Bought the Digital Deluxe during release. All my friends quit playing after 2 weeks and never went back. I just reinstalled a few days ago.
Has the game died off too much to justify spending another 50 bucks for premium?
I’ve been having some fun the last few days. Finding a server is sometimes difficult with only Vanilla+China. Am I gonna get the other 4 map packs just to find no servers playing them in rotation?
I bought premium around Christmas time and have played almost every day since. Not having any trouble finding servers. So in my personal opinion, I think it’s worthwhile.
That’s encouraging. Thanks!
Sure thing mate, enjoy!
I find people on each map pack on PS3. Probably not as many as PC, but they’re there. You saved yourself money over purchasing them individually and I think you get a fair few battlepacks as well. It seems more people play the other maps and China Rising isn’t as popular right now, but that could just be me and my platform.
There’s still lots of cool gadgets and new maps to enjoy beyond China Rising though.
Thanks man. I’ve really got my eye on Dragons Teeth. Something a little more infantry focused. But I suppose if I’m gonna throw more money at the game, I might as well go Premium.
Lady actually! Hahaha.
Dragon’s Teeth is really good for infantry based game play. There’s a few vehicles on some maps, but usually only one of something like the IFV and tank per side. And one map with a single helicopter. Makes for a very different kind of gameplay in my experience/opinion.
Another perk of premium is that you get 4 instead of 2 preset slots for any of the kit or vehicle loadouts. So 4 presets for the MBT and for your assault class loadout as an example. The preset saves everything down to your choice of paint/camo (and field upgrades on your kits). Then you can select it in battlelog (on my laptop as PS3 player) and hit apply and it will automatically upload your preset into your game.
Takes a second or two (literally) to be updated and after that you can choose your class and deploy with your preset kit. I use it a lot when I see the loading screen for the start of matches that have helis for each side so that I have an anti air engineer loadout all ready to go for the “opening engagement” as you will so that we take out their chopper.
Something like that can really get a match going in your favour. I have various presets for all my vehicles and kits so that I’m never wasting time in game changing each item by hand. My favourite setups are saved and ready with just a click of the mouse.
Sorry for the ramble. I just try to mention it here and there because a lot of people don’t know about it and it’s a pretty handy feature. I get to feel like it’s my own little command centre 
I hope you enjoy it! There’s a fair amount of new weapons and gadgets with all the maps or premium. Premium just has some other perks as well which can be kind of nice.
Oops! My apologies ma’am! And thanks again for all the input 
I’d get it. A lot of people still play. Also, DICE has extended the premium calendar and confirmed more DLC.
Check out /r/battlefield_4 it has more people
At this point I would wait for a sale. I don’t know that I would spend $50 for it. It has already gone on sale a couple of times.