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Everything [Battlefield] - Rumor: BF5 Set In (Alternate Reality?) World War I

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  • Corporal CarlCorporal Carl Registered User regular
    I quickly skimmed over the patch notes, but I didn't see immediately something like the "medals get reverted to last week" fix. I really hope that I just overlooked that... :bigfrown:

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    custom server renting is up, though I have yet to see any servers.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    McGibs wrote: »
    custom server renting is up, though I have yet to see any servers.

    sand so suez walked out of our lives forever. Outtoman maps- you also need to get in the corner. you get lesser rotations.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    McGibs wrote: »
    custom server renting is up, though I have yet to see any servers.

    link me i want to buy one

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    You just go into custom games, and create custom game (at the bottom). it will bring you to a server setup, and then a checkout once you try to launch it.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    spensive!

    bolt guns only is an option! 200% tickets is an option. all the hard core stuff is. No hero classes is too.

    No kicking, or player control = nope.

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    I'm curious as to why exactly hardcore mode is taking so long to implement. It honestly looks like all the options are there in the custom server thing (and have been since the beta).
    Turn off 3d spotting, killcam, crosshairs, increase damage. Bada-boom.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    spensive!

    bolt guns only is an option! 200% tickets is an option. all the hard core stuff is. No hero classes is too.

    No kicking, or player control = nope.

    How much we talkin here?

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  • KonphujunKonphujun Illinois, USARegistered User regular
    I was really hoping to see some kind of fix for the massive glare spots that happen. I forget which map it is exactly, it's an urban map with a set of bridges around the "center" area and train tracks running beneath it.

    More often then not it turns the entire screen a deep blue tint when you look in certain directions, Or better yet, you get a massive yellow/green glare in that direction instead which even shows up on the spawn screen. Makes the map 100% unplayable for me which sucks because I really enjoy it.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    So. Joystick works well. Just needed an bigger deadspot and higher sensitivity. The only problem is the yaw. It will only map a certain way when you twist the stick, and it feels backwards to me. Twist right turns you left and vice versa. Maddening.

    I did discover if you hold down the zoom for the bombsight and keep it pressed, it will stay centered on the drop spot and track it while you fly away. Which is cool.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    spensive!

    bolt guns only is an option! 200% tickets is an option. all the hard core stuff is. No hero classes is too.

    No kicking, or player control = nope.

    How much we talkin here?

    38 a month; 97 for 90 days

    the settings seem nice- a lot of the old favs are there. But no options to deal with players.

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  • JusticeforPlutoJusticeforPluto Registered User regular
    As a support main those changes are a God send. I don't know what they were thinking with reguards to how they were at launch.

  • SensationalSensational Registered User regular
    So I ambushed this artillery truck that was parked outside of C on Empire's Edge, popped one AT rocket and as I'm pulling out the nades he starts driving away immediately.. over the hills, behind buildings... I'm thinking, where the hell is he going? The guy just took off, it was just uncanny. Hauled ass all the way back to G, so far he was just a pixel on my screen.

    I'm kinda amused and look at the scoreboard; 17-1. Oh.

  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    yeah, thats how you artillery truck. As soon as something damages you, you just leave.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    spensive!

    bolt guns only is an option! 200% tickets is an option. all the hard core stuff is. No hero classes is too.

    No kicking, or player control = nope.

    How much we talkin here?

    38 a month; 97 for 90 days

    the settings seem nice- a lot of the old favs are there. But no options to deal with players.

    Holy shit thats laughable.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    McGibs wrote: »
    yeah, thats how you artillery truck. As soon as something damages you, you just leave.

    So what you're saying is that howitzer tank is best tank for anti-artillery truck duty since a single round will asplodify all non-tanks (and even tanks get immobilized from 1 round and will only take a total of 2 (light tank) or 3 (heavy) to polish them off).

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    On operations, do artillery trucks take the same vehicle slots as tanks? If so, perhaps they need to add a light vehicle category?

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Yeah, theyre all "armoured vehicles", which can really suck when some moron takes an AA truck on a map with no enemy planes. Still, the basic artillery truck is easily on par with the other tanks in terms of damage output in a skilled operator, so they make some sense. Mortar version is pretty garbage, and AA version is situational (especially now that it has reduced range)

    I wish all the howitzer type cannons (light tank, artillery truck, field gun) could fire indirectly with the minimap, or at least had some sort of range finder to help with arcing plunging shots.

    Anyone know what the deal with the server browser is? It only lists like 50 servers at once, which makes actually seeing what all these custom servers are really difficult. I had to filter by name "hardcore" to actually get the servers I wanted to show up (there is a lot though! yay!).

    *edit after 5 minutes of hardcore conquest* hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng yeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss thats the good stuff

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  • canuckontcanuckont Registered User regular
    How do you find hardcore?

    I'm not at home but my buddies are saying it not in?

    Dice not giving it it's own play list?

    I saw a kid get handed a JB poster by who I presume was his parents outside my store today....he tore it in half infront of his horrified parents.....There's hope for our youth yet!
  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    go into server browser, filter by name, type 'hardcore'.
    it's not the 'official' hardcore thats in the custom game list, but its still hardcore rulesets. Afaik, the official hardcore will still be coming soon (no idea why its taking so long, everything it needs is there)

    Just cut down 5 guys within 10 seconds in a hallway with an mg15. Life is good again.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I can never play hardcore, I'd get kicked within 5 minutes for teamkilling :cry:

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    all the servers Ive played still pop up a friendly player icon when you aim at them, you just have to take a fraction of a second to identify your target. Also, you really do learn to tell enemy shapes and intent of direction. Not as easily as something like RO, where each faction has its own animation set, but I've been doing alright so far telling the helmets apart.

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  • ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    McGibs wrote: »
    all the servers Ive played still pop up a friendly player icon when you aim at them, you just have to take a fraction of a second to identify your target. Also, you really do learn to tell enemy shapes and intent of direction. Not as easily as something like RO, where each faction has its own animation set, but I've been doing alright so far telling the helmets apart.

    1) I've had issues where friendly player icons don't show up (admittedly, this mostly happens when the teammate is helming a deployable or stationary emplacement (mortar, AA gun, field gun, etc...). 2) Until I hear verbal cues, I have no idea what faction I'm on in the first 5 minutes of a round. And 3) what do I look like, a guy who pays attention to the fashion accessories of the different factions in the game? Alls I knows is that I sometimes have neat and shiny buttons on my sleeves.

    edit - and yes, I recognize the irony in that last statement given my forum and in-game avatar/emblem.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    So far I am liking the changes. Except for a couple things. I don't understand why the customize soldier options is wonky. I can't take the bayonet off my shotgun from the menu customization and I can't select any of my hellfighter options, shot gun or pistol. They don't even show up. I also think the medals are still a little borked. I'm working on a medal I've previously earned. I also wished they'd nerfed tailgunners along with the AA. As a pilot, the AA nerf is great. It can still get you but it just exploding nearby doesn't send your plane out of control anymore.

    Seems good overall, haven't used my shotgun much yet, been on maps that favor more range. I also seem to have the best anti-vehicle luck with mines and AT grenades. Man I'm getting pretty ok with those mines! So satisfying. Almost to rank 10 assault!

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  • ErrorError Registered User regular
    So I downloaded the new patch on PS4. It seems they fixed some things and broke others. My audio now randomly drops out for brief moments. I thought at first it was due to a explosion going off right beside me (realism sorta thing) but no, it just goes quiet at random times. Maybe my PS4 has PTSD.

    Also when quitting a server it now takes so long to load the main menu that it's faster to quit the game completely and relaunch it.

  • KonphujunKonphujun Illinois, USARegistered User regular
    Error wrote: »
    So I downloaded the new patch on PS4. It seems they fixed some things and broke others. My audio now randomly drops out for brief moments. I thought at first it was due to a explosion going off right beside me (realism sorta thing) but no, it just goes quiet at random times. Maybe my PS4 has PTSD.

    Also when quitting a server it now takes so long to load the main menu that it's faster to quit the game completely and relaunch it.

    I promise I'm not trying to be all "PC Master Race" or whatever here, but the addition of the quit button has increased my enjoyment of this game by 50%. It has been significantly faster for me to hit quit then it would otherwise take to load into a match and then quit.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    Konphujun wrote: »
    Error wrote: »
    So I downloaded the new patch on PS4. It seems they fixed some things and broke others. My audio now randomly drops out for brief moments. I thought at first it was due to a explosion going off right beside me (realism sorta thing) but no, it just goes quiet at random times. Maybe my PS4 has PTSD.

    Also when quitting a server it now takes so long to load the main menu that it's faster to quit the game completely and relaunch it.

    I promise I'm not trying to be all "PC Master Race" or whatever here, but the addition of the quit button has increased my enjoyment of this game by 50%. It has been significantly faster for me to hit quit then it would otherwise take to load into a match and then quit.

    Alt+f4 master race

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    So i pinned a medal for support last night. Its quickly turning into a fun time. I already had 45000 points into it, mostly using the Lewis Gun Suppressive. I just kept it rolling last night with the same gun and its much more accurate than it was. Its great being part of a push and just unloading half the magazine into an enemy position. Bonus points if its the spawn location.
    It was a mix between average matches and good. And after losing my first round of the night, then immediately switching teams the next, we rolled every match for the next 3 hours.
    Almost hit level 2 support. Didnt make it because i had to drop as an assault from time to time in matches to take out tanks that no one could seen to pin down.

    The only thing i dont like about the support is the lack of real firepower against vehicles. Its just so nice as an assault to whip out some land mines or the rocket gun.

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  • WolveSightWolveSight Registered User regular
    So i pinned a medal for support last night. Its quickly turning into a fun time. I already had 45000 points into it, mostly using the Lewis Gun Suppressive. I just kept it rolling last night with the same gun and its much more accurate than it was. Its great being part of a push and just unloading half the magazine into an enemy position. Bonus points if its the spawn location.
    It was a mix between average matches and good. And after losing my first round of the night, then immediately switching teams the next, we rolled every match for the next 3 hours.
    Almost hit level 2 support. Didnt make it because i had to drop as an assault from time to time in matches to take out tanks that no one could seen to pin down.

    The only thing i dont like about the support is the lack of real firepower against vehicles. Its just so nice as an assault to whip out some land mines or the rocket gun.

    Can I speak to you as a follower of the "Holy Church of the All-Powerful Limpet Charge?" You are so close to walking a path of righteousness, but it seems you don't know the true glory that awaits if you just choose to use the limpet charge. :)

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    Oh. And the ADS bug is still there. Trying to hit anything without ADS on the lewis gun is impossible

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    @WolveSight speaks the gospel. It's tough to use the limpet because you have to expose yourself since you can't throw it far and it's a timed explosive, but when it latches right, they definitely notice.

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Limpets work on vehicles?

    I see a guy in a building. I toss in a limpet, move to flank opposite the boom.
    I see a guy in cover- I toss a limpet.
    I see a man in a field- I toss a limpet.
    An enemy tries to limpet my tank? counter limpets

    Do you know the joys of standing 10 feet from a sniper who is unawares of the limpet you just placed on him?
    I am approaching a limpet service star...

    And to turn to actual vehicles its all about the art of approaching -> sometimes you have to trust that they are not looking at you even though you are wide open and running straight at them...

    The sheer joy of you running full bore at a tank, it seeing you but needing to reload so they begin back pedaling.... the sheer joy of a tank running from a limpet filled man in fear....

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited November 2016
    So hit markers is a server setting now, so this is probably why yesterday I would sometimes have no hit markers while using the bomber's forward gun.

    Edit: Some guy complained on Reddit about lacking server control and a DICE guy said this:
    Heya! Thanks for the feedback! We are aware of this and are already working on a few additions for Rent a Server!

    Admin control.
    VIP queue.
    Increasing total maps in the rotations
    Custom player counts
    More granular weapon restrictions
    Custom Banners
    Map Vote
    Sniper only

    And much more... I hope to be able to share more as times goes by

    Regards Striterax

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited November 2016
    Annnnd custom games list is open. Though it looks like its just a quickmatcher for the server list?

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    i will buy when all thats in

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    Gotta start whipping up some banners for The Angry Dome.

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  • HydroSqueegeeHydroSqueegee ULTRACAT!!!™®© Registered User regular
    WolveSight wrote: »
    So i pinned a medal for support last night. Its quickly turning into a fun time. I already had 45000 points into it, mostly using the Lewis Gun Suppressive. I just kept it rolling last night with the same gun and its much more accurate than it was. Its great being part of a push and just unloading half the magazine into an enemy position. Bonus points if its the spawn location.
    It was a mix between average matches and good. And after losing my first round of the night, then immediately switching teams the next, we rolled every match for the next 3 hours.
    Almost hit level 2 support. Didnt make it because i had to drop as an assault from time to time in matches to take out tanks that no one could seen to pin down.

    The only thing i dont like about the support is the lack of real firepower against vehicles. Its just so nice as an assault to whip out some land mines or the rocket gun.

    Can I speak to you as a follower of the "Holy Church of the All-Powerful Limpet Charge?" You are so close to walking a path of righteousness, but it seems you don't know the true glory that awaits if you just choose to use the limpet charge. :)

    I am unimpressed with limpets. I slapped one on a tank last night. 39 damage. Weeeeee.

    I can slap down a mine just the same and blow that fucker up no problem. I can unload 3-4 rockets into a light tank and take him out from a seafe distance. I almost feel like support should have the dynamite.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    WolveSight wrote: »
    So i pinned a medal for support last night. Its quickly turning into a fun time. I already had 45000 points into it, mostly using the Lewis Gun Suppressive. I just kept it rolling last night with the same gun and its much more accurate than it was. Its great being part of a push and just unloading half the magazine into an enemy position. Bonus points if its the spawn location.
    It was a mix between average matches and good. And after losing my first round of the night, then immediately switching teams the next, we rolled every match for the next 3 hours.
    Almost hit level 2 support. Didnt make it because i had to drop as an assault from time to time in matches to take out tanks that no one could seen to pin down.

    The only thing i dont like about the support is the lack of real firepower against vehicles. Its just so nice as an assault to whip out some land mines or the rocket gun.

    Can I speak to you as a follower of the "Holy Church of the All-Powerful Limpet Charge?" You are so close to walking a path of righteousness, but it seems you don't know the true glory that awaits if you just choose to use the limpet charge. :)

    I am unimpressed with limpets. I slapped one on a tank last night. 39 damage. Weeeeee.

    I can slap down a mine just the same and blow that fucker up no problem. I can unload 3-4 rockets into a light tank and take him out from a seafe distance. I almost feel like support should have the dynamite.

    Limpet Charges are not for the faint of heart. The timed detonation means you don't have to live long enough to hit the plunger like with TNT.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    WolveSight wrote: »
    So i pinned a medal for support last night. Its quickly turning into a fun time. I already had 45000 points into it, mostly using the Lewis Gun Suppressive. I just kept it rolling last night with the same gun and its much more accurate than it was. Its great being part of a push and just unloading half the magazine into an enemy position. Bonus points if its the spawn location.
    It was a mix between average matches and good. And after losing my first round of the night, then immediately switching teams the next, we rolled every match for the next 3 hours.
    Almost hit level 2 support. Didnt make it because i had to drop as an assault from time to time in matches to take out tanks that no one could seen to pin down.

    The only thing i dont like about the support is the lack of real firepower against vehicles. Its just so nice as an assault to whip out some land mines or the rocket gun.

    Can I speak to you as a follower of the "Holy Church of the All-Powerful Limpet Charge?" You are so close to walking a path of righteousness, but it seems you don't know the true glory that awaits if you just choose to use the limpet charge. :)

    I am unimpressed with limpets. I slapped one on a tank last night. 39 damage. Weeeeee.

    I can slap down a mine just the same and blow that fucker up no problem. I can unload 3-4 rockets into a light tank and take him out from a seafe distance. I almost feel like support should have the dynamite.

    Well the point was support has options, not support is better AT than assault. I do love me some AT mines though and have come to not prefer the AT rocket over mines/nades.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Rocket Gun can be handy for blowing up scouts perched in windows from medium to long range.

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