DICE knows “things have been rocky!"

Battlefield 4: DICE knows “things have been rocky so far,” to award Battlepacks to best forum posters each week
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How has Battlefield 4′s multiplayer treated you so far? If you’re experiencing bugs and whatnot, you’ll be glad to know DICE knows about this, too. And while a patch date hasn’t been revealed just yet, they do want you to know that they’re listening.

Over on the official Battlelog forums, DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson has posted the following message. Now, seeing as it’s a message to the community, we thought it best to let you read the thing in its entirety.

Quote :

   Hi everyone,

   Sorry if I haven’t been very visible on the Battlefield forums lately. We’ve been busy shipping the game (and we still haven’t launched on next-gen), but I wanted to take the time to say hi to all of you out there on the Battlefield.

   Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming
   First: Let me assure you that while we don’t have the time to answer everyone on the forums, we read everything and take your feedback into consideration. Which brings me to my next topic.

   We understand that some of you are concerned over the number of crashes you are experiencing in the game. A lot of our players are having a great time in the game, but we do know that things have been rocky so far.

   Here’s the thing: We are working hard on fixing these issues, and YOU can help! By letting us know more details about how and when your issues arise, we can pinpoint these issues and eliminate them more quickly.

   Latest info always found here
   You can always find the latest info on deployed and upcoming server and game updates in this thread [battlelog.battlefield.com]. As you can see, we have already released seven server updates since launch, with more on their way, and upcoming client updates as well.

   The DICE developers will make a concentrated effort to appear more often here on the forums. We will do our best to answer your questions and point you in the right direction for information. We also wanted to highlight the great contributions you are doing to make this a constructive and relevant forum for fans and developers alike.

   Participate in the discussions and get a Battlepack
   That’s why we’ve decided to award the best fan made forum threads here on the Battlelog forums each week. We will give a way a Gold Battlepack to one original poster each week where we feel that we get constructive feedback or creative input.

   As Creative Director, I am well aware that some players are not experiencing Battlefield 4 the way it’s meant to be right now. It is our duty as developers to set things right as quickly as possible. With your help and your constructive feedback, we will make that happen more quickly.

   To kick things off, I’d like to highlight a great thread where players are discussing Mobile AA power:  http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/forum/threadview/2955065670137527671/1/

   This is a great example of constructive feedback where it’s easy for us as developers to take the topic into consideration for the future. Thanks a lot to Battlelog user NemisizZ-DK for posting this thread. We’ll unlock a Gold Battlepack for you inside Battlefield 4.

   The road goes ever on and on
   Going forward, you’ll see me and other developers hang on the forums. But our most important job is to take your feedback that we have heard and incorporate that into the upcoming server and client updates. We and our entire community team will let you know as soon as we have new information to share on the state of the game.

   See you on the Battlefield!
   /Lars Gustavsson
   Creative Director
   DICE

Good thing is, they’ll be more active in the forums to interact with fans and even give out Gold Battlepacks to the best thread starters. Bad thing? We still don’t have a definite patch date.

For more on BF4, go read up on an alleged QA tester from DICE who claims EA made the studio rush the game in order to beat Call of Duty: Ghosts to the market.

So what complain now and get a battlepack for it?