Battlefield 4 (part 4)

Just updated... the game joined first server I selected, Mantle is running as well.

I'm using the 14.9 WHQL

 

So, i got 24 gold battlepacks cos of service stars (you just need to go on a server once you have Final Stand, so your next "server visit" ) sadly i got things in those packs, which i already got or even in the next battlepack were some of the same

 

Unbelievable.. I finally got the game to work by uninstalling the Final Stand DLC and reinstalling it. Running the repair options didn't do diddly apparently. What I don't get is why everything crashed, including Test Range.

 

I might just ditch this game now.

Absolutely no point in even playing medic now.

Before:

- A class that could take out enemies and recuperate quickly
- Jump into a crowd of teammates in trouble and save them from imminent doom by dropping a kit at their feet and help killing enemies that were troubling him

Now:

- Your just a man with a gun that gets to die while he tries to take risks he and his team got rewarded for
- Game is a glorified campfest

People need to understand, this class is useless vs vehicles but at the same time it was a needed one to turn the tide in an infantry clusterf***.

I still got my 100+ kills, etc. But my ability to take risks, PTFO and help teammates has been nerfed into the ground as an assault.

 

I was playing some assault tonight and know how you feel. I stopped using the medic bag as it lost too much of it's value already. Not too mention LMGs are still way too powerful and beat assault weapons out. MG4 rapefest left and right. I was hoping the patch would have evened the classes out better, not dumb assault down even more.

 

Medic Defibs felt like they charge to full quicker?

Corrupt^ It is like you don't get the heal from the med bag until you aren't suppressed.

I know what type of player you are so I can see how it's going to affect your play style.

It's a change that is certainly going to slow down the one man armies.

 

I'm just to aggressive. I try to flank and then end up in the heat of the battle. Not healing while being hit: fine. Not healing when suppressed: WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS.

Imo if they want to make 1vs1's fairer, player Y shooting medic X:

- Medic X gets hit, start 3 second timer (long enough for people to kill you and short enough to get out fast and rethink a plan)
- Check who's the threat to the player (Y in this case)
- If X kills Y, timer is ignored and healing can commence instantly
- If X runs off from the fight to fight another day: 3 second timer needs to be finished.

 

150 shots of Final Stand DLC @ 4k

http://www.pcmrace.com/2014/11/19/epic-shots-battlefield-4-final-stand-dlc/

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I already thought so before even playing, when I read the changenotes. Somehow they seem to do everything they can to just 'fix' things not broken, but never to actually nerf op weapons.
I, when playing assault, am always playing the medic with defi and large pack. Because it instantly heals, is perfect for position based situations rather than rushes (so actually a defensive thing), and saved my own life a couple of hundred times.

But now, not only the big box is impaired, healing in general is crap again. There is hardly any reason to prefer the box over the pack now, since you get packs fast enough, and people don't lose their mobility. Your friends only get healed when they are out of fire anyway...

I think that's a major fail, f*cking up something nobody was complaining about... a true DICE thing again. Instead of fixing op weapons or finally, after so many years with this engine fixing the broken aspects of the engine and geometry itself, they screw over a working system just to strengthen that stupid suppression mechanic again (which I never opposed, but now I think it's ridiculouslly strong once again).

 

Can someone tell me the physical size of Xpack4 folder, not the download size. Thanks.

 

7.09 gb

 

So 14.9 is the only driver that has mantle?

I use 14.11.2 beta.

EDIT: I've searched through the config, i do have "GstRender.MantleEnabled" in it, so it's already enabled by default?

 

Hey man.
We have similar system and I had same problem as you before too. Everything was fine except in BF4 sound loops. I checked my system with all stress programs and it was fine except BF4.
I tried everything but nothing helped. Finally one day out of curiosity I reduced my overclock in BIOS from 3.6 to 3.5 and boom no more sound loops anymore.

Apparently i7 920 is very sensitive in BF4 and crash it even though your system is stable as a rock with other stress programs.

 

The medic is a deathmatching character and has never been that useful in vehicle conquest maps (the main mode of BF4). Medics are fine for obliteration and rush but those modes aren't that popular. The majority of us play pub matches and you just don't get revived that often in big conquest games.....health regen and revives are the medic perks and they go unused a lot of the time......with auto regen health, you can wait it out. I would say that 50% of people don't even carry the defib paddles anyways, they go for deathmatching and carry the launcher or shotgun. Getting revived in a flag cap zone usually only happens as the dust settles, and at that point the revive isn't that important anyways....in fact you would be better off spawning at a different flag to defend.

It's annoying that they keep making changes to game parameters. As it is now, you essentially cannot reload on hand grenades. Nobody was asking for grenade respawn set to 60 seconds. They make changes for the people that only play metro and locker; nobody was asking for medic bag changes either and now it is just an annoyance as is the suppression.

I only had the sound loop crash during the initial month or so of release...and that was with no overclock. Now I am at 4ghz on my 920 and I have no issues. I never really stress tested the OC either.

 

I don't agree. Assault is meant to also be the main "attack" class, hence the name. People don't seem to understand that KDR IS IMPORTANT in all modes. Good luck capturing flags, capture points, nodes, etc without a decent amount of good attack. Ideally assault is supposed to be the ones focusing on cutting through the enemy (or healing your team). There is supposed to be a healthy balance between all classes, but so far support is doing a better job at "assault" than Assault is.

 

I only shared what helped me. Of course I understand that it is all individual but he can try and see what happens.

 

I agree, didn't look at it that way. Actually it's an issue of cq maps, and even there the medic wasn't invincible with it... but hey, another stop in Dice's wrong nerf decision history.

And there I agree on the last point. Assault is basic, relatively easy to play but tbh, it loses much of it's use without the heals. Support is pratically the damage dealer with it's shotgun / lmg / carbine / dmr loadout it can pick it's range, the extra stuff is against vehicles and people behind cover or at sniper ranges... what else could one need? A heal. Yes, a heal.

 

^ so true.. heck I even won most of the fights last night between sniper and me at a long range, and I was just playing support class. Ridiculous OP.

 

WTF, 55 Battlepacks Unopened?

EDIT: Seems alot of ppl got alot of packs:

http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/2mngx8/i_just_got_117_new_gold_battlepacks_after/

There also new camo's called "Grass".

 

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