EA and Microsoft are probing reports that Battlefield 4's Second Assault DLC is unavailable for Xbox One users who have bought Battlefield Premium.
The add-on is exclusive for 11 days on Microsoft's platform and is free for anyone who holds a Premium subscription. It includes tweaked versions of four popular maps from Battlefield 3.
Logging on to the in-game Premium store lists the pack as "NULL DATA". Its description is listed as "null description", and its price - which should be free - is listed as "empty". It can't be selected or downloaded.
Angry Battlefield 4 owners have filled a thread on the game's official forums with their experiences attempting to get the issue acknowledged and solved through EA and DICE's official channels.
Some were told the issue could not be resolved until next week - after the DLC's exclusivity period is up and it is released for other platforms.
An EA spokesperson has now responded to the issue and said the company is looking into fixing the matter with Microsoft.
If you think you're doing poorly in multiplayer because of "netcode", I'm sorry but you're full of it.
Focus on your game, not on netcode. It's not holding you back.
I hope this will teach them not to fuck other platforms' users over next time.
I do believe you are the one who is "full of it".
But don't just take my words for it, the proof is in the pudding:
http://bf4central.com/2013/11/new-videos-show-just-bad-battlefield-4-net-code/
And as I explained above, if my aim was bad wouldn't that mean I would suck at single player campaign too?
And if it were simply a matter of latency I should be barely affected with my FIOS connection going to NY based servers I end up sub-10 pings most of the time.
Explain to me exactly why I can dumpster people for hours on end without ever having problems with not getting hits.
The reality is most players don't do well and when they hear about bad netcode they look to that as an answer and say "look, it's not me!", yet somehow other players are doing well despite whatever state the netcode is in.
In fact, it's almost irrelevant how good or bad the netcode is, because every player is playing with it.
It's not just your latency to the server, it's yours and the other players, not to mention the "tickrate" or whatever battlefield calls it, of the server, that can't be eliminated.
Explain to me exactly why I can dumpster people for hours on end without ever having problems with not getting hits.
Not to sound like an asshole, but this issue doesn't affect everyone. I find it very hit or miss, some servers my bullets hit, other times I can unload a DMR on someone and only hit 1 bullet out of 10 and get insta-killed by an AR. And I'm not a bad player - I watched my KDR go down by .3 when I started using the DMRs, which are notoriously bad in terms of hit detection.
That's a damned good question and one which I would really like to know the answer to. It's so damned frustrating playing MP with the way it behaves but the behavior is not consistent. This inconsistency only adds to the frustration because it makes it difficult to narrow down what options do I have to minimize the problem.
I can join a server with ping 4 and find that I am horribly out of synch with it - like shooting a guy point blank with shotgun and nothing happens type of stuff the whole time.
Then I join a server with ping 30 and it feels pretty normal, hits seem to be registering well.
IT also seems that when I play Lockers, I feel like a Rambo ripping people apart. Then comes Paracel Storm and suddenly it's like everybody is a magic bullet dodger.
The part about maps made me think it was system performance related but you would think my system would be fine with a intel i7 950 + 16 GB RAM + 2x GTX 670's (SLI) on a 1080p/60Hz monitor - all graphics settings on LOW, Win7 Pro 64-bit with core parking disabled
And as I explained above, if my aim was bad wouldn't that mean I would suck at single player campaign too?
Not to sound like an asshole, but this issue doesn't affect everyone. I find it very hit or miss, some servers my bullets hit, other times I can unload a DMR on someone and only hit 1 bullet out of 10 and get insta-killed by an AR. And I'm not a bad player - I watched my KDR go down by .3 when I started using the DMRs, which are notoriously bad in terms of hit detection.
...looking down the sights going full-auto is still a bad idea and can definitely cause you to miss.
Also, it's not just your latency to the server, it's yours and the other players, not to mention the "tickrate" or whatever battlefield calls it, of the server, that can't be eliminated.
This is very true. There are a few guns I love to use that are terrible once I go full auto even when ADS. It's the craziest thing to be pulsing a rifle and hit very frequently and then go to full auto in the next moment and hit squat.
Well that's precisely the definition of bad netcode. IT is supposed to mitigate any issues with latency between clients and server. And it's not doing a good job consistently.
Youtube has plenty more video examples if you search, i.e.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai656sdq8rc
actually just looked, I don't have any room for a sound card after adding a second video card. maybe I'll try out a better headset like the Logitech G430.
get a DAC...better than a sound card
In fact, it's almost irrelevant how good or bad the netcode is, because every player is playing with it.
To clarify, all sound cards have DACs, but generally stand-alone DACs of equivalent price will be of much higher quality.
That being said a good sound card will also provide quality DACs, so it depends on what functionality you are looking for.
i'm saying that the lag appears somewhere, and methods to combat it (read: predict) often have the effect of doubling it in the worst cases, i recommend the source engineer article i linked
Out of curiosity, what kind of system are you running BF4 on?
Do you monitor your FPS and if so what are the lowest framerates you see while playing?
What is your average ping on the servers you play?
I run all low settings (except mesh on ultra) at 1080p, system in sig (8 GB of ram) with windows 7 64-bit, haven't touched core parking or whatever that is. cpu oc'd to 4.2
i have the following from memory, may not be 100% accurate:
fps low of maybe 70 when things get heavy, usually hovers a little over 100 or higher when indoors (i have a 120Hz monitor, so i try to get as close as i can to 120)
i could check specific maps later if you'd like though
as for ping, i try to pick servers with less than 80