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Battlefield 4 PS4 multiplayer issues

Ellite25

Member
Someone else asked but I didn't see an answer:

How do you get on the same team as your friends? Do you have to be in a PSN party or what?

Seems like there's no party system within the game.
 

Pastry

Banned
Aside from the Conquest join & a few error message drops here and there my games run somewhat smooth. And are there still no party systems on PS4? I thought that was PS3 only

There are definitely party systems. It works great in KZ:SF but it's not in Bf4 for some idiotic reason.
 

Mrbob

Member
BF4 wasn't fit for release on any platform it seems. Shameful.

Someone else asked but I didn't see an answer:

How do you get on the same team as your friends? Do you have to be in a PSN party or what?

Seems like there's no party system within the game.

Can't create your own squad in game?
 
There are definitely party systems. It works great in KZ:SF but it's not in Bf4 for some idiotic reason.

Yeah Killzone is perfect, BF4 is a mess. Pointless to not have it integrated into Battlelog either now that it's live through the touch pad. There's invites to missions but not partys...
 

Shady859

Member
I totally thought I was missing something with not being able to play with friends. I joined a buddy of mine in TDM last night and teams were not always full but I never could manage to get on his team. After about an hour he quit and played something else completely because his team lost every round he was trying to flip to me as well. Hope this gets fixed...

Haven't tried MP yet today but I know stinking PSN store is dead can't redeem this premium pass.
 

Steel

Banned
Aside from the Conquest join & a few error message drops here and there my games run somewhat smooth. And are there still no party systems on PS4? I thought that was PS3 only

There are cross game parties, but BF4 ps4 doesn't have a party system(ala call of duty) and the friends playing list in game is broken. So does it have a party system on ps4 for it?
 

D6AMIA6N

Member
I am not one to support litigation, but it seems like the only way to get companies like EA to respond to valid issues is to threaten with a class action lawsuit. Especially if you have no recourse, such as returning the game for a refund. There should be some protection for consumers who spend money on a product that literally does not function as intended.
 

DenogginizerOS

BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I can't stay in the game. Same error code and bounced to the PS4 UI.

I hate that I spent $60 on this. I feel like we all lost a lot of launch weekend fun due to this turdly effort.

Oh, and for the reviewers that dogged Knack and praised BF4, FUCK YOU.
 
Ea says 1.5 patchn broke the game

all you have to do is talk to the BF4 PC players to know that is a bunch of bullshit...the 1.5 update was just a convenient scapegoat for EA to point at.

All signs point towards EA being EA and pushing an incomplete product out the door.
 

PBY

Banned
Someone else asked but I didn't see an answer:

How do you get on the same team as your friends? Do you have to be in a PSN party or what?

Seems like there's no party system within the game.
Been asking this. There no way apparently.
 

Fonz72

Member
Not only can I not get into BF4, The Blacklight Retribution servers have been down since yeaterday for emergency maintenance. Really shitty. I was really looking forward to give this a try tonight.

Blacklight is very fun on PC! Has a great feel to it, the guns have punch.

Battlefield wise TDM and Test Range work well.
 

Tekku

Member
How was online BF4 on PC anyway? I got the general impression it was glitchy as hell as well. And aren't the pc servers also crapping since the ps4 launch?

Edit: Weird. Just clicked on a 64/64 conquest server and got in...

Was? It still is a total mess. Probably the worst release of the year along with Sim City.
 

whillywhack

Neo Member
I was about to go pick up a launch game for my PS4, and I was thinking about getting BF4. Is it really unplayable at the moment?

If it is, I might just get Killzone or Ghosts instead.
 

FlyinJ

Douchebag. Yes, me.
I didn't realize only conquest was broken. I've been trying all day to get in, and just press conquest because it's at the top of the list.

I guess I'm going to be playing some rush...
 

Jac

Neo Member
I can't stay in the game. Same error code and bounced to the PS4 UI.

I hate that I spent $60 on this. I feel like we all lost a lot of launch weekend fun due to this turdly effort.

Oh, and for the reviewers that dogged Knack and praised BF4, FUCK YOU.

Reviewers had to have gotten a flawless experience since the PS4 version wasn't in the wild yet. In fact, I will lay odds that EA thought it was "good enough" just like EA probably thought Sim City was "good enough".
 
I also haven't had much luck getting into Conquest games. I have been able to get into Obliteration and TDM games without too much issue, though.
 

Steel

Banned
Blacklight is very fun on PC! Has a great feel to it, the guns have punch.

Battlefield wise TDM and Test Range work well.

With the caveat that well means you'll get through a full game a good 60% of the time. Obliteration was fun. Got through a whole ten minutes before the server collapsed.
 

Steel

Banned
Fuck this is the type of game they should have allowed player hosted servers. Damn it EA, bring back P2P or actually spend money on the servers you need.
 
I didn't realize only conquest was broken. I've been trying all day to get in, and just press conquest because it's at the top of the list.

I guess I'm going to be playing some rush...

Rush is hard to find and crap as well. Seems like the small domination and deathmatch modes are the only ones that are working ok. Really disappointing.

Anyone else get game freezing when pressing the PS button in BF4 (or KZ for that matter)... will go to check party then come back to either game and shit is frozen... press all buttons and nothing happens. Only the PS button and share button register.
 

Joco

Member
Everytime I'm playing multiplayer and then try to quit back to the menu the game crashes to the XMB (is it still called that?). Really annoying.
 
Remember when they said they strongly considered delaying the game?? Well now it makes sense why. The game isnt ready and they just decided to still push it out.
 

Afro

Member
Domination has been running perfectly for me all day besides one crash when a map was loading. I can wait a day or two for Conquest.
 

Steel

Banned
I wish this was just server issues. Game crashes to my dash 7/10 times.

Nevermind. I can officially put my foot in my mouth. I got booted to the dash 5 minutes after I told you reinstalling worked. God I wish I went physical KIllzone and digital battlefield instead of vice versa.
 

Codiox

Member
Is this the "first" really broken consolegame?i cant remember from snes to ps3 that there was anything like that bf4 mess on a console.


"full bf4 pc experience",well fuck that!
 
all you have to do is talk to the BF4 PC players to know that is a bunch of bullshit...the 1.5 update was just a convenient scapegoat for EA to point at.

All signs point towards EA being EA and pushing an incomplete product out the door.
Oh ok

Guess the game was rushed
 

MThanded

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Is this the "first" really broken consolegame?i cant remember from snes to ps3 that there was anything like that bf4 mess on a console.


"full bf4 pc experience",well fuck that!
In general the PS4 is PC as f&$@. Error logs. Change logs. Crashes.

While I sound negative, I actually think its a great system right now. A lot of stuff works and we have a lot more to look forward to.
 

mollipen

Member
On the Xbox 360, when I played Battlefield 4 online, I never needed an Origin account (from what I know). Trying to do the same on the PS4 now, it won't let me do anything without making one.

Is that really the case? Or could it be due to whatever issues the game is having?
 

PBY

Banned
On the Xbox 360, when I played Battlefield 4 online, I never needed an Origin account (from what I know). Trying to do the same on the PS4 now, it won't let me do anything without making one.

Is that really the case? Or could it be due to whatever issues the game is having?
Made me make an acct
 

M_A_C

Member
Domination has been running perfectly for me all day besides one crash when a map was loading. I can wait a day or two for Conquest.

Same. And to play with friends, join them from the first multiplayer page.
 

PatzCU

Member
As a PC Player, I got 99 problems but a 64 player multiplayer server aint o- Battlefield 4 has stopped working.
 

Dartastic

Member
EA should be ashamed of this shit.

I'm about to play some resogun.
Agreed. This game should not have been released in this state. I'm afraid to play the single player because I can lose all my save data, and the major game mode that people play isn't working. So basically, I bought a brand new game that I can barely play because it's so broken.
 

Definity

Member
Hey guys, I can't even get this damn game to start. It goes to a blue crash screen every single time at the main menu. Not sure what to do. Going to delete the game install and try again.
 

Pastry

Banned
Hey guys, I can't even get this damn game to start. It goes to a blue crash screen every single time at the main menu. Not sure what to do. Going to delete the game install and try again.

When I did that it fixed it for a bit but I've gotten like 15 errors in a row on the main menu now.
 
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