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

[CropDuster]

I hate hate hate the dust storm on Oman. I have all my vehicles kitted out with zoom and long range stuff, and I usually run a DMR or SCAR with the PKA 3.4x so I end up having to change my loadouts mid map (DICE why can't we have multiple slots to save different loadouts?). I must say thermal optics are a joke and should have never been put into the game, it makes it way too easy to rape the mess out of infantry when they can't hide.

I don't really care for the changes on Caspian and Firestorm either. A on Caspian rarely has anything going on, or between it and B, so everything is close range between C and D. And I hate DICE's obsession with the glaring sun that they had to add to Firestorm. Why can't it ever be noon?? Firestorm and Oman were two of the few that had good lighting and now they are f'ed.

 

[Midwayman]

I hate hate hate the dust storm on Oman. I have all my vehicles kitted out with zoom and long range stuff, and I usually run a DMR or SCAR with the PKA 3.4x so I end up having to change my loadouts mid map (DICE why can't we have multiple slots to save different loadouts?). I must say thermal optics are a joke and should have never been put into the game, it makes it way too easy to rape the mess out of infantry when they can't hide.

Saving loads is in BETA. The DICE battelog posts updates about it on reddit. Though you'll have to alt tab out, change loadout and save to do it mid game. Its a battlelog only thing for the moment. No idea when we'll see it, but battlelog does get more updates.

So let me get this right, you play almost exclusively long range hit and hate anything that stops your sniping.

 

[CropDuster]

Saving loads is in BETA. The DICE battelog posts updates about it on reddit. Though you'll have to alt tab out, change loadout and save to do it mid game. Its a battlelog only thing for the moment. No idea when we'll see it, but battlelog does get more updates.

So let me get this right, you play almost exclusively long range hit and hate anything that stops your sniping.

Actually I don't snipe at all. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/soldier/cropdusterc6/stats/302060950/pc/

 

[DeadFred]

I love and hate it.


when I am ground pounding its nice to have that protection from the air and moonboggs and deadfreds


when I helo it up it SUCKS BALLS. cant see dick. cant spot dick. even worse in a jet

Teehee! But hey, at least Im not a constant sniper like Moonbog. :biggrin:

I tried flying a jet in that mess yesterday and the only good thing about it was that I was never killed. On the down side I only got a couple kills myself, but I did rack up a ton of disables with those lame active radar missiles.

 

[DeadFred]

Whats a vehicle sniper?

Also, regarding snipers, I wonder if I found a hacker. A friend and I were playing last night and I was doing my best to snipe, and my friend is very good, and this other guy was cutting us down as if neither of us have ever played a video game of any kind. It was like I've never touched a mouse before. The guy was either THAT good, or he was cheating. He has an overall K/D of 4.3. Does that seem strange?
Also, on his a BF4 stats website, it shows his cheat percentage rating at 99%, and mine and my friends cheat percentage is at 0%. I don't know how that is rated, but he has at least one ban, and again, I've been banned before and I don't cheat so that doesn't count as proof.
He knows where you are all the time, OR he is a cyborg and isn't human, OR he is god incarnate, OR the best player of any FPS game in the history of the world IMO. Should I give his name here? I don't think that's allowed.

A lot of those accuracy stats sure do look suspicious, nearly 38% with the AK12.

 

[DeadFred]

Yup. Easy 1-4 kills with anti-vehicle ribbon. I wish it would spawn moreeeee.

Yeah, its the one thing I can actually knock down with a jet. LOL

 

[moonbogg]

I actually pick people off through that dirt storm pretty well. You can just barely see them across the map, and that's good enough for this camper.

 

[JTsyo]

Another addition to Caspian that I intensely dislike is the Gunship.

It's not Caspian in particular, as I think it is horrible game mechanic on all the maps; as a tanker, it is incredibly frustrating to have to try to combat an enemy from whom I cannot run nor can I target.

Between the Gunship and the Mobile Arty, I don't really understand why DICE has put in two vehicles that do massive amounts of damage while mostly removed from the actual combat taking place at the various different capture points.

I've shot down the gunship in BF3 with a tank killer. Just find a bit of a slope and dial it in. The gunship just flies in a lazy circle so you have lots of shots at it.

 

[DeadFred]

All the mechanics were you feel like you arbitrarily die without having a chance to react suck. That's why pilot whine so much about the ARM. Gunship, arty and TV missile suck as a tanker. Just driving along and boom. As infantry in HC snipers have the same feel since they are OSK anywhere. Just going from cover to cover and boom, dead. Sucks.

Bolded: Thats my favorite thing in all of BF to do. Noting is more satisfying than popping the skull of someone dashing to cover from a good distance, its not always as easy as it sounds though. But the upside to HC is that if I hit you in the ankle I still get the kill.

 

[moonbogg]

http://bf4db.com/players/2122360

99% cheat percentage. I think he has a lot of names though.

 

[Midwayman]

Bolded: Thats my favorite thing in all of BF to do. Noting is more satisfying than popping the skull of someone dashing to cover from a good distance, its not always as easy as it sounds though. But the upside to HC is that if I hit you in the ankle I still get the kill.

I don't mind the headshot OSK. Its the scrubs hitting my ankle and getting the rewards.

 

[DeadFred]

http://bf4db.com/players/2122360

99% cheat percentage. I think he has a lot of names though.

I just checked mine, its 0%. Just goes to show that all those people calling me a hacker are idiots. LOL

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I just checked mine, its 0%. Just goes to show that all those people calling me a hacker are idiots. LOL

I consider myself to have pretty ridiculous stats and even I have a 0%. This guy has to be cheating. 20ID was always a very good bf clan if memory serves me right.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

http://bf4db.com/players/2122360

99% cheat percentage. I think he has a lot of names though.

Looking through it again, he's not cheating. He players in odd servers that inflate his scores.

 

[imaheadcase]

I've had my fill of this game, uninstalled it today. The worst thing about the game, is not the game itself, i've had ZERO problems with the game/gameplay, its the lack of servers and situations around them.. The servers do not have nearly the same function as BF3 and other BF games is simply unacceptable in this day and age. The worst part is no high ping kick plugin. Out of the 10 servers i found 64 players, everyone had about %80 of the players with pings over 200ms.

That is completely unacceptable that the simplest of tools are not even present for this game.

 

[Zargon]

all those tools exist and I play on servers with them all the time

 

[LtMikePowelll]

I've had my fill of this game, uninstalled it today. The worst thing about the game, is not the game itself, i've had ZERO problems with the game/gameplay, its the lack of servers and situations around them.. The servers do not have nearly the same function as BF3 and other BF games is simply unacceptable in this day and age. The worst part is no high ping kick plugin. Out of the 10 servers i found 64 players, everyone had about %80 of the players with pings over 200ms.

That is completely unacceptable that the simplest of tools are not even present for this game.

I got kick multiple time with high ping plugin, even though my ping can spike randomly and most server I play is in the west coast area...

 

[TheSlamma]

So in Metro 2014 they close the side doors and only have the elevator open on CQ small? wow guys way to evolve the level. still the same bottleneck campfest it was before.. now with Airburst. Why not leave those side paths open in all modes?

 

[imaheadcase]

all those tools exist and I play on servers with them all the time

Not on any server i've played on. I've had admins kick players for high pings every once in a blue moon. Admins tell me no plugin exists for it that works anymore.

 

[DeadFred]

Not on any server i've played on. I've had admins kick players for high pings every once in a blue moon. Admins tell me no plugin exists for it that works anymore.

They are lying to you.

 

[orbster556]

So in Metro 2014 they close the side doors and only have the elevator open on CQ small? wow guys way to evolve the level. still the same bottleneck campfest it was before.. now with Airburst. Why not leave those side paths open in all modes?

And LVGs and v40 spam

The map design can't handle all the explosive spam they added in BF4. At least the TDM iteration of the map is still pretty enjoyable.

 

[LtMikePowelll]

Seem like the TBG domination server really hates me with their high ping plug-in, I got kicked so many times during when I was doing good on a match. At least have some sort of warning before kick cause ping can spike temporarily....

 

[balloonshark]

Today is the last day to get the free pistol (everyone) and dmr (premium only) shortcut kits.

The free grenade (everyone) and shotgun (premium only) shortcuts kits are available from the Feb 25th to March 5th.

http://blogs.battlefield.com/2014/02/shortcut-kits-timings/

 

[darkewaffle]

Still haven't played Metro but I like Firestorm/Oman/Caspian. The only bit on Caspian I'm not sold on is the big fortified wall that kind of 'divides' the map between AB and CD. Seems to just be in the way more than anything else as well as creating some more sniper nests. Which no map needs

 

[JTsyo]

Has premium been sale on sale at all?