@Straatford87
Many players turn “crossplay off” and enjoy bot backfilled-only matches, and when those weekly missions rotated in (rush and air/ground superiority were a couple of the modes that allowed bot backfilling without restricting xp), it was great because we had access to full progression unlocks AND full bot matches, being just like a match in solo/co-op.. but with access to full xp/weekly mission progress/mastery xp. DICE obviously decided that they no longer wanted players to have fun & control over how they rank up/earn progression in portal matches, so the backfilling was removed. Again, it wasn’t a bug, it was just the same feature you guys turn on in AOW when there aren’t enough players to fill the match.
I honestly don’t think it’s right that bots were introduced to bf2042 but so many restrictions were put in place, a year later, to extremely limit how we play the game. Why is it okay to have a solo mode with moderate xp (and no weekly mission progression or ribbons) with no “x amount of players required to start” that’s completely farmable but as soon as you wanna so the same exact match in portal with bots, the xp rules change? Why not just allow full progression and xp and weekly mission progression in solo/co-op if this stuff was removed from official portal game modes? Not everyone should be forced to play with crossplay on to get access to all game unlocks. I just don’t understand why there’s so much gatekeeping with features… and it’s not some “bug” like you said in your other response… it was a feature that DICE allowed, then removed. More likely, it was enabled early on by mistake and now it’s just gotten corrected in season 2.
DICE should just allow full unlocks of xp/mastery/weekly missions in solo/co-op for the ppl who live in bad areas (in relation to servers), who don’t have time to grind constant matches against live players or just don’t wanna play against live people and the problem would be solved! There’s no reason to limit your community. If it’s about money and getting more people to buy season pass ranks… It’s not gonna stop them from buying the ranks cause not everyone has time to grind thru all 100 ranks in a season, so there should be no worry that it’ll give less sales or cut into profits. People would actually play more and buy more if there was more freedom in how and where we rank up. If we didn’t feel so screwed over and we just had the ability to enjoy the game the way we want, I guarantee you that players would feel more inclined to spend more on a game from devs they feel respect them. It’s just baffling that so much goes into putting bots and stuff into the game , then so many restrictions and “you will play the way we say” type of restrictions are also put in place.
I hope you understand that this is constructive criticism and not an attack. It’s baffling that DICE puts so many things in place to go against their players and they wonder why people are vocal and won’t fully support bf2042. I mean, even talking about stuff in the media… the headlines of “the next game will have a campaign” and “future BF games will have specialists again” further pushes away players cause they feel DICE and EA are already moving on and are done with 2042. Who wants to spend more money on a game where even the devs are making it known they’re moving on? If anything, it tells people not to keep buying the BF games cause this is how we’re treated. I really hope you listen and take these ideas and suggestions to heart and make bf2042 better. It’s not an insult, it’s just facts. The community repeatedly tries to say what makes them happy and how to improve the game, yet a year out and DICE won’t listen. On a basic level… does it really matter about bot backfilling and full xp? Why not just give us that full xp/full progression? Is DICE really against letting players not rank up the way they want? At the very least… you could make it so that season pass holders only get access to solo/co-op and full xp, ensuring people spend money. The base game,players could be limited so that bot backfilling in all modes doesn’t activate. Im not saying it’s the best idea, but the removal of bot backfilling with full xp in portal was clearly to ensure people grind more and buy individual ranks in the season pass. At the very least, season pass owners would gain access to extra features, giving them more ways to rank up.
I say Just give the people more freedom how they rank up, earn full xp, mastery and weekly missions… and the game will be enjoyed more and people will spend more. It never works out for devs when they tell the community how to play. All other games that did this and failed should be the proof needed.
Alright. I’m done with the looong comment. DICE either listens and changes things or blocks it out (like what keeps happening on the forums, Twitter, Reddit, etc) and the game continues to get worse while the player base dwindles. I say just give us the freedom and everyone wins! I appreciate your time if you do read this. I Hope this makes a difference. Take care!
