Take out all the fluff of scoreboard and what's to come "Soon™". This is the best that could be brought after 2 months since the last update. Holy cow so much wrong and so little given. This is not even diving into the quality of the scoreboard or the fact this should've been in the game from an Alpha state. Lets see what new bugs, I mean features, come from the update.

This is pretty unbelievable. There is NO WAY the same amount of devs are working on this title. It is physically impossible just based on the volume of previous updates.Check out the update history:Update 1 (NOV 18th) 11 updates/fixesUpdate 2 (NOV 25th) - 4 workdays to code/test/deploy13 updates/fixesUpdate 3 (DEC 2nd) - 4 workdays to code/test/deploy 330 updates/fixes 🥳Update 3.1 (DEC 9th) - 4 workdays to code/test/deploy 37 updates/fixesThere were weekly updates before they broke for the holidays. Then something happened.DEC 31st - closes out the quarter for EA earnings (BF2042 is $100M+ below projections)I am sure they were told to pull everyone off this title once they got back from holidays because you don't go from weekly updates to this with 3-4x the amount of development time:Update 3.2 (JAN 20th) - 13-18 workdays to code/test/deploy 22 updates/fixes (this is at most 2-3 devs)After that patch, most players were saying WTF. Now with a skeleton crew, there was no way they were going to complete a Seasonal drop in less than 60 days. So we get this:FEB 1st:"We’ve had to make some big decisions to ensure that our next set of updates can be focused on delivering these improvements, with the most substantial one being to move the release date of our first Season to early Summer. This decision gives us the time to focus on improving the Battlefield 2042 experience while finalizing the development of our seasonal content to ensure that it all reaches our standard for quality."Wait what? More time? For what exactly? Finalize development of seasonal content? It's not complete? Holy crap!So then the poor skeleton crew is left to work on the laundry list of growing bugs and after 6+ weeks of hard work from the 2 junior developers left, we get this:Update 3.3 (MAR 8th) - 32 workdays to code/test/deploy 9 updates/fixes (2 in Hazard Zone) (this is at most 2 devs?)Are you kidding me? So technically, there have been 31 updates/fixes to this title in the last 45-50 workdays and somehow they want to make us believe they care about this title, the community, and their customers? The last update before the holidays had 37 in 4 days, LMAO.Just say the scoreboard took a month (the last 20 workdays), they still had 12 workdays to address the 8 other fixes they implemented. So you are telling me there are more than 2-3 devs left actively working on this project? Come on.They now have the next patch planned for early April (will probably slip a week) so they will have another 25+ workdays in between. Again, based on the last two patches, we are looking at maybe 15-20 updates/fixes with VOIP being the highlight. We already know we won't have a Server Browser or Squad Management before Season 1 now. That means it will be at least 7 months after launch before we potentially see either of those implemented. With the skeleton crew, I bet we never see those. After this next patch, they will have to shift to S1 deployment prep and won't have time for updates like that.They made a business decision after the quarter ending December 31st and have not shifted from that since and I don't expect them to going forward. What a disappointment.

@Kona_uk you are joking right? First, they create an advanced Feedback Loop for maps, and now they are releasing a revolutionary FPS feature, a scoreboard, so you can see how many more kills bots have than you.They even have 2x fixes to Hazard Zone which is a wildly popular game mode.

If this is the amazing work we get as output after months of hard work, then how many developers at EA/DICE are then truly on this hyper-critical job for turning this game around to save the BF franchise???Or should we rather ask: How few developers at EA/DICE are then truly on this job for turning this game around?

EA and DICE are absolutely pathetic. After months of radio silence and being sold an incomplete game, this is what we get. Even the scoreboard that’s taken months to develop still has numerous issues.

The last "big" update, 3.2, was not even that big of a patch either, especially considering the state of the game. A monthly (assuming the April update isn't delayed, which is unlikely) patch cycle isn't going to cut it for a game with this many problems, especially when the patches are fairly small.

2 Months for a Scoreboard and 8 update points

49 Replies

ExcBadAccess
4 years ago
The last "big" update, 3.2, was not even that big of a patch either, especially considering the state of the game. A monthly (assuming the April update isn't delayed, which is unlikely) patch cycle isn't going to cut it for a game with this many problems, especially when the patches are fairly small.
edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ExcBadAccess I get that batching fixes into a bigger update is easier and all but like...just tell us if that's the strategy. Because this game should be getting patches every few weeks as they address major issues.

But I guess the current state is "fine enough" for DICE.
XD-DAWG11
4 years ago
EA and DICE are absolutely pathetic. After months of radio silence and being sold an incomplete game, this is what we get. Even the scoreboard that’s taken months to develop still has numerous issues.
edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@XD-DAWG11 THE APRIL PATCH IS GONNA BE THE BIG ONE, TRUST US, FAM! - DICE, probably
emerson1975
4 years ago
There not gonna put a huge amount of resources into this game anymore and that’s obvious….how you can’t see the huge imbalance between infantry and vehicles is staggering
cso7777
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@emerson1975 We need the game to be fun to play.

Dice cannot fix any issues in the game, change vehicle/infantry balance or improve the maps, but instead delivers new cosmetics...

It is really pathetic.
edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@cso7777 Art team has to work on something, and they have to try to win back their bigger spenders somehow. Art team can't deal with balance or design issues, and can't just willy nilly place cover on maps without broader considerations.

At least these cosmetics look good, even if I never play Mackay or whatever. Like, this is where we're at with DICE now: It's worth celebrating that they are delivering some decent looking cosmetics that fit the game and don't stand out like Woody running around shooting people.
CyberDyme
4 years ago
If this is the amazing work we get as output after months of hard work, then how many developers at EA/DICE are then truly on this hyper-critical job for turning this game around to save the BF franchise???
Or should we rather ask: How few developers at EA/DICE are then truly on this job for turning this game around?
Kona_uk
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
They are just waiting for us to get bored so they shut the game down early.
All this hot air there working on the game etc.
It will be a simple map shrink and add a few bits here just novice stuff on the cheap.
They have had no mt cash so that's means no money to spend.
This dice person Straatford87 on here says acts as if they are really interested in what we want!!
If dice /ea as i have said before had any idea they would drop 2042 it's garbage.
Just concentrate on a game with gameplay give bf2042 players who pre ordered this what ever it is a big discount to say sorry we lied.
RMEChief
Legend
4 years ago
@Kona_uk you are joking right? First, they create an advanced Feedback Loop for maps, and now they are releasing a revolutionary FPS feature, a scoreboard, so you can see how many more kills bots have than you.

They even have 2x fixes to Hazard Zone which is a wildly popular game mode.