Battlefield 1 released!

[pontifex]

First time playing since the patch. Yep, they wrecked the mortar. Piece of crap now. I used to use the first 2 or 3 rounds to zero in. Now it's the first 4, or if I sit still for 30 seconds and hope I don't get shanked, it'll be like before.

Im trying to do a support medal and i have to get 10 mortar kills. Doing this before the patch would be impossible, but now its beyond impossible. You have to be lucky or the enemy has to be stupid to get a mortar kill now.

 

[Imp]

They need to fix the teammate appearance when playing hardcore. I've gotten team killed a lot and also killed some team members myself on accident. Although I do see that hardcore mode makes it a lot easier and more realistic to take someone down.

I've been killed more times than I can count in casual/non-hardcore because I forgot which team I was on and which uniform I should be shooting at. America's Army was nice in that you always saw the enemy one way. other games use color coding. This one, the friendly tags aren't that big.

Im trying to do a support medal and i have to get 10 mortar kills. Doing this before the patch would be impossible, but now its beyond impossible. You have to be lucky or the enemy has to be stupid to get a mortar kill now.

I think I've gotten used to the mortar and have found myself waiting for the accuracy to increase. Haven't gotten as many kills but I still manage. The Argonne Forest map is easiest to get mortar kills since people bunch up and there isn't that much room to move.

And... I found "Aim Assist Auto Rotation" and "Aim Assist Slowdown" options in my menu. They were on -- now off. Do they actually work if you're not using a controller on PC?

 

[jimrawr]

Is there any news of a price drop for black friday / cyber monday for the PC version of BF1?

 

[SketchMaster]

I have a real love-hate with the new update; because, depending on what side of the nerf you're on it's fun or infuriating. Not implying the game has been ruined, they just need to even out some of the tweaks.
The AA nerf is pretty damn annoying, it takes waaay too many rounds to even cripple an aircraft. One change I do love is that the rear gunner in aircraft does more damage; you have a real chance against multiple fighters chasing you.

 

[DeadFred]

When are they going to fix the medals, they keep switching to ones I already have while Im working on something new. I wish they would go back to the BF3-4 medal system, I hate everything about them in BF1.

Cant wait for new maps too, Im getting rather tired of these already.

Glad the mortars got nerfed that helped immensely, now do something about that annoying GAS, like remove it entirely!!!

 

[Imp]

When are they going to fix the medals, they keep switching to ones I already have while Im working on something new. I wish they would go back to the BF3-4 medal system, I hate everything about them in BF1.

Medals is weird. They seem to change depending on which server I'm connected to.

 

[JTsyo]

Is there any news of a price drop for black friday / cyber monday for the PC version of BF1?

Sale started now on Origin. Might be lower else where later. This hsould last until Sunday

https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/battlefield/battlefield-1/standard-edition

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Anyone else get a black screen occasionally when switching views? You can still see all of the players diacritics and mcoms, but everything else is dark.

 

[Craig234]

Is there any news of a price drop for black friday / cyber monday for the PC version of BF1?

Wal-Mart $27.

 

[ImDonly1]

Is there any news of a price drop for black friday / cyber monday for the PC version of BF1?

Best buy has it for $30. Website says online/no instore pickup. But you can walk instore and buy it for same price.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

What exactly am I missing by turning off DX 12? I just disabled it to see if it stops those random crashes. I don't notice any graphical differences.

 

[KentState]

What exactly am I missing by turning off DX 12? I just disabled it to see if it stops those random crashes. I don't notice any graphical differences.

Switched to DX11 awhile back and the experience seems to be better all the way around. Higher fps, less stutter, less GPU utilization issues. Still have matches where the game plays like crap, but that's more of BF being BF than anything else.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Switched to DX11 awhile back and the experience seems to be better all the way around. Higher fps, less stutter, less GPU utilization issues. Still have matches where the game plays like crap, but that's more of BF being BF than anything else.

Cheers, seems to be working flawless so far.

 

[Regs]

Yeah, the game has issues. I am playing on 3.6 2500 with a 1070 and still have issues. No OC's, no overheating, everything up to date, reinstalled DX, C++, clean install drivers, looked at logs, looked at task manager, looked at firewall.... Everything. It seems to be server side, because I don't remember this in single player. BF4 started doing the same thing when they patched it , moved servers, or Microsoft screwed us with a windows update in 2015.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Getting more used to the Xbox gamepad for aircraft, and there is no comparison with mouse and keyboard. It's just taking me quite a while to get used to it. Especially rolls and what not, no more running out of mouse pad space.
The only downsides:
Aiming is not as precise.
Accidentally depress sticks during critical maneuvers.
The first one may be fixable with control settings?

Favorite map is empires edge. Least favorite is the forest.

 

[SketchMaster]

The #1 thing I've found to help with flying is mapping Pitch Up to my Spacebar and just use my mouse for fine control. Makes it soooo much easier to make hard turns and pull up after steep bombing runs. Mapping pitch to a key also makes pulling off maneuvers, like a corkscrew, much more simple.

 

[quikah]

Yeah, the game has issues. I am playing on 3.6 2500 with a 1070 and still have issues. No OC's, no overheating, everything up to date, reinstalled DX, C++, clean install drivers, looked at logs, looked at task manager, looked at firewall.... Everything. It seems to be server side, because I don't remember this in single player. BF4 started doing the same thing when they patched it , moved servers, or Microsoft screwed us with a windows update in 2015.

What issues? I have had occasional stutters, but that is it.

 

[pontifex]

this is the only game where I f-ing rage constantly.

So many inconsistencies it's ridiculous.
Apparently I am now not able to do 1 hit melee kills meanwhile everyone else can do them
See shots land on enemies but no damage marker
AA blows me to bits in seconds but when I use AA, I can never take out a plane. It always does like 2 damage per hit
Enemy plane gunners shred me in seconds but when I play as gunner, I can land every shot and the damn plane is still flying like nothing is happening
Get shot through walls/rocks constantly
People can stand out in the open and snipe and get kill after kill, meanwhile I fire 1 shot and everyone on the enemy team focuses fire on me
10-A hunter always kills me in 1 hit, and a lot of times from super long range, but when I use it, damage doesn't register or only does like 40 damage half the time

This doesn't take into account the crappy bugs.

I can't find any tactic that works for me to do well. I try to be sneaky and tactical and I get sniped or stabbed in the back. If I try to run and gun I get sniped or killed by a tank (which need to be much louder and more noticeable!).
I do the best when playing as assault and kind of running and gunning.
I really suck at medic. I can't use their guns worth crap. I do better with the Taschenpistole (spelling?). I love that pistol!
Not great at sniping and feel like I am not helping my team when i play it. I always get countersniped no matter what how I try to hide or get behind cover.
I want to like support but the guns are so terribly weak. BAR is ok but the 20 rd mag is too low. Actually most of the guns have too low mags. Around 30 rds for most for an LMG sucks, and they are slow.
Not only that, they do the same damage as SMGs. These guns are firing the same cartridges as the sniper rifles and do SMG damage. Not saying they should do sniper damage but at least medic rifle damage would be fine.

The machine gun, which so came to dominate and even to personify the battlefields of World War One, was a fairly primitive device when general war began in August 1914. Machine guns of all armies were largely of the heavy variety and decidedly ill-suited to portability for use by rapidly advancing infantry troops.
First World War.com - Weapons of War: Machine Guns

www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm

LOL, they certainly don't dominate in BF1!

 

[sze5003]

I've ran into some of those issues you describe. A lot of them are bad luck which I've had happen to me too. Ever since hardcore mode came out that's all I've played.

Have no issues getting kills at all in hardcore. Only issue I do have is how long it takes to display a friendly and possibly being team killed. Finally got the heilrigger gun and I've been using that for my assault class. 60 rounds, rapid firing and if you shoot in short bursts you can easily take someone down.

 

[DeadFred]

My biggest gripe is trying to exit the game, I end up having to use task manager 90% of the time.

Played some Line of Sight Rush for the first time last night from the custom game section, its different to say the least. Scouts and medics only, no vehicles, no grenades, and a 20 or 25 second spawn time after death. Definitely not for the sniper haters out there, they do double damage here. LOL

AA guns are the shizzle, completed all my vehicle disable and destroy needs for that particular medal in one round on the Mount Grappa map destroying planes.

 

[JTsyo]

My biggest gripe is trying to exit the game, I end up having to use task manager 90% of the time.

Played some Line of Sight Rush for the first time last night from the custom game section, its different to say the least. Scouts and medics only, no vehicles, no grenades, and a 20 or 25 second spawn time after death. Definitely not for the sniper haters out there, they do double damage here. LOL

AA guns are the shizzle, completed all my vehicle disable and destroy needs for that particular medal in one round on the Mount Grappa map destroying planes.

You an use alt-F4 if it hangs when you press quit with that loading circle. I've only had that happen a hand full of times.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

The weirdest bug I have now is while using the Xbox gamepad. Due to the key mappings, sometimes I accidentally press change view and zoom at the same time. This will cause the whole play screen to go black, except for players, M COM's, map, and menu items. The only way to fix it is to respawn in the plane and press both buttons again, and then it returns to normal. Respawning as anything else and pressing the buttons will do nothing. Otherwise I have to restart the entire game at desktop.
Very peculiar bug.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

By the way, my go-to kit is support with the telescopic machine gun, ammo crate, limpet minds, gas grenades. Can do just about everything with that.
And I wouldn't look for historical accuracy in this game. As with most entertainment media these days, they'll focus on being extremely accurate on specific points, while rewriting history with most of the rest. As is fashionable, there was some pandering to SJW's in this game.

 

[DeadFred]

You an use alt-F4 if it hangs when you press quit with that loading circle. I've only had that happen a hand full of times.

Thanks I'll try that next time. It hangs on me 9 out of 10 times since the last patch, I had no problems before.

 

[pontifex]

and forget horses. I can never hit anyone with the sword