2042 is a hero shooter nobody asked for in Battlefield and sadly EA thinks it's the future of the series. So if it's not a 'Battlefield' game now, it will be later
@FlibberMeister wrote:*SNIP* of good points, well made - to make the thread more readable.
I largely agree with these points - they are real issues with the game. You have no idea what you're going into each round and whether or not your squad will be potatoes. Even when you get a good squad, it's hard to keep up with what they're doing (often their own thing) because no one bothers setting an objective. This isn't the fault of the squad leader, because (apart from the force multiplier effect of being in a coordinated squad) there's no incentive to play as a squad, and the key way to coordinate within one - VOIP - is absent. I play very differently on my own than I do when I'm in voice with my friends.
I'm not especially fussed about the in-round leaderboards; the information you need to assess how you're doing is available, and very often the board is used in-game to be toxic. I've been called a hacker multiple times over my KDR when the truth of the matter is just that I have a squad and we revive each other. With that said, it does let you easily identify the rage hackers. I'd like a lot more end-of-round information, including an elaborate scoreboard with rich information (a BF3/4-style battle report would be awesome!). If there were an in-round one, I guess I'd use it, but the classic K/D/Score/Ping doesn't really reflect the reality of Battlefield where support actions can swing a round in your favour.
The end-of-round kick and reshuffle bears a lot of resemblance to battle royale type gamemodes. I can do without it - Battle Royale makes good Twitch streams, but I don't care for that type of game (and the attendant "BR bro/young lady with cleavage" streaming culture - most of them are morons with nothing interesting to say). As you note, it's not exactly conducive to good PTFO to get booted out at the end of the round. It's a decision I don't agree with and one I believe the devs should reverse at the earliest opportunity.
BF5 will have a more consistent player base before too long simply because it has a server browser for its main game mode.
BF2042 will die in certain regions in the coming months if a server browser isn't added for AOW.
