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dougp

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At this point, probably no. Next expansion is around the corner.

Next expansion, you mean to BF4 or are you implying Hardline? There's at least 1 more BF4 expansion, as well as the upcoming changes that are on the test server, primarily night mode.

As for the guy who mentioned cheating - it's not very rampant. I've been playing since released and only have dealt with 2 cheaters.
 

looper

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Is this game worth buying (premium edition) for $22.50? I was a big fan of BF3 but heard this BF4 was full of aimbots, bugs, and too COD like. I can max this game, btw.

My son and I have been serious PC home-hobbyists and gamers since @ 1993. We feel BF4 is by far the best FPS out there. We have been very happy with the game. We have CallOfDuty:AW as well.... very different... very small maps, intense, a real fast twitch-fest... very little tactics/strategy, imo.
 
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Phoenix86

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Next expansion, you mean to BF4 or are you implying Hardline? There's at least 1 more BF4 expansion, as well as the upcoming changes that are on the test server, primarily night mode.

As for the guy who mentioned cheating - it's not very rampant. I've been playing since released and only have dealt with 2 cheaters.

I mean hardline, not the map packs. Is it in open beta? Once that happens I expect most of the population to start moving there.
 

Termie

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I mean hardline, not the map packs. Is it in open beta? Once that happens I expect most of the population to start moving there.

I doubt this is going to happen. Having played Hardline, I can tell you that it's not the same experience. It's amusing, but doesn't have nearly the depth of BF4, if for no other reason than the extremely limited vehicle combat. It really isn't a Battlefield game.
 

Phoenix86

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Oh wow, I haven't read a single thing about it just assumed it was the next BF... OK ignore me then!
 

jackstar7

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"Closer" to the next BF is going to be Star Wars Battlefront, but there are plenty of folks not interested in that franchise, too. So I am guessing it might be a while before a new proper Battlefield 5. Maybe holiday 2016. Maybe.
 

raasco

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BF4 still has additional content coming this year doesn't it? Possibly new maps.
 

skipsneeky2

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BF4 still has additional content coming this year doesn't it? Possibly new maps.

I have heard the same as well.Wonder if there is any truth to it?I keep hearing about Nightmare Siege in the CTE so maybe its going to be variation type of maps?
 

Midwayman

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I have heard the same as well.Wonder if there is any truth to it?I keep hearing about Nightmare Siege in the CTE so maybe its going to be variation type of maps?

Night maps for for sure. From what I've seen I'm expecting a few new redone maps. They aren't being very forthcoming about plans other than what you see in CTE though.
 

B-Riz

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I mean hardline, not the map packs. Is it in open beta? Once that happens I expect most of the population to start moving there.

Hardline is meh.

Give the open beta a try.

No way I would pay $59.99 for the game; maybe $10.00 or less.
 

B-Riz

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"Closer" to the next BF is going to be Star Wars Battlefront, but there are plenty of folks not interested in that franchise, too. So I am guessing it might be a while before a new proper Battlefield 5. Maybe holiday 2016. Maybe.

BF5 was confirmed last year to be a 2016 release: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/28/next-battlefield-game-releasing-holiday-2016

With confirmation of THAT just recently: http://bf4central.com/2015/02/battlefield-5-release-date/

Which is good maybe?

4 was definitely released too early.
 

DeadFred

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Is this game worth buying (premium edition) for $22.50? I was a big fan of BF3 but heard this BF4 was full of aimbots, bugs, and too COD like.

I can max this game, btw.
If you like BF3 then you should absolutely grab BF4+premium for that price. The play style is exactly the same as BF3, nothing CoD about it. Whoever said that must have been one of those BF2 fans who liked the grandma's pace it had and despise both BF3 and 4. LOL

Ive been playing BF4 since release and it did have some technical issues for a while but all that has been long fixed. There will always be a cheaters in games but honestly I saw far more in BF3 than I have in BF4, so dont let that stop you.
 

DeadFred

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I doubt this is going to happen. Having played Hardline, I can tell you that it's not the same experience. It's amusing, but doesn't have nearly the depth of BF4, if for no other reason than the extremely limited vehicle combat. It really isn't a Battlefield game.
This! :thumbsup:
 

skipsneeky2

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Heard people on 347.52 may have gotten a fps boost with Maxwell over 347.09,any truth to that? i just upgraded last night.
 

TheSlamma

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Servers I have been on the last few days have been lag spike central.. are they breaking the game to push people to Hardline?
 

skipsneeky2

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Servers I have been on the last few days have been lag spike central.. are they breaking the game to push people to Hardline?

If that was the case,i rather be playing BF3 before i drop anything over $20 on Hardline.Even then i still rather play BF3.I think even BO2 would get more play time over Hardline.
 

DeadFred

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Servers I have been on the last few days have been lag spike central.. are they breaking the game to push people to Hardline?
Ive been playing daily and havent had any issues....other than getting stuck on the crappiest teams possible. My overview shows that I am 5-10 in my last 15 games. Lost by 3 tickets on a 1200 ticket server yesterday, it was a good a game but dang it those close ones sting. Sigh... :'(
 

skipsneeky2

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Been playing around a bit with the scale resolution,200% is like twice your resolution correct?I know 125% looks more amazing then 4x msaa surely,150% looks great and runs beautiful and while i wish to run 200% the frames run a bit lower then i like.

MSAA seems like a option that shouldn't even be in the game,scale resolution in itself looks miles better and if i recall 125% looked and ran better then 4x MSAA+100% scale resolution.
 

Termie

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^ I agree on resolution scaling. It does far more than MSAA, kind of seems unreal in how good it can look.

On an unrelated note, I experienced a wacky bug today. Loaded up a game of Dawnbreaker, only to find my system crawling once the team deployed. Thought it was the server, but nobody complained. Turns out that the game had somehow absorbed all 16GB of RAM and forced the system to the swap file. I was getting like 10fps. This was on a 780 Ti.

Quit the map, loaded a different one, and all was fine. Is that what you'd call a memory leak or what?
 
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skipsneeky2

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On an unrelated note, I experienced a wacky bug today. Loaded up a game of Dawnbreaker, only to find my system crawling once the team deployed. Thought it was the server, but nobody complained. Turns out that the game had somehow absorbed all 16GB of RAM and forced the system to the swap file. I was getting like 10fps. This was on a 780 Ti.

Quit the map, loaded a different one, and all was fine. Is that what you'd call a memory leak or what?

Weird,i never had issues like that,even during beta.Never experienced performance issues due to leaks myself in any game yet,been lucky i guess.

I wonder if your issue is Ultra settings related?I just started to use Ultra 24/7 when i got the 970,my experience has been limited so far but i could certainly let you know if i experience your issue.I got 8gb of ram though.
 

Termie

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Weird,i never had issues like that,even during beta.Never experienced performance issues due to leaks myself in any game yet,been lucky i guess.

I wonder if your issue is Ultra settings related?I just started to use Ultra 24/7 when i got the 970,my experience has been limited so far but i could certainly let you know if i experience your issue.I got 8gb of ram though.

Could be Ultra related, but I've been running that way for a while. Haven't changed anything recently.

What was so funny was that when I quit BF4, my total memory use was just 1.2GB (typical footprint on a clean boot is closer to 2.5GB). That means BF4 had somehow used 14.8GB! Anyway, just thought it was amusing. I doubt it will happen again soon.
 

scooterlibby

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Anyone experiencing freezing up randomly. Goes for about 10 secs then back to normal.

A lot of time I get debilitating frame drops for about 2-3 seconds that seem like freezing up and then go back to normal. Specs below. Not sure why.
 

moonbogg

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I miss BC2. For some reason I really played that game. BF3 and BF4 all I do is snipe because that's all I can stand to do. I mean I like sniping, but BC2 I really got in deep and played a lot of rush and loved the Vietnam expansion. I don't get excited about playing objectives in BF4 like I did with BC2. I stick to TDM now. Everything else makes me want to puke.
 

skipsneeky2

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I miss BC2. For some reason I really played that game. BF3 and BF4 all I do is snipe because that's all I can stand to do. I mean I like sniping, but BC2 I really got in deep and played a lot of rush and loved the Vietnam expansion. I don't get excited about playing objectives in BF4 like I did with BC2. I stick to TDM now. Everything else makes me want to puke.

There is a ton of servers in Europe.Like 5x as many as in North America.

I still play it from time to time,can be fun but low ping servers are a pain to find.You end up with 200+ pingers constantly.Game has seen better days,i get odd hitching issues with my 970 that come and go depending on driver lol.

Still pretty enjoyable
 
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