http://blogs.battlefield.com/2014/04/battlefield-4-high-performance-server-solution/

"Hi everyone,

As you know, we’ve been looking into resolving the “rubber banding” that some players on certain platforms have experienced with Battlefield 4 after the recent release of Naval Strike. We’ve found that the root cause of the issue was a configuration of certain hardware types dedicated to 64-player matches.

We have invested in new hardware to resolve this issue and deployed new higher-performance servers this week. In preparation, we conducted a significant amount of testing before installing the new servers to ensure they would correct the issue. We are already seeing performance improvement with 64-player matches and expect this to continue.

While the process took longer than we would’ve liked, we wanted to be 100% sure it was done right and that the long-term solution was properly in place.

Our objective is to deliver the best player experience possible. We feel this solution helps us deliver that to you. Stay tuned to our official channels for more information.

Thanks,

Karl Magnus Troedsson, DICE VP & GM"


So does this mean they have fixed it today? They are going to fix it? It has been fixed already?
Very vague, but hopefully good news.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-everything-you-need-to-know-about-battlefield-hardline/1100-6420088/

Ok, getting more interested, especially as it is a Battlefield game that isn't being made by DICE, so there is a little bit of hope it won't be a bugshitfest on release

You can sign up for the beta here if you fancy giving it a go.
http://www.battlefield.com/hardline/beta

Must be nice to play it on a LAN though, no way it will perform like that over the internet!

Not sure I can see anything there that won't work over the internet?

Latency on a good server these days is routinely down in the region of 25-50ms, or were you referring to something else?

Mainly that he was shooting people and they were falling over, rather than warping to another part of the map while he rubberbanded back 2 steps

Ok... yeah.... it's actually really good fun and plays really well!

Interestingly, or not depending on your point of view, but if you aren't interested, why are you reading this thread? I think Hardline suffers from being too much of a Battlefield game. Would I pay full price for it on release? As it currently stands, no. It really feels like BF DLC rather than a game of its own.

TBH I think I'll be off the BF treadmill for the next 'proper' BF game anyway

Aye, we'll see...

Oh I'll definitely get it

Wow, a u-turn in the space of two posts; that must be a new personal best!

You can read that as 'I won't be buying it ever' if you want to, but that's not what the words actually say.

The last DLC has dropped... and it's pretty good fun. Played a few hours last night and got my ass kicked as usual in terms of K/D, but still finished top 3 a couple of times due to doing the novel thing of playing the objective

No lag, no glitches, it seems to be running ok. Only took them a year to get it right.

Battlefield Hardline Beta is up again till the end of the week, and annoyingly it's actually pretty good fun.

It has 3 modes. Heist which was the beta mode last time and is the same as it was. Conquest, which is standard battlefield conquest, but hardline has smaller maps and more people, 20v20 on a small map, so it's a bit more frantic. The other mode in the beta is Hotwire, which is a lot of fun. Same as conquest, but the flags are vehicles and you capture them by getting them above a certain speed.

It helps that small arms do damage to vehicles now, so even if your on foot with only a handgun, you can still play a part.

It'[s not a BF4 replacement, it's a lot smaller scale than that, it feels more like a Battlefield version of COD, which is no bad thing.