BF4. I pay attention to reload animations because its the most interesting thing happening to my character (outside of popping into existence from my squadmate's backside), I swear the M40A5 became my best sniper rifle because I liked the way the bolt was cycled after every shot.


Edit: Screenshot looks nice but can you tell us anything about the gunplay?
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 03:33:46
I'm probably just excited for the Beta to see if it confirms my suspicion that BF4 is a patched version of BF3 instead of a brand new game. After logging in about 100 hours into BF3, this thing just magically happened where I completely sucked at the game. Before I got to Colonel, I used to get top 3 in the leaderboards. After I hit Colonel, I couldn't even keep my crosshair on the target. If the Beta for BF4 gives me this same problem, I guess I'll save my money and not preorder the game.

Also, does anyone else find the reload animations to be really boring? I know its a moot point to bring up and I'm gonna get hate for this but COD does have interesting reload animations, or at least more interesting than BF4. I pay attention to reload animations because its the most interesting thing happening to my character (outside of popping into existence from my squadmate's backside), I swear the M40A5 became my best sniper rifle because I liked the way the bolt was cycled after every shot.


Edit: Screenshot looks nice but can you tell us anything about the gunplay?

I just finished my first match, it's pretty fun for a beta. I too think that it's a polished version of BF3, but that's not a bad thing. There is a ton of new stuff and mechanics that BF3 just doesn't have
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 03:49:37
I'm probably just excited for the Beta to see if it confirms my suspicion that BF4 is a patched version of BF3 instead of a brand new game. After logging in about 100 hours into BF3, this thing just magically happened where I completely sucked at the game. Before I got to Colonel, I used to get top 3 in the leaderboards. After I hit Colonel, I couldn't even keep my crosshair on the target. If the Beta for BF4 gives me this same problem, I guess I'll save my money and not preorder the game.

Also, does anyone else find the reload animations to be really boring? I know its a moot point to bring up and I'm gonna get hate for this but COD does have interesting reload animations, or at least more interesting than BF4. I pay attention to reload animations because its the most interesting thing happening to my character (outside of popping into existence from my squadmate's backside), I swear the M40A5 became my best sniper rifle because I liked the way the bolt was cycled after every shot.


Edit: Screenshot looks nice but can you tell us anything about the gunplay?

I just finished my first match, it's pretty fun for a beta. I too think that it's a polished version of BF3, but that's not a bad thing. There is a ton of new stuff and mechanics that BF3 just doesn't have

what new mechanics....
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: AKIMbO on Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:58:35
how do u get beta? :o preorder?

Preorder BF4 or own BF3.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: mauri on Tue, 01 October 2013, 08:01:47
how do u get beta? :o preorder?

Preorder BF4 or own BF3.

Ow sweet I oughta download it then
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: TLSC.wipeOut on Tue, 01 October 2013, 08:43:38
BETAAAAAAAA IS ONLINE WH0000000t
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Moosecraft on Tue, 01 October 2013, 09:20:17
You download it on xbox marketplace?
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: TLSC.wipeOut on Tue, 01 October 2013, 09:23:19
Got it on PC since I had BF3 Premium on Origin basically...
except my client doesnt seem to want to join games properly... I wonder why =(
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: ynrozturk on Tue, 01 October 2013, 09:54:33
I'm probably just excited for the Beta to see if it confirms my suspicion that BF4 is a patched version of BF3 instead of a brand new game. After logging in about 100 hours into BF3, this thing just magically happened where I completely sucked at the game. Before I got to Colonel, I used to get top 3 in the leaderboards. After I hit Colonel, I couldn't even keep my crosshair on the target. If the Beta for BF4 gives me this same problem, I guess I'll save my money and not preorder the game.

Also, does anyone else find the reload animations to be really boring? I know its a moot point to bring up and I'm gonna get hate for this but COD does have interesting reload animations, or at least more interesting than BF4. I pay attention to reload animations because its the most interesting thing happening to my character (outside of popping into existence from my squadmate's backside), I swear the M40A5 became my best sniper rifle because I liked the way the bolt was cycled after every shot.


Edit: Screenshot looks nice but can you tell us anything about the gunplay?

I just finished my first match, it's pretty fun for a beta. I too think that it's a polished version of BF3, but that's not a bad thing. There is a ton of new stuff and mechanics that BF3 just doesn't have

what new mechanics....

Like the water mechanics, and being able to take someones dogtags while you're swimming.

I don't have the beta yet, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a polished version of BF3, which is exactly what I wanted. As long as they fixed some of the quirks that game had, it should be great.  Some weapons in BF3 were clearly OP, like the M16A3, so I hope it's more balanced this time around. I got sick of everyone running that damn gun, I've seen people with like 300 stars for it, which is like holding a huge sign above your head which says "I'VE NEVER BEEN LAID BEFORE"

And gun animations aren't that important. Sure it makes for an interesting 2 second visual, but you should be focusing on what's going on around you rather than staring at your magazine. The AEK-971 and AN-94 had a pretty cool animation in BF3, sadly it was also great at getting you killed if you weren't good with timing your reloads.

Anyway, can't wait for this!
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Grim Fandango on Tue, 01 October 2013, 10:06:35
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: ynrozturk on Tue, 01 October 2013, 10:12:39
Well that's a shame. I hope DICE can sort the problems out properly, before the full release.

The initial version of BF3 was pretty bad too, it got patched like 6 times before it was balanced properly and playable. So many glitches, like the ridiculous AUG/Smoke glitch. It took them like a year to properly patch the Metro and Grand Bazaar glitches, too. And I won't even go into the USAS with frag rounds..
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: TLSC.wipeOut on Tue, 01 October 2013, 10:20:09
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

Yea I can play BF3 quite smoothly on high settings and this one is a bit choppy at the moment... but then again its only first day of beta so I'm sure they will figure out those performance issues via patches
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:16:23
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

I'd go back a few versions on Nvidia drivers. I've heard the 320 release is pretty good for the beta.

Not too sure about Ati stuff
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: AKIMbO on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:18:12
ATI is choppy as balls.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:19:44
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:20:44
ATI is choppy as balls.


It delivers frames faster, so theres "technically" less input lag..

Nvidia frame delivery is "smoothed" which means what you see is NOT what's happening.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:21:32
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


For once I agree with tp4

In BF3, I had everything on low except for draw distance and maybe on other setting. Playing on high puts you at a slight disadvantage due to the fog effects. And I'd rather have solid frame rates than it looking pretty.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: TLSC.wipeOut on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:22:15
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


that is so true... lol when I play SC2 i just play on low/low xD
but then again I play BF games as a more casual player hehe im more of an RTS guy
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:26:32
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


For once I agree with tp4

In BF3, I had everything on low except for draw distance and maybe on other setting. Playing on high puts you at a slight disadvantage due to the fog effects. And I'd rather have solid frame rates than it looking pretty.

The disadvantage is HUGE.....

if it was something like 10%, you could let it go..

But the difference in FPS is something like 40fps vs 400..
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Grim Fandango on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:28:55
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


I did mention specifically that lowering graphical settings from high to low had no effect (neither does changing the resolution by the way).

READ B4 ALL CAPS...

This is very much a beta issue and is not about not choosing the right graphical settings. Like most people , I also prioritize performance. But that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 11:45:11
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


I did mention specifically that lowering graphical settings from high to low had no effect (neither does changing the resolution by the way).

READ B4 ALL CAPS...

This is very much a beta issue and is not about not choosing the right graphical settings. Like most people , I also prioritize performance. But that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here.

LOL....

Use radeon PRO...

There's probably also console stuff that you can do if you do some digging.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Tym on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:15:40
Went to play "Can't play, must download massive 3000GB driver update, **** YOU TYM"

I was sad, although pleased they spelt my name correctly....

Soon my child, soon.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Michael on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:28:24
I fired this up this morning before going to work. Didn't have much time to play, but man it's amazing...


Need to really tweak graphics setting later on
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Dubsgalore on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:40:54
Updated my drivers yesterday, gonna start the dl once i get home..
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:45:45
I didn't play BF3 but thinking of picking this up.  Conveniently, it's also past time to upgrade my system.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:48:27
I didn't play BF3 but thinking of picking this up.  Conveniently, it's also past time to upgrade my system.

4770k,  You have NO CHOICE.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Dubsgalore on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:49:37
3570k & 7950, let's see how i hold up on 1080
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: BunnyLake on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:56:56
im having no performance issues, but my rig is pretty ridiculous, getting over 150 frames on my 780s with everything turned up

that being said, feels like battlefield 3.01, not loving it so far, but we shall see where it ends up
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 12:58:52
im having no performance issues, but my rig is pretty ridiculous, getting over 150 frames on my 780s with everything turned up

that being said, feels like battlefield 3.01, not loving it so far, but we shall see where it ends up

I know it's over said, but "beta is beta".

The BF3 beta, just wasn't all that good. But the released game was much better. 3+ months with all the patches made the game even better. I kinda expect the same thing to happen with BF4. A rough beta, a rocky start and then patches that make the game great!
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Grim Fandango on Tue, 01 October 2013, 14:12:30
I have been playing beta today. Unfortunately, a lot of people including myself, are having performance issues even on midrange to high-end machines. Currently I can only get about 10-30 FPS on my GTX 760. Lowering graphical settings from high to low seems to barely make a difference. I am using the beta drivers for nvidia cards that is supposed to help with performance in BF3 but it seems to have had no effect.

I guess beta is beta. Which is a little surprising since the game is out in a months (even if the version of the game that we are playing is likely an older one). I will have to wait and see. I am trying to see past the performance issues, and I am pretty happy with what I see from the beta. Still, it is a bummer that the game seems practically unplayable for now.

You're not playing it right...

TURN EVERYTHING OFFF...

I play to WIN,, eye candy is a waste of time,, and most of it get's you killed because it's distracting...
Show Image
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/tuzki-bunnys/tuzki-bunny-emoticon-043.gif)


I did mention specifically that lowering graphical settings from high to low had no effect (neither does changing the resolution by the way).

READ B4 ALL CAPS...

This is very much a beta issue and is not about not choosing the right graphical settings. Like most people , I also prioritize performance. But that has nothing to do with what we are talking about here.

LOL....

Use radeon PRO...

There's probably also console stuff that you can do if you do some digging.

I hope so. Have not really given it much thought after trying it earlier today. Was kind of hoping that maybe some update would fix the major issues people are experiencing, or perhaps someone would find out how to avoid the performance issues. I play FPS with quite a few people that I still know from my CS 1.6 and Source days, and some of them can play the game well, while others are in the same situation I am in. Noticeable is that the ones who can play the beta well are not the ones with the best specs. Not sure yet what is going on.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Lu_e on Tue, 01 October 2013, 15:15:22
There going to be a pay to rank option again? Killed it for me with the DLC packs

I mean there has to be eh? it's EA
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Tym on Tue, 01 October 2013, 15:20:30
There going to be a pay to rank option again? Killed it for me with the DLC packs

I mean there has to be eh? it's EA

Thats already confirmed dude, first DLC dropping just after xmas I think.

So far, its okay. Glad to have a new game to pay, but 60$ :3 eh...
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 01 October 2013, 18:51:38
Not really like the SCAR-H for the assault class. But then again, maybe I just like he AK12 since it came with attachments
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: pichu23 on Tue, 01 October 2013, 19:00:12
Watched it on twitch earlier. Very jelly indeed.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: le_doosh on Tue, 01 October 2013, 21:05:29
Been playing throughout the day, now I keep getting stuck at the loading screen and I haven't been able to play for about an hour now. How aggravating
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: ComradeSniper on Tue, 01 October 2013, 21:19:02
The optimization is absolutely horrendous. I could max BF3 (AA on 2x, otherwise all ultra) with my 570 and i5 2500k and get a steady 45FPS, but I struggle to get the same FPS with everything turned all the way down in BF4.

That being said I'm pleasantly surprised by the game. I was expecting nothing more than a BF3 expansion pack, but it feels quite different.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Dubsgalore on Tue, 01 October 2013, 21:22:56
I have premium and MoH on xbox, and the normal version of bf3 on pc
no pc beta for me, T_T
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: keymaster on Tue, 01 October 2013, 21:35:00
Finally, a game that is colorblind-friendly.

http://imgur.com/a/iBRGY
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: le_doosh on Tue, 01 October 2013, 22:45:55
Finally, a game that is colorblind-friendly.

http://imgur.com/a/iBRGY

Bf3 had a colorblind option as well as call of duty. However they really stepped up their game in bf4
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Sniping on Tue, 01 October 2013, 22:49:37
Grrrrrr...probably won't be able to get decent frames. Running a 6950 2GB but I have a 1440p monitor </3
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: JPG on Tue, 01 October 2013, 22:53:17
Seems like I have access to beta for having medal of honor. Worth a try even if I am not a fan of the series.

Downloading time  :cool:
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Turbo Slaab on Tue, 01 October 2013, 23:58:04
Grrrrrr...probably won't be able to get decent frames. Running a 6950 2GB but I have a 1440p monitor </3

You won't. I have 2 6970's and it's really choppy.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: JPG on Wed, 02 October 2013, 00:21:43
Got a GTX 570 and it' running smooth.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: le_doosh on Wed, 02 October 2013, 00:27:02
I'm running sli 660 ti's and I actually downgraded to 320.49 drivers which helped a ton with the frame rates and tearing
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 02 October 2013, 01:04:37
Not really like the SCAR-H for the assault class. But then again, maybe I just like he AK12 since it came with attachments

I lied, I'm warming  up to it once I started getting unlocks for it.

Also, not really loving the battle packs. I just got my first one and it was 2 attachments and a 25% XP boost. I'd rather just have an unlock tree like in BF3 for weapons.


Edit 2: The M26 mass is a pretty nice shotgun for domination.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: AKIMbO on Wed, 02 October 2013, 06:37:40
Not really like the SCAR-H for the assault class. But then again, maybe I just like he AK12 since it came with attachments

I lied, I'm warming  up to it once I started getting unlocks for it.

Also, not really loving the battle packs. I just got my first one and it was 2 attachments and a 25% XP boost. I'd rather just have an unlock tree like in BF3 for weapons.


Edit 2: The M26 mass is a pretty nice shotgun for domination.
The airburst shotty that support has is great for clearing snipers off of roofs.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Cafiend on Wed, 02 October 2013, 12:23:52
Playing too. It's running slow on my machine but my video card isn't that great. But im still able to enjoy it.

The grenade throwing is kinda weird. Also not sure if I like the orange glow on the person who killed you.

I'm a BF fanboi so I will buy it.

lgraves
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Grim Fandango on Wed, 02 October 2013, 17:31:24
The optimization is absolutely horrendous. I could max BF3 (AA on 2x, otherwise all ultra) with my 570 and i5 2500k and get a steady 45FPS, but I struggle to get the same FPS with everything turned all the way down in BF4.

That being said I'm pleasantly surprised by the game. I was expecting nothing more than a BF3 expansion pack, but it feels quite different.

Yeah , it is a bit messy. I rolled back my GPU drivers to 320.49 on my GTX 760 and the beta runs a lot better than when using Nvidia's current beta drivers that are supposed to be "essential" for running the battlefield 4 beta. Strange.
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 03 October 2013, 01:02:46
I just unlocked the 870, it seems to have range for days!
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: Cafiend on Thu, 03 October 2013, 02:00:27
Haha great..sniper shotgun
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Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 October 2013, 02:23:16
It's no different in BF3 once you have slug rounds on it. I've shot out heli pilots with that thing.
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Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 03 October 2013, 02:28:49
Haha great..sniper shotgun

It's not quite BFBC2 shotties with slugs (god I loved that), but I'm guessing it's OHK up to 15 meters. Sounds the same as BF3, but since the suppression effect is changed, it's actually 15 meters
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Post by: Cafiend on Thu, 03 October 2013, 02:36:42
I wonder if they plan on keeping the RPG lock on. As an Engineer I like it but it doesn't feel right with that weapon. BC2 had the lock dart?

The IGLA is improved. Still took 3 shots to takeout a chopper but I think it was being repaired. Fires very quickly.
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Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 October 2013, 04:54:17
I'm really curious as to how the suppression feels now. I think it's mostly for LMG's and whatnot now, like it should be.
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Post by: AKIMbO on Thu, 03 October 2013, 11:12:00
I can't play for more than 10 minutes without my PC hardlocking and having to hard reset.  There's no fix.  My PC is stable, it's only BF4 beta that is doing this.  It's a big bummer since the BF series of games are my favorite.
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Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 03 October 2013, 11:13:50
I can't play for more than 10 minutes without my PC hardlocking and having to hard reset.  There's no fix.  My PC is stable, it's only BF4 beta that is doing this.  It's a big bummer since the BF series of games are my favorite.

I've had crashes or lock ups, but I just ctrl + alt + delete and end the process in the task manager. I've never had to hard reboot or reset.

That really sucks dude!
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Post by: Cafiend on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:06:25
Sorry to hear that Akimbo =/

I read the servers went down. Doubt they changed anything but fingers crossed.
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Post by: BunnyLake on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:11:03
I can't play for more than 10 minutes without my PC hardlocking and having to hard reset.  There's no fix.  My PC is stable, it's only BF4 beta that is doing this.  It's a big bummer since the BF series of games are my favorite.

this happens if you have rebound keys apparently, they are working on it, if you havent rebound anything though then that suck
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Post by: Tym on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:14:35
If you rebind the jet keys that buggers you completely (for anyone whos about to play)

My frames have just buggered off somewhere :'(

Was getting 45 FPS 2 days ago, tonight, 15>5 constantly :'(
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Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:36:45
First it was running jumpy and slow (5-20FPS @ Low), the latest beta-drivers fixed that (60FPS+ @ High), but now I get random game crashes -_-
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Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:37:59
Btw, is there a way to disable the "hold crouch -> prone" mechanic? I hate it!
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: AKIMbO on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:40:28
I can't play for more than 10 minutes without my PC hardlocking and having to hard reset.  There's no fix.  My PC is stable, it's only BF4 beta that is doing this.  It's a big bummer since the BF series of games are my favorite.

this happens if you have rebound keys apparently, they are working on it, if you havent rebound anything though then that suck

Good to know thank you! I reassigned several keys because I'm playing on a hhkb.  I'll switch the keys back to default and see if the problem persists.
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Post by: Tym on Thu, 03 October 2013, 12:42:31
Btw, is there a way to disable the "hold crouch -> prone" mechanic? I hate it!

Yeah controls > change hold to toggle
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Post by: AKIMbO on Thu, 03 October 2013, 13:29:13
I can't play for more than 10 minutes without my PC hardlocking and having to hard reset.  There's no fix.  My PC is stable, it's only BF4 beta that is doing this.  It's a big bummer since the BF series of games are my favorite.

this happens if you have rebound keys apparently, they are working on it, if you havent rebound anything though then that suck

Good to know thank you! I reassigned several keys because I'm playing on a hhkb.  I'll switch the keys back to default and see if the problem persists.

I'm still hardlocking. FML. T_T
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Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 03 October 2013, 16:17:49
Btw, is there a way to disable the "hold crouch -> prone" mechanic? I hate it!

Yeah controls > change hold to toggle

Thanks, found it...
It was: Settings -> Key-Bindings -> Set from "crouch" to "crouch toggle"
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Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 03 October 2013, 23:02:16
Here's a look at the 870 with the "duckbill" attachment

(http://i.imgur.com/98YYZBZ.jpg)
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Post by: Cafiend on Fri, 04 October 2013, 06:31:49
Nice pic. And yall won!
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Post by: Cafiend on Fri, 04 October 2013, 20:22:36
today I started getting floating objects and people with blue arms.

(http://i.imgur.com/mqL3PM0.png) (http://imgur.com/mqL3PM0)

(http://i.imgur.com/nJjaUsv.png) (http://imgur.com/nJjaUsv)

(http://i.imgur.com/2Nuysi4.png) (http://imgur.com/2Nuysi4)

Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: ynrozturk on Fri, 04 October 2013, 20:30:43
I think it's pretty good for a beta, not as many problems as the Battlefield 3 beta. The game sucks you in a bit more than BF3, and the sound effects are superb. I like the little tweaks they made to it. The weapons sound fantastic. I think the finished result will be yet another great success for DICE.

Just not a lot of things beat full on Conquest with choppers, tanks and infantry all over the place. And the Siege map is really good, too.
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Post by: Cafiend on Fri, 04 October 2013, 20:35:40
The sound is really good. The tanks and vehicles look great. Saw a tank jump over a car while in reverse and it looked pretty damn cool.
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Post by: C5Allroad on Fri, 04 October 2013, 23:26:10
How do I unlock the ACW-R in the beta?
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Post by: darkfire32 on Sat, 05 October 2013, 00:22:22
How do I unlock the ACW-R in the beta?

You play as the Engineer till you have enough score to unlock the AK 5C, then you use the AK 5C for enough points to unlock the ACW-R. Its a bit of a convoluted system.

Just played the Beta with the normal people. And I still feel that there are some lag issues to get worked out, though its not as bad as BF3 when you get around a corner and get shot by a guy from an impossible angle.
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Post by: Tym on Sat, 05 October 2013, 16:29:03
How do I unlock the ACW-R in the beta?

You play as the Engineer till you have enough score to unlock the AK 5C, then you use the AK 5C for enough points to unlock the ACW-R. Its a bit of a convoluted system.

Just played the Beta with the normal people. And I still feel that there are some lag issues to get worked out, though its not as bad as BF3 when you get around a corner and get shot by a guy from an impossible angle.

Client side hit registration; deal with it :P Can't fix that
Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: The_Beast on Sun, 06 October 2013, 00:01:48
I don't know, I personally don't have any major complaints about it thus far. I'm having quite a bit of fun!
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Post by: ynrozturk on Sun, 06 October 2013, 05:59:01
Same here. Much better than the BF3 beta if you ask me. Only thing I don't really like is the new killcam with the orange silhouettes.
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Post by: Cafiend on Sun, 06 October 2013, 06:30:04
I'm enjoying it too. And agree on the killcam.It's fun as hell driving that gun boat!

Title: Re: The Battlefield 4 thread!
Post by: ynrozturk on Sun, 06 October 2013, 06:42:26
And I like how the .50 cal on the tank doesn't feel like a water gun anymore. Takes people down pretty quickly. In BF3 it took like 10 shots to kill a guy with it.
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Post by: TheSoulhunter on Sun, 03 November 2013, 05:18:13
So, I finished the solo campaign...
Overall it was fun, but the script was hideous imo. You wonder how many catastrophes one can run into in just some days, and survive.
To me the live of John McLane seems more believable. Anyway, the design guys did a great job, every scene of the game seems carefully composed and looks great!

The multiplayer on the other hand seems to be a endless cycle of: Search servers -> Find only servers with 1 or 2 free slots -> Join server with 2 free slots -> Loading -> Server full -> Search servers -> Find only servers with 1 or 2 free slots -> Join server with 2 free slots -> Loading -> Server full -> Search servers -> Find only servers with 1 or 2 free slots -> Join server with 2 free slots -> Loading -> Get in the game -> Play for 5 - 10 minutes -> Loosing connection to the server -> Loop repeat... Managed to progress to level 8 so far, but without the server crashes it would be level 20 I guess, &$^()$@ gah!

There are also a lot of small bugs, like in one level most of the sound effects are missing.
Well, let's wait a week or two and see if they fix that mess :/
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Post by: muad on Sun, 03 November 2013, 11:59:37
I currently have a 30% quit ratio from CTD, I have yet to actually quit a game...
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Post by: mauri on Sun, 03 November 2013, 12:50:04
RIP Pac ~~

I was expecting a third option to appear and I would get to put the charge in the ship but nope :(
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Post by: ynrozturk on Sun, 03 November 2013, 14:06:45
I'm liking it so far, except for a few things.

1. The game feels mushy somehow, not crisp like it was in the previous titles.
2. The sound problem.
3. No squad lobby.

Other than that, Obliteration is an awesome game mode, now my favorite, even more than Conquest.
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Post by: calavera on Sun, 03 November 2013, 14:14:29
Single player was okay, nothing to write home about. Too short and not enough story to actually start caring for the player though. Recker could be anyone really.

Multiplayer is still ridden with small annoying bugs. Which sadly has become the norm with any new release these days. Sound cutting, fps stutter/rubberbanding...etc.
No doubt it will be fixed in the upcoming patches but it's still annoying as ****.
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Post by: The_Beast on Sun, 03 November 2013, 16:01:52
My only real issue with the multiplayer was the client crashing quite a few times and 64 player games being laggy. Other than that, the game feels nice.

The SP was so boring and the ONLY reason I played it was to get the gun unlocks. I wish everything was skipable other than the gun fights, because I was often alt-tabbed out and checking GH.
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Post by: ynrozturk on Mon, 04 November 2013, 08:13:31
Sigh, I think I will have to play through the campaign as well, as I want the REX.

Clever of DICE to do that though, or I doubt many people would even bother with the single player.
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Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 04 November 2013, 13:50:02
So why does my FPS counter in EVGA precision X not work? I can't take screen shots.
What is the console command for fps. In BF3 it was render.drawfps 1. I can't seem to find it on BF4. :mad:
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Post by: Cafiend on Mon, 04 November 2013, 13:59:54
Yeah it is smart of them as I had no plans on playing single player. The crashes were driving me crazy over the weekend.
But i'm enjoying it when I can play. Sorta got addicted to Commander mode as I knew I would.
The emblem icons in the gold battlepacks are frustrating.
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Post by: dustinhxc on Mon, 04 November 2013, 14:02:40
I was thinking of gettin this! looks promising!