Battlefield V
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Unknown at this point, but everyone assumes that they can't just keep two different settings going on forever. It will just split the community. Everyone assumes that they'll look at the # of players in each and make a decision at some point. 2 copies of every playlist seems unsustainable over the long term.
Yes until the eventual removing of the core playlists and fixing the TTK across the board.
Get a refund, dude. This will never be sorted. All they will they do is remove the core playlist and keep the crap TTK. The core 'layerbase will drop off quickly and EA will just make the TTK longer in response.
Playing yesterday I noticed it took a little longer to kill people when I used an assault set-up. I've had to completely change my style of play in BF. I never played BF for long and am used to run and gun of COD. I've now become a sniper. I do switch to an assault set-up when the map is smaller and they enemy is holed up in an area though. It also seemed to take a bit longer for a sidearm kill. Though, I aim for the head nearly all the time when I shoot and get the majority of my kills with headshots.
Is/was BF on sale (the $30 price through BF1) for you in the UK? If so use that as the reason for wanting a refund, if you had known it would have gone on sale so quickly you’d have waited.
I did the same for Destiny 2, I bought the base game digitally day one, then they had the digital deluxe version on sale for $5 more than just the base game a couple weeks later. I got my refund.
It is only a 15% change to body shots only. It isn't nearly as dramatic as people make it out.
Fights definitely last a little longer. What irritates me is at longer range people can basically just always run to cover. To be honest, I don't hate being able to live longer and run through bullets as support.
One big thing is the weapon balance is much more drastic. Guns that were great before are even better, while guns like the medic SMGs are just really bad. I use the STG44 a lot more than the rifles because of it.
The problem is the core issue is lag and hit detection. They are using TTK changes to mask those real problems. Obviously they know this and are lying. Like everyone else, they are getting ready for the holidays and not looking to make major changes until January. They should have just left things alone and told people that they aren't really dying to one shot.
Yeah! it isn't that dramatic. It is only a 15% reduction to body shots...which increases exponentionally the further the engagement is. Slows down gameplay. Impacts how peeps flow through the map. Makes attrition worse. Renders one of the most important classes nigh on unplayable. Makes flanking less effective.
Not dramatic at all.
Everything rolling back to original ttk tomorrow. No more core, just back to the preferred time to kill.
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so they pissed off all their users and then went back to the way it waa knowing from the beginning that it would piss people off
good plan dice
Sometimes you have to wonder about the PR on these companies. Basically saying "we're making it easier on noobs at the expense of the long time fans" was never going to go over well, especially since the casual player probably has no clue anything changed.
Is there any sales data on BFV at this point?
It's constantly in the 13 - 16 range for most played games on XBox Live, which I can't imagine is very encouraging for DICE/Criterion.
I don't see Battlefield (Battlefield VI) returning to glory on its current trajectory.
It's constantly in the 13 - 16 range for most played games on XBox Live, which I can't imagine is very encouraging for DICE/Criterion.
I don't see Battlefield (Battlefield VI) returning to glory on its current trajectory.
Bout f***ing time. Could have saved themselves so much bad news if tyey just listened in the first place.
Got the digital version last night it was still on sale for $30. Had a $5 credit so only paid $25. Will try it out soon as I can.
It really is a good game, just be ready to die a lot compared to past games. It was a bit of a shock coming from BF1 where the TTK was so long.
Try and spawn with your squad. If they don't stick together, don't hesitate to find another. I have the most fun and win the most when I don't really care about my k/d ratio.
Played it for the first time last night with a friend. It is a lot of fun I loved it. Played Assault class all night. I did great on the tighter maps, I struggled more on the bigger open maps. I’ll be spending a lot of time with this game going forward. The TTK felt just right.
Yeah I felt about the same. The biggest struggle I've been having (only played once a few nights ago) is the fact that you can't really mark guys anymore, harder to track dudes when you're trying to gun them down.
Also, when manning a gun on a tank, you die way too fast.
Is it just me or is it hard to take out a tank? Last night I came in behind a tank on a bridge I was able to put two dynamites and two rockets into it’s backside and didn’t destroy.
Forgot to mention the game looks amazing on my set.
Forgot to mention the game looks amazing on my set.
The top tank gunner is just instant death, even with being able to duck down. You want to grab one of the inside gunners. There's just too many good guns to not get picked off instantly. Poking out the top of a tank just means that half the map will be shooting at you.
Remember the dash and dive method. I sprint short distances, then dive and scan the horizon. You never know when one guy hiding will soon turn into a freshly spawned squad of 4. Find the right zoom on the sight that works best for you. I find the 2x or higher to be a little much. With assault I like to buy the 1.5x custom sights. Basically gives you an iron sight but with a little zoom. Still works for up close, but helps you see enemies a bit at a distance. I couldn't stand that holo type sight they give you by default.
I just find if you are trying to take the tough objectives, I'm just going to die a lot. Even with conquest, you have to be smart and take objectives in order from your spawn. Once things get all out of order, I die all the time. People just end up taking flags where you're surrounded and there's not much to do. There's certain flags on certain maps (like Narvik) that are just meat grinders.
In conquest, I always try to keep the flags by our main spawn. You almost have to pretend the game forces you to take objectives in order (good luck trying to explain this to randoms though). Too many people just want to run and grab some far off flag that they'll never hold for more than 30 seconds.
It all comes down to your squad. Unfortunately too many people want to just run around randomly and focus on their personal stats. A "good" game for me is one where we fight all round to hold an important flag in the middle and win. Too many players want to farm kills at the less busy objectives. Just as an example that C flag where the aerodrome is on Hamada. You have to hold that more to win. Too many people want to flank around and take the flags on the outside. If you own the middle of the map, you'll own the rest of it most times.
Remember the dash and dive method. I sprint short distances, then dive and scan the horizon. You never know when one guy hiding will soon turn into a freshly spawned squad of 4. Find the right zoom on the sight that works best for you. I find the 2x or higher to be a little much. With assault I like to buy the 1.5x custom sights. Basically gives you an iron sight but with a little zoom. Still works for up close, but helps you see enemies a bit at a distance. I couldn't stand that holo type sight they give you by default.
I just find if you are trying to take the tough objectives, I'm just going to die a lot. Even with conquest, you have to be smart and take objectives in order from your spawn. Once things get all out of order, I die all the time. People just end up taking flags where you're surrounded and there's not much to do. There's certain flags on certain maps (like Narvik) that are just meat grinders.
In conquest, I always try to keep the flags by our main spawn. You almost have to pretend the game forces you to take objectives in order (good luck trying to explain this to randoms though). Too many people just want to run and grab some far off flag that they'll never hold for more than 30 seconds.
It all comes down to your squad. Unfortunately too many people want to just run around randomly and focus on their personal stats. A "good" game for me is one where we fight all round to hold an important flag in the middle and win. Too many players want to farm kills at the less busy objectives. Just as an example that C flag where the aerodrome is on Hamada. You have to hold that more to win. Too many people want to flank around and take the flags on the outside. If you own the middle of the map, you'll own the rest of it most times.