So, I’ve been playing since Bad Company 2 (right before the Vietnam add-on was added), and I’ve always considered myself a “decent” player (from the wolfestein, to doom, to quake days as a teenager, always played FPSs). BF3 I didn’t get a chance to play as much, but I recently purchased BF4 and have been playing it alot for the past 2 weeks.
However, my kill-to-death ratio is fucking atrocious and I feel as though there’s something that I just seem to be missing (network is fine, not lagging or anything). I’ve looked through this sub and found several pointers, but dunno what the hell I’m doing wrong.
For instance, I played for a few hours last night, and I was on one of those Operation-Locker-400%-ticket-hardcore servers and my KDR was 3 kills to 30 deaths. I’d be running around and I’d see someone from 15-20 yards away, and I’d be dead before I had time to react. Or like on Objective A, I’d be standing just inside the building, and these guys would run in immediately and I’d be toast before I even had time to react (and I mean immediately, as though they were using aimbot or some shit). The top players had KDRs in the range of 54 kills to 10 deaths… which seems really high to me.
So, anyway, I know that switching to a mouse+keyboard would help tremendously (closer to gross motorskills instead of of fine motorskills) but does anyone actually do that for PS3? Anyone know how common that is, and is that considered cheating? And wrt guys getting these high KDRs on a server of 24 people, how is that even possible to aim that fast and hit the head that quick ?
I wouldnt play hardcore until you know the maps and have a few gun/accessorie unlocks
Well I have about half of the guns unlocked and am at level 53 due to a shitload of 200% boosts I got when I bought the game. I know the maps pretty well, I guess. And I prefer hardcore because there seems to be less sniping, although I guess hardcore is where the more skilled players go..
I’m not great but I prefer hardcore because you have to play it at a slower pace (or I do) the thing I found on locker is there is a lot of bottlenecks so once you figure them out and have some decent team mates its really fun. Where you based? If you’re EU I’ll team up. No mic tho 
I would say play standard conquest to get your skills up abd to get a better feeling for the flow of the maps. It’s hard to get any momentum when you’re in a server with limited health and more skilled players on top of not having great map knowledge.
Hey do you have a mic?
I’m on usually at night, add me on psn anothergreatday is the name. I’ll help you out. I’m like level 95
I would say to try messing with your sensitivities maybe. Maybe you have it set too slow and can’t acquire targets fast enough because of it. Maybe it’s too high, which leads to you over-compensating and thus missing your shots. Also, play the class and use the weapons that best fit your play style. Like running in right into the thick of things every time and getting in people’s faces? Maybe go Assault and run the shotty of your choice. You may also want to “research” the game and it’s weapons by watching some youtube vids. You could end up getting some insight into the mechanics and stats behind certain weapons and how to use them more effectively. I think a mix of all of the above has helped me out quite a bit(currently have a K/D of about 1.5, SPM of about 350-400 and a similar “skill”.
Also, find a squad/platoon/friends to run with. Your chances of survival always increase when you have back-up, even if that back-up is just soaking up some bullets for you being a distraction or bait.
Quite constructive feedback, thanks.
I switched to Support yesterday and today and have to say, it fits my style a little more. Had something like .6 KDR, which is substantially better than .1 or .3 
It’s funny you mention that, was listening to a podcast the other day that highly recommended that book as well, seems to be applicable in so many different situations.
And yeah, I’ve found it comical that nobody uses the outside very much. Everyone heads straight for B and joins the cluster-fuck. Usually if the other team owns all 3 objectives and they’ve got you pinned down to your own base, just grab your squad and head to their base (C or A, depending on who you are) and once you take it, they’re all so disorganized they all run back to defend.
Communication really seems to be key.
NP, glad I could help, if even a bit.
I encountered the same problem when I first started playing battlefield 4. My best advice is to play the fuck out of one class, in my case its was assault.Try checking out LevelCap or some of the commentators, it helps to know little details of certain maps and weapons.