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

[realjetavenger]

WTF did this patch do? All night I've been having to empty magazines into everyone to get a kill yet constantly get insta-killed. And just now, at point blank range, I put two AK-12 magazines and two P226 magazines into someone who turns around and one shot kills me. WTF.

edit: and with all shots I was ADS.

 

[Phoenix86]

The shot looks like a bolt action trail though. You don't normally see trails like that on carbines. It was a single shot. Noticed in the kill feed it just says he killed him, not a specific weapon. I dont think he used an MTAR, but that might have been the main weapon on his kit. Maybe he picked up a sniper rifle.

It was probably suav then, because there was no kill weapon. That would explain the distance, angle and 1-shot.

 

[DeadFred]

Anyone still getting the sound cutting in and out on certain maps? I'm still getting it, even though I thought the last few patches have resolved this issue.

Edit: Also, anyone else feel like the sound in BF3 was better designed than BF4? In BF3 I can at least hear tanks or helicopters approaching from far, and bullets whizzing by are better directionally so that I can at least tell which direction the bullets are coming from. IN BF4, maybe it's due to the sound bug, but I just hear the sound of tanks and helo when they're already close by, not when they're far away. And the bullets popping around me seem like they're not directional at all. Sadface.

Havent had the sound loss on Golmud for a few days now and I play that map quite a bit, before it was notorious for dropping audio.

Compared to many other FPSs BF3's directional sound wasnt that great, but I definitely think BF3's sounds were better than whats in BF4. I find myself getting pummeled by helos that were right on top of me that I didnt even hear at all.

 

[DeadFred]

I don't play shitty looking games, so I will sacrifice some theoretical advantage for visual quality..

I feel the same. I paid too much for all this hardware to look at 8 bit graphics. I dont care if my KDR suffers a little, at least my eyes wont. :biggrin:

 

[Childs]

I feel the same. I paid too much for all this hardware to look at 8 bit graphics. I dont care if my KDR suffers a little, at least my eyes wont. :biggrin:

Yeah, but I also dont spend on this money on hardware to get my ass kicked either! I can do that for free using integrated graphics. :biggrin:

 

[sigurros81]

I feel the same. I paid too much for all this hardware to look at 8 bit graphics. I dont care if my KDR suffers a little, at least my eyes wont. :biggrin:

To your point, it's just my opinion, but I find the folks who are splitting hair over graphic settings and how they affect their performance in the game is rather silly. If my kDR is suffering, I'd be looking at a multitude of other factors to try and improve it. I highly doubt a few shrubbery and bushes are going to help you that much.

Also, anyone available tonight to squad up for some large conquest? Ride in a tank with me and you will not be disappointed!

My battlelog name is polloloco81

edit: going to be on until about 10PT.

 

[DeadFred]

Yeah, but I also dont spend on this money on hardware to get my ass kicked either! I can do that for free using integrated graphics. :biggrin:

Is that why youve taken the middle ground with medium settings?

 

[DeadFred]

To your point, it's just my opinion, but I find the folks who are splitting hair over graphic settings and how they affect their performance in the game is rather silly. If my kDR is suffering, I'd be looking at a multitude of other factors to try and improve it. I highly doubt a few shrubbery and bushes are going to help you that much.

Also, anyone available tonight to squad up for some large conquest? Ride in a tank with me and you will not be disappointed!

My battlelog name is polloloco81

BF3's settings didnt really seem make a whole lot of difference but that screen Childs posted of BF4 sure does. Makes me wonder how many snipers im stepping all over while I run and gun. LOL

 

[Childs]

To your point, it's just my opinion, but I find the folks who are splitting hair over graphic settings and how they affect their performance in the game is rather silly. If my kDR is suffering, I'd be looking at a multitude of other factors to try and improve it. I highly doubt a few shrubbery and bushes are going to help you that much.

Also, anyone available tonight to squad up for some large conquest? Ride in a tank with me and you will not be disappointed!

My battlelog name is polloloco81

edit: going to be on until about 10PT.

I cant play on a poorly performing system. My eyes get tired easier when the frame rate is up and down or just low. And it is harder to pick out enemies with all the details on these maps. I'm obviously just getting too old to be good, and while I cannot turn back time, I can throw money at the problem and optimize things!

Is that why youve taken the middle ground with medium settings?

It probably averages out to normal. Some things on high, one or two on Ultra, and others low. If I cant tell the difference or the performance drops I just lower the settings. All I know is when BF4 first came out I was sucking butt. All the tinkering has helped.

 

[Exterous]

Welp - guess I'm not playing tonight. Can stay connected to a game after the patch. "Error. Could not join server (1)"

Tried opening a bunch of ports on my router, turning off the firewall, reinstalling origin but I can't stay connected to any server for more than 3 minutes

 

[Phoenix86]

Reinstall punkbuster?

http://www.evenbalance.com/?page=pbsetup.php

 

[lozina]

It was probably suav then, because there was no kill weapon. That would explain the distance, angle and 1-shot.

Yeah I would have just tossed it out to SUAV kill since they give really confusing kill reports but this guy is an engineer....

 

[Exterous]

Reinstall punkbuster?

http://www.evenbalance.com/?page=pbsetup.php

I'll give that a shot thanks

 

[Childs]

I approve of the ACE 52 CQB. Used it for a few rounds and racked up a bunch of kills. The more guns I try the more favorites I have. Probably shouldnt have spent so much time just using the MTAR. I have almost 2K more kills with the MTAR than any other gun.

 

[pieguy]

I got to "experience" the revive bug for the first time tonight... That's some crap I can't believe they haven't fixed yet. At least it forced me to leave the Operation Locker server.

 

[chucky2]

Its probably different in BF4.

Terrain Decoration low:

Terrain Decoration Ultra:

That's crazy. But my point is more like, looking out over an expanse with the 8x or 12x scope in BF3, from 800m away lets say, I really shouldn't be able to see guys as well as I can, regardless of the detail settings. Don't get me wrong: When I just want to kill something I'm grateful, as it takes little skill, but to me when I pick desert khaki and lay way out in the desert, someone 1000m away should almost have to be glassed right in on me to see my faint outline. I shouldn't see this man shaped dark sliver just sitting out there.

 

[slpnshot]

Well I played around 2 hours today, no crash so far. So for me the patch was an improvement.

Btw, do I just msg my BF username to Gully if I want it posted on the first page?

 

[tdawg]

I wasn't having any issues until the patch. Now, once per session, the game locks up on me and I have to kill it via the task manager.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Btw, do I just msg my BF username to Gully if I want it posted on the first page?

YUP.

 

[maevinj]

To your point, it's just my opinion, but I find the folks who are splitting hair over graphic settings and how they affect their performance in the game is rather silly. If my kDR is suffering, I'd be looking at a multitude of other factors to try and improve it. I highly doubt a few shrubbery and bushes are going to help you that much.

Also, anyone available tonight to squad up for some large conquest? Ride in a tank with me and you will not be disappointed!

My battlelog name is polloloco81

edit: going to be on until about 10PT.

So being able to see bush wookies isn't going to vastly improve your kdr? With the flash hider, they're pretty tough to spot, especially playing hardcore mode.

 

[Canbacon]

IVR scope is actually pretty good compared to using NVR. Pair it with the canted or just run with a green laser it makes people pop out of the shrubs. The only bad part of it is the 0.5 second ADS time.

 

[Gigglinpig]

YUP.

Gully, Can you please add me as well?

GigglinPig

I don't have 25 posts yet, so can't PM you.

 

[lozina]

IVR scope is actually pretty good compared to using NVR. Pair it with the canted or just run with a green laser it makes people pop out of the shrubs. The only bad part of it is the 0.5 second ADS time.

Yeah I love IRNV scopes and rely on it a lot which is why I am very frustrated with the bugs in the game with them.

For weapon mounted scopes sometimes I ADS and it's not actually IRNV but just clear plain image. I have to switch weapon then back again then actual IRNV activates when I ADS.

For vehicle IRNV I get way too many situations where people are blending in with the dull green background instead of popping out brightly, and these could be people RIGHT next to my vehicle. It's so annoying...

 

[sigurros81]

So being able to see bush wookies isn't going to vastly improve your kdr? With the flash hider, they're pretty tough to spot, especially playing hardcore mode.

You're probably right in reference to hardcore mode. Personally I'm not a fan of HC in BF4, I don't think the game was ever designed to be played like that, so I don't find it fun. If I want some serious 'hardcore' style gameplay, I'd probably hit up ARMA3.

Again, just an observation, in regular mode, I highly doubt turning off foliage is going to affect a person's KDR that much. I see so many players running around doing so many idiotic things, the least of their worries should be turning off some foliage just to give them some false sense of hope, as if it'll help them improve their gameplay any

I prefer to have my games looking as pretty as possible, and if I need to deal with some bush wookies, I figure out fun and intelligent ways to take them out as oppose to turning off some graphic setting. It's been working out pretty well for me so far.

 

[CPA]

Question: Do I get a "Kill" for killing someone who is then revived from a teammate using the defrib?