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STARSBarry
Gold Member
This is the problem…you guys want the same game over and over…BF 2042 is not BF4…Then Gamers cry for “innovation”
Exactly, gamers forget all of the other bad launches and act suprised with BF 2042…clown stuff…the game at its core is fun but needs patches thats all…too much hyperbole directed at this game…
Nice to see ResetwhydoinotuseasinglemultiquotepostEra is still in full swing. Nothing to see here, the game is working fine, especially off steam where we can't track player numbers and therefore a hidden but extremely healthy playerbase is of course present on console.
But oh wait what's this
People on console in what shoud be prime gaming territory such as the east coast are having issues match making with crossplay switched on now...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
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ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
You should search Embark Studios.
Mojoraisin
Member
No it’s not, your opinion in invalid. We already know the game is riddled with bugs so what’s your point? The game does not live up to Battlefield quality. If I would have listed all it’s problems with your bugs, no scoreboards and other “legacy features” missing my post would take up a page by itself.
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OneShotThrill
Member
BF 2042 is already dead. But what EA and Dice have been doing lately is absolutely burying the franchise. Deny it all you want and keep praying to the video game gods but they have fucked over this fanbase too much this time. EA dosent know how to keep fans happy and keep devs creative. Dice seems like a shell of its former self made up of a bunch newbies with no input or say so. Give it up. The glory years of BF are done and over.
dorkimoe
Member
This can be said to literally anyone who buys a $100 version of a game
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I mean why would it need to go free?
Especially with these amazing Portal selections
Especially with these amazing Portal selections
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Battlefield 2042 produced a ton of sales (second in franchise history) I know there’s problems but problems get solutions.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Thats crazy. Especially the Portal image. Even though BF2042 is down to what? About 8000 gamers playing on Steam and lots more on console.
But for the hype Portal had where gamers were excited about creating crazy legacy matches, you got like 10 people wanting to play it?
Not sure how Portal works. Does someone have to be a creator to make maps first? And then people join? Or if there's tons of gamers wanting to play Portal, but nobody has made any custom maps, then you cant play it because there arent any default EA maps to choose from? Maybe it's coming down to nobody wants to make custom maps to get it going?
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Portal is more active than that. The screen was taken from a console version with crossplay off. Most people play with crossplay on.
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HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Even with cross play off thats a sad state of affairs
N1tr0sOx1d3
Given another chance
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
I think its a great succes that no one plays with cross play off
oldergamer
Member
Haha funny i was just saying this about other ea titles that are considering the same
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
The couple of people I know who do enjoy this on console would 100% prefer to play with cross play off but are forced to leave it on because of how low the player pools are.
Hari Seldon
Member
You get one shot at transitioning to f2p so they should wait until they fix the game up first. If they go f2p before this then yeah thousands of people will try it, but with no financial incentive for sticking with the game if they are not having fun they will quit.
ResetEraVetVIP
Member
LOL I’m the clown shoes? You probably hated BFV because it had women in it…or wasn’t accurate to WW II or was too woke…same thing people are doing to BF 2042 besides the bugs the game is your average affair…no need for the hyperbolic statements as if COD vanguard is any better…lol only halo infinite was super polished this year…It shows…the game is smooth af…
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Why is my favorite shooter franchise of all time so fucking shit? Why does it have to be Battlefield and Dice that are the clownshow?
I just want a god damn battlefield game. That's it. Not a hero shooter. Not a battle royale. Not your new fresh take on what a Battle Royale could be. Just 64 players running around a big map with destructible buildings, vehicles, and the 4 key soldier classes.
Dice. Please.
I just want a god damn battlefield game. That's it. Not a hero shooter. Not a battle royale. Not your new fresh take on what a Battle Royale could be. Just 64 players running around a big map with destructible buildings, vehicles, and the 4 key soldier classes.
Dice. Please.
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ResetEraVetVIP
Member
Nah I like 128 players.
ResetEraVetVIP
Member
Exactly. There feels like an agenda to over react to this game… where’s the outrage for COD vanguard…????
chromhound
Member
You'll get $80 worth of DLCs
ymoc
Member
Check the Vanguard thread mate. Most of us dont care about COD.
And please stop with the conspiracy theory bullshit, ok? It's juvenile.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Who wouldn't want Sony buying EA at this point and overseeing these games? They would probably be a lot better.
Or is EA running these games into the ground better for the industry?
Or is EA running these games into the ground better for the industry?
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
COD is just bad 2042 is broken and bad
If some are enjoying this game thats cool but come on people with these "agendas" against 2042?
This game was supposed to be the COD killer.
Hell I was pushing this game as the greatest thing well before I played the beta
Bragr
Banned
Agenda from whom?
Boss Mog
Member
I think the game itself was already a big "fuck you" to those players.
I still wouldn't play it if it went F2P; my time isn't free.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
The cyberpunk hate lasted for a minute the outrage with Vanguard is similar to the Black Ops Cold War situation in that everyone wanted to see Modern Warfare 2 instead they got old historic battles.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
MrFunSocks
Banned
Free to Play is the new normal going forward for multiplayer shooters like this, at least in some capacity. Getting the install base as big as possible and selling micro transactions and battle passes will net them more money in the end.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Wow.
Looking at BFV and BF1 have a steady player count over the two months. BFV dipped a lot as 2042 launched, but it stablized. And BF1 looks like 2042 never impacted it.
Only 2042 is trending down. WIll be interesting to see whether it stabilizes at.
Mojoraisin
Member
Oh Jesus. What a fucking train wreck. And three months until next content update.
Killer8
Member
Crazy people to begin with. Maybe they need fucked over before they realize they should stop supporting overpriced garbage.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
This game should had been a fall 2022 release. Not only an extra year to tidy things up, but the content update would be ready too.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
You're fucking delusional.
BFV was an absolute train wreck at launch
That's not even going into everything Dice fucked up during it's support.
Remember when the Pacific theatre launched and the game finally looked like it was going to get it's BF4 moment only for one month later have Dice completely fuck the TTK to the point that some guns weren't capable of killing players with a full magazine and leaving it like that for about 4 months completely killing the community? I remember.
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Fake
Member
TLOUS2 haters.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Bragr
Banned
I don't get it, didn't the One BF1 pretty much warp into battle, while in 2042 it warped at the starting point?
The problem with BF is the inclusion of air combat. Once the game evolved to include air combat it broke the balance and focus for everything from map design to players objectives. When there was one transport heli the players still focused on the games objective but once air combat was included it took a good portion of the games players focus. It all snowballs once air combat was included because you then require counter air combat for infantry and vehicle which dilutes the core gameplay.
It's the reason I stopped playing, the infantry combat became so diluted once it went beyond RPG's as a defence for air vehicles that my focus wained from the objective and it wasn't by choice. I had to either defend myself with infantry ani-air or queue up for a counter air vehicle. It eats up too much of the players focus to make the objectives either too crowded to the point of being uncontrollable without a full miced up squad. Once that control of your death is lost for pickup and play players because of the chaos then it becomes unfun. Air supperority becomes the main objective and that's not the BF I played for a good 10 years. It's the reason why I've lost interest in the franchise and haven't bought it in a really long time. The franchise had evolved past the point of an infantry combat game with a few vehicles. BF2 Special Forces expansion was fun, the game wasnt very popular when it was released but it had some awesome infantry combat. From NV maps, grappling hooks, zip lines, etc it had an awesome balance for infantry combat. BF1, BF3, BF4 and all previous worked, Bad Company worked, they all had a good balance with infantry combat the focus.
It's the reason I stopped playing, the infantry combat became so diluted once it went beyond RPG's as a defence for air vehicles that my focus wained from the objective and it wasn't by choice. I had to either defend myself with infantry ani-air or queue up for a counter air vehicle. It eats up too much of the players focus to make the objectives either too crowded to the point of being uncontrollable without a full miced up squad. Once that control of your death is lost for pickup and play players because of the chaos then it becomes unfun. Air supperority becomes the main objective and that's not the BF I played for a good 10 years. It's the reason why I've lost interest in the franchise and haven't bought it in a really long time. The franchise had evolved past the point of an infantry combat game with a few vehicles. BF2 Special Forces expansion was fun, the game wasnt very popular when it was released but it had some awesome infantry combat. From NV maps, grappling hooks, zip lines, etc it had an awesome balance for infantry combat. BF1, BF3, BF4 and all previous worked, Bad Company worked, they all had a good balance with infantry combat the focus.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Both clips are from the match start.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
No you can tell by the zoom in of BF1 they start at the back base spawn point, the furthest point from Any action on the map. They do sprint past the "gimmie's" to contest one of the mid points at the start, but this is what most players do as it's where the most fighting will be.
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Kerotan
Member
Well that's a deal breaker for the majority of the player base who play battlefield on console. Why would I play BF against mouse and keyboard pc players when I can play warzone against playstation only players.
If the future of battlefield is only viable with cross play on I'm done with the series. I can see why Sony were hesitant to allow this shit show.
MrFunSocks
Banned
I’m not gonna lie, the people with far more time invested than me that just got in choppers and were unbeatable racking up dozens of kills and basically spawn camping and you had no defense played a huge part in me dropping the series. The other part was how BF4 was so completely and utterly broken on XB1 for the first 6 months.
At this stage the only way I’ll go back to battlefield is if they put it on gamepass or go F2P. I’ve got too many other great shooters to play that don’t cost me a cent.
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Mojoraisin
Member
Once the game evolved….? Battlefield series was _born_ with air vehicles as a key ingredient. In BF1942 and BF2 air vehicles were more prominent and dominating than in most following entries. The variety of vehicles (that has unfortunately gotten more limited) is one of the key ingredients in the battlefield franchise and what differentiated it from cod etc.The key is in balancing and they usually got that right - at least after a few patches.
The problem is them focusing on chasing cod, battle royale and cosmetics instead of evolving their own concepts and innovating. Even if some games had balancing issues with planes and choppers at times, they were still fun to play. BF2042 is not. And also has the absolute worst air vehicle control of any previous entry. It’s a frickin joke.
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OneShotThrill
Member
The delusion that BF V was just fine and it was just guys hating on females is hilarious. The game suffered from the trailer all the way till DICE ended support to start 2042. No one wanted another Ww2 Battlefield. No one wanted the changes they were making to the class systems and balance. No one wanted those shit ass skins. No one wanted them to fuck with the TTK....yet here we are again with DICE changing chunks of gameplay and class balance with nonsense that NO ONE asked for.
