# Battlefield4 newcomer **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 4, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield4-newcomer/112736 "2015-08-04T11:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rudral](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@Rudral](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Rudral)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield4-newcomer/112736/1 "2015-08-04T11:38:04Z")
Hi everyone, I’m a bf3 veteran, I loved the game and I enjoyed playing with a team. Then gw2 and League of legends happened. When battlefield4 came out I bought it but I never tried seriously the multi-player, it felt weird compared to the third and I left it alone. After a bad experience with call of duty advanced warfare (mainly because is - unlock- elite- weapons- to - be- relevant) I miss a bit the old glorious times of bf3. Yday I saw a gif in r/gaming about a cal50 sniper destroying a concrete cover, and something said inside me, hey let’s play it. Do I need to purchase premium for the maps? Is there a way to avoid grinding every weapon and every attachment and just be on par with everyone? Is the game still active? Ty Edit: grammar ---
**Author:** ![N1cknamed\_reddit](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@N1cknamed\_reddit](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/N1cknamed_reddit)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield4-newcomer/112736/2 "2015-08-04T11:47:49Z")
First of you might be better of at /r/battlefield\_4, much more people there. But for your questions. Premium is definetly worth it (for pc buy on [instantgaming.com](http://instantgaming.com) way cheaper). But it is not necessary. For the weapons you can buy an upgrade kit on origin with which you can unlock the weapons but thats not worth it. First off, all weapons are good. You can do well with any gun. And it is rather fun to unlock everything instead of just having it. There are still a ton of players (over all platforms 135.000 24h peak) and the game is growing, more and more people join. There is also free dlc coming. We already have gotten 2 free game modes with one more coming, there were 5 free weapons released, they are working on 3 night time maps (normal maps but in the dark), they have a free jungle map in the works, there is an old battlefield 2 map coming back. And all for free. Btw this game is 10 times as fun to play with friends. On /r/battlefield or /r/battlefield\_4 (not sure which one) they have weekly find a friend fridays. I suggest you try and hook up wifh some people and i hope you have a great time. ---
**Author:** ![Trubor](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Trubor](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Trubor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield4-newcomer/112736/3 "2015-08-04T18:12:45Z")
I love the way you describe it. I play this game 4 times a week I think. Maybe more. It is still so much fun (except for the fact I see an increase of wallhackers and aimbot shit). So many only-in-battlefield"moments. The site is: [instant-gaming.com](http://instant-gaming.com) btw… ---
**Author:** ![JonnyIndica](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@JonnyIndica](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JonnyIndica)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/battlefield4-newcomer/112736/4 "2015-08-05T00:41:40Z")
You will LOVE BF4