Battlefield 4 **Official Discussion Thread**

I've actually killed quite a few on zavod map with the grenade launcher. They fly really close to the ground and to the roof points at C/D.
 
§·H·ï·Z·N·ï·L·T·ï;1040397482 said:
"PRO TIP" for my [H]ard BF4 players:

Just found something out last night... switch seats the exact second you flare in little bird = unlimited flares.

Learned this from a LVL 100 that has a 10.45 KDR that already has 100 service stars and 7,000 kills with the little bird lol.

LOL.... Hilarious. Hopefully this gets patched soon. But I'm going to take advantage of it while I can.
 
Well no more crashes in a few days, things are looking up. New NVIDIA driver yesterday as well and I think my FPS actually increased slightly.
 
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I did indeed - there are plenty of servers you could switch to if the map rotation *eventually* got to metro. I'm just saying, just because you don't enjoy it doesn't mean that there aren't other options out there..

The number of Metro-only servers precluded any sort of interesting or legitimate map rotation on the others.

At least they aren't bringing back Noshahr Canals…
 
Well no more crashes in a few days, things are looking up. New NVIDIA driver yesterday as well and I think my FPS actually increased slightly.

Lucky you, still getting random game lock ups and then server crashes, Shanghai is unplayable for me. Fucking EA and DICE. Releasing buggy shit every single fucking game! :mad:
 
Has anyone else noticed that some of the graphics settings not only affect input lag, but also seem to screw up hit detection?

This is something I experienced in BC2, but I'm seeing it here as well. Didn't seem to be an issue in BF3. For me, if I have post AA on, it seems I can't hit the broad side of a barn at point blank range. Seriously, with post AA cranked, I can unload magazines into people and hit nothing but air. Turn AA off completely and it's like aimbot mode, across-the-map-headshots with assault rifle? :confused:
 
How did you update punkbuster outside of updating BF4 in Origin?

Go to the Punkbuster website and download the manual update utility.

As he said. Go to evenbalance.com, download from there. The updater is damn simple to use.

DICE is notorious for not being able to update the Punkbuster client properly with their patches, patching the server several times (including a PB patch) before issuing a clientside patch (with or without a PB update) which eventually will cause you to be kicked out of the game when the version numbers get too far apart. Happened quite frequently in BF:BC2 and early on in BF3, so it wouldn't surprise me if the same bullshit is still happening with BF4. Since those incidents way back then, I have gotten into a habit of checking for a Punkbuster update about once a month, whenever I start getting random disconnects, whenever there is a client or server side patch, or just whenever because fuck DICE and EvenBalance, that's why. Evenbalance is also notorious for having a shit product that needs constant patching.
 
As he said. Go to evenbalance.com, download from there. The updater is damn simple to use.

DICE is notorious for not being able to update the Punkbuster client properly with their patches, patching the server several times (including a PB patch) before issuing a clientside patch (with or without a PB update) which eventually will cause you to be kicked out of the game when the version numbers get too far apart. Happened quite frequently in BF:BC2 and early on in BF3, so it wouldn't surprise me if the same bullshit is still happening with BF4. Since those incidents way back then, I have gotten into a habit of checking for a Punkbuster update about once a month, whenever I start getting random disconnects, whenever there is a client or server side patch, or just whenever because fuck DICE and EvenBalance, that's why. Evenbalance is also notorious for having a shit product that needs constant patching.

Just reading this now, but thanks! Will update now, but won't have time to play until tomorrow after I get home from work. Hopefully this helps.
 
Just reading this now, but thanks! Will update now, but won't have time to play until tomorrow after I get home from work. Hopefully this helps.

Don't expect miracles. It may or may not work. It is good practice to update it anyways. As I said in my previous post, what would happen is the differing versions between the server and client caused the most problems. If it was within a few versions, no big deal. It doesn't always fix anything. Like I said, I have gotten into the habit of updating punkbuster expecting that it is a source of the problems due to so many in the past.
 
Every fucking goddamn time I start raping in a server my game crashes. EVERY FUCKING TIME. Like clockwork. Is it Punkbuster scanning my shit thinking this guys can;t be that fucking amazing. DICE needs to either get rid of that salvation army Punkbuster shit and get a real Anti-cheat program. I have no doubt at all that is the reason for the crashes -- fucking shit show app made by three neckbeards in a basement causing all of the issues. Back to CSGO until they fix this disgrace of a FPS, fucking terrible.
 
On some servers I just get kicked back to desktop with no crash message, like the game is on a demo timer or something lol
 
The number of Metro-only servers precluded any sort of interesting or legitimate map rotation on the others.

At least they aren't bringing back Noshahr Canals…

This reminds me of the return of Wake Island in BF2. It was everywhere.

Our clan at the time was starting to disintegrate so keeping a healthy map rotation and the server populated became a real challenge. On a whim one weekend they set it up as wake only. Thing was packed 24/7. Not sure if we were enablers or simply filling a demand....
 
So the laser thing you can get with a recon doesn't kill ground infantry? I lasered and blew up a tank with someone in it but I didn't get a kill. Just the hundo points for blowing a vehicle up.
 
So the laser thing you can get with a recon doesn't kill ground infantry? I lasered and blew up a tank with someone in it but I didn't get a kill. Just the hundo points for blowing a vehicle up.

I haven't used it much, but I think you get a kill assist? It should be a vehicle destroy assist and kill assist. Maybe the guy got out before the tank blew up?
 
Upgraded from 2500k to 4770k and now I have "microstuttering". Guess I'll disable hyperthreading.. hope they fix it soon..
 
i'm excited to play it again, but like he said in the video i think the US side will be stifled. i wish they would port over some BC2 maps instead of these BF3 maps. call the DLC something cheesy like "Hags Redemption" and give us Arica Harbor, Isla Inocentes, Valparaiso, and Laguna Presa. maybe throw in some smiley face dog tags, crap like that.
 
i'm excited to play it again, but like he said in the video i think the US side will be stifled. i wish they would port over some BC2 maps instead of these BF3 maps. call the DLC something cheesy like "Hags Redemption" and give us Arica Harbor, Isla Inocentes, Valparaiso, and Laguna Presa. maybe throw in some smiley face dog tags, crap like that.

This would be the only DLC I'd buy for BF4.. I miss Arica Harbor and Valparaiso so much.
 
I wish they would bring some BF2 maps into the mix over BC2 maps. Dragons Valley would be so awesome and bring back some awesome memories.
 
Did they fix the periodic screen fuzz? Almost like you just got EMPed? The static? My friends were also getting the problem. I stopped playing for a few days out of frustration but I'm hoping that got fixed.
 
Did they fix the periodic screen fuzz? Almost like you just got EMPed? The static? My friends were also getting the problem. I stopped playing for a few days out of frustration but I'm hoping that got fixed.

Ha, I noticed this when I was in a tank the other day and thought it was some 'new super cool effect' to simulate the digital optics on the tanks or some BS. I did find it annoying. I did not know if was an oops or what.
 
Upgraded from 2500k to 4770k and now I have "microstuttering". Guess I'll disable hyperthreading.. hope they fix it soon..

really? I been running 4770k since BF4 day one and it's perfectly smooth, you on w7 or w8.1?
 
Looks like the game is dying. Most servers are empty. Just tried playing, and for about 1 1/2 hours of gameplay I got 3 crashes.

I am annoyed I spent this much money on a game that doesn't work weeks after release and is already dead.
 
Ha the game isn't dying. You're trying to play mid-day on a weekday. Some of us have to wake up in the morning and put pants on and go out into the world :p
 
Ha the game isn't dying. You're trying to play mid-day on a weekday. Some of us have to wake up in the morning and put pants on and go out into the world :p

It was worst last night. Unless they changed something in how the server browser/filter works.
 
hmmm i was on last night and i had no problem finding servers on the west coast. i only played Domination, Obliteration, and Conquest Large game types though. are you trying to play one of the more obscure game types like Defuse (i think it's called)?
 
§·H·ï·Z·N·ï·L·T·ï;1040397482 said:
"PRO TIP" for my [H]ard BF4 players:

Just found something out last night... switch seats the exact second you flare in little bird = unlimited flares.

Learned this from a LVL 100 that has a 10.45 KDR that already has 100 service stars and 7,000 kills with the little bird lol.

What an incredibly stupid bug.

This is also why I dislike any rocket launcher that isn't like the AT4. The SRAW has an AWFUL scope, but sometimes with a little bit of luck I've still been able to take down a few jets and a number of those light chopper pilots. When those pilots recognize that you are guiding those rockets at them they seem to be prone to mistakes since they have to move in unusual ways to avoid them. Add in boats with TOW missiles and even the tanks (hilarious reactions from that) and suddenly the sky gets a lot more dangerous.

Bad Company 2 was made infinitely better by the AT4 because the pilots had to adapt and learn how to deal with more and more skilled players using it. That made me much better at both piloting and shooting the missiles.
 
yeah the SRAW is really difficult to nail choppers with. i've gotten a handful but they were all hovering, or maybe moving extremely slowly. in BC2 i was never that great with the AT4 but i was better than i am with the SRAW. and the AT4 was much more fun to use. if they change the SRAW so you can guide it while not looking through the site, it will be just as fun as the AT4 was.
 
hmmm i was on last night and i had no problem finding servers on the west coast. i only played Domination, Obliteration, and Conquest Large game types though. are you trying to play one of the more obscure game types like Defuse (i think it's called)?

Domination, Conquest, Conquest Large. No specific map. I get about 4-5 populated servers. Some with only a few players. :confused:
 
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