Re: Battlefield 2042 - Update #4.0

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@Straatford87 wrote:

We have updated both descriptions and effects for many Weapon Attachments. I'd encourage you to check out them out in-game today after the Update has gone live - it will give you a much better overview.

Sundance should feel much smoother to play with these changes. Would love to hear your thoughts once you've had a chance to play the Update!

The first thing I did was to check the descriptions and looking at the FIRST weapon - the PP-29 I instantly found inconsistencies. Really?

The description says 53 rounds, the table on the right 64, but I have equipped standard issue which has 75 rounds. (see attachments)

I didn't have time to check the others though but it's really disappointing to just check the first random one and instantly find that nothing has changed. I mean it's a text is it so hard to make it consistent?

The other thing I realized in my limited playtime (played just 2 matches but I will for sure come back again after I have played longer) was that the Sundance granade belt switching feels the same, it still has a lag while toggling between them. The patch notes saying it should be more quicker to switch between them. Did you even touch this?

And the last thing I would like to say that the mouse sensitivity feels....I don't want to say worse, but...different. Again, very limited playtime but It felt too sensitive, I had to lover the sensitivitiy from 16 to 10 to get a similar feel like before the patch. Hmm...

That's it for now, I will sure report back after some proper playtesting.

And yeah btw, the video description on the gadget screen... Is this a bug, or did really someone thought that it's a good idea to put it there on the right side of the screen???

Please remove this, ffs.

Question: Is there any chance to see a server browser for AOW in BF2042  in the future?

Or will it be something you wont even consider like replacing specialists with actual soldiers?

@Straatford87I am aware there are more changes coming in ( Hopes ) of a near future update (  and new maps ), however the update 4.0 addressed many Issues, fixing some while others were not fixed and don't forget the New Bugs created, I wish to point out only a few.

Game Score shows me Ranking up at the end, I have now advanced 3 times to the next Rank but at the beginning of the next round I am the previous Rank.

The VOIP choice of Team or Squad appears to work great, everyone I have communicated with in game was clear, I do take Issue with the Mike continuous on (aware many play this way but the background is noise in a headset during a match) The players who did have voice activated changed this thankfully.

C5 can still be attached to Drones!

I found the M5a3 attachments to be more as the description states, except armored piercing.

Spotting is troublesome, instead of a highlighted spot you get a marker.

I have been Reporting this much needed fix since the Alpha play Test and there is still no response or fix!  The Aircraft flying (settings) are designed with a console joy pad which has joysticks for flight, so Where is the Joystick capability for PC Gamers?

I have not had a chance to check out all fixes Yet, while there are still many needed fixes, some New ones were created.  Update 4.0 was needed but New Content / maps are Life Blood!

Suggestion:  TEST the updates prior to release to the public, make Friday afternoon a Play Test for the Developers ONLY, this will allow the planned fixes to be fixed before Update Release so there is Less Hate or Friction with the Players who Buy & Support this Game 

What are the green dots for?

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@iDRON69 wrote:

What are the green dots for?

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Because nobody answered (unless I missed it), it's the weapons you squad mates running with. At least from what we could figure out yesterday, this seemed to align most of the time with what the others in my squad were using.

Hi @Straatford87 I've just left a game in Oceania because I'm still just getting farmed by a nightbird pilot (everyone in Oceania knows who it is even though they constantly change their name).  Why was this vehicles ridiculously overpowered anti infantry rockets not addressed.  This is the key thing ruining the game as mentioned by many many players.  The rest of the helicopters didn't need changing or moving slot etc this specific vehicle with that specific weapon needed to either be removed entirely or heavily treated for balance.  It is also embarrassing for the community team on BF2042 that you even tweet and retweet content of people ruining the game for others and just shows how out of touch the team is with the majority of people playing the game.  You have the data.  Look at the metrics.  There shouldn't be a way that a single man vehicle should be able to go on 80-0 on spree (of which 25 kills are them farming afk forced spawns at the start of the game and the bot wave).  DO NOT LET THIS GO MONTHS BEFORE BEING ADDRESSED.  This is a live service game and all that needs to be done is tweaking values or disabling the anti infantry rockets.  This vehicle is more overpowered than the 12g frag rounds which were instantly disabled once that was discovered.  Please please address this and make the game enjoyable to experience as a regular non-streamer overpowered vehicle abuser.

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@d0__op wrote:

Hi @Straatford87 I've just left a game in Oceania because I'm still just getting farmed by a nightbird pilot (everyone in Oceania knows who it is even though they constantly change their name).  Why was this vehicles ridiculously overpowered anti infantry rockets not addressed.  This is the key thing ruining the game as mentioned by many many players.  The rest of the helicopters didn't need changing or moving slot etc this specific vehicle with that specific weapon needed to either be removed entirely or heavily treated for balance.  It is also embarrassing for the community team on BF2042 that you even tweet and retweet content of people ruining the game for others and just shows how out of touch the team is with the majority of people playing the game.  You have the data.  Look at the metrics.  There shouldn't be a way that a single man vehicle should be able to go on 80-0 on spree (of which 25 kills are them farming afk forced spawns at the start of the game and the bot wave).  DO NOT LET THIS GO MONTHS BEFORE BEING ADDRESSED.  This is a live service game and all that needs to be done is tweaking values or disabling the anti infantry rockets.  This vehicle is more overpowered than the 12g frag rounds which were instantly disabled once that was discovered.  Please please address this and make the game enjoyable to experience as a regular non-streamer overpowered vehicle abuser.

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Bro, I think the Nightbird is balanced well right now.

You can more easily shoot the pilot out, it's a bit harder (heavier) to control, and it's now one shot kill with the Bolte. There are other multiple ways to bring the bird down.

The thing is that your're dealing with one of the (if not THE) best heli pilot in BF2042 lol, and you're just unlucky he's in your region. Lol

AsheBF. I watch his streams. He's insane. Is the second legit highest ranked player with Rank 300+, and has over 1600 hours in the game. Of course he will dominate. Lol

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@d0__op wrote:

(of which 25 kills are them farming afk forced spawns at the start of the game and the bot wave).  

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This is probably the one thing I believe needs to be addressed soonish.

RE your other points, yeah getting farmed isn't fun but there are counters to it that many people have successfully achieved. For one its much easier to shoot pilots out now, hacking helis is a great way to get them to go away, or just stay out of their way entirely (ie indoors). Granted, not all objectives have cover in the right places, but enough of them do that you can still be in the fight exclusively against infantry if you want.

Of course nobody should be un-killable, if you're able to find the right squad you can take out basically anyone with ease. Teamwork is essential, and now that VOIP is a thing it should theoretically be easier to achieve.

I've seen players have unlimited anti-missile flares making it nearly impossible to hit a fast, high flying nightbird.  Not sure if it is a hack or what.

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@Baku620 wrote:

I've seen players have unlimited anti-missile flares making it nearly impossible to hit a fast, high flying nightbird.  Not sure if it is a hack or what.

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They extended the time the flares deflect rockets, therefore making them nearly available again as soon as the flares quit spitting out. Air vehicles in general are harder to take down via a lock-on type defense. I personally feel they majorly screwed up vehicle balancing with 4.0. It was bad before but now it's worse.

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@edgecrusherO0 wrote:
@dc12O3For reals? That explains why I haven't actually taken down a single aircraft since the patch. I'll do some damage that they know they can safely take but that's about it.

* air is garbage in this game. The only actual counter to air is...other air, because any ground counters are largely easily countered by "bust flares and fly out of range/site". Unless you can somehow coordinate 4+ people hitting it with stingers while flares are down at the exact same time (lol good luck getting your whole squad to do this with randoms) they genuinely feel unkillable from ground if the pilot has half a brain.

Just watching air steamroll matches when the other team doesn't have good pilots is boring and lame and sucks. Even when you're on the winning team.

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They reduced the frequency in which the nightbird, attack chopper, and jets spawn and felt this would lead to less vehicle dominance. They increased the number of transports which are exponentially worse to deal with, in my opinion. Yes the nightbird can be annoying with a lot of really good pilots out there (I have max'ed out my NB) but, it's less common than 3 Super Hinds or Condors that are running the entirety of the map, air and infantry alike. Those are the real problems. I've said it before, why do TRANSPORTS need insanely heavy caliber weapons, health/health regen, and shortened cool down on flairs - more than ATTACK vehicles? Their description of what they should do is in their freakin class title. Make it make sense to me, EA. I agree, the only way counter these are to have 4+ people coordinate with AA launchers, but that's nearly impossible. It's impossible with randoms and the VOIP is broken on top of it.

Lately I've been playing much more infantry because the air combat has gotten so sweaty and is so unbalanced that it makes the game extremely frustrating to play.

With how little they are updating, patching, and implementing changes, I don't have much hope for this game. I want to, but you all are making it so hard, EA.

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@edgecrusherO0 wrote:
@Baku620Feel like I'm seeing the same thing...get into matches and I don't mind forcing flares to push air away from combat but...its all flares, all the time, seemingly with little downtime for them.

Absolutely infuriating. The air vs. ground balance in this game sucks and there's no proper counter to air from ground, only from other air. And if your team doesn't have good pilots you're literally just going to get wrecked.

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I totally agree with you. Also, they can hit us from higher heights than we can aim to hit them. SOFLAM has a limited range, the zoom is just aesthetic and individual, even if you see the enemy, it doesn't expose them on the map and it doesn't count as a hostile sighting. 🤭

Was playing portal last night.  For first time I saw a night bird out maneuver a ground-air missile from a EBAA Wildcat.  Just spun around and dodged the missile.  Ridiculous.  Glad EA fixed that bug....