Did you crashed at the end? Cause we push pretty hard on the last one and almost lost the game but got it nonetheless.
Except for me on Paracel Storm. Sorry Mike. I love 40x sniping on that map haha.
Having a high ping is in fact a disadvantage, and only to the high pinger; furthermore, only when the latency is sufficiently high. People these days seem to think 100-150ms is high, which it is certainly not. Your problem is most likely either with BF4's horrible coding and low tickrate, or you were just getting beaten fair and square.
As a test to see how much of an "advantage" having a high ping is, try connecting to a server in another country or throttling your connection and see how amazing you play. I'd wager you'll rethink your hypothesis.
Netcode and tickrate may be the cause, but good players with high pings definitely have an advantage in BF. In most other FPS's it's the total opposite because lower pings have a huge advantage.
And I have tested the "advantage" on European and Russian servers in BF3, and it is in fact there. People would complain and I usually got banned for wiping the floor with them. I found "the sweet spot" was to have a ping around 100-150ms higher than the average local player. In other words if the average was 50ms then I wanted to be 150-200ms. I began to have trouble again when my pings were over 250ms, and 300+ to me was unplayable.
IMO, 120ms is the max ping any server should allow if they want to keep things fairly even for everyone. One good idea Ive seen: servers that allow anyone to join to get the server going, then begin to kick the high pingers as the server fills up.
Is it safe to buy this game yet? Are people still having issues connecting and playing?
I haven't had an issue in a while. Can't remember the last time it crashed...knock on wood.:whiste:
Is it safe to buy this game yet? Are people still having issues connecting and playing?
Did you crashed at the end? Cause we push pretty hard on the last one and almost lost the game but got it nonetheless.
I've only had around 10 crashes since game has been released
lameRight when I was about to have a nice headshot on a defusing enemy.
there's a deal on BF4 Premium for $40 now. It mentions new weekly content. Just exactly what type of content is this?
There's a schedule at the bottom of http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/premium/
thanks
does the priority position in server queues mean much?
Do you have onboard audio? If so, you could try disabling that fancy sound card to see if it is the culprit. I havent had any audio loss or sound loop crashes for months now.Still get the sound loop crash too. Thought they said they fixed it but nope. Happened twice yesterday on Paracel Storm.
Yep, just checked and its there.Anyone have the newest premium battlepack yet? Cause on the premium page it said that we had it since yesterday. Check multiple times in both Battlelog and in game, so far nada.
Do you have onboard audio? If so, you could try disabling that fancy sound card to see if it is the culprit. I havent had any audio loss or sound loop crashes for months now.