The official Battlefield 4 thread

Amazing they already have ZA servers! Even on Beta...this is good news for my mates on console. And whoa dude you get 10ms to locals that's ibcredible
 
Yea I knew it was console but if they're doing beta servers for pc there's hope for console this time. I play pc battlefield anyway
 
Still a lot of rubber banding :/ not sure if its a buggy server (due to the Beta) or if Gameservers.com doesnt have decent servers set up for this.

Sort of annoying. Tried to play on an overseas server but the best I had was 500ms :|

Also sucks that we only get conquest / domination and not the extra game modes (Japan has Obliteration)

Guess we will have to wait and see what happens... Pre ordered the game anyway..
 
I got 180~200ms on a UK London server, which surprisingly was quite playable.

Btw that obliteration mode was tons of fun!!!
 
hows the ingame play after the update ... i havent had time after playing it initially :{
 
Update seems more graphically stable... didnt check my fps though but i managed to push some settings up a bit without any problems.

there is still the occasional server lag on local servers though :?

Domination is FAR better than conquest... much smoother
 
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I did a bit of a write up on the performance I've been getting on my blog. My experience while running 4 gigs of ram was not good (understatement of the year).

http://geekink.co.za/2013/10/11/battlefield-4-open-beta-performance-yes-you-probably-need-more-ram/

I didn't really comment on the rubber banding as this is a server side issue that will definitely be fixed once the game is out of beta. I also didn't go into a ton of detail since I mostly wanted to look at it from a general low end gaming pc perspective.
 
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less than 4 gigs of ram is definitely causing problems. A mate of mine played on my pc and he said it felt a lot smoother.

Im glad i upgraded to 8gb a few weeks back :)
 
no, a variety of maps is good, however it should also vary in terms of gameplay and in-game

ie you don't want an overwhelming amount of vehicle type maps (Operation Firestorm, Caspian Border)

you also need good urban type maps (Bazaar and Seine) < yes notice I didn't mention Metro :p

you would be surprised how nice a server can be, if it's rotation goes from different maps, to different game modes.

yes, I don't always favor certain maps of specific modes, but it is definitely much more enjoyable.
 
Off-The-Chart said:
no, a variety of maps is good, however it should also vary in terms of gameplay and in-game

ie you don't want an overwhelming amount of vehicle type maps (Operation Firestorm, Caspian Border)

you also need good urban type maps (Bazaar and Seine) < yes notice I didn't mention Metro :p

you would be surprised how nice a server can be, if it's rotation goes from different maps, to different game modes.

yes, I don't always favor certain maps of specific modes, but it is definitely much more enjoyable.
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I agree with that. Having a rotation of Domination, Conquest, Domination etc, would make me stay on a server longer.
The problem however is the number of players involved per game type. What happens when you go from 64 player map down to 32? And would the "emptiness" be appreciated when starting a 64 player map with half the people?

If those problems could be resolved on 1 server, Id play that all the time.
 
PhreeMe said:
I agree with that. Having a rotation of Domination, Conquest, Domination etc, would make me stay on a server longer.
The problem however is the number of players involved per game type. What happens when you go from 64 player map down to 32? And would the "emptiness" be appreciated when starting a 64 player map with half the people?

If those problems could be resolved on 1 server, Id play that all the time.
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They could just bring out 32 player conquest maps. Either just make the map slightly smaller, or make it a big map with a more vehicle orientated game play. It would certainly cut down on their server requirements *cough* reduce lag on 64 player maps *cough*
 
Beta for BF4 isnt bad, some interesting new modes.
Seriously thinking of Pre-Ordering. :D
 
Veroland said:
The BETA is nice after I upgraded to win8. On windows 7 it was unplayable.
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Same here! I just don't get it, How is it that after upgrading to Windows 8, it felt like BF3 again. I was smiling.

Does anyone know if Windows 8.1 will be a free update to Windows 8 customers? I'm wondering if there is a performance increase from 8 - 8.1, has anyone tested both?
 
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Even playing on the Cape Town servers with 33ms ping is good, I see no difference between them and the Joburg servers with regards to lag
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I lag on pretty much any server with over 40-ish players, regardless of ping :/

iMcJaz said:
Same here! I just don't get it, How is it that after upgrading to Windows 8, it felt like BF3 again. I was smiling.

Does anyone know if Windows 8.1 will be a free update to Windows 8 customers? I'm wondering if there is a performance increase from 8 - 8.1, has anyone tested both?
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8.1 is free to upgrade for people with windows 8. its a limited thing though, not sure for how long.

8.1 boots quick. much faster than windows 8 did (well at least for me) and consistently so. i prefer the metro interface on 8.1 to 8 as well... But then again thats personal preference.

Why not run a Vm on hyper-v and try out the 8.1 cp for a while :)
 
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