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

[DeadFred]

Back up now and there is an update to both Battlelog and Origin.

 

[Ackmed]

Back up now and there is an update to both Battlelog and Origin.

Yep, over a gig. Do you know how long it takes to download a gig in southern Uganda? Fucking forever, that's how long. Now I can't play till it's done? Ugh... Oh well, I can only play SP for now anyways, pings are all over 500 to any server I try.

 

[maevinj]

Back up now and there is an update to both Battlelog and Origin.

I didn't have an origin update, just a battlelog...

 

[96Firebird]

I had an Origin update last night, not sure about Battlelog as I am at work...

Looks like the China Rising guns are now selectable through Battlelog, so we don't have to select them from in-game only.

 

[Crusty]

Yep, over a gig. Do you know how long it takes to download a gig in southern Uganda? Fucking forever, that's how long. Now I can't play till it's done? Ugh... Oh well, I can only play SP for now anyways, pings are all over 500 to any server I try.

My Origin update was only 52MB.

 

[dougp]

Anyone here have an Android tablet that they've downloaded the Commander app on?

 

[taq8ojh]

Finally useful Battlelog update.
- Server Browser list now remembers your sorting preference

among other things

 

[GullyFoyle]

Gamepur - BF4 Tips

• Pressing E on a dead soldier when medic will automatically switch you to the defibrellator paddles and revive (brings back weapon after revive). - CryptiKau
• Shoot once and don't reload in the LAV to get an extra 12 rounds to regenerate in your ammo pool. - kahoona
• Press F5 and F6 on the attack boat to eject in a jet ski! - 1ildevil
• You can repair reactive armor... You use the repair tool on the side where the reactive armor has been blown off, and eventually the armor will reappear. (or) you may need to repair the vehicle past 100% - rdmx & Zapatopi
• F switches weapons in vehicles/boats. - Zeigy
• In BF4, you can't suffer from reload syndrome because every magazine you reload subtracts from your total ammo. If you noticed you run out of ammo so fast in BF4, that's why.
• Mouse over enemy and hit Q to spot
• Double tap WW to run and you don't have to hold the shift key. Or set your sprint key to auto sprint, so that you don't have to hold any buttons
• There is a brand new cover mechanic that is explained very briefly in the first campaign mission. If you are crouched behind a bipod friendly cover object, you can just use the right mouse button to quickly peak your weapon over it in the ready position. Its much faster than toggling crouch and best yet is that you can center your reticle before hand to put a bead on a target very quickly.
• This is a no brainer that I missed some how. No more running around your starting area racing people for a chance to get into a vehicle. If you want a certain one, just wait in the deploy map before hitting deploy and click on the vehicle icon of what you want, you will spawn right in the drivers seat if its blue. You can also click on the grey icons to see what is available for use on that particular map.
• There is no compass in Hardcore modes, but if you look at the map early on and find the direction of the farthest objective, its much easier to discern location information via radio. When I hear there is a baddy to the west I just look for Objective C for instance via my UI, which I knew was East and do an about face.
• When you see "heavy enemy presence nearby" that's your commander telling you a cruise missle is about to drop on you. Run like hell.
• Call out objectives for your squad as a squadleader. Everyone gets more points / push if you have the objective marked. Everyone gets bonuses for following the order & killing people along the way. Roughly 200+ score per minute.
• You can actually hold a grenade with the pin pulled indefinitely. You can even put it away (without blowing your face off) by switching weapons while you have the pin pulled. Simply press the grenade throw button and then hold the fire button once the animation starts. Your soldier will stick his hand out like he's posing for the Highsman. Jumping will cause you to throw it, but having the pin pulled decreases the time needed to throw, although sprint is disabled.
• Also, this creates a dead man grenade as it drops at your feet if you die. Good for holding points or M-COMs.
• Accept orders given by the commander, even if you don't follow them. It makes for free points for both of you.
• Crouch while swimming and you will dive.
• The AK-12 and its carbine variant AKU-12 both have an increased RoF in burst fire mode.
• If your solider is "angled" behind cover, you can just press on the aim button (ADS) and it'll automatically "aim out" at your target. You can un-ADS to get back into cover. All of this without using your WASD (or moving) keys.
• Tap fire with belt-fed LMGs. Pretty much just 2-3 round bursts will help engage enemies at medium to long range.
• If you are out of rounds while using the mortar, just press and hold E to pick it up and re-deploy, your mortar will go back to full ammo.
• If you have an XP boost active while playing commander, you'll get the boost points but no time will be taken from the boosts duration.
• When you are a squadleader (star behind your name), you have the ability to command your squadmates to either defend or attack by looking at an objective and pressing 'Q'.
• On the deployment screen, double click a spawn point instead of having to press the deploy button.
• Flying choppers over areas can blow up dust to give cover to your guys capping points.
• you can zero your sniper rifle and DRM. This means adjusting your crosshair to a specific distance with bullet drop. Use the PLD and aim at your target to measure distance (RNG = range). Then press V (default key) with your sniper rifle, to configure the range of the shot.
• Double click on a tank to auto spawn, but realize you've forgotten to equip the repair tool? Click your gadget slot and you'll go to the equipment screen, take your time and get your repair tool out, and once you click deploy you'll auto spawn into the tank
• USAS-12 + frags battle pickup is the only super weapon in the game that can be resupplied with ammunition.

Battlelog forums - BF4 R11 server update is being rolled out

 

[Phoenix86]

Yep, over a gig. Do you know how long it takes to download a gig in southern Uganda? Fucking forever, that's how long. Now I can't play till it's done? Ugh... Oh well, I can only play SP for now anyways, pings are all over 500 to any server I try.

So you're the guy who comes around the corner and kills us while we bitch about not being able to hit him.

 

[Ackmed]

My Origin update was only 52MB.

So was mine. Then the game update was over 1gig.

So you're the guy who comes around the corner and kills us while we bitch about not being able to hit him.

Eh... maybe. It's like old school packet loss on @home back in the day. Most servers have an auto kick for high pings, I don't last long. I just stick to single player for now.

 

[taq8ojh]

So you have that kind of latency everywhere and still bought the game? Honestly, with 500ms I would have problems browsing web, let alone playing anything.

Why the heck do you live in such place of Earth anyway?

 

[Crusty]

So I saw a list of glitches posted on reddit, not sure if they are all accurate or not...

but this one stood out to me.

Hip fire spread remains if switching to ADS without releasing fire button

For those of us who like to run around rambo style with LMG's... might explain why we suck so much.

 

[Crusty]

So was mine. Then the game update was over 1gig.



Eh... maybe. It's like old school packet loss on @home back in the day. Most servers have an auto kick for high pings, I don't last long. I just stick to single player for now.

Ah, I downloaded that update like a week ago. That was the first PC patch for BF4, not a patch for Origin.

 

[dougp]

So I saw a list of glitches posted on reddit, not sure if they are all accurate or not...

but this one stood out to me.

Hip fire spread remains if switching to ADS without releasing fire button

For those of us who like to run around rambo style with LMG's... might explain why we suck so much.

This explains a whole lot.

 

[realjetavenger]

Did the patch fix the compatibility problems with ie11? Bunch of guys in the ea forum (including me) complaining of not being able to launch the game from ie11 because it tells you to download a patch that never completes, so you can never enter a game with ie11.

This does not happen with firefox or chrome, so that's an easy workaround but come on, you can't get your game to work properly with one of the more popular browsers.

 

[realjetavenger]

Gamepur - BF4 Tips

• You can actually hold a grenade with the pin pulled indefinitely. You can even put it away (without blowing your face off) by switching weapons while you have the pin pulled. Simply press the grenade throw button and then hold the fire button once the animation starts. Your soldier will stick his hand out like he's posing for the Highsman. Jumping will cause you to throw it, but having the pin pulled decreases the time needed to throw, although sprint is disabled.
• Also, this creates a dead man grenade as it drops at your feet if you die. Good for holding points or M-COMs.
  
  
  Battlelog forums - BF4 R11 server update is being rolled out

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  That's interesting. They did a dead mans grenade in bfp4f. If anyone one was near you when you got killed, boom, you took them out also. But, I don't know, seems kinda cheesy for bf4 to do it.

 

[raasco]

Is there still an ammo penalty for reloading frequently? I noticed on one of LevelCaps UMP gameplay videos, he was reloading frequently without ammo loss. I think he was on Xbox so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. I noticed that I was still being penalized last night.

 

[dougp]

Is there still an ammo penalty for reloading frequently? I noticed on one of LevelCaps UMP gameplay videos, he was reloading frequently without ammo loss. I think he was on Xbox so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. I noticed that I was still being penalized last night.

No, there isn't - that was a bug where regular servers were using HC ammo mechanics.

 

[taq8ojh]

So you don't lose remaining rounds from a magazine if you reload not empty gun?

 

[dougp]

So you don't lose remaining rounds from a magazine if you reload not empty gun?

Only if you play hardcore servers.

 

[Randum]

Something else - I join a lot of servers with clantags/websites - I have been out of the "clan scene" for a long time, but any of those communities still active? Might look a few up, but curious if anyone here is gaming with a good group/server. I tend to play on the Chicago area servers.

 

[Tim]

Did the patch fix the compatibility problems with ie11? Bunch of guys in the ea forum (including me) complaining of not being able to launch the game from ie11 because it tells you to download a patch that never completes, so you can never enter a game with ie11.

This does not happen with firefox or chrome, so that's an easy workaround but come on, you can't get your game to work properly with one of the more popular browsers.

The work-around on this (if they didn't fix it) is to allow battlelog to your trusted sites in the IE11 settings.

 

[Phoenix86]

That's interesting. They did a dead mans grenade in bfp4f. If anyone one was near you when you got killed, boom, you took them out also. But, I don't know, seems kinda cheesy for bf4 to do it.

In BFP4F it was a perk type thing, it was passive. If you died you automatically dropped a grenade and it blew up or something very similar. In BF4, you have to knowingly equip a grenade, pull the pin and wait to die. It's very different.

 

[hondaf17]

Something else - I join a lot of servers with clantags/websites - I have been out of the "clan scene" for a long time, but any of those communities still active? Might look a few up, but curious if anyone here is gaming with a good group/server. I tend to play on the Chicago area servers.

Yes. Check out www.walkingdeadarmy.com.

We have a BF4 server with usually a lot of people on in the evenings (North America) and us admins try to do a decent job policing it. We also have a public TeamSpeak 3 server. Zargon and some of the other guys here game with us on a somewhat regular basis.

WDA_Slayer is my origin name if you want to add me.

 

[taq8ojh]

Speaking of that...
Does anyone know about any european "clan" consisting of casual players by chance? I am sick to my stomach playing alone on random servers and having to put up with retards who don't even know how to throw ammo bag or not to drive away when I try to repair them (seriously).