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realjetavenger

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does the game take AGES to shut down for anyone else? I always stare at black screen with that blinking "cursor" or rectangle for good five seconds.

I noticed that too. It was like that during the beta and figured it would be resolved at retail. It doesn't matter how you exit the game either, it always takes forever for the game window to close.
 

maevinj

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This game is completely unplayable at this point. I can get maybe a round in. But if I quit a server and try to join another it ends up crashing with a directx error.
Also single player crashes as well...
Looks like Dice hired some the programmers from SimCity to help out..
 

taq8ojh

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My top bad things about the game:
- spawn system
- server browser/Battlelog in general bugs
- broken key bindings

Crashing or general performance is good enough (for me).
 

maevinj

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My top bad things about the game:
- spawn system
- server browser/Battlelog in general bugs
- broken key bindings

Crashing or general performance is good enough (for me).

Download the battlefield settings editor. That cleared up my key binding issues. Using the editor I could see where the same action had two keys bound to it
 
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hondaf17

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What are the symptoms of the memory leak? My bro-in-law has been using my secondary system with an i3 2120 and 6970 and after a few rounds it gets really chunky. He has been restarting the pc and then all is well for another few rounds. This only started today, though this was the first time he has played since the latest patch. Does that sounds like the same issue?

Yes, sounds similar. I have a 6950. The memory leak is not every time but quite often. After a few maps it gets choppy and the frames drop. It's because RAM usage slowly climbs to 99%. I have a resource monitor open on a second monitor, and the LCD screen on my keyboard, and I can see the memory usage slowly climb 1% at a time. Once it gets 97%+ I have to restart my PC and log back on.

I am using the latest beta drivers from AMD.
 

DeadFred

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I finally got that elusive defib kill without help from friendlys. :D

So I now have the L85, MTAR, and MP7 unlocked. Is that all of the latest weapon assignments that were leaked early?
 

Phoenix86

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agreed.. Avoid and wait till its on sale for cheap and maybe if they even feel like fixing the game..

I don't even try to log into the game anymore. Save your money and piece of mind.
That's a bit much, the last patch fixed 90% of the issues I was having. There are a few times where loading a new level it crashes but I haven't had a crash during a game since. I still have the audio cut out, which seem to be worse on some levels (the railway one). If you would have asked me before the patch I would have agreed, it was barely playable.

The game was clearly released about 2-3 weeks early.
 

AznAnarchy99

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I finally got that elusive defib kill without help from friendlys. :D

So I now have the L85, MTAR, and MP7 unlocked. Is that all of the latest weapon assignments that were leaked early?

I didn't have that much trouble getting the defib kill. Actually it was fun running up to an engineer repairing a tank and defibbing him lol. I got the mtar, mp7, the sniper and the l85. Now going for the support.
 

DeadFred

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You still missing the L96A1 and the RPK-74
Thanks, got em now.

For those that dont know for the RPK-74 it takes:

3 LMG ribbons
1 mortar kill

For the L96

3 sniper rifle ribbons
1 shotgun kill
1 DMR kill
1 C4 kill

The sotgun, DMR, and C4 kills must be done in one round.
 

DeadFred

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I didn't have that much trouble getting the defib kill. Actually it was fun running up to an engineer repairing a tank and defibbing him lol. I got the mtar, mp7, the sniper and the l85. Now going for the support.
I dont why I had so much trouble catching anyone for that kill, once I found someone standing somewhat still it was easy. If I went in as an engineer or sniper I would find all kinds of easy knife backstabbing victims, but as soon as I would switch to assault it was like people had eyes in the back of their heads when I came around. LOL
 

LtMikePowelll

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I really like the MP7 compare to the one in BF3 cause you got 40 rounds at start instead of 20 round, haven't try the L85 or the MTAR though, probably good guns also.
 

AznAnarchy99

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I really like the MP7 compare to the one in BF3 cause you got 40 rounds at start instead of 20 round, haven't try the L85 or the MTAR though, probably good guns also.

L85 is great actually. Might of found my replacement for the SAR-21. MTAR is nice too but burns through a mag too fast.

Getting my L96 rifle was annoying. I hate the way sniping is in this game. Im used to fast pace running in ala AWPing in Counter-Strike. Towards the end once I got the canted iron sights it got easier with me pushing in. People were getting pissed dying to close range sniper lol.
 

Spike

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Can anyone link me to a site that has the unlisted weapon unlock assignments? It would be fun to give them a try.

Thanks!
 

Kev

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alrighty played 2 whole full rounds! yay!

but then i had to stop because the constant random screen blurring was making me nauseous.
 

Spike

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Question on the unlisted assignments. I completed one today with the kill with sniper, grenade, assault, and lmg in a round (MTAR I think?) but now I don't see it anywhere. The round completed successfully, can I use that rifle now? I checked all kits and nothing.
 

AznAnarchy99

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Question on the unlisted assignments. I completed one today with the kill with sniper, grenade, assault, and lmg in a round (MTAR I think?) but now I don't see it anywhere. The round completed successfully, can I use that rifle now? I checked all kits and nothing.

It's under carbines.
 

taq8ojh

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I dont why I had so much trouble catching anyone for that kill, once I found someone standing somewhat still it was easy. If I went in as an engineer or sniper I would find all kinds of easy knife backstabbing victims, but as soon as I would switch to assault it was like people had eyes in the back of their heads when I came around. LOL
That's exactly it!!
I spent good two hours trying to do that bloody assignment, and I am still wondering how I managed to do it without destroying half the house.
People say "wtf, just go defib a camper, what's the big deal?". If only it was that simple! There are tons of snipers around, but getting to them seems like impossible task.
I kept running around like a dick trying to find a lonely camper, usually getting killed in the process. I tried waiting somewhere patiently. I tried just running around, but no.
Eventually I got close a few times, but I also achieved the boiling point, because:
- everytime I got into someone's back, they suddenly started running/moving, and I couldn't hit them, and died withing 3 seconds
- some moron who was following me shot the guy I was half a second from defibbing
- I got knifed 0,1 seconds away from defibbing someone
- I got shot by some sniper when I was charging up

Eventually, roughly 60 deaths later I defibbed someone who was proning on stairs (wtf), and somehow managed to get pistol kill when the round was virtually over.
Except for the deaths it cost me a few kicks/bans, and probably dozens of people thinking "what a retard!" because being that zero temper person, I just couldn't stand SO much frustration, and the most obscene and vulgar profanities were raining left and right. I still feel completely ashamed of myself, and am not going to touch anything even remotely similar to this crap. The gun is awesome, but I can only stand so much abuse.