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

[pcslookout]

I think Shanghai will be one of the maps I never play once the game is out and not because of it being the only beta map, just don't like it much.

Yeah same here.

 

[DeadFred]

I think Shanghai will be one of the maps I never play once the game is out and not because of it being the only beta map, just don't like it much.

Im looking forward to some wide open battlefields, but this map isnt horrible, it flows pretty good. A bazillion times better than Metro!

 

[Childs]

I think Shanghai will be one of the maps I never play once the game is out and not because of it being the only beta map, just don't like it much.

I dunno, it will probably be like Metro. Fastest way to unlock stuff, unless they release a more Metro like map.

 

[bob4432]

There are no parts in your sig.

weird, I edited it to include the parts, hit save and viewed it on my machine, only to come to my laptop and see it as if it was not modified.

any who, parts are in the thread, thanks for looking

 

[dougp]

weird, I edited it to include the parts, hit save and viewed it on my machine, only to come to my laptop and see it as if it was not modified.

any who, parts are in the thread, thanks for looking

Mobo, CPU & RAM. The 560 should still have enough juice, but the game won't look spectacular. Don't get the K series unless you get a Z67 motherboard. I'd rather spend the money on an i5-2500, H or P67 and 8-16GB of RAM vs. a 2500k and Z series.

 

[bob4432]

Mobo, CPU & RAM. The 560 should still have enough juice, but the game won't look spectacular. Don't get the K series unless you get a Z67 motherboard. I'd rather spend the money on an i5-2500, H or P67 and 8-16GB of RAM vs. a 2500k and Z series.

thanks, looks like 1155 still has some upgrade in it, or is 1150 the way to go if i am looking for 4yrs out of this? just a question as i haven't kept up....

 

[Grooveriding]

I dunno, it will probably be like Metro. Fastest way to unlock stuff, unless they release a more Metro like map.

Second DLC package they are literally releasing Metro again

 

[dougp]

thanks, looks like 1155 still has some upgrade in it, or is 1150 the way to go if i am looking for 4yrs out of this? just a question as i haven't kept up....

If you want 4 years out of it, you should just jump to Haswell. Go Z77, K series processor and 16GB (8x2) so you can expand to 32GB down the line. You can get a 6 series or 7 series nvidia as well, but your 560 still has a tiny bit of juice in it if you want to milk it.

 

[bob4432]

appreciate the info, thanks

 

[Childs]

Second DLC package they are literally releasing Metro again

I just looked this up, and the maps they choose are kinda meh, except for Oman. Surprised they didnt put Wake Island in there as well. Although I think I would rather grind on Metro than Shanghai. No rooftop to deal with, although airburst spam might significantly change the gameplay.

 

[DeadFred]

I just looked this up, and the maps they choose are kinda meh, except for Oman. Surprised they didnt put Wake Island in there as well. Although I think I would rather grind on Metro than Shanghai. No rooftop to deal with, although airburst spam might significantly change the gameplay.

"shudders"

Dont even want to think about the horrors that would entail. :thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

 

[Grooveriding]

I just looked this up, and the maps they choose are kinda meh, except for Oman. Surprised they didnt put Wake Island in there as well. Although I think I would rather grind on Metro than Shanghai. No rooftop to deal with, although airburst spam might significantly change the gameplay.

Man I haven't even considered that. Airburst is going to be the spamming noobs weapon of choice for tight quarters maps like that. Enjoy TDM players

 

[DeadFred]

Man I haven't even considered that. Airburst is going to be the spamming noobs weapon of choice for tight quarters maps like that. Enjoy TDM players

The M320 is bad enough on HC. I guess if I cant beat em' ill just join em'.

 

[CrystalBay]

Air-burst is great for suppressing roof campers . I think Shanghai is a great map... All the flags make for a varied and diverse combat.

 

[Childs]

Sgt Enigma's rooftop camping solution...

 

[skipsneeky2]

The patch 2 days ago was the patch mentioned to fix performance issues mostly in windows 8 right?The below linked article sorta suggests it was.....
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Battl...als/Battlefield-4-CPU-Test-Windows-8-1091767/

Thought the so called performance patch wasn't released yet?Found the above linked benchmark article in the BF4 cpu usage thread.

 

[bob4432]

The patch 2 days ago was the patch mentioned to fix performance issues mostly in windows 8 right?The below linked article sorta suggests it was.....
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Battl...als/Battlefield-4-CPU-Test-Windows-8-1091767/

Thought the so called performance patch wasn't released yet?Found the above linked benchmark article in the BF4 cpu usage thread.

off topic but is your i2500 doing ok w/ your gtx770?

 

[skipsneeky2]

off topic but is your i2500 doing ok w/ your gtx770?

Hard to say, my best performance has been at 1366x768 ultra 4x msa while running windows 8.1 preview and 320.49 drivers but i still saw a occasional dip into the 40s perhaps due to the gamecode as i register no higher then 81% gpu usage in a game session

Couple charts suggest i could do much better with a 3930k or even a highly overclocked i7 quad core but i think for what my chip is i guess i could say its alright.Hell the game itself could run much better when it hits stores for all we know for everyone.

 

[bob4432]

Hard to say, my best performance has been at 1366x768 ultra 4x msa while running windows 8.1 preview and 320.49 drivers but i still saw a occasional dip into the 40s perhaps due to the gamecode as i register no higher then 81% gpu usage in a game session

Couple charts suggest i could do much better with a 3930k or even a highly overclocked i7 quad core but i think for what my chip is i guess i could say its alright.Hell the game itself could run much better when it hits stores for all we know for everyone.

thanks

 

[skipsneeky2]

thanks

Yeah my build is kinda funky town, $400 gpu with a locked down i5 but heck the build started off with a pc that had a 4 year old mechanical hard drive, a core i3 2100 and a 6790 then slowly i just upgraded each part.

BF4 is the first game that made me question just how good the i5 i have is.

 

[{bad}]

i love Obliteratio.
its much better than demolition on cod bcoz there people wud only camp and kill whos trying 2pick bomb and stat pad.
but in bf4 bcoz there are vehicles and too many players its more fun.

only problem is there is not time limit for rounds. i played games of 50 mins though they were fun

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I like obliteration a lot too. It's the most frustrating game mode ever if you're on a bad team though. If you're trying to do anything with the bomb there are 16 people shooting at it on the opposing team. If you lone wolf it you're toast.

 

[{bad}]

when u pick bomb and are close 2 plant site... till u plant ... those are best moments

 

[tential]

I like obliteration a lot too. It's the most frustrating game mode ever if you're on a bad team though. If you're trying to do anything with the bomb there are 16 people shooting at it on the opposing team. If you lone wolf it you're toast.

Just played 3 games of obliteration and this has totally changed my opinion on the game. At first, after playing these huge conquest or whatever games I literally was about to just not buy it. It felt really impersonal like you did absolutely nothing. Obliteration takes that feeling away and so do the smaller game types.

What's with these patches btw?
Do they NOT auto install? I didn't see any of these maptypues until I checked for updates? Why is that?

 

[KidNiki1]

Obliteration is insane. But in a crazy fun kinda way. I was on a server last night tho that ran the whole game with about 10 people on my team and 18 on the other. I guess beta doesn't auto balance teams? Because that game was no bueno.