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Roobsa
May 1, 2011

drat, just got a 846.29 meter headshot and of course the share feature has to gently caress up yet again so I can't record it. That's really starting to annoy me.

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Chemmy
Feb 4, 2001

We believe you.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Samurai Sanders posted:

I just bought a Slim Jim for the first time ever because it said it came with a code for a free battlepack in BF4. Next I need to drink Dorito flavored Mountain Dew while shouting racial slurs into my headset, and I will feel like a stereotypical FPS player.

destroy your body for internet numbers

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug

yellowcar posted:

destroy your body for internet numbers
Well, I should say, I have nothing against Oberto brand meat sticks (every once in a while) but Slim Jims look so sickly compared to them.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.
top of the 870 kill list by a good margin never played dm or tdm.

This isn't even my final form

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib
On Zavod the other team took the morter truck and parked it out of bounds. How the gently caress do you do that?

404notfound
Mar 5, 2006

stop staring at me

Symthic shows that the 870 and Saiga have no recoil or spread whatsoever. That can't be right, can it? Is there a better way to break down a comparison of the shotguns (besides pump vs. semi-auto)?

Auxiliary Treats
Jun 26, 2013

SalTheBard posted:

On Zavod the other team took the morter truck and parked it out of bounds. How the gently caress do you do that?

Out of bounds areas are slightly different for each team. The spawn area for the opposing side is off limits to you. You see it a lot with the AA tanks too.

Henrik Zetterberg
Dec 7, 2007

SalTheBard posted:

On Zavod the other team took the morter truck and parked it out of bounds. How the gently caress do you do that?

A jihad jeep will solve that.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



404notfound posted:

Symthic shows that the 870 and Saiga have no recoil or spread whatsoever. That can't be right, can it? Is there a better way to break down a comparison of the shotguns (besides pump vs. semi-auto)?

No, the data is incomplete for those stats. For pump, use the 870 as it fires the most pellets or the UTS-15 as its the most accurate from hipfire / huge capacity. For semi autos, the M1014 if you prefer breech loading or the Saiga if you prefer mag loading. The DBV does have more rounds than the Saiga, but I find the huge vertical recoil makes it much worse to use.

Also flechettes have a tigher spread than buckshot on all shotguns except for the UTS-15, where they have the same spread. And buckshot does 33% less damage to people running the defensive perk due to body armor. You are literally better off shooting someone in the arms or legs than the chest if they are running the defensive perk. :dice: Flechette ignores the body armor damage penalty and hits for full damage. Also penetrates. Flechettes own :getin:

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Jan 25, 2014

Roobsa
May 1, 2011

Chemmy posted:

We believe you.

Hey, it happened.

How do I not make the image so massive?

Only registered members can see post attachments!

limited
Dec 10, 2005
Limited Sanity

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

Flechettes own :getin:

I never got around to unlocking slugs. Can you still slap a scope on a shotgun and snipe people with them like in BF3? Even the spawnlocks in lovely Metro games were fun because you could hammer slugs rapid-fire into someone's head using the 870 and a 12x scope.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



limited posted:

I never got around to unlocking slugs. Can you still slap a scope on a shotgun and snipe people with them like in BF3? Even the spawnlocks in lovely Metro games were fun because you could hammer slugs rapid-fire into someone's head using the 870 and a 12x scope.

You can, but it isn't as good as BF3 because of the defensive perk. If they are running defensive, which a lot of people are, the damage reduction stops you from one shotting them with a chest shot. Headshots will still drop them though. Frags are also a shadow of their former BF3 glory :(

bringer
Oct 16, 2005

I'm out there Jerry and I'm LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

You can, but it isn't as good as BF3 because of the defensive perk. If they are running defensive, which a lot of people are, the damage reduction stops you from one shotting them with a chest shot. Headshots will still drop them though. Frags are also a shadow of their former BF3 glory :(

I wish kill cam told you what perks they were running in addition to weapon and attachments. I hardly ever run defensive but I've heard a few people say it's the most common and wonder where that stat comes from.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

bringer posted:

I wish kill cam told you what perks they were running in addition to weapon and attachments. I hardly ever run defensive but I've heard a few people say it's the most common and wonder where that stat comes from.

I want to believe that most people are just lazy and don't switch it over. Or, they never get them activated because everyone's a lone wolf, so they don't care. Anti-Tank for life.

E; Does anyone else get a glitch where their controller stops responding to anything but the PS button if they switch to the PS4 menu? If I stop to read a message, I can't move the cursor on the deployment screen. Weirdest thing, and I know this is recent.

red19fire fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Jan 25, 2014

Auxiliary Treats
Jun 26, 2013

bringer posted:

I wish kill cam told you what perks they were running in addition to weapon and attachments. I hardly ever run defensive but I've heard a few people say it's the most common and wonder where that stat comes from.

I would think offensive is the most common since that's the default and :effort:.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



red19fire posted:

I want to believe that most people are just lazy and don't switch it over. Or, they never get them activated because everyone's a lone wolf, so they don't care. Anti-Tank for life.

I assume its laziness as well that its pretty solid overall. Every single level of it is useful for just about every situation without being too specialized. :hfive: anti-tank engineer buddy.

Snackpack Backpack posted:

I would think offensive is the most common since that's the default and :effort:.

Nah defensive is the default one.

OhDearGodNo
Jan 3, 2014

Donald Kimball posted:

I don't want MAVFLAM to ever go away. Is the glitch well known outside of SA, and is it pretty much next on the chopping block?

I hope not. I have am amazingly fun time doing it, and honestly the only time its crippling to the enemy is when playing with goons. All the other times I'm screaming at the pubs in my squad to get javs but none listen.. So I just hop on a rush server and spot until I get a medal.

OhDearGodNo
Jan 3, 2014

FastestGunAlive posted:

top of the 870 kill list by a good margin never played dm or tdm.

This isn't even my final form

I'm surprised you don't top the LAV list. Every time I'm on the opposite team I somehow run under your wheels.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

OhDearGodNo posted:

I'm surprised you don't top the LAV list. Every time I'm on the opposite team I somehow run under your wheels.

i prefer infantry but i will jump in a vehicle if one of the vehicle autists isn't owning and our team is getting wrecked. i'm 3rd string compared to the best vehicle guys

as far as saigo v 870, or any other shotty comparison, always go with the pump action.

zero democracy
Oct 9, 2002

in extremis

Chamber 9 posted:


Stop calling it "grinding."

Totally this. I find BF4's progression to be WAY easier than 3's - I'm pretty sure that I never even unlocked all of a single weapon's attachments or leveled very high at all despite playing the poo poo out of it, while in BF4 I've managed to have all the classes fully unlocked except recon in less than a month.

I'll (Anomandaris LMS) be up in the Bonezone for some whiskey, weed, and warfare once I do a few things.

zero democracy fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jan 25, 2014

DiverTwig
Jul 23, 2003
I ignore all NWS Tags, my Boss's like porn
Sorry snacks, that was gonna be my last game before dinner anyway. I may hop back on for a little bit later.

Pudgygiant
Apr 8, 2004

Garnet and black? More like gold and blue or whatever the fuck colors these are

FastestGunAlive posted:

i prefer infantry but i will jump in a vehicle if one of the vehicle autists isn't owning and our team is getting wrecked. i'm 3rd string compared to the best vehicle guys

as far as saigo v 870, or any other shotty comparison, always go with the pump action.

Why do you say that? I can't kill for poo poo with the pump actions, especially compared to 1014/choke/darts

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

As long as you have one good gun in each class of weaponry you arent really at a loss. It takes time to unlock stuff (I went through about 3 50% boosts to unlock the god drat medic crate, probably because its a class I've never really played and didnt really get into) but you will always find 2-3 weapons in each weapon class that are usable for your style.

I use the MTAR as my go-to weapon w/flash hider across all my classes, but also have the AK5C configured with a silencer for when I want to go stealthy. My recent favorite thing to do is Recon w/ TUGS and the 870 and just dominate an enclosed space.


The progression is slow, but sure beats the poo poo out of COD because at least the gameplay allows for varying types of engagement which allows some weapons to shine over others. as long as you are playing your role with the right weapon, you wont have a bad time.

The only guns I am really having trouble using to my full potential are the LMGs, which dont really seem to work that well anymore. I used to be a bipod whore but theres no real advantage to laying down a heap of supression now that it doesnt also have the ability to become a laserbeam of 7.62 ammunition :(

Raskolnikov2089
Nov 3, 2006

Schizzy to the matic
Our team is going to get slaughtered now that we're gone.

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug
I had two really good rounds...and then too really lovely ones. So many things can go into a round going your way or not. This time it wasn't the performance of my team since it was the same lovely team for all four rounds.

Auckum
Dec 20, 2003

Navels?!?

Raskolnikov2089 posted:

Our team is going to get slaughtered now that we're gone.

There were getting slaughtered while we were there. Pubbie incompetence never ceases to amaze me.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

Pudgygiant posted:

Why do you say that? I can't kill for poo poo with the pump actions, especially compared to 1014/choke/darts

Bad rear end factor

Pudgygiant
Apr 8, 2004

Garnet and black? More like gold and blue or whatever the fuck colors these are
How the hell was it possible to get the 5 highest scores in all of those games, lock down two points BY OURSELVES, and still lose them. loving pubbies.

SwashedBuckles
Aug 10, 2007

Have at you!

Pudgygiant posted:

How the hell was it possible to get the 5 highest scores in all of those games, lock down two points BY OURSELVES, and still lose them. loving pubbies.

We shouldn't have lost any of those games with the monster rounds we were all putting up. All they needed to do was hold one point and that was too much for the idiots on our team.

loving pubbies, man :commissar:

Automata 10 Pack
Jun 21, 2007

Ten games published by Automata, on one cassette
Going to crosspost this from the PC thread:

Hey guys. If you were wondering why certain Battlefield related youtube personalities like LevelCapGaming, FrankieOnPC, or JackFrags didn't have anything bad to say about how gently caress broken BF4 was around launch, it turns out they were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by EA to stay quiet about any bugs until November 29th! Yes, you heard that right, bribed to lie to their fans until all versions of the game released.

quote:

Earlier this week it was revealed that EA paid YouTube producers to say good things about Battlefield 4 when it launched, and to hold off any criticism until November 29th — a month after release.
EA paid out $200,000 to these YouTube producers, many of whom have over a million subscribers. While it’s understandable that the YouTube content makers deserve to earn money for their work, they did no disclose that they were paid to say nice things about Battlefield 4.
After the reveal that EA sponsored these videos, the company released a statement where they specifically said that YouTube producers must follow FTC guidelines and disclose that the content is sponsored. But very few, if any of the big-time YouTube producers did that.
The list of big YouTubers who were part of EA’s campaign counts LevelCapGaming, FrankieOnOC, JackFrags, and many others. With millions of subscribers, they were perfect for EA’s sponsorship — all of them posted videos that meet specifically EA’s criteria (“Battlefield 4 launch” in the title, a link to the EA’s official site in description, and more). None of them disclosed that they were paid by EA to do this.
LevelCapGaming, FrankieOnPC, JackFrags, and the rest have thereby broken FTC rules and could face serious fines from the government agency. EA could be in trouble as well.
Interestingly, after EA’s deadline on November 29, all of these YouTube producers started criticizing Battlefield 4 and its numerous problems. Up until then, they never said a word about the glitches, just as EA’s contract said.
http://bf4central.com/2014/01/youtube-producers-ea-broke-ftc-rules-battlefield-4-promotion/

Seedge
Jun 15, 2009
Hey, buddy. :glomp:



Beelzebozo posted:

Secondary is basically a catch-all for the stuff not covered in another list (knives, grenades, pistols, gadgets, etc.)

Like most other pages on this site, this one is GET request accessible so you can bookmark your specific input instead of having to pick yourself from the dropdown each time.

Sorry, I was trying to make a joke about knives being my primary weapon. Speaking of, I think it was RCarr said his friends should call him David Bowie for having the Bowie knife championship? I'm sorry to you too.

Auxiliary Treats
Jun 26, 2013

DiverTwig posted:

Sorry snacks, that was gonna be my last game before dinner anyway. I may hop back on for a little bit later.

You didn't miss much, bro. There was a guy we could hear in the squad audio that was eating either an apple or some chips really loudly bro. And he was wondering why nobody would talk to him. Bro.

Laserface
Dec 24, 2004

Anyone else having trouble with 'lost connection to EA servers' Bullshit errors?

I can log in on both PC and ipad to battlelog fine, I just cant join any games.

I even uninstalled and reinstalled (two hours to reinstall 40GB game? wtf) and it still wont loving work.

Sistergodiva
Jan 3, 2006

I'm like you,
I have no shame.

So, I can't filter for china rising servers on the ps4. I can search for them bit only empty ones show up. Any idea?

Roobsa
May 1, 2011

Getting thrown onto the losing team in games that are about to end again and again today.

Auxiliary Treats
Jun 26, 2013

Sistergodiva posted:

So, I can't filter for china rising servers on the ps4. I can search for them bit only empty ones show up. Any idea?

The server browser just generates a bunch of made up servers, it doesn't actually work.

Seriously, it's pretty bad. Your best bet is to either use the server browser through the Battlelog website or download the app.

Sistergodiva
Jan 3, 2006

I'm like you,
I have no shame.

Thanks. The app works fine

Pleads
Jun 9, 2005

pew pew pew


Mutation posted:

Going to crosspost this from the PC thread:

Hey guys. If you were wondering why certain Battlefield related youtube personalities like LevelCapGaming, FrankieOnPC, or JackFrags didn't have anything bad to say about how gently caress broken BF4 was around launch, it turns out they were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by EA to stay quiet about any bugs until November 29th! Yes, you heard that right, bribed to lie to their fans until all versions of the game released.

http://bf4central.com/2014/01/youtube-producers-ea-broke-ftc-rules-battlefield-4-promotion/

This is just awesome all around.

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Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

DiverTwig posted:

There is exactly zero MAVFLAM'ing in that video. That's just normal MAV flying, and blowing up people by shooting their mines and C4. Plus a little harassment of snipers on towers. I think any of the decent MAV fliers here could put together an identical video over a weekend.
Anybody can laser designate targets with the Fishy Flier, that's easy as hell. Properly timing and aiming the stupid laser blast to destroy enemy explosives when they approach them is much more difficult in my honest opinion. All you gotta do to mark a target is hold your crosshairs over it and pray the pubbies on your team have laser guided equipment and understand the concept of targeted vehicles. Woooooooooooooo

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