What extra stuff do you get? And is THAT worth it?
Based purely on how it was in BF3, if you are planning to buy all the expansions anyway, then you may as well get premium as it works out a bit cheaper than buying them all separately. Apart from that I think the other Premium stuff is mostly bullshit.
Well, my friends bought premium, but, is it needed just to join then in a firefight?
No, so long as you have the base game you can play together, you just won’t be able to play on maps that you don’t have (i.e. the ones from the expansions, unless you buy the expansions separately).
Since Battlefield isn’t released every year like Duty, I say it is worth it. You get the 5 map packs for $50. I plan on playing the game for 2 years or so, so it was a no brainer for me.
I didn’t buy premium out of the gate, but regretted it and ended up purchasing it because you cannot play China Rising maps without it for the next couple of weeks.
I didn’t want it to be a big issue when looking for servers with friends, so I relented and bought it.
EA are talking about opening another studio so they can annualize the series. Shit sucks 
That would suck. I think the quality of the series would drop off a little if that happened.
It already did halfway through BF3 life cycle. The only time BF3 got patches after launch was coinciding with DLC releases. This meant known bugs would take months to be resolved. Looks to be the case for BF4 too. Maybe they will fix some of the crash bugs when Second Assault comes out…
Honestly, if by “annualize” they meant basically releasing a major overhaul/update including new maps, modes, weapons, challenges, medals, etc. and it was MP only, I’d kinda be down for that.
I can not in good conscience give another $50 to a company that has failed to provide me a stable product thus far. I have 6 launch titles and the only one that crashes is BF4. Premium includes “preferred access to full servers” which is not possible without a queue. This and a few camos? No thanks EA. Not until I can play all night without errors. Dicks.
You get all the DLCs free, and I think there were at least 4 for BF3 at $15 each. You get each DLC 2 weeks early and then there are special events such as premium only double XP events. Also, you get priority access to servers if they ever implement the server queue like they had in BF3.
I would say if you’re getting all the DLCs anyway then do it and the other things are nice bonuses plus it’ll save you a few bucks.
Exactly what I did. Contacted ea support because I was confused. Quick match kept trying to connect me to servers with the expansion maps and was getting errors. Bought premium and a tablet. Now I’ve just been sitting around playing commander.
No battlefield game I’ve ever played is solid at launch. It always takes a few patches to fix the major bugs.
Premium gets you all the DLC and as China Rising is already out, I’d say it worth it.
Here’s LevelcapGaming first impressions about it
I do not recall issues with BF2, Vietnam or BF1942. I do remember some issues with 2142 and every title after that. Nothing like this, perhaps as they work to squeeze all the moisture out of the stone they have failed to maintain QC on their product.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2#Reception
Some of the lower scores were reactions to the large amount of bugs and glitches in the initial release, including crash to desktop bugs and network problems. For example, Gaming Nexus (who awarded the game an 8.7 out of 10) reported, “I’ve had many cool experiences playing it and a lot of ‘did I just see that’ moments but all of that is crapped on by the bugs and quirks in the game.”
http://www.gamespot.com/battlefield-1942/
Assuming Battlefield 1942’s technical kinks get worked out, the game could easily take its rightful place among the very best online shooters. Currently, playing it can range from exceptionally fun to exceptionally frustrating. EA’s release of a patch the very day the game hit store shelves emphasizes how Battlefield 1942 was rushed out too early, but it also bodes well for continued support. For now, as long as you can find skilled teammates and aren’t getting pestered by the game’s technical problems, Battlefield 1942 can be, quite appropriately, a real blast.
I’m not sure about Vietnam though.
Sounds like ea caught a fish
I would like to know as well, but I am not complaining.
DICE is not annualizing the main BF series. They have been quoted many times saying this is not happening. The new LA studio is working on small projects, not entire games.