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  1. Submit 17/10 13:57 <Cheshire cat> next step would be allowing us to change settings without having to be in game
  2. Submit 17/10 13:57 <majnu> hang on, you can't be commander and play at the same time, or have I missed something?
  3. Submit 17/10 13:57 <DarkLord7854> yes
  4. Submit 17/10 13:57 <DarkLord7854> we had a prototype of the settings change
  5. Submit 17/10 13:57 <DarkLord7854> but it was a bit of a hack
  6. Submit 17/10 13:57 <DarkLord7854> we need Origin to open up an API for us to do it properly
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  12. Submit 17/10 13:58 <DarkLord7854> multiple loadouts is something I'm working on/playing with
  13. Submit 17/10 13:59 <DarkLord7854> multiple loadouts won't technically be supported ingame
  14. Submit 17/10 14:00 <DarkLord7854> loadout presets in game? not really
  15. Submit 17/10 14:01 <DarkLord7854> requires a large fundamental change in how loadout data is saved
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  22. Submit 17/10 13:59 <Onslaught> Will the commander be a non spawning player?
  23. Submit 17/10 13:59 <Cheshire cat> not a question specifically directed at you darklord
  24. Submit 17/10 13:59 <DarkLord7854> commander is separate from the regular slots
  25. Submit 17/10 13:59 <DarkLord7854> commander can't run around, only command
  26. Submit 17/10 13:59 <DarkLord7854> minimum rank 10
  27. Submit 17/10 14:02 <Onslaught> how is the commander chosen?
  28. Submit 17/10 14:02 <Onslaught> vote?
  29. Submit 17/10 14:04 <DarkLord7854> pc commands pc, consoles command consoles. tablets can command any console PROVIDING you have a matching soldier for said console
  30. Submit 17/10 14:07 <DarkLord7854> Ok. If you have a PC Soldier. You can command PC games from your PC, or your tablet. Same applies to all other platforms
  31. Submit 17/10 14:07 <DarkLord7854> you can't command and play, unless you have 2 soldiers
  32. Submit 17/10 14:08 <woess> darklord commander on iphones/adroid phones or only tablets ?
  33. Submit 17/10 14:09 <DarkLord7854> no phones
  34. Submit 17/10 14:09 <Zeta> ok, tablets only then
  35. Submit 17/10 14:09 <majnu> smartphones don't support commander?
  36. Submit 17/10 14:09 <majnu> that sux
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  45. Submit 17/10 14:18 <woess> darkloard what are soldier portraits ? Is it the battlog soldier avatar ?
  46. Submit 17/10 14:22 <DarkLord7854> soldier portraits are in BL yes
  47. Submit 17/10 14:22 <DarkLord7854> it's the soldier that shows on your stats overview page
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  57. Submit 17/10 14:28 <Cheshire cat> Oh yeah I've been meaning to ask, is there a way to change uncaps to cappable? and if so, would we be able to keep it ranked?
  58. Submit 17/10 14:29 <DarkLord7854> you can't cap uncaps as in every BF game
  59. Submit 17/10 14:30 <Cheshire cat> I meant, will we be able to turn them into capable bases? ala Bad company 1 and IIRC 2142 conquest assault
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  68. Submit 17/10 14:25 <woess> how many weapons in bf4 ?
  69. Submit 17/10 14:25 <DarkLord7854> many
  70. Submit 17/10 14:26 <DarkLord7854> at least 5
  71. Submit 17/10 14:26 <Cheshire cat> HOLY SHIT
  72. Submit 17/10 14:26 <Cheshire cat> 5?!
  73. Submit 17/10 14:26 <Cheshire cat> You sure that's not a typo?
  74. Submit 17/10 14:26 <woess> i hoped 5 is max... dissapointed
  75. Submit 17/10 14:26 <Cheshire cat> I thought Battlefield 3 had a lot with 4!
  76. Submit 17/10 14:27 <Onslaught> I call it Battlefield 3.4
  77. Submit 17/10 14:27 <DarkLord7854> 3.5* now
  78. Submit 17/10 14:27 <DarkLord7854> since it has 5 weapons
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  86. Submit 17/10 14:30 <majnu> will the report player function from battlelog be monitored and managed?
  87. Submit 17/10 14:30 <DarkLord7854> it is monitored and managed
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  95. Submit 17/10 14:41 <majnu> @darklord I never had chance to test in Beta but on Pc can you create a group and use voice chat whilst in battlelog (similar to microsoft party chat)
  96. Submit 17/10 14:43 <DarkLord7854> no, we removed voice chat in BL
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  106. Submit 17/10 14:59 <DarkLord7854> it took us 240 employees to make BF4 in 2 years
  107. Submit 17/10 15:00 <DarkLord7854> and that's not counting management/marketing/etc
  108. Submit 17/10 15:01 <DarkLord7854> at it's peak, we had ~200 devs/artists/designers
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  117. Submit 17/10 15:02 <woess> whats actually is the new dice studio in the us ? what are they doing there dlcs ?
  118. Submit 17/10 15:03 <DarkLord7854> DICE LA are doing things
  119. Submit 17/10 15:05 <DarkLord7854> there's 2 studios
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  128. Submit 17/10 15:06 <AdrIneX> I wanted to know whether the ranking system worked like BF3?
  129. Submit 17/10 15:07 <DarkLord7854> the ranking system?
  130. Submit 17/10 15:08 <AdrIneX> yes
  131. Submit 17/10 15:08 <AdrIneX> how do you progress?
  132. Submit 17/10 15:08 <AdrIneX> do you just earn XP and your rank goes up?
  133. Submit 17/10 15:08 <AdrIneX> or is it different this time around?
  134. Submit 17/10 15:09 <DarkLord7854> you need to buy ranks with $$, duh
  135. Submit 17/10 15:09 <DarkLord7854> $1,000 == automatic rank 100
  136. Submit 17/10 15:09 <AdrIneX> lol
  137. Submit 17/10 15:09 <DarkLord7854> no but I can't talk about persistence
  138. Submit 17/10 15:10 <AdrIneX> :(
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  147. Submit 17/10 15:13 <Cheshire cat> Darklord, this sounds like a stupid question, but after you finish a game do you play it for a while after? or after working on it for so long do you feel sick of it
  148. Submit 17/10 15:20 <DarkLord7854> well
  149. Submit 17/10 15:21 <DarkLord7854> I'm sick and tired of Siege
  150. Submit 17/10 15:21 <Cheshire cat> Why is that?
  151. Submit 17/10 15:22 <DarkLord7854> everyone's still playing almost every part of the game
  152. Submit 17/10 15:22 <DarkLord7854> since we have regular playtests (multiple times per day)
  153. Submit 17/10 15:25 <DarkLord7854> siege was for alpha and beta
  154. Submit 17/10 15:25 <DarkLord7854> I've played that map more than enough times
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  162. Submit 17/10 15:22 <Cheshire cat> Darklord have you personally played the campaign yet? not asking for any information about it, just curious if you've tried it
  163. Submit 17/10 15:22 <DarkLord7854> I've played it 14 times
  164. Submit 17/10 15:22 <Cheshire cat> what, all the way through or just played it in general
  165. Submit 17/10 15:23 <DarkLord7854> 14 full plays
  166. Submit 17/10 15:23 <DarkLord7854> countless random plays
  167. Submit 17/10 15:23 <Cheshire cat> holy shit
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  175. Submit 17/10 15:27 <Cheshire cat> Darklord, did the platform focus change again like Battlefield 3? or has it been consistent throughout
  176. Submit 17/10 15:33 <DarkLord7854> platform focused for BF3 only changed because 360/PS3 didn't work
  177. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> at all
  178. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> as in
  179. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> the game didn't even boot up
  180. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> and that was done late in the summer
  181. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> as a "oh shit guys we have no working console version"
  182. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> :P
  183. Submit 17/10 15:34 <DarkLord7854> this time all platforms have been working pretty reliably
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  191. Submit 17/10 15:36 <TheRA1DER> darklord, rolliethepolie said there is no working battlerecorder for bf4 at all, but that it will return in the future
  192. Submit 17/10 15:37 <TheRA1DER> s that "future" within bf4 lifespan?
  193. Submit 17/10 15:39 <DarkLord7854> I don't know the status on battlerecorder
  194. Submit 17/10 15:39 <DarkLord7854> I tried to use it in BF3
  195. Submit 17/10 15:39 <Lord Crc> dark: uh oh, you're gonna be in deep dodo soon
  196. Submit 17/10 15:39 <DarkLord7854> I BSOD'ed my computer with a bad config, I didn't bother trying again
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  204. Submit 17/10 15:42 <Cheshire cat> Darklord, is there anything you've been disappointed in, with regards to Battlefield 4
  205. Submit 17/10 15:43 <DarkLord7854> yes, I didn't get my medieval black knight armor camo
  206. Submit 17/10 15:43 <DarkLord7854> we also removed the debug animation for "Negative" commo rose
  207. Submit 17/10 15:43 <Cheshire cat> what does that mean?
  208. Submit 17/10 15:43 <DarkLord7854> your soldier would give the middle finger to whoever you were looking at
  209. Submit 17/10 15:43 <Lord Crc> haha
  210. Submit 17/10 15:44 <TheRA1DER> LOL
  211. Submit 17/10 15:44 <Cheshire cat> hahahaah
  212. Submit 17/10 15:44 <Cheshire cat> please keep that
  213. Submit 17/10 15:44 <DarkLord7854> it was sync'ed, other player would see it
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  220. Submit 17/10 15:44 <TheRA1DER> can you please give us the option to disable all 3D icons in the HUD options?
  221. Submit 17/10 15:44 <TheRA1DER> LZ
  222. Submit 17/10 15:44 <TheRA1DER> PLZ
  223. Submit 17/10 15:45 <DarkLord7854> You must fetch me.. a shrubbery
  224. Submit 17/10 15:45 <Cheshire cat> or select hud elements
  225. Submit 17/10 15:45 <Cheshire cat> In Battlefield 2 you could change the opacity of certain parts of the hud, will that option be given in Battlefield 4? even down the line if it's not present on release
  226. Submit 17/10 15:46 <DarkLord7854> I don't know, I don't really delve into UI, shit's scary
  227. Submit 17/10 15:46 <DarkLord7854> game UI that is*
  228. Submit 17/10 16:02 <DarkLord7854> UI was done in-house for BF4
  229. Submit 17/10 16:02 <DarkLord7854> we made our own language for it too
  230. Submit 17/10 16:02 <woess> ohh nice
  231. Submit 17/10 16:02 <DarkLord7854> dumped Scaleform
  232. Submit 17/10 16:03 <woess> so you can make changes to it after bf4 release based on feedbach ?
  233. Submit 17/10 16:03 <DarkLord7854> dunno
  234. Submit 17/10 16:03 <DarkLord7854> I try to stay away from game UI, it's a scary place
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  242. Submit 17/10 15:48 <DarkLord7854> mm, think I'll plan some vacation instead
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