You can press shift f1 and then see if you can access the friends list and add someone. What I do is alt tab out and then in the origin client, go to the top taskbar, there should be a search for people menu under the friends section of the chat.
The sniping does get pretty bad, but it's satisfying to beat snipers to death with a bat. I hate the unlock system though. Just give me the damned weapons and let me play the game. This trend of having to level up and unlock stuff is really getting old.
I was really bad at sniping before. But the maps here do allow it in some areas. I'm upset that my assault class was rank 7 and after the patch it went down to 3. I really want to unlock the heilrigger gun. That thing is obscene, I've been killed by it so many times. I too don't like how they did the unlocking this time around. Class rank takes a while to level up.
It's the scout class, not sniper. But of course since it has a sniper rifles, people just sit back and snipe. Just killing people isn't that useful. Helping defend and cap flags is what helps. Those that find a good vantage point over a flag and spot/kill/suppress people are being useful, those that are just hanging out at the edge of the map not so much.
I've constantly took down enemies while laying far back and watching the capture points. Even saved a few team members from being gunned down by doing this in rush. Problem is most team members weren't going for the capture points. So I'll switch to assault or support and try to run in. Sometimes you just get on a bad team.
If you are buying it for single player then I would say it's not a good reason to buy it but who are we kidding, bf games always emphasized online. If you will be playing online a lot, it's totally worth it. Single player is very well done too, I'm really enjoying it. But it's super short. Could have definitely added more substance if they designed it the way they did, by telling war stories of soldiers.
I'm enjoying my time with it. The issues aren't as bad as seen during launch of BF3 and 4. The guns fire slower/hit less hard than the newer games too so the time to kill is long. It makes you work for your kills.
Reminds me of a rush game last night where enemy was planting on objective B and this guy sits at the far end of the map with a tank shooting at nothing. I chatted and shot at the tank, etc. Didn't budge, we lost the objective.
You can try updating your drivers, it shouldn't make it worse. As for direct x, usually if you are missing it from the PC the game will notify you and most times will download it for you.
