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AznAnarchy99

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Stat wise, the MG4 and the M249 are exactly the same except the M249 recoils side to side while MG4 goes up but I can't kill a thing with the MG4 but I can go 30-1 with the M249.
 

Zargon

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GullyFoyle

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Finally, news on Second Assault.

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Revisit Fan-Favorite Battlefield 3 Maps or Infiltrate Naval Bases in the South China Sea with Upcoming Battlefield 4 Expansion Packs.

In a week, you’ll take a step back in time with Battlefield 4 Second Assault, featuring four fan-favorite maps from Battlefield 3 – Operation Metro, Caspian Border, Gulf of Oman, and Operation Firestorm. Reimagined with Frostbite 3 graphics and Battlefield 4 gameplay, Battlefield 4 Second Assault will be released on February 18 for Battlefield 4 Premium members on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and for all Battlefield 4 players two weeks later on March 4.

Following Battlefield 4 Second Assault will be the third expansion pack, Battlefield 4 Naval Strike, launching in late March for Battlefield 4 Premium members. Stay tuned for the exact date and find all expansion pack information on Battlefield.com. In this expansion, you’ll experience intense water-based combat as the Chinese armada takes the fight to the sea. You’ll have access to new weapons, gadgets, and amphibious vehicles, and four all-new maps – Lost Island, Nansha Strike, Wave Breaker, and Operation Mortar.

Learn more about Battlefield 4 Second Assault

And don’t forget, every day you log into the game in February, you’ll get a free Battlepack as part of Battlefield 4 Player Appreciation Month.
 
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TeknoBug

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Since recording apps don't work with Mantle (yet), I found a way to be able to record BF4 gameplay in Mantle, by using targeted area (I tested this with both Bandicam and Action) while setting BF4 to windowed or borderless mode.

Just thought I'd toss that out there for those who want to record (or maybe stream) the game while using Mantle.
 

DeadFred

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Is it just me or has the Air Superiority game mode disappeared from everyone's Battlelog server filter?
 
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Because you sound kinda mad. :awe:

Ever think maybe the helo you shot at just popped ECMs? Just be thankful you can actually hit something in this game. LOL

And you still haven't read my post. Hitting helo's are easy as all hell because SRAW mechanics are broken.

READ.
 

DeadFred

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And you still haven't read my post. Hitting helo's are easy as all hell because SRAW mechanics are broken.

READ.
Trust me I did. I even mentioned blown up walls as obstacles just a few posts up. However, I havent seen my SRAW rockets do any cool tricks like you describe. Mine are rather boring and just fly to wherever my crosshairs are. Ive seen some rockets (active radar, IGLA, and Stingers) circle helos after they activate ECM, but not my SRAW. But then again I dont fire one and then run behind cover before it hits my target, that makes no sense to me. Do I need to find and shoot through a chain link fence to see these SRAW shenanigans?

You mentioned firing one at a tank and it going crazy, well maybe it had active protection going. Isnt that supposed to make guided rockets miss or blow up nearby without doing too much damage?

You also mentioned trickshots now being impossible to make. Who are you, Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley? Besides it sounds like your shots are tricky enough as it is. Perhaps if you described to me how you think the SRAW should work, and how to pull off a trickshot while using one, all this would make more sense to me.
 
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Trust me I did. I even mentioned blown up walls as obstacles just a few posts up. However, I havent seen my SRAW rockets do any cool tricks like you describe. Mine are rather boring and just fly to wherever my crosshairs are. Ive seen some rockets (active radar, IGLA, and Stingers) circle helos after they activate ECM, but not my SRAW. But then again I dont fire one and then run behind cover before it hits my target, that makes no sense to me. Do I need to find and shoot through a chain link fence to see these SRAW shenanigans?

You mentioned firing one at a tank and it going crazy, well maybe it had active protection going. Isnt that supposed to make guided rockets miss or blow up nearby without doing too much damage?

You also mentioned trickshots now being impossible to make. Who are you, Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley? Besides it sounds like your shots are tricky enough as it is. Perhaps if you described to me how you think the SRAW should work, and how to pull off a trickshot while using one, all this would make more sense to me.

Do you even play this game?

Active defenses blow up the projectile, not deflect them.

Trickshots that basically involve shooting a missile and ducking behind a wall and guiding the misisle to where you think the tank is is impossible because the missile will do a 180 and hit the ground, or the whatever surface you ducked under.

In BF2 the rocket had a very limited turning radius, and it was made so that it would go in the orientation of your launcher, not the exact surface you were pointing at, so you could make some pretty cool around the wall shots where you would fire your rocket, wait for it to clear a surface, and than curve it to hit a target you couldn't even see.

I would make a video, but BF4 is crashing on me before hitting the loading screen without an error message and I can't figure out why.

Figures.
 

TeknoBug

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I have had SRAWs fly off on its own like crazy a few times, always wondered WTF that's about.
 

DeadFred

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Why do you only respond to the rhetorical questions and not address the main issues presented?

Also still can't get BF4 to work, even after a full reinstall. What the hell.
I have none of the issues you seem to be having so I cant.

You may have ticked off the BF4 gremlins inside your PC.

Oh and I edited and added a nice little SRAW video to my previous post you may have missed.
 

TeknoBug

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Why do you only respond to the rhetorical questions and not address the main issues presented?

Also still can't get BF4 to work, even after a full reinstall. What the hell.

Throw your PC out the window, but wait until I get under so I can catch it. :p
 

balloonshark

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After last nights patch myself and plenty of others can't play the game. We are getting the sound loop crash which I've never experienced until this update. For me it happens when I join a Lockers TDM or Conquest maps. As soon as I see the map the screen/game freezes with a sound loop. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2955064774131036047/

The two brief times that I did get to play after the patch the TDM sound bug was still present. It was also supposed to be fixed in this latest update.
 

B-Riz

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After last nights patch myself and plenty of others can't play the game. We are getting the sound loop crash which I've never experienced until this update. For me it happens when I join a Lockers TDM or Conquest maps. As soon as I see the map the screen/game freezes with a sound loop. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2955064774131036047/

The two brief times that I did get to play after the patch the TDM sound bug was still present. It was also supposed to be fixed in this latest update.

Darn, I patched it yesterday but did not have time to play.

I was going to upgrade the system to 8.1 and a GTX 780 on Saturday, but if the game is bunk for me tonight, I will be very sad.
 

DeadFred

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Wish we could trade battlepack items, I keep getting these XP boosts that I have no need for. Ive got over 200 unused ones already!