Hi everyone, I got BF4 Premium for PS4 yesterday on the PSN Sale for $23.99, so glad I did! Anyways, it’s my first BF game, could anyone help me out with some beginner tips? I would really appreciate it!
Edit: Thanks everyone for your help and tips!
Prepare to die a lot in servers. Don’t let it sour you on the game. Play through the campaign at least once. Learn the maps as best as you can. You will figure out where people are hiding, waiting to kill you. Pistols-only servers (exist on PSN?) will help your head-shot aiming.
Also…try to complete the assignments. They expose you to areas, weapons and tactics you may not have considered.
Thanks a lot for all this tips!!! I’ll play campaign first then!
familiarize yourself w maps and routes to objectives. Join a full squad and follow them while chasing objectives. Spawn on squad mates.
My pleasure. Don’t feel like you must complete the campaign before competing in servers. It’s just a good training tool for basic game mechanics. Have fun!
Personally i play some TDM to level guns easily and get into the game again when i haven’t played for a while. TDM is good for this because you have lots of gun fights. If you feel that your aim is all over the place is would say TDM is a good place to train.
I’ve been playing for a few days (also picked it up for $24 but for Xbox One). What I’ve found that helps getting started are the following:
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You are going to be seriously outgunned by everyone. Running straight into a firefight will just end with you getting continually killed.
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Building on #1; lone wolf tactics don’t work real well in many game modes; its best to stick together with your squad.
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Spot enemy players. Not sure how to do it on the PS4 but on Xbox just hit the right bumper. You’ll get extra points for spot assists
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Squad points. If you are in a match with an active squad leader they should be giving you directives (attack, defend etc). Following these orders helps the team stay together but it also helps you earn additional ‘squad order’ points. Most public matches the SL’s don’t give commands but if you ask sometimes they will start issuing commands. Additionally, sometimes pulling up the comma rose and sending a “Request Order” command will help
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Learn the maps. Obviously, this comes with playing the game but when you first get started its hard to elude players that are already familiar with the map. Take it slow and peek around corners if you need
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Set your packages to compliment your game play style. As I said earlier; you won’t start with the most powerful weapons. As a result, I find it best to offer support by either cover fire or by reviving teammates that are downed.
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Use your mic; games are so much more enjoyable when people are communicating; otherwise it doesn’t feel much like a team game if 5 squad members are off in 5 different directions
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use the server browser – find ones with the best connection. Joining quick matches I found that they often times weren’t the best connection for me. Once I started using the server browser and finding on top tier connections I found the overall experience is much more enjoyable.
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Have fun; my first couple days were rough as I was getting destroyed pretty badly until I honed my style as outlined above. You’ll eventually get the hang of it
The transport choppers can take massive hits from iglas and stingers and easily shoot down any viper or little bird cowboy. Its an amtrac that flies, stop wasting it. If you don’t know how to fly it, don’t get in it. Test range for flight training…not in a mission with 5 people in ur chopper. TLDR. The transport choppers aren’t one way taxis
PTFO, PTFO, PTFO!! communicate, and use your mini map constantly, spot every time you move.
Short controlled bursts when using an automatic weapon.
flank, when ever you can.
And learn the maps, I cannot stress that enough.
My first would be to check out /r/battlefield_4 and /r/PSBF . A search for the word “beginner” on the first sub yielded this page, which might be worth checking out! Has a lot of replies as /r/battlefield_4 has about 80,000 users now. PSBF is a playstation specific sub, a bit smaller but still fairly active despite it’s size.
Though there are some gameplay differences between consoles and PC. I find the I like weapons with a higher stability as you can’t compensate for those on the lower end as easily as you can on PC. So pay a bit of extra attention to what you read from the console players and a bit less to PC weapon choices (sometimes it’s in their flair).
Also premium means you have four Battlelog preset slots for each kit and vehicle loadout! In the sense of kit you can set everything down to your class perk and save it as such to be recalled in the exact state (though accessories and optic changes are locked to each gun across all loadouts) when you need it. Same with vehicles: paint, primary and secondary weapons the whole thing!
I keep a browser window open on my laptop and switch my loadouts by clicking a saved preset, and then the orange Apply button in the top right (just above the kit/class loadouts). The best part about this is that I can change my loadouts while the map is still loading and be ready to say… be an engineer in a heli with my stinger and torch kit for the usual opening engagement of the helicopters. Where as before I would’ve had to do it on the spawn screen or just likely spawn with my SRAW and hope for the best, this way I feel quickly prepared for most situations and have my kit of choice quick at hand.
I very highly recommend taking advantage of that feature. And it doesn’t seem to actually be an incredibly well known one.
Secondly I would say to try out your weapon and vehicle loadouts on the Test Range! You can spend time to customize each feature of your loadouts at the supply crate near the test range. So you can even choose piece by piece and upload via battlelog and picking up your new kit from the crate before you decide on which works best.
It’s also a good place to customize all the advanced sensitivity controls (listed at the bottom of the general and gameplay options lists) which I found to be very beneficial to some of the difficulties controllers can have. There’s also a lot of HUD and minimap options you can customize, as well as the visibility of in world icons (objectives, teammates, pickups etc.).
As a console player I try to generally not run and gun. I almost always stop and stand or kneel to take my shots and use weapons that compliment that by having high stability. I find them to be more accurate and at farther distances and moving while your shooting just makes it less effective, only move around while shooting if your opponent is and you have no cover or something.
Just try and help your team out while you’re new and try not to be the first leading the charge. K/D isn’t everything, especially if you’re playing conquest. You can be very helpful to your team by tossing down med and ammo packs/kits and laying down cover or smoke once and awhile.
…and this is why I love Battlefield. The gamers are always helpful…
Choose a gun and learn it. Make it your baby.
Choose a play style and adapt it to your map/gametype. Eventually this will come naturally.
Play with the combinations in each class. There are some elements used on certain maps.
Personally I have played with the same weapon and basic class set up from day one.
I run support.
M4-silenced-T Russian red dot-foldable grip
C4-ammo crate
Offensive
I have all the ammo i need. I have anti vehicle capability. And the m4 is just about as versatile as it gets.
It works for me but I strictly play hard core.
Positioning is everything. Aiming skill isn’t really that important (especially on consoles).
Thanks everyone of you for your help and tips!
Your are going to be killed by snipers a lot and you will never see it coming, use cover and spot constantly
Ha as if aiming wasn’t important. You’re kidding right?
You can’t aim on consoles anyway so its not that important. Also theres no spray pattern, the bullets spread randomly.
The headshot multiplier isn’t that high so body shots are enough.
Yeah if you’re within 10 feet of the person.