The R8 update for Battlefield 4 servers was released earlier today. This is just one of two patches slated for the game, with another patch for clients also coming today. There will also be a maitenance downtime on November 13, a console server update on the 13th, and more patches already planned for both consoles and PC.

Server Update R8 for Battlefield 4 on PC for November 12, 2013

- Fixed a number of dog tags that were showing up as blank in-game.
- Lowered the damage caused by Mobile AA Active Radar missiles to aircraft. The previous damage was incorrectly set too high.
- Improved server crash reporting and performance tracking on all platforms. This should further help us identify and fix server crashes going forward.


Upcoming Console Sever Update

- Temporarily disabled the ”Indirect Fire” and ”Perimeter Defense” Field Upgrades on PS3 as they caused the game to crash when spawning. This is a temporary workaround while we work to solve the issue altogether.
- Fixed a number of dog tags that were showing up as blank in-game.
- Lowered the damage caused by Mobile AA Active Radar missiles to aircraft. The previous damage was incorrectly set too high.
- Improved server crash reporting and performance tracking on all platforms. This should further help us identify and fix server crashes going forward.


Upcoming Client Patch for November 12

The PC client patch for Battlefield 4 will go live in the near future and fixes a number of different issues you have helped us to identify, including a number of the most common crashes and freezes. We will get back to you with a full fix list and a specific date for this update soon.

A Live Scoreboard update will be coming soon for the PC "in the upcoming days."

(via Battlefield)