NetRngr

Cool. I will make a note to pick it up and give it a whirl.

Don't forget instead of reducing player health like they did in previous HC modes now they just up the weapon damage 200%. which makes a good many weapons waaaaay op. 500m sniper one shots to the body are now my bread and butter.

Is anyone actively playing it? Looks like a damn fine battlesim from what I've seen but have been told you need a group who has the time / plays regularly to make it worthwhile.

Watched some of his play videos. Didn't see anything hinkey but who knows. Seems like a damn good pilot though.

You may be correct. I love BF1 as its an awesome game but the rented servers leave a lot to be desired to say the least.

My post on the subject: Our clan rented Two servers on launch. I have to say as a past admin on a BF4 clan server, the choice to cut out the third party server hosts was a huge concern to me especially with the DDoS attacks the Pub Servers have been seeing. Now if this happens not only are the Pub Servers going to go down you can rest assured ALL servers will go down even ones paid for by clans/users. Im guessing there is no refund for time lost. Below are a few observations on top of all the stuff the OP listed: Another thing I noticed in the settings for the Hardcore server presets are how they deal with certain things: 1) They up weapon damage to 200%: In the BF4 servers you lowered max health and did not touch the damage for weapons. I tested this on our server and at 450m ANY sniper hit was a 1 shot kill. Forget about all other weapons it takes aprox .5 sec to die. While I think fewer hits is a good thing on HC servers upping the damage isn't the way to approach this lowering max health is as it does not affect the weapon stats at all upping the damage does as there are modifiers in play here. 2) Oh HC servers if you disable the HUD /Minimap Options Mortars become useless there is no pop up HUD for a mortar which with the introduction of timers precludes you from aiming and seeing max accuracy red dot. also you cannot adjust fire as there is no HUD so every shot is max distance. 3) Haven't decided what causes this but when in HC mode there are no hit indicators. This would be fine normally except that it also does not show the actual kill. You have to listen for the SFX to tell if the player actually died. And last night with nametags turned off it wont show you who you killed or who killed you. Sure turn off the kill cam (a pox on all of humanity) don't disable death notifications. 4) Aim Assist: This has to burn my keester about as much as any option I have ever seen in a BF server catering to PC players. If you watch the linked video, https://youtu.be/rLHGMzW1X0E , please explain how this is any different or less damaging than aimbot. I get the need for this type of assist on a console. Really I do. This is one of the reasons why, for as long as I can remember, Consoles and PC players have been separated. This is totally game breaking for PC based gamers and is tantamount to a cheat. This severely has me considering just giving up on BF till its removed or using a controller on a PC does not include Aimbot Assist. Below are some of the variables for a BF4 HC server. Maybe the server programmers should take note of this and not try and port a console server over to a unified platform as it seems was done. vars.maxSpectators 4 vars.soldierHealth 60 vars.playerRespawnTime 100 vars.idleBanRounds 0 vars.vehicleSpawnAllowed true vars.killCam false vars.3pCam false vars.regenerateHealth false vars.onlySquadLeaderSpawn true vars.nameTag false vars.hud false vars.forceReloadWholeMags true vars.hitIndicatorsEnabled false vars.teamKillCountForKick 5 vars.teamKillValueForKick 7.1 vars.teamKillValueIncrease 1 vars.teamKillValueDecreasePerSecond 0.01 vars.3dSpotting false vars.miniMap false vars.commander true vars.alwaysAllowSpectators true reservedSlotsList.aggressiveJoin true vars.idleTimeout 375 vars.friendlyFire true Please DICE look at the list above and use it to make your RAS program something worthwhile. Address the issues listed in the OP and these or honestly I see no need in clans ever wanting their own servers. I would respectfully suggest going back to the old RAS model including the third parties, Allowing Utilities like ProCon / Rcon, and using variable based modification as shown above. I absolutely loved the BF4 servers but I have absolutely nothing but despise for the abomination that is the current RAS program. Respectfully, NetRngr Meh had some fun on Sniper maps but you have to choose the map correctly. Since BF1 does not allow you to turn off terrain features like BF4 did this could actually be fun seeing as you will have to look for glint and no kill cam won't give away your position. I mean its not for everyone but if you enjoy sniping I can see it being viable for a subset.

Nice Hawg. Had to get rid of mine a while back and regret it almost daily. Had a 65 Sportster that was my Uncle Al's Like below but not nearly as nice. http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1965-Harley-Davidson-Sportster-13.jpeg

That looks like a biker Jedi Uniform or Sith. YMMV

That's ridonkulous

Aim assist i get on a console. Honestly I do. I think it's complete and total bullshit on PC games though. Basicly what they are saying is if you dont want to get roflpwned you have to go buy a controller. So whats the point of gaming on a PC then? No better than AimBot IMHO.

Nice overview of some of the major changes released

Gotta say I enjoyed the HC mode sim last night for the most part. I will say that I played scout most of the night and have a couple of issues that i hope are addressed. 1) The damage multiplier is way too high. No way I should be able to oneshot someone from over 300m away and yet nearly every hit was a one shot nuke even bodyshots. SMGs just damn. 2) The lack of any hit indicators sucks. I got used to listening to SFX to tell if I got a kill but in a plane you really need those indicators to judge windage etc when you are the gunner. 3) Scope glint is flakey. I would be shooting at someone and see the glint and then it would be gone yet I know they were scoped in. 4) System sees mortar aiming as a HUD. Without the aming overlay mortars are basically useless. On the positive side I had squaddies spawn on me and not once was I pushed around etc so Hooray Very interested to see what the Official HC does tonight.

Nuke the kill cam for the love of god!

I prefer sniping and yeah when the map allows it sometimes I hang back 300 m or so and clip guys. My prefered distance given good C&C is around 100 to 150m. I will say I saw a goodly many complaining about the Fortress map and honestly that map begs me to go with the Henry sub 100m inside the fortress hunting invaders. That said if I see a tank or other vehicle harassing troops and no one doing anything I routinely grab a field gun / AA and go to town. When I die many times I spawn back as assault or support and take the fight where its needed most. I don't think I would have issues with a cap but i think 5 may be a tad strict. As always I will adapt.

Ditto. It's by far my prefered class.

Gotta say thats one hell of a list. They get +1 internets today.

Great to hear. Ive slogged through the public servers almost as long as I can. I absolutely hate the kill cam giving away your position as a scout especially when you have great C&C. The fact they don't let you turn off terrain features like BF4 did actually makes the terrain useful. Also the fix to squaddies spawning on you and pushing you into the open will be most welcome. Can't count the number of times this has gotten me killed. Look forward to joining back up with you guys. Always great matches when on your BF4 servers.