The AT Battlefield 4 F.A.Q., News, and Discussion thread

[Canbacon]

Just saw commander mode have a view of a selected player. That is going to be awesome to guide people into a specific location.

Thank goodness they added quality options to the stream. 720 was a lagfest.

Nice, the rubble for point B is the new capture point after the building falls. I was worried about that point being just lost.

 

[Termie]

Watching some of that stream. The game looks excellent. Loving the boat in the canal firing on infantry.

There's just something about being on a boat...



Actually, the waves effect in the single-player clip was awesome.

BTW, anyone hoping to pick up a copy of this game free with an AMD card? That's my plan - I hope it comes together.

 

[Anubis]

FYI, Battleflield has a live stream up now for the multiplayer sessions.

www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4/e3-live-stream?websso=1

Don't know if this is new info, but apparently the big building that collapsed in the E3 demo has 4 pillars that can be destroyed to trigger the collapse.

can you dictate the direction of the collapse ?

 

[Anubis]

There's just something about being on a boat...



Actually, the waves effect in the single-player clip was awesome.

BTW, anyone hoping to pick up a copy of this game free with an AMD card? That's my plan - I hope it comes together.

i have it on preorder but i guess i could grab a 2nd 7950 to make it run better :hmm:

 

[Zargon]

It's awesome that you can do commander from your tablet/smartphone!

Just how are they determining who gets to take the commander role though ? Somehow I am expecting it to be something you queue for in battlelog and then get dumped into the first game with the commander position open...

you used to vote for it


I miss it

on big maps, like AK, commander could see a much bigger picture, and if squads listened, and they were halfway intelligent, it worked well

 

[smackababy]

There's just something about being on a boat...



Actually, the waves effect in the single-player clip was awesome.

BTW, anyone hoping to pick up a copy of this game free with an AMD card? That's my plan - I hope it comes together.

If AMD can at least come close to a 780 by the time BF4 releases, yes I will plan on it. Until then, nope. =(

 

[DeadFred]

Just watched some of the live stream and am a bit confused about the team colors. The guy they were following was shooting and killing blues, shouldn't your enemy always be lit up orange?

Or maybe that's just how it appears to spectators.

 

[Canbacon]

Yea, later in the broadcast they explained that currently US is always Blue and China is always Red for the spectator mode.

It is nice that they are doing a repeat for the broadcast.

 

[thm1223]

This looks like a more awesome version of Planetside 2

 

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This looks like a more awesome version of Planetside 2

When I played Planetside 2 1st time I felt like I was playing bf3 with futuristic weapons and 200 campers

 

[VulgarDisplay]

There's just something about being on a boat...



Actually, the waves effect in the single-player clip was awesome.

BTW, anyone hoping to pick up a copy of this game free with an AMD card? That's my plan - I hope it comes together.

If they get fixed crossfire drivers out before then I could definitely see myself picking up another 7970 if this comes bundled.

If they do get out something on 20nm that outperforms a Titan I will most likely skip buying a PS4 and buy that GPU instead.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

When I played Planetside 2 1st time I felt like I was playing bf3 with futuristic weapons and 200 campers

Even though they play in completely opposite ways?

 

[GullyFoyle]

VGA247 - Battlefiled 4 has five player squads in multiplayer because people asked for it/


Yahoo - Battlefield 4 - E3 2013 Stage Demo w/ running design commentary by Patrick Bach answering questions...

 

[Canbacon]

I don't know if anyone else posted/listened to this, but I found this podcast with Daskro very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmEjpI51R0&feature=youtu.be

 

[GullyFoyle]

I don't know if anyone else posted/listened to this, but I found this podcast with Daskro very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmEjpI51R0&feature=youtu.be

Where is the thanks button...have you actually played this yet?

I pre-ordered today from Amazon....Used credit card reward points

 

[moonbogg]

VGA247 - Battlefiled 4 has five player squads in multiplayer because people asked for it/


Yahoo - Battlefield 4 - E3 2013 Stage Demo w/ running design commentary by Patrick Bach answering questions...

5 sounds good for a squad size. Any larger than that and it might get harder to establish cooperation. 'Least thats what i'm telling myself.

 

[Canbacon]

Looks like moonbogg will have a field day with BF4. They are bringing in Zeroing to the snipers (rifle scopes?).

https://twitter.com/Demize99/status/344769137811275776

 

[Childs]

Also, if they don't put in destroyable assets, there is no point to adding commander mode.

Whats the point if you can't counter their commander.

I am assuming Commander means I can once again run around as recon and blow up enemy assets, or be an engineer so I could defend and repair. I used to love doing that in BF2. hehe...it was always fun when you take the sneaky route to enemy assets, and then discover a commander prone hiding behind a rock or crate. The attack/defend asset aspect was like a game within a game. A good two or three man squad in the enemy base would dominate, until you request a resupply from the commander and he drops it on your head. lol

 

[moonbogg]

Looks like moonbogg will have a field day with BF4. They are bringing in Zeroing to the snipers (rifle scopes?).

https://twitter.com/Demize99/status/344769137811275776

Awesome! That could be fun and useful for longer ranges if all you have to do is set the distance on the scope. I'm glad they aren't neglecting us snipers. I just hope that they don't limit the range of the rifles, as in make the bullet vanish in mid flight after a certain distance or something stupid like that.
It might be a balancing measure as well for those snipers who can't judge distances by using hold over methods.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEUPY9-KBZo

There it is. Zeroing is coming. Damn, this is going to be too easy. I mean really, its going to be too easy.

 

[smackababy]

I am assuming Commander means I can once again run around as recon and blow up enemy assets, or be an engineer so I could defend and repair. I used to love doing that in BF2. hehe...it was always fun when you take the sneaky route to enemy assets, and then discover a commander prone hiding behind a rock or crate. The attack/defend asset aspect was like a game within a game. A good two or three man squad in the enemy base would dominate, until you request a resupply from the commander and he drops it on your head. lol

He means the tablet commanders. They need to be counterable in some way. Otherwise, they seem OP.

 

[DeadFred]

I don't know if anyone else posted/listened to this, but I found this podcast with Daskro very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tmEjpI51R0&feature=youtu.be

Listened to about half of it:

Pros-He mentioned now having "lean", less suppression, and no bullet deviation! YAY!!!!

Cons- Tanks only have 4 main rounds? Have to rely on the commander for resupply....this has epic fail written all over it.

Playing as Commander just sounds aggravating to me, Ill leave that to someone else.

 

[DeadFred]

He means the tablet commanders. They need to be counterable in some way. Otherwise, they seem OP.

Sounds like the only counter is the opposite team commander. I can see heavily lopsided games simply because of the quality of the commanders. While this may be more realistic, its really gonna suck for decent players on crappy teams.

 

[smackababy]

Sounds like the only counter is the opposite team commander. I can see heavily lopsided games simply because of the quality of the commanders. While this may be more realistic, its really gonna suck for decent players on crappy teams.

How is this any different than having two squads of not retarded people with mics running around dominating anyway. That is how quite a few games end up anyway. And since they are friends, in mumble together, they get on the same team / same squad each time and continue to ownage.

Listened to about half of it:

Pros-He mentioned now having "lean", less suppression, and no bullet deviation! YAY!!!!

Cons- Tanks only have 4 main rounds? Have to rely on the commander for resupply....this has epic fail written all over it.

Playing as Commander just sounds aggravating to me, Ill leave that to someone else.

Tanks can't just sit and spam shells at your spawn point infinitely now? Yeah... megafail. >_>

 

[Canbacon]

Live stream is back up

http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4/e3-live-stream?websso=1

 

[moonbogg]

NERF the tanks please. I like limited shells, but 4 sounds way to limited. I would suggest perhaps 10. Noone needs more than 10 rounds in a magazine, right?