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Battlefield 4 |OT2| Is it fixed yet?
- Thread starter Overdoziz
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Headshots are still 1 hit kill for sniper rifles and some revolvers. This change is only meant to make ARs/Carbines/PDWs 2 headshot kill weapons. Currently it takes 3 headshots to kill someone with those guns. In a way DICE is moving closer that what you want.
I don't think one hit kill headshot would be a good decision for all weapons.
I think it would be overkill for ARs/Carbines/PDWs. It's not hard to get headshots with those weapons. Even with DMRs I wouldn't like a 1 hit kill headshot except at really close ranges.
I feel that of all problems BF4 has and have had, weapon balancing is not one of then. BF4 has the best weapon balance of all the BF games I've played.
Hopefully they don't fuck everything up with the new patch.
Kane Zakharov
Banned
Yes. In close range it might as well not exist. it's more suited to happen in medium to long ranges now.
Being suppressed will now mean your weapon handling will be heavily penalized (spread increase, more recoil, etc) on top of the vaseline screen effect, and LMGs are better at suppressing targets compared to the other weapon classes.
With the next update, weapons with generally lower rates of fire now have more benefits and are generally more viable than they currently are in vanilla. There are a lot of other changes as well in the upcoming patch, and overall I think it has been noticeably improved.
Unfortunately, Sniper Rifles are still trash and pointless in most situations.
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Oh really, when?
NOW
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Oh really, when?
NOW
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But really: FUCKING SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS. YOU GET A 2XP AND YOU GET A 2XP AND EVERYONE IS GETTING A 2XP FOR A WEEK!
Maybe now I can finally reach the P40 cap... still three levels to go. Let's fucking go Metro grind.
The Faceless Master
Member
sell more premium.
and i wouldn't be surprised if it's free but 2 weeks late on non-premium peasant accounts.
That's good to know, but I still think high ROF weapons should have an advantage considering their increased recoil and difficulty to master.
I'm really curious about the patch, if they can improve the lower ROF weapons without nerfing the high ROF ones I will be cool. But I still think that high ROF ruling close range and low ROF ruling long range with a nice middle ground in medium range is the way to go. I think what they need to look into is the middle range game were high ROF is still considerably superior.
How do you think they should balance sniper rifles? I think they are good for what they are. As you said they are pointless in most game modes, but not because they suck but because they are extremely limited in their use. They are basically in the game for people to live up their lone wolf sniper fantasies.
You mean running speed? Eh...I don't know. I play infantry mostly and with the distance between flags in some maps I would not like slower player speed. Maybe make sniper muzzle velocity faster would resolve this. It would make hitting moving targets easier at distance.
I don't know about removing suppression too. I think it's unfair with the other classes. If you're running with a bolt action you should know you're handicapping yourself against other players at closer ranges. Hardline deals with this giving sniper good close range weapons like the TEC9.
But then again, I'm not a sniper player, maybe they need a little hand. As an infantry player I still get killed by people sniping from a safe distance all the time so I never thought snipers needed extra help.
Kane Zakharov
Banned
The problem isn't necessarily running speed as it is the complete lack of inertia the soldiers in the game have. The overabundance of ADADADAD dancing on top of the crappy muzzle velocities that Sniper Rifles have result in enemy soldiers literally dodging your bullets unintentionally very frequently even as close as 50 meters. What's the point of having to line up your shot perfectly against a target and shoot only to have him decide to move some other direction and dodge the bullet that was in the air and heading straight to his head.
The combination of players regularly running carelessly in the open and the stigma of the "useless Battlefield Sniper" gives me little hope that the devs will actually make them good. And this is really the biggest issue with them, several mechanics in the game as well as their own stats make them borderline useless at the role they're supposed to be the best at. There's really no point in using Sniper Rifles in the vast majority of situations that players find themselves in, and in the rare case that they do, a DMR would still do a better job at it.
I have no problems with how suppression works with Sniper Rifles, though I do wish they would do something about the stupid hold breath mechanic by either removing it or making it more useful.
Pretty sure they won't be. The extra content at this point is simply added to the base game alongside the patches for the game. The new guns for example are apparently probably unlocked for all on release.
The combination of players regularly running carelessly in the open and the stigma of the "useless Battlefield Sniper" gives me little hope that the devs will actually make them good. And this is really the biggest issue with them, several mechanics in the game as well as their own stats make them borderline useless at the role they're supposed to be the best at. There's really no point in using Sniper Rifles in the vast majority of situations that players find themselves in, and in the rare case that they do, a DMR would still do a better job at it.
I have no problems with how suppression works with Sniper Rifles, though I do wish they would do something about the stupid hold breath mechanic by either removing it or making it more useful.
Pretty sure they won't be. The extra content at this point is simply added to the base game alongside the patches for the game. The new guns for example are apparently probably unlocked for all on release.
OdysseusVA
Banned
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Old Gimlet Eyes
Member
I pre-ordered Battlefront, does that help??
So, you can apparently put the commander resupply point inside the Metro on Operation Metro now.
It's motherfucking on now, chaps. Time to break 40k maybe in Commander Score. Get put on Hardline's Hacker Leadboard despite not having Hardline.
It's motherfucking on now, chaps. Time to break 40k maybe in Commander Score. Get put on Hardline's Hacker Leadboard despite not having Hardline.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Chris of Battle(non)sense was funded, y'all!
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Have we learned nothing, Gimlet?
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Have we learned nothing, Gimlet?
The Faceless Master
Member
What about quad bikes? Gotta get those vehicle usages up...
I dunno. I didn't use it. 4 parts of a bar <<<<<< 2 parts of a bar in two areas for faster bar filling.
Scorpion Soldier
Member
Appearantly the commander app is being decomissioned... Old news but didn't know if this was posted yet.
Come on DICE, really?
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/news/view/mobile-commanders-you-served-the-battle-well/
Come on DICE, really?
Old Gimlet Eyes
Member
I have! I was just fucking around. As much as I want to believe Battlefront will be amazing day 1 (I believe the gameplay will be), I know the servers will be fucked for at least a few months like all previous games before it. I will at least be able to play day 1 through EA Access on the xbone, but will wait to purchase the game for at least a few patches. Gone are my days of pre-ordering and day 1 buys, I have finally learned my lesson, especially with DICE.
Yeah that is super weak. Not that I ever used that app or even like playing as commander, but c'mon.
Noisepurge
Member
sucks big time when only one team has a commander, should have been an "apply for commander" and you will only get to be commander when both teams have a player applying to be one.
Kane Zakharov
Banned
worse than bf3. i'm sure seks is already in the process of writing an essay for this
Yes exactly, way too many lopsided games.
So much went wrong with the implementation of the commander, most of it I blame because they wanted so much to integrate tablets into it, which meant you had to make a unified interface for both PC and tablet, making it so shallow and worthless it became boring to play.
No markers anywhere except on objectives.
Boring abilities that, with two commanders, just constantly cancelled each other out.
UI designed for tablets that was just a chore to navigate on PC.
Not then to mention the insane design choices like having the cooldown timer for gunships start the moment you deploy them, not when you destroy them.
No markers anywhere except on objectives.
Boring abilities that, with two commanders, just constantly cancelled each other out.
UI designed for tablets that was just a chore to navigate on PC.
Not then to mention the insane design choices like having the cooldown timer for gunships start the moment you deploy them, not when you destroy them.
Nope. You're right. None of the maps outside of BF3 supplants are worth a damn on BF4. If Naval Strikes were tweaked to not be Javelin lock city, they'd be semi-playable.
Man if the other commander didn't join I'd probably have broke 35K easy.
Filling dem squad perk bars faster than I can spend. DAT MVP DOE. People complaining about an easy point generator mode.
Filling dem squad perk bars faster than I can spend. DAT MVP DOE. People complaining about an easy point generator mode.
All of that on top of having to leave the server when you don't want to play commander any more rather than just making it a physical object in the game world that players can enter at any time. It leads to massively lopsided matches when one team has a commander and the other doesn't an no one playing has the option to counter it ingame. Players on the front lines should have been able to interact in some manner with the commander. Guys painting targets for air strikes, securing extra resources for the commander to use that aren't directly the main objectives themselves...etc.
Yeah it would be pretty great if it was like the air strike bunkers in BF1943 as part of an objective. It'd also be okay to have one standing in each team's deployment.
Zank Frappa
Banned
Xux
Member
Alright, I pulled the trigger.
24 bucks with plus for the Premium bundle.Finally Broke 30K as Commander. I don't think you can go higher with the current EMP timer change. If it was as fast as the UAV: I could probably break 45K with no sweat. Otherwies you have to get lucky on dropping resupplies (since they don't last long in Metro) for +50 from 5 people bunched up otherwise you're spamming Reinforcement and Perk Up orders on squads for +25 a pop for 1 or 3 bars of the squad perk bar.
Then it's a matter of getting EVERYONE to accept your orders and then stay near the flag/Metro for the Squad Order bonus to kick in.
Then it's a matter of getting EVERYONE to accept your orders and then stay near the flag/Metro for the Squad Order bonus to kick in.
So when did Youtube start supporting 4K - 2160p 60FPS videos now? Thought they limited 60FPS videos to 1080p.
4K @ 60FPS | GULF OF OMAN 2014 | GTX-980 SLI
4K @ 60FPS | GULF OF OMAN 2014 | GTX-980 SLI
SharpAttorney
Neo Member
I couldn't even get through two minutes listening to that guy.
Xux
Member
Xuxly
Kind of annoying that I have to manually and individually download each expansion.
2XP shutdown on a Monday holiday.
GG DICE. GG.
People stealing my references now. I was the first one to make the Hunger Games reference for BF4. Goddamn it. >:|
GG DICE. GG.
Right as I was nearly going to cap. Ugh.
People stealing my references now. I was the first one to make the Hunger Games reference for BF4. Goddamn it. >:|
The Faceless Master
Member
yeah, that had to have upset some folk. but hey, i got the bow again.
ElzarTheBam
Member
3.5 gigs on bone/ps4
