# A friendly reminder to those making the switch from COD **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492 "2013-12-10T22:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andygarciascuzin](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@andygarciascuzin](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/andygarciascuzin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/1 "2013-12-10T22:48:10Z")
Please… use your kits to the advantage of your team. I get so frustrated when I’m hiding behind cover with 10% health, and an assault class (with health pack equipped) runs right by me without healing me. Similarly when I’m low on ammo and I am refused an ammo box. It gets you points, it keeps your teammate alive, and it helps your team win. Work together and win. This game is not about being rambo and running face first into a group of 10 enemies solo. /rant. ---
**Author:** ![MattBallzzzy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MattBallzzzy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/MattBallzzzy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/2 "2013-12-11T02:07:22Z")
i was playing once, i had low health or ammo (can’t remember) my squad leader was the one i needed and he shot and killed me instead of helping me out ---
**Author:** ![shinchan230](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@shinchan230](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/shinchan230)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/3 "2013-12-11T11:04:12Z")
You have to beg for ammo from any support, and even then they reluctantly give it to you. Such is life comrade ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/4 "2013-12-11T14:47:18Z")
See, I would do this - but I honestly don’t know how to do anything in this game other than run around shooting and throwing grenades. Is there a detailed beginner’s guide anywhere around here? It would really help, because I switched from CoD, and this game just feels WAY better, but I’m so fucking terrible at it. ---
**Author:** ![CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CoffinRehersal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/5 "2013-12-11T15:26:31Z")
How did you figure out how to throw grenades? I think it’s safe to say you aren’t mentally handicapped and the only reason you haven’t figured a lot of this stuff out is you haven’t tried to. Spend 5 minutes on the test range. ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/6 "2013-12-11T16:26:24Z")
i pressed buttons. and ive tried to do a ton of shit, but it’s not exactly intuitive to know that pressing R1 signals where the enemy is to your team. i cant even figure out how to get a damn vehicle. but yea, thanks man, way to be helpful you presumptuous dick ---
**Author:** ![CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CoffinRehersal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/7 "2013-12-11T17:10:44Z")
Does the PS version not have controller layout options? I honestly don’t understand how this is such an issue for you. Edit: This is literally the first result when I do a Google search for “PS BF4 Controller Layout” ![](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f73466b5e6d2a31d9ac457371af33efc4ab83df4.png) ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/8 "2013-12-11T17:51:16Z")
wtf is commorose? also describing something as “accessory” and “gadget” does jack shit for me…no idea what’s involved with those. This still tells me absolutely nothing as to how to spawn a vehicle, let alone how the fuck to group up with my friends to queue for a game, which none of us have figured out yet. Let alone the finer details of the game, like changing the range of your scope on a sniper rifle? wtf?? how does that controller map help me there? or telling me how to distribute health and ammo…uh yea, nope, no idea how to even GET health or ammo to distribute. sorry buddy…maybe it’s the simplest thing in the world for you, but i have a grand total of 1 day’s experience with the battlefield franchise, and i’m confused after that 1 day. but seriously…my sincere apologies for asking for advice…really…i’m so sorry…i wasn’t aware that it would offend you so much. ---
**Author:** ![savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/savagewinds)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/9 "2013-12-11T18:35:04Z")
commorose brings up a radial menu that allows you to broadcast to your team that you need supplies, or give random orders. If you request health, your icon on their map will blink with a health cross, if you request ammo, it will blink with an ammo pack sign. That kinda thing. People don’t use it 90% of the time. X jumps Square reloads triangle switches weapons tapping circle crouches, holding goes totally prone. The shoulder buttons are pretty self explanatory, you seem to have those ones down. As for the D-Pad, their affect is contextual based on what equipment you have. Some of them may do nothing if you don’t have anything equipped on that weapon. Up toggles accessories, so it will turn on and off flashlights and laser sight, or switch between scope and canted iron sights if you have that on your gun. Down toggles firing mode, so if guns have single shot, burst, or fully auto firing modes you can switch between them. If you’re on a sniper or DMR, which don’t have full auto or burst, it toggles bullet drop distance instead. It will have a number of meters on the display at the bottom, and that corresponds to where the bullet will meet with the reticle. For example, if you set it to 1000m (the longest for sniper rifles) and put the cross hairs on a guy at 500m, the bullet will arc over his head and miss. Likewise, if you set it at 500m and shoot at someone at 1000m, it’ll drill in to the ground before it ever hits him. This is usually not importan unless you get really into sniping. Left and right pull out your gadgets that you equip at the loadout screen. Things like health or ammo packs will be thrown right away, so you don’t need to pull the trigger, but things like underslung shotguns or grenade launchers hitting left and right simply equips them so you can shoot with the normal triggers. As for general advice coming from cod, team work is more important in battlefield, so play your role. f you’re assault, drop health kits, rez people when you get the defib (hold the trigger for awhile on the defib to rez people with more health, you get more points). Other than that, pick yuour favorite gun and kill kill kill. If you’re support, drop ammo for people, it refills rockets and grenades, which can be super important for others. Use the high clip LMGs to lay down suppressing fire, even if you’re not as likely to hit. It helps your other teammates take less fire and get kill shots in. If you’re engineer, you can go for vehicles. Each takes a bit to get good at, so be patient and try out flying vehicles in the test range so you don’t crash right away. If you go as infantry with the engineer kit, pick anti air or anti land armor, take the right launchers and/or mines, and blow that shit up. Team with a support teammate for ALL THE ROCKETS. Otherwise you’ll only take out one or two vehicles before you’re dry. If you’re recon, try not to hole up in a nest and take potshots, unless you’re really, really good at it. People will just get pissed. If you’ve got an engineer teammate (or a vehicle) that can lock on to lasered targets, one of your starting gadgets can provide instant locks for them. Useful stuff. You can also go balls to the wall and take out armor with C4. Good luck man, and remember to have fun and not take it too seriously. Adit: Also, you’re more likely to get help over at /r/battlefield\_4 than here. Way more subscribers. ---
**Author:** ![CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@CoffinRehersal](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CoffinRehersal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/10 "2013-12-11T18:39:28Z")
When you edit your loadouts they specifically label choices as gadgets and accessories. I’m going to assume you don’t know what a loadout is or how to edit them despite the fact that those are also in CoD. I hope that your playtime can be measured in minutes if you haven’t organically figured this all out. Otherwise you have some issue navigating and understanding menus and I would hope that you are either a toddler or elderly. As for commorose, its the communication menu that comes up when you hold the spot button. It is a pretty shitty term and it is even more shitty that it is tied to the spot button, so I’ll give you that one. ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/11 "2013-12-11T19:23:00Z")
ok. i’m level 2. I’ve unlocked a scope, that’s it. so i haven’t unlocked any gadgets or accessories. thus, the lack of knowledge about what the hell they are. my playtime is probably about 2 hours, and probably 75% of that was in the campaign because I couldn’t even play multiplayer out of the box, i had to unlock it or wait for it to finish installing i guess. ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/12 "2013-12-11T19:24:47Z")
This is way way helpful, thank you so much. Unlike that dickbag /u/CoffinRehersal, this seriously helps. thanks my man. also i didn’t know about /r/battlefield\_4, i will definitely check it out. cheers. ---
**Author:** ![savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/savagewinds)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/13 "2013-12-11T19:39:48Z")
Welcome, glad to help! ---
**Author:** ![savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/savagewinds)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/14 "2013-12-11T19:55:01Z")
Oh, and two things I missed from your questions. I think on ps3 group play is broken… It’s easier to just pick a server and press triangle in the deploy menu to pick your squad. It can be tough to find an empty enough squad though. Hopefully they’ll fix it soon. Vehicles spawn on bases. Select the base you want to spawn at with the left stick (you can also switch to spawning on squad mates) and then use the right stick to select a vehicle at that base. That way you can spawn right into it when it’s available. Their respawn is just on a timer from when the vehicle was last destroyed. So be careful taking a tank or a jet to some place and leaving it, it’ll prevent a respawn of the vehicle at the base if it’s not destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@glorysk87](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/glorysk87)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/15 "2013-12-11T19:58:46Z")
ahh you get vehicles from the deploy screen?? totally missed that haha…thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@savagewinds](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/savagewinds)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/16 "2013-12-11T20:00:18Z")
Well, you can always just run up to them and get in by holding square. But you can spawn directly into them, too. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Shamelesselite](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Shamelesselite](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Shamelesselite)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/17 "2013-12-11T21:25:41Z")
Yes. Then you shoot them and they turn around to look at you then run off and die. ---
**Author:** ![DrCommonMan](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@DrCommonMan](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrCommonMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/18 "2013-12-11T21:51:59Z")
I spam the fuck out of med kits because of the points and subsequently shinny dog tags you get haha ---
**Author:** ![Zayah28](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zayah28](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Zayah28)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/19 "2013-12-12T18:47:10Z")
Yes about time somebody said something this is NOT cod if your a certain class please use your gadgets wether it’s a med kit ammo or tugs anything it helps your team win and get point ---
**Author:** ![daaays](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@daaays](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/daaays)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492/20 "2013-12-12T19:00:17Z")
Good rant. I feel the exact same way. [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-friendly-reminder-to-those-making-the-switch-from-cod/110492.md?page=2)