# BF1 promotional suggestion for BF4/Hardline

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-promotional-suggestion-for-bf4-hardline/102421>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-promotional-suggestion-for-bf4-hardline/102421 "2016-07-26T17:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLankySoldier](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/thelankysoldier/32/103790_2.png) [@TheLankySoldier](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TheLankySoldier)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-promotional-suggestion-for-bf4-hardline/102421/21 "2016-07-28T16:15:00Z")

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> [@CAPT\_Gangplank](#):
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> > [@TheLankySoldier](#):
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> > As certain individuals have Alpha Access to Battlefield UI and they join on BF4/BFH games with no problems, and those games haven’t received a patch.
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> Only piece of relevant info in your wall of text bro. Nobody has made any claims as to anything else, cost or labor wise.  
> On the face of it, it would seem logical that new functionalities added to a game, even for an alpha test would, require a download of some kind. That those who have alpha access to Battle UI didn’t even need a patch to access it is a fact that apparently very few know. Grandstanding much?

You’re literally talking to a guy that talks to DICE developers directly. And if the game was patched, it was patched to minimal extent that doesn’t touch the actual code of the game. If they touched the code, the server would kick those players out of the server, because it wouldn’t be matching with the rest of the players on the server. That’s how cheats are found. If the client version is not 100% accurate to other players, server will kick those players out of the game. And funny enough, when Battlefield UI alpha finished last week, players who had access to it, were reporting they got banned by Punkbuster, because the server thought they had a cheat (  
[https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/756286103712333828](https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/756286103712333828) Because it was installed on their Clients and it wasn’t matching with other players. Even EA and DICE people got banned, which is hilarious.

And this just joining a game on a server. This thing has been in Alpha for god knows how long, and it takes a lot of resources to replace Battlelog. It’s months of hard development just to make things work properly.

So imagine working on new content for BF4. Just imagine. Read my previous post again CAREFULLY. EA would be literally losing money, unless you’re willing to pay for that content. And if EA is losing money, developers are losing jobs. No developers, no good games to produce.

- Lanky -

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