New patch today.

[juneau]

today we are rolling out a new pc update for battlefield 4. This patch will address several stability and balancing issues, graphical glitches, repair rate speeds, and more. You will find the full patch notes below, and as always, in the control room.

Jan 13 pc game update notes

-various fixes for improving general stability
-fixed a memory leak issue occurring after level shutdowns, which could result in a out-of-memory crash in longer play sessions
-additional fix for the “sound loop” deadlock when running high/ultra graphics settings
-added a warning for using legacy amd drivers that were out of date
-fixed a player feedback timing issue where blood was appearing before other damage indicators, and before damage was actually done
-fixed a bug where players’ rank icons on the scoreboard would not be updated
-fix for asian users unable to start battlefield 3 and battlefield 4 on windows 8.1
-normalized repair rates across all vehicles
-fixed problem with killer health in kill card not being correctly updated (showing 100% health even though the soldier was hurt)
-fix for friendly marker not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members
-fixed a bug where a main battle tank coaxial hmg ammo box was occasionally blocking the driver’s camera
-increased damage by 25% for the stealth jet 20mm cannons.
-stealth jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other. F35 & j-20 are slightly more agile, su-50 is less agile.
-attack jets now have more similar handling attributes to each other, and all 3 are now slightly less agile than earlier
-fixed camera glitch when switching weapons while moving in crouch
-fixed an occasional bug where players could experience intermittent engine sound dropouts when driving wheeled ifvs
-fix for player spawning under the map when deploying on lancang dam
-fixed flickering in map and minimap on rogue transmission and operation locker

260mb

[Apache Warrior]

fix for friendly marker not always showing when needed to, resulting in players shooting team members

How about a fix for the opposite. There have been a few times where I have not fired because the other player had a blue icon overhead. Then he kills me and shows as an enemy.
Apache

[Rand{CLR}]

Jan 13 pc game update notes

-normalized repair rates across all vehicles

Does this slow down the rate for recon choppers? Not sure which other vehicles have high rates of repair or seem invulnerable with enough engies.

-fixed a bug where a main battle tank coaxial hmg ammo box was occasionally blocking the driver’s camera

YES! Finally. I get this damn bug 90 percent of the time I spawn in a tank and the only way to fix it is to shift positions or bail and get back in.


-Rand

[juneau]

Does this slow down the rate for recon choppers? Not sure which other vehicles have high rates of repair or seem invulnerable with enough engies.




-Rand

I hope it doesn't. All you need is 2-3 people firing rockets at the scout heli and it's toast. Adding mobile AA into that mix and it's a joke. I want to be able to pilot the scout heli without a dedicated repair guy.

[goldenfooler]

I hope it doesn't. All you need is 2-3 people firing rockets at the scout heli and it's toast. Adding mobile AA into that mix and it's a joke. I want to be able to pilot the scout heli without a dedicated repair guy.

Places like flood though make it seem over powered. That is when it has been complained about the most.

[juneau]

Places like flood though make it seem over powered. That is when it has been complained about the most.

I can still find 3 Stinger throwing guys too much, even on that map. The only way you stay alive is buy hiding in spawn or rushing through the C/B flag area and getting out of the other side quickly doing minimal damage in the process.

Now if they want to tweak something then need to play with the Mobile AA. What's the typical reload time after firing both rockets? 2? 3? seconds?

[goldenfooler]

3 guys shooting stingers at you should take you down at once. Last night a guy was flying for 10 mins without being shot down. Mobiliy hits yes.. shot down no.

The biggest problem with AA is the fact that you can't hit people and kill them with it. Though I would cut down on the AA reload time.

[wigz]

The standard nubshit 2 engie repairing a scout most definitely got affected. Repair rates are better now. I really don't care to have more than 1 guy repairing, and even then, that's a gift that someone wants to work with you. Certain maps make the scout seem crazy good, then you go to lancang dam or golmud railway and it's like 'LOL, SCOUT, FREE KILL!'

Maps that have buildings and cover are where the scout heli shines. Everything else, it just gets ass raped. People like Widgity Bear and company will need to find something new to do other than constantly beg people to repair so they can fly around raping people... easy to do when you are damn near invulnerable. But it makes guys like me look bad when I can do it solo by actually using cover and buildings, paying attention to my ecm timer.

Flood Zone is a key example of where a scout can shine, since the US side has a ton of cover, meanwhile the chinese side is so fucked... Add plenty of rooftops for people to camp, sure I'll fuck shit up. It's what I do if I'm in the scout. But don't all of a sudden start screaming when I ECM and find a spot to hide from ezmode lock-on weapons.

I think what bothers me the most is when 2 guys are repairing and you get hit by constant stingers. That was really broken, I would know, I've done my fair share of just sitting there and having folks repair through it.

The same thing does not happen on other maps, maybe Dawnbreaker, but that's it. My real issue right now more than anything is Active Radar, MBT Law, and Staff shell. Anything auto-tracking after being dumb fired is retarded.

[goldenfooler]

On another note. I had a very satisfying Cruise missile strike on an apache squad last night on the roof near C on Flood.

[juneau]

Balancing should be done without personal mechanics in mind. If this was fixed I imagine you would see less people in this role, which is the way it should be.

Lower the repair regen rate further and increase the flare reload time pls!

[juneau]

On another note. I had a very satisfying Cruise missile strike on an apache squad last night on the roof near C on Flood.

OOO I love those!

[goldenfooler]

Balancing should be done without personal mechanics in mind. If this was fixed I imagine you would see less people in this role, which is the way it should be.

Lower the repair regen rate further and increase the flare reload time pls!

Also don't forget that you can get quicker repair with some of the specs for the eng. Frankly they put it as the first specialization. I thought it should have been on the last one.

[juneau]

Also don't forget that you can get quicker repair with some of the specs for the eng. Frankly they put it as the first specialization. I thought it should have been on the last one.

Couldn't agree more.

[Apache Warrior]

On another note. I had a very satisfying Cruise missile strike on an apache squad last night on the roof near C on Flood.

That was the first Cruise Strike. The others were not successful.
What I found amazing last night was your Helios flying all around us and ignoring us. I was Support and others were snipers. We had no engies to shoot them down, but they would fly right by us like we were invisible.
And Wigz is correct. The really good pilots will continually use the buildings for cover to defeat the missiles. I find that if you time it right and hit them while they are maneuvering low you can get them to crash into something and die. You may not get points for it, but it does help your team by getting rid of a pesky pilot.
Apache

[baconoclock]

On another note. I had a very satisfying Cruise missile strike on an apache squad last night on the roof near C on Flood.

Hey now, i was in that squad but you wont/didnt find me being a roof wookie.