Battlefield 1 released!

[Regs]

I played FO4 and noticed issues in outdoor areas. It crawled to about 5 FPS and the textures were dropping. I looked at the resource monitor and the hard drive thrashing. So I am obviously having a hardware issue. I believe I must of cooked my mobo or cpu when it was over heating with the HSF partly off and I disabled the safety. Stupid me. It was running over 100c which likely cooked it.
It almost seems like it's not getting enough power, but the PSU is a evga 750 watt. Time for a new mobo/cpu I guess.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Something I couldn't quite put my finger on I didn't like about the game.
It's funny, because technically its probably the best release yet. Its obvious a lot of work went into correcting assorted foibles from the past BF series.
On top of it, I remember proposing 15 years ago a WWI themed video game, but there was zero interest.
Ironically, I think the issue I have with the game is that it's too 'realistic' – while being too unrealistic – if that makes any sense.
They worked hard to visceralize the gore, violence, physical experience being interactive - wrapped in seudo historical events and characters. Yet there are many major historical inaccuracies in the game, to say nothing of the overall experience they want to leave the player with.
I think a lot of people that play this game will get the sense, consciously or unconsciously, that they somehow "know" World War I. Most young people are not educated well on history, and will get most of the information ( more importantly, impressions) from pop media, like this game.
I'm not explaining this very well, partly because I'm trying to work through it myself.
Anyway, in short I find the game "engaging" - not "fun ".
Maybe it's because I know about intellectual history. Or the technical quality of games has gone up, while the overall fun factor has gone down in some cases. Previous battlefield games seemed to have more of a cartoony quality to them, not depressing music and more realistic ways to stab people.

 

[sze5003]

It seems that hardcore domination is not as popular anymore. Got on this weekend and tried to play it but Everytime I got on a server, I was the only player. At least they put back HC rush.

I did have to go and play normal mode again for a bit. Wasn't too bad but I was quickly reminded how many bullets it took to take someone down.

It also seems I was being put with the same people on a hardcore game no matter how many times I left and went to quickplay in the custom games section. This kind of gave me the impression that HC isn't as popular anymore.

 

[pontifex]

They reduced hc damage from 200 ‰ to 125 ‰. Could that be why?

 

[sze5003]

They reduced hc damage from 200 ‰ to 125 ‰. Could that be why?

Really ? I had not noticed this as in HC I quickly can get kills as long as I'm not too bad at aiming. I preferred HC domination because conquest is too big of a map to play in, in terms of getting around. So if I'm forced to play that I'll be a sniper. Seems to be the case in the huge maps with other players too.

 

[pontifex]

Im pretty sure i saw that reduced damage somewhere

 

[DeadFred]

Those are the only two choices for HC now 125% and 200%.

140-150% is ideal and is what we had in previous BFs.

The non-functional server browser and lack of rented server control is what is killing HC. Plenty of players but whats the point of renting a server when you have no real control over it and then have to rely on the custom games quick match to even be found.

 

[Canbacon]

I wish Standard Issue Rifles was an actual game mode and supported on official game servers. It really makes BF1 a more strategic positional game. The only populated server is hosted in the EU. The only custom server that is somewhat populated in NA is a HC server with 200% damage. 200% damage really sucks.

DICE should really think about how they are releasing new features instead of just putting them out there.

 

[DeadFred]

I wish Standard Issue Rifles was an actual game mode and supported on official game servers. It really makes BF1 a more strategic positional game. The only populated server is hosted in the EU. The only custom server that is somewhat populated in NA is a HC server with 200% damage. 200% damage really sucks.

DICE should really think about how they are releasing new features instead of just putting them out there.

Agreed, what good are they if no one can find them? Its nearly impossible to get into the type of game you really want to play, even though BF1 has a "server browser" it's just as bad as SW Battlefront in that regard.

 

[sze5003]

Agreed, what good are they if no one can find them? Its nearly impossible to get into the type of game you really want to play, even though BF1 has a "server browser" it's just as bad as SW Battlefront in that regard.

I would have guessed that by now they could have made some improvements in the server browser. For example add a quick filter on the right side where you have maps and game modes such as regular or hardcore. That way those who want to play a certain hardcore match can easily find one weather it's domination, conquest, rush, etc.

Having to rely on custom games then use their quickmatch section is counterintuitive. It will show something like 87 results for HC domination under custom games. You click on it and get ready to join but when it finally loads you are the only person in the whole server.

 

[JSt0rm]

I wish Standard Issue Rifles was an actual game mode and supported on official game servers. It really makes BF1 a more strategic positional game. The only populated server is hosted in the EU. The only custom server that is somewhat populated in NA is a HC server with 200% damage. 200% damage really sucks.

DICE should really think about how they are releasing new features instead of just putting them out there.

You mean you dont like everyone running around with ak47's and uzis? lol. I like the game its fun but the choice of weapons is lol.

 

[Canbacon]

You mean you dont like everyone running around with ak47's and uzis? lol. I like the game its fun but the choice of weapons is lol.

Yup, love the game, just wish the other game modes were supported better. There are times that I would love to get away from all the spam and not rely on custom rented servers.

 

[Chaotic42]

The more I play BF1, the less I like it. I'm not sure what it is, it's just not that fun and I don't know why.

 

[JSt0rm]

Game should have a mode where one side has a shorter respawn timer and they charge the other side in waves. Give everyone traditional weapons and you go with the whistle.

 

[pontifex]

The more I play BF1, the less I like it. I'm not sure what it is, it's just not that fun and I don't know why.

This. For me i think its still the huge inconsistencies. I like flying the planes but i can't kill anything with them. Like i always get killed immediately in a plane, even the bomber, but what i am attacking, whether its in another plane or in aa, its like im using airsoft guns. No matter how many times i hit the enemy, it does nothing to their plane. i also seem yo notice that other people seem to be able to do insane turns and maneuvers in them but i can't.

Another thing is that like 9 times out 10 i am put on a crappy team that loses all the time. The other day i played a round and we lost with only 390 points. The enemy has like every point captured and every time you spawn you die immediately because the enemy is everywhere.

Most of the maps suck too.

Im getting ready to quit because the game only pisses me off when i play it.

 

[sze5003]

I think today I may be able to try the new map. As for the planes, I was able to score some bombing runs by changing pitch up to spacebar. But this only works in the bomber it seems. Also space for some reason also fires your weapon. No wonder I was dropping bombs or shooting each time I was gaining altitude. Guess I need to understand how to map the controls better.

 

[pontifex]

space for pitch up works for all the planes.
you probably have space assigned to 2 keys - fire and pitch up.

 

[DeadFred]

Yeah, you need to clear the space button from the fire key binding.

There are plenty of youtube vids that can help tutor you with settings and basic maneuvers, but the main thing is to just get in there and practice. Becoming a proficient pilot isnt easy so dont get discouraged.

 

[JTsyo]

The more I play BF1, the less I like it. I'm not sure what it is, it's just not that fun and I don't know why.

You really need regular people to play with. That was what was good in the past. You would have a few favorite servers and knew the regulars. I would join squads and if you enjoy playing with someone ask them if they mind if you friend them.

 

[Chaotic42]

You really need regular people to play with. That was what was good in the past. You would have a few favorite servers and knew the regulars. I would join squads and if you enjoy playing with someone ask them if they mind if you friend them.

I've got two friends I play with. I've never gone in alone.

 

[Imp]

Yeah, you need to clear the space button from the fire key binding.

There are plenty of youtube vids that can help tutor you with settings and basic maneuvers, but the main thing is to just get in there and practice. Becoming a proficient pilot isnt easy so dont get discouraged.

That's the biggest problem. You don't want to "practice" because if you suck, you will probably hear about it. But if you can't try, you won't get better. I was terrible with planes until i said eff it and just started flying around trying to hit things. After a few deaths, I learned to remap my controls and try out all the different planes. And I figured out why some people were dropping 8 bombs at once when I only dropped 2 to 4 or something.

 

[sze5003]

You really need regular people to play with. That was what was good in the past. You would have a few favorite servers and knew the regulars. I would join squads and if you enjoy playing with someone ask them if they mind if you friend them.

I've added people on here and some have added me. What sucks is you can't seem to join someone in game if you see them online. From what I understood, you have to join their game from origin which seems stupid, unless I'm missing something here.

 

[pontifex]

I've added people on here and some have added me. What sucks is you can't seem to join someone in game if you see them online. From what I understood, you have to join their game from origin which seems stupid, unless I'm missing something here.

thats been my experience as well. its really dumb

 

[JTsyo]

Is something up with matchmaking? Couldn't get into any operations and then conquest wouldn't work either. Used the server browser to find a game.

 

[sze5003]

Is something up with matchmaking? Couldn't get into any operations and then conquest wouldn't work either. Used the server browser to find a game.

It's been like that for HC too. Empty serves all around. I eventually had to just play normal mode through the server list search.