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Which country won WW1?
The United States
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Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Lumpy the Cook posted:

A WWI Battlefield game where America is the main faction and France is DLC seems like a gag in a video mocking EA, or AAA games in general, but it isn't- it actually is the next major EA release in real life.

I prefer shooting Americans (HATETHEMSOMUCHGAH) to shooting Frenchmen, though, so this is actually a plus in my book.

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Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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No email. So just like my between registration Dice also managed to gently caress up my insider subscription.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Plan Z posted:

If you have Gmail, check under the "Promotions" tab. It's where mine was.

Nothing there, it was actually the first thing I checked. But Dice promotions never seem to work for me anyway and the Insider page occasionally forgot I signed up, so I am not that surprised. (EA's two factor authentifications sometimes just do not go through either, fwiw)

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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mcbexx posted:

I have just a single question concerning this game:

WHERE IS MY loving INSIDER KEY?!
August 30th ends in 4 hours 25 minutes.
:colbert:

You're not alone. There are various posts about Insider registration not working and no keys being received spanning back to as early as May. Veteran registration was also broken for the earlier parts just like that silly skulll riddle promo with the fake login terminal in Battlelog.

I guess whatever code they use to make their promotions just randomly does not work on certain systems.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Without Battlelog, does Battlefield One still allow for creative emblem creation like BF4?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Do I misremember or was point acquisition for unlocks noticeably slowed in the BF4 beta as well?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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When this game works, it works better than and flows more smoothly than BF4. But when it doesn't it still has all the issues I experienced in the previous games without any signs of improvement. Namely the inconsistent performance and bad netcode/hitreg/feedback.

Probably going to pick this up when the inevitable 25-30 euro sale comes up.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Vegetable posted:

I almost never see enemies on my minimap. Either that's not a thing anymore or nobody spots or spotting is just tougher now.

Spotting is tougher now, with you having to be really precise with your crosshairs. Also, unlike the previous installments, firing does not reveal yourself. (And nobody seems to use the spotting item of the Scout.)

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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The Rush spawns are all hosed up. Especially the one right in front of that big gently caress-off mountain where everybody is prone and can kill you in 0.5 short because defenders spawn out in the open.

Edit: Also "Make Squads with friends private by default" is still a tremendously stupid idea.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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LampkinsMateSteve posted:

My friend joined on me and it pulled me into a squad with just him, and it wasn't private. Is it just if you are in a party?

Probably. There probably is an option to untick it, but I've landed in games full of two man private squads way too often.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Ohmygodsquad posted:

Half the time I try to saber people I end up trampling them instead, same difference I suppose.

I also refuse to get off my horsie though. We are one.

Dismounted cavalry officer is actually a pretty good support class.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Stolen from Reddit, because I wanted to know what the beta tried to tell me. Apparenly >60 fps can still generate a low fps warning. :allears:

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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ijyt posted:

So, apparently my friend has figured out that the weather effects are client side and can be disabled. :dice:

Classic Dice.

Looking forward for Levelcap video defending this.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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xyigx posted:

That is a known bug in the beta. Like waves in bf4 it's all synched from the server. And like bf4 people can turn it off in a file. And again just like in bf4 if you do turn it off and it's not just the bug it is a permanent ban on the origin account.

Did they really enforce/control for that in BF4?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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SeanBeansShako posted:

Austrians drive tanks like this! While Italians drive tanks like this!

Austrians actually don't drive tanks because Italians drive boats.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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LampkinsMateSteve posted:

Official system requirements:

I would not put it past :dice: to overstate minimum system requirements in order to deflect any accusations of poor optimization.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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I really miss the feature that removes a player from squad lead if he doesn't set orders upon request.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Hughmoris posted:

Have they made it easier to see what bodies can be revived? I think I was revived twice, total, in the beta.

There is a large skull indicator that shows the time left to revive somebody.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Am I missing something or does the basic level shotgun have about as much effective range as quick melee?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Lugaloco posted:

It should be unlocking in like 2 minutes globally I think?

The game just unlocked in the Kaiser's own timezone.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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So is there no way to do custom emblems yet? :ohdear:

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Anybody know why the PerfOverlay frame counter chooses to randomly disappear?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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SeanBeansShako posted:

I swear we could turn crouch into a on/off sort of toggle instead of holding the key all the time in the beta too?

IIRC that is a separate keybind ("x" by default), and not a yes/no toggle, so you need to look under keybindings.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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dumb and kinda scared posted:

Thanks for the scout tips! What about tripwire? It seems potentially useful like prevent people sneaking up on me, but how to stop my own team blowing themselves up? Especially if squad spawns on me. Is there something I'm missing or just bad design by dice?

Unless tripwire plays by its own rules none of your AoE weapons should have friendly fire. This includes mines not going off on players on your team.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Eclipse12 posted:

Heya.

I'm just getting into the thread and it's 114 pages so far, so I'm trying to find some info on my own, but not having luck...

I have what should be a more-than-capable rig for this.
GTX970
i5-6500 3.2g quad core processor
16gigs DDR4 2133 RAM
Solid state hard drive

But I just can't get consistent performance. In vehicles and such it's really smooth, but not on foot. It auto-sets to "High" settings. I even downloaded GeForce Experience (:/) which auto-detected to high/ultra. I'm on 1920x1080
One of the odd things is that changing the settings to medium or low doesn't seem to help it much. On low settings I would expect it to run perfectly, but it doesn't...

I don't have an FPS monitor installed right now (do people still use Fraps?), but I'm definitely way under 60fps, especially when things get intense.

I feel like I'm missing something, but I can't tell what. I thought my rig might be running too warm, since my new processor/mobo couldn't fit my liquid cooling and one of my case fans, so I took my case panel off and played to see if it felt "hot" while running and... not really?

I know exactly the wrong amount about computers. Any less, and I'd just pay someone to fix it for me. Any more, and I could probably figure it out myself. I ran a generic benchmark test and it did say that my SSD is underperforming, but is that really likely to be the culprit? Everything else was working in expected range.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't fully enjoy the game because I'm so conscious of how it should be running a lot smoother.

Press "^" to open up the console.

Enter "PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1" to show a frame counter (that occasionally disappears for :dice: reasons)

There is also "PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1" (or something similiar, if you type PerfOverlay. you will see the possible commands) that shows two graphs that measure frame time, i.e. the time CPU and GPU take to render frames respectively. This should allow you a first glimpse at which of your hardware components doesn't play smoothly enough.


For comparion's sake, my GTX 970 is paired with a weaker CPU (i5-3450) and they managed a consistent 60 fps with auto-settings (mostly medium, a few highs) at 1980x1080. I do not use the latest nVidia driver, for what it's worth.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Friendly fire question, if I kill somebody while he throws a grenade, does that grenade then become "my" grenade?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Are the currently available medals different between regions/players/platforms? Because I see people talking about doing the medic medal right now, but the Order of Hippocrates is not among the medals available to me on PC right now.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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My medals resetted today and among my new selection are two medals I previously had.

For the medal I previously had and which I didn't finish, progress was kept.

For the medal I previously had and finished, the medal is in the rotation but already finished (obviously).


Edit: Disregard, it's a GUI bug. Progress wasn't saved after all. :smith:

Randler fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Oct 31, 2016

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Gonkish posted:

I guess EA has done exactly no curating of avatars, because I have seen everything from hentai, to porn, to swastikas and Klan symbols in the aftermatch synopsis.

They do if you snitch on them.

Do your part citizen.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Unlucky7 posted:

At tips on how to fly a plane? At least, is there a way to pull up that isn't "Move the mouse downwards constantly in the most unnatural way"?

Bind pitch upwards to a key on your keyboard instead of just having it on a mouse axis.

Suggestion:

W = Pitch Down
S = Pitch Up
A = Roll Left
D = Roll Right

Mouse x-axis = Yaw left/right
Mouse y-axis = Pitch up/down

Space = Throttle up
Ctrl = Throttle down

(Unbind fire from space while you do it, so you're not shooting everytime you want to go fast.)

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Lazyfire posted:

There are morons suggesting EA should force a ceasefire or a moment of silence tomorrow. I ultimately hope someone tries to organize one so I can ruin it.

Why?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Bohemian Nights posted:

probably something that happened at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

That's when carnival season starts around where I live, so I forgot that other countries celebrate WW1 on that day.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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The secret to mortaring is shooting on with the camera on top of the flag then following up with cameraless double taps on where you saw people in the overhead camera.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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I'm also very happy with my Sennheiser DT770. Some people seem to think that the 250 ohm version is too low for most sound card, but that is probably a personal issue due to being used to music being played too loud.

For a microphone there are 5-10 USD clip on mics from Zalman that are adequate enough for transmitting nerdy goon voices when playing with digital children toys.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Feindfeuer posted:

There are a few people that hog aircraft and tank spawns and seem to have always done that since the release, cause they have multiple service stars in those vehicles but they still suicide rush with tanks, jump out and 'gift' the tanks to the enemy when damaged or just lawn dart with a bomber all day. So chances are, they will kick the only competent lvl 30 driver out of the seat thanks to the lvl 50 + service star collection ability you suggest so they can suicide rush past the enemy line and than abandon ship instead of trying to safe it in some way when things get complicated.

Your suggestion only works if those levels and service stars were tied to actual performance and would not be archivable by just grinding all day.

In Battlefield 3 there was some English tanksperg, who pretty bad-to-mediocre in a tank but somehow had a designated fan squad that would spawn in on the other side that would spawn in that team's tanks and drive them over to their internet celebrity, so that only the tanksperg had armor on their team.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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Black Griffon posted:

Is there a single British gaming personality out there who isn't tremendously annoying?

Does outsidexbox count?

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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SeanBeansShako posted:

So squads are still sometimes broken? not played since the first alpha now.

Oh, no, not sometimes. Now they are always broken in a weird way that makes every single feature related to squads functionally unuseable. :v:

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Randler
Jan 3, 2013

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BigglesSWE posted:

Also, some dev said at some point that the Battle Royale stuff is actually developed on the side by another studio, probably DICE LA.

DICA LA is the guys who did the multiplayer for Medal of Honor: Warfighter, right?

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