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UaVaj said:
CTE is a failed attempt.

i.e. rpg need a 35 hit point on tanks.

reality is - a rpg hit at a sweet spot (tank track belt or view port) will easily disable a tank.

just like the ability to snipe a helo pilot.
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Well, RPG already does that, it's just the 'sweet spot' in BF4 is in the ass-end of the tank and you have to have a pretty straight angle to it for the damage bonus. But you can do 50-55 damage and immobilize/slow it with a single shot.
 
CropDuster said:
I dunno, not much into Star Wars sci fi stuff - Final Stand is pushing it. I know that probably goes against geek code but oh well. :colbert:
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Yeah, Im worried Final Stand's weapons may be too futuristic for my taste too. Ive always been more of a freak than a geek. 😀
 
CropDuster said:
I hope they do another DLC after Final Stand. I can't see playing BF4 through 2016 until BF5.
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Yeah i would love some more CQ type maps, metro is a mess and locker is pretty alright if your playing something like pistols only but i haven't found any other really enjoyable CQ maps. BF3 and its CQ maps are pretty much dead outside of maybe 2 randomly active 48/64 servers.
 
DeadFred said:
Yeah, Im worried Final Stand's weapons may be too futuristic for my taste too. Ive always been more of a freak than a geek. 😀
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bf4 needs to go back to original. the sweet spot between arma and cod.

that means - large maps with some strategy involve and a little run and gun when necessary. keeping it real, with a little fluff.

if bf4 going to be a copy cat (heading toward that). will have to retire bf4 (have 4 premium account w/ 4 ultra gaming pc - :'() and forget about bf5.
 
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skipsneeky2 said:
Yeah i would love some more CQ type maps, metro is a mess and locker is pretty alright if your playing something like pistols only but i haven't found any other really enjoyable CQ maps. BF3 and its CQ maps are pretty much dead outside of maybe 2 randomly active 48/64 servers.
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Did you get the dragon's teeth dlc? Its all CQB focused. Pearl Market especially.
 
Dragon Pass is my favorite Domination map, super fun CQ-combat running from flag to flag with lots of cover. Its probably as close to CoD as BF4 gets, twitch skills win the day there.

Golmud would be my second fav.
 
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I think one of my cards might actually be dying. I'm in the process of nailing it down, but now I'm in single card mode at 1200p and BF4 doesn't crash in dx mode (although I haven't had very many long gaming sessions to be 100% sure yet).

I am back on 14.9.1. 1200p (single card) is more stable from the little bit I've seen, just as I remembered (although I always used crossfire), unless it's less demanding on my possibly dying card. Maybe there are memory leaks or huge bugs but they affect you faster at higher resolutions too.
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14.9.1 and 14.9.2 are very stable at 1200p single card (dx mode).

It sucks because now I need to start testing mantle, crossfire, and then eventually 4k to determine the cause of all of my problems with bf4.
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Ok, so 14.9.2 and DirectX with crossfire is very stable at 1200p too.

I'll have to try remember to test Mantle now both single card and crossfire at 1200p for my next tests.

BF4 has been 100% stable, not a single crash in quite a few hours at low resolution and DX with quite a few hours on single card, and some on crossfire.

I read in the [h] 980 SLI review that 14.9.2 and mantle didn't work (4k) and they were in contact with AMD. Hopefully they have enough sway to get them to fix BF4/drivers or whatever the problem is. Other mantle games seem to be pretty stable, Idk about at 4k though.

It's been really fun and I've been getting pretty into the game trying to use all 4 types (engineer, support...) and have been trying to do alternative kits to improve myself for all situations. I'm hooked again. If it doesn't work well at 4k I will be fairly upset though.
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Never mind, I've had the game crash a couple times. It's less than 4k was though.

Every time I start bf4 I get some error connecting and sometimes have to connect to a server a few times before I get in.
 
Midwayman said:
Did you get the dragon's teeth dlc? Its all CQB focused. Pearl Market especially.
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Played a bit, maybe all the hours i put into the BF3 maps and i am still opening up to trying out new maps here in BF4. I am stubborn about change.😀 I didn't buy BF3 premium till BF4 came out honestly.

Gonna spend today with the Dragons Teeth DLC, i do want something fresh but without vehicles.Going back to BF2 i have always been assault or support so vehicles and me have never really worked so i am just looking for that infantry only type deal.
 
I reinstalled BF3 a few weeks ago and have been playing that again. I don't know what they did to the engine for BF4, but BF3 plays a lot tighter and feels so much better than BF4 does.
 
Played a bit of Dragons Teeth and had quite a blast with Pearl Market and Propaganda. Pearl had that BC2 Africa Harbor feel to it, almost a Strike at Karkand BF2 feel which is better then i expected. The Garden and Sunken Dragon are pretty dreadful maps in comparison but ok at best.

Hoping anyone can confirm this but i went up and down my filters and for the love of everything on Earth, why is there maybe 3 active servers in North America during peak hours and only one being a TBGCLAN server halfway to full any other time? Right now there is 9 servers showing and that is unchecking any game mode and saying just give me the DT maps and the TBG one only up.
 
Grooveriding said:
I reinstalled BF3 a few weeks ago and have been playing that again. I don't know what they did to the engine for BF4, but BF3 plays a lot tighter and feels so much better than BF4 does.
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Agreed. It has a much tighter feel to it. The mechanics are somehow cleaner and more crisp. BF4 feels sluggish and just the opposite, although its been improved with the latest patch.

Regarding final stand, I think they are giving people that taste of 2142 that they crave. I look forward to it. I loved 2142 and was hoping for a futuristic spin off. This might keep me happy for a while.
 
skipsneeky2 said:
Hoping anyone can confirm this but i went up and down my filters and for the love of everything on Earth, why is there maybe 3 active servers in North America during peak hours and only one being a TBGCLAN server halfway to full any other time? Right now there is 9 servers showing and that is unchecking any game mode and saying just give me the DT maps and the TBG one only up.
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I know there are a ton more servers running DT. My guess is they are also running other map sets and you're somehow excluding those servers.
 
I'm pretty sure whenever you filter for maps you're only displaying servers currently playing those selected maps - not servers that have those maps in rotation.

So if you turn off all filters except for "Hainan Resort" I believe you would only see servers playing Hainan at that particular moment.
 
darkewaffle said:
I'm pretty sure whenever you filter for maps you're only displaying servers currently playing those selected maps - not servers that have those maps in rotation.

So if you turn off all filters except for "Hainan Resort" I believe you would only see servers playing Hainan at that particular moment.
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tis true
 
What GPU settings is everyone running?

I've got dual GTX 760s in SLI and an i5 2500k OC'd to 4.3 ghz. What settings should I be using to hit that consistent 60 fps?
 
tommyknocker212 said:
What GPU settings is everyone running?

I've got dual GTX 760s in SLI and an i5 2500k OC'd to 4.3 ghz. What settings should I be using to hit that consistent 60 fps?
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See my sig. Our cards are basically the same. Mine have 2gb ram. I run all ultra, 4xAA except I put shader quality on high, otherwise is breaches 2gb at 1080p and starts skipping and hitching. FPS is always above 60 pretty much, at least almost always.
 
moonbogg said:
See my sig. Our cards are basically the same. Mine have 2gb ram. I run all ultra, 4xAA except I put shader quality on high, otherwise is breaches 2gb at 1080p and starts skipping and hitching. FPS is always above 60 pretty much, at least almost always.
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Thanks moonbogg. Done.

I bumped up the shader quality a tick because I have 4 gb VRAM. It seems to be holding up quite well on the test range. Will be trying Golmud in a second.
 
Grooveriding said:
I reinstalled BF3 a few weeks ago and have been playing that again. I don't know what they did to the engine for BF4, but BF3 plays a lot tighter and feels so much better than BF4 does.
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I never stopped playing BF3. Every once in awhile I reinstall BF4 and try it out, only to be quickly reminded of why I uninstalled it before. The engine/movement/animations/gunplay just feel terrible. The overall feel of the game is just off.

I only wish there were still more decent BF3 servers left. I almost never get to play Karkand 64-player Conquest anymore. And I don't think there are any U.S. servers still rotating End Game maps.
 
darkewaffle said:
I'm pretty sure whenever you filter for maps you're only displaying servers currently playing those selected maps - not servers that have those maps in rotation.

So if you turn off all filters except for "Hainan Resort" I believe you would only see servers playing Hainan at that particular moment.
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The freaking meat lockers just steal so many players though, hardly no Pearl Market/Propaganda.:biggrin: I want some freaking Pearl Market damn it!😛
 
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