2014-05-11 02:51 , edited 2014-05-11 02:54 by Seyfert_JohnyG

Playing in the CTE program is interesting. People talk more and people that bitch about the game and other things ("frakin' m320 nob" for example) get shot down by the ones that are there to TEST.

It feels stable even though it is a Test Environment.

They Increased the send rate (server->client i think) to 30Hz. That paired with the numerous hit reg improvements, the game feels more fair. But people are still begging for the increase in the tick rate. t1gge (DICE dev working on the CTE) said the Frostbite engine had 30Hz simulation HARD CODED into it, meaning unless the game gets a really big overhaul we wont get 30+ Hz tick rate. Maybe in the next Battlefield maybe not.

It is a improvement. One of many to come.

However ITS NOT PERFECT. You will still get shot around corners, just not that much. It decreased the instances where you get shot but you still do.

I haven't had enough CQB encounters to notice because here's the biggest downside: There aren't enough players playing in these servers. It peaked at 2 64 servers full and 1 20 or 32 player server also full.



I urge you guys, everyone willing to make this a better game to come and help. The more data the better.

This is also a message to DICE. We need more servers and we need more players so open up a few more around the world and open the Sign ups.



On "other news", t1gge confirmed to me personally on a CTE server that the ballistic shield will break after some use (i just asked if it would break he said just "yes") and the client non-CTE patch is just waiting to pass the test for the last gen consoles. I cannot confirm the latter but he said something close to that.



That is my experience with the awesome CTE program. Remember, its not a beta, its a update-testing ground. The 1st thing they are testing is" netcode" improvements not weapon balancing or bug fixing. We need to avoid situations like for example the sound loop crash that prevented people from playing 3 maps.

We need to help them make a better game for everyone.