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tracerit

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the servers taht advertise "fast points" "quick level" is just a bunch of eye candy words right? every server is gonna level you the same rate?
 

TheNiceGuy

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Is there a knack to playing Commander, or is it just boring and poorly implemented?
The only fun part was the cruise missle, and that's not available most of the time. It feels like a human punchcard.
On the good side, no sound or reflexes required, so easier to sleep after playing.
 

DeadFred

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Also, is counter-knife just a matter of spamming the knife button?
Pretty much, if you spam fast enough you can even counter the counter with a punch. Been playing quite a bit of knife only lately and lots of weird things can happen. A couple of times Ive gotten into a counter match that just went on and on with both of us locked up holding each others knife arm until someone else would come and pull one of us off and take our tags from the side or back.
 

DeadFred

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Is there a knack to playing Commander, or is it just boring and poorly implemented?
The only fun part was the cruise missle, and that's not available most of the time. It feels like a human punchcard.
On the good side, no sound or reflexes required, so easier to sleep after playing.
Sleep....its the only thing Ive found playing Commander is good for. ZZZZZZ
 
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Is there a knack to playing Commander, or is it just boring and poorly implemented?
The only fun part was the cruise missle, and that's not available most of the time. It feels like a human punchcard.
On the good side, no sound or reflexes required, so easier to sleep after playing.

It's mostly just extremely poorly implemented.
 

DeadFred

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the servers taht advertise "fast points" "quick level" is just a bunch of eye candy words right? every server is gonna level you the same rate?
Yes. They can set it up so that players and vehicles respawn instantly but thats about it.
 

tracerit

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any chance future add ons will include more maps? i loved playing Arica Harbor and Strike at Karkand back in the days.
 

Midwayman

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the servers taht advertise "fast points" "quick level" is just a bunch of eye candy words right? every server is gonna level you the same rate?

Sort of. It means the are likely stat padding, or running flag cap circles, etc. There is ton's you can do in order to level up. Prepare to have your stats reset if you decide to participate.
 

96Firebird

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the servers taht advertise "fast points" "quick level" is just a bunch of eye candy words right? every server is gonna level you the same rate?

I've noticed this usually happens with it is double-XP weekend, like it is this weekend. I think the server owners hope the "slower" BF4 players see that and then realize they are getting double-XP because of the server. Then they get excited and favorite the server because they expect to rank up fast all the time.

Anyways, all servers give the same XP.
 

tracerit

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so when you're kicked from the game, is this how it's supposed to happen, you get automatically get closed out from BF4.exe and after 10 seconds or so you go back to the battlelog website and then you'll see the small banner on the bottom of battlelog that you've been kicked?

i'm also using mantle and whenever this happens, bf4.exe actually crashes on me...
 

TeknoBug

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I wouldn't mind seeing Arica Harbor, great map back in BC2, but doesn't matter, I don't play BF4 anymore.
 

orbster556

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@Moonbogg

As you're the best/most experienced sniper I know, what are your thoughts on the different sniper rifles available in the game? Although I'm primarily a tanker or Assault player on TDM (http://bf4stats.com/pc/Karaya_One), I recently started trying sniping during TDM matches and really enjoy it.

I used the L96A1 to unlock almost all the sniper rifles but have switched over to Intervention once I unlocked it. Although I know it has a very low RPM, I don't really notice it since I'm not skilled enough to play aggressive recon and thus sit back and snipe from the backfield.

Looking at your Battlepage, it would seem as if you're focusing on the M98B over the others. Any particular reason you chose it over the others and would you recommend switching?

Thanks.
 

Spike

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This weekend I started playing and each time I load a level I get one good round, and then the second round is a rubber banding nightmare. I can quit, and rejoin and the problem is gone, until I end a round and start the next, then it's back again. This has occurred on 3 different severs so far and based on other comments, it's only happening to me.

Any idea why this would be happening? The only change I made was to upgrade to Catalyst 13.12.

Thanks!
 

Randum

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I installed the beta drivers to take advantage of the mantle technology - big mistake... the game boots and runs sometimes. Or it just crashes to a white screen after loading. Or when I switch back to directX, it will give me a directX error...reinstalled DirectX, and it will work once, and then resort back to the white screen...

I really don't want to revert back drivers, but I think I'll give that a shot and see if I can fix it... in any case,annoying. Running the r9 290 too, so a newer card paired with an i7...
 

AznAnarchy99

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I wouldn't mind seeing Arica Harbor, great map back in BC2, but doesn't matter, I don't play BF4 anymore.

I played so many hours of BC2 but for some reason the maps are a blur to me. I had to go back and youtube some videos to refresh my memory. Those maps were awesome rush maps..
 

Midwayman

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I installed the beta drivers to take advantage of the mantle technology - big mistake... the game boots and runs sometimes. Or it just crashes to a white screen after loading. Or when I switch back to directX, it will give me a directX error...reinstalled DirectX, and it will work once, and then resort back to the white screen...

I really don't want to revert back drivers, but I think I'll give that a shot and see if I can fix it... in any case,annoying. Running the r9 290 too, so a newer card paired with an i7...

I had to revert to 13.12. Too much stuttering. Mantle shows promise, but still needs work.

for you specifically- Disable your IGP on your cpu if applicable. Make sure you are launching in 64bit mode. Supposedly there are issues otherwise.