[BF4] Changes with bullet drop?

I don't know what it is, but for the life of me, I can't seem to get the hang of sniping at all. There have been many cases where it appears that i should get a clean headshot, and following the bullet contrail reveals that my round appears to strike my target, but nothing.

Also, anyone notice that moving while firing your handgun seems to make you much less accurate? It really seems DICE is trying to quell the hyper aggressive gameplay that BF3 seemed to promote to some degree.

I'm having an extremely hard time doing well with the recon kit, and without the ability to use anything other than bolt actions at the moment, it's bugging the hell out of me. Bullet drop seems to be very different than BF3, if not that the handeling of the SR's in general feels wonky for some odd reason. I was able to settle in pretty nicely with the Recon Kit's SR's, in BF4, it's like I'm fighting the game every step of the way.

I have found the zeroing feature on the map sorta useless,I have the same problem aiming right at a guy and it seems like the bullet trail goes right through him and no hitmarker


other times the bullet trail seems to go so slow the enemy has the chance to dodge out of the way like the matrix lol

JrTapia1991 wrote:I have found the zeroing feature on the map sorta useless,I have the same problem aiming right at a guy and it seems like the bullet trail goes right through him and no hitmarker


other times the bullet trail seems to go so slow the enemy has the chance to dodge out of the way like the matrix lol

This, so this! The bullet travel sometimes feels like it's going slower than the speed of smell! I'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to be in the game, but hitting things on the move feels like an exercise in frustration.

Even targets at medium distance seem to have an extremely easy time dodging the sniper rifles rounds. It's weird as all gets out.

bullet velocity actually seems to be up across all weapons, and there's less drop as well. I haven't sniped much yet, but the little bit i did do felt much better than BF3.

an example of the extremely slow bullet travel to the point where the enemy can casually dodge out of the way is, on the conquest, on B that place with the glass roof and sorta sliding doors, that semi tall building with the billboards people always camp on ,they were dodging my shots like crazy


when I can actually hit stuff it's good, the 6x scope seems just right


wish we could get heavy barrel or something for the guns

Eh, I may just have to get used to it, but it could also be problems with hit registration. I am still having a great deal of problems actually being useful with the kit. Hopefully once I get carbines unlocked and motion balls, things will get better.

I'll run around with the ak5c it insta killed me earlier at the collapsed C

play another class?

I haven't used the snipers very much, but I didn't really have a problem with them. I did have a few where I could have sworn I hit the guy, but didn't. However I feel it is much more likely that I missed and not the game.

Pistols seem just fine to me and I already have quite a few kills with them just switching to them mid-fight. I haven't noticed them feeling weaker or inaccurate myself. I took out a pack of 3 dudes with whatever pistol is default for Recon though, no issues. If there is an issue with them it's either minor or really is only noticeable when using it like a primary. I don't know man.

After playing more, I've been getting mixed results to be honest. Sometimes i completely dominate with them, other times it's like a get instant death at the hands of x weapon (lag maybe?) before I can even fire once.

It's beta, so I expect the game to be wonky, it just struck me as odd.

I'm also on 360 so it's possible the issue isn't there, or that I simply haven't used them enough to have it happen to me.

yeah the P226 feels pretty much identical to the Grach from BF3. Not very powerful, but it's a solid sidearm for someone with a quick trigger finger. It's already saved my ass several times.

I didn't play much with the bolt action, but the DMRs are brutal. 9 out of 10 two shots and they're down, not to mention they handle beautifully.

Recon with a carbine is fun, also nice to actually be able to place top of board with recon.

Pistols feel fine to me. M9 is pretty cool and frankly judging by the amount of times I've taken down multiple enemies it packs a punch.

does it level you up slow as fucking hell on the console as well? lol taking me forever to unlock anything

Slowly getting the hang of it. Though there are still quite a few times where I call "Shenanigans" when I unload 3/4 of a magazine into a guy with my M9 and he just laughs and kills me with his AK12.

Also, I know what you mean Jr, it's taking me bloody forever to unlock my DMR's

Artimise Flare wrote:Slowly getting the hang of it. Though there are still quite a few times where I call "Shenanigans" when I unload 3/4 of a magazine into a guy with my M9 and he just laughs and kills me with his AK12.

Also, I know what you mean Jr, it's taking me bloody forever to unlock my DMR's

Unlock carbines first, by playing engie. Equipt carbine and go recon on domination. You'll get them fast enough.

Also, in regards to your first paragraph, there are definitely hit detection issues on this build. I have emptied full magazines of LMGs on enemy and done zero damage.

Nonetheless, still having fun playing the beta. Not crazy about the map, but mechanics wise I like everything so far.

Wonder how small the map is on consoles

3 flags. Building, and two bases either side.

Damn

Yep, CQ is kind of empty.

I've been playing mostly Domination. It's addictive.

Damn, having a hard time with the shotgun,

Tom was complaining about the shottie earlier

I was trading deaths a lot with it.

Grinding through the semi shottie to get my hands on the 870.

Not sure about default shotty, but have seen some guys running around with power weapon shotgun USAS with explosive rounds (or it seems). It was even more powerful than BF3.

Finally am getting used to sniping. Got a few good shots in more recently, and I'm really enjoying the DMR's

Seems like I am the one that is behind all of you this time around, unlike BF3 beta when I was quite ahead of all of you guys. Haven't even unlocked anything much.

Defib. LoL

To be fair, we're playing more than you are I think. Life > games

StormEye wrote:Not sure about default shotty, but have seen some guys running around with power weapon shotgun USAS with explosive rounds (or it seems). It was even more powerful than BF3.

This is a map weapon, available for pickup at flag C in domination for as long as ammo (two clips) for it lasts. There is also a 50 cal sniper rifle on domination. Same deal, only this is as far as I can tell, one hit kill.

Both are OPd but have very limited ammo and disappear after out of rounds.

I'm sure there is one of these weapons on CQ when the skyscraper comes down too.

On conquest you can also get the Starstreak launcher (looked like it fires 3 heatseeking rockets per shot) on C while the skyscraper is still up and the MGL when it's down.

There's also a third weapon, a grenade launcher with I think 6 grenades at a corner of the map on Domination.

Yeah that's the MGL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkor_MGL

Bongo.