What did that do with Aim Assist? It seems really OP right now. I would curious to see how console players are doing now since the 1.2 patch?Every encounter with a console player is a death now. I got some trade kills, but if I get hit with one bullet, no matter what, I am dead. Has any else noticed this? I finally got a lag free game in and then every engagement is a death by console player.

I tought it would never happen, but i have to agree with Atic here. Both pc and console have their own problems and i believe the trouble lays network/patches/update etc wise, and not person wise. I hope this will be fix for both sides, so we all can play the game how its ment to be. I for one don't mind playing with console players...they kill me and i kill them..i see no differents. I totaly understand that some console players prefer to play only against other console players, so i hope for them there wil be a console only option. In the end...we are all gamers and we like to play..no matter if you are a noob( like me ) or a ace. Specialy now with what's going on with this game, we have to stand united.

I have to laugh at you PC players whining.The only thing they did was remove the aim slow down bubble that was making it damn near impossible to track moving targets.The snap aim still doesn't work 80% of the time, there is no horizontal tracking/assitAs a Series X player the only noticable difference after patch my aim isn't stuck in lag do to the aim assit bubble anymore.So if your losing to a console player its because they out shot you not to aim assit. The only difference now is console players aren't being even more handicapped by the old aim assit.

@xXHappy_PuppyXxTotally agree that the net code via cross play is creating much of the TTK/TTD/hit reg/desync/lag compensation/etc issues with BF 2042, along with the fact there are not enough players online at one time consistently for the MM system to fill a game server with players in localized low latency zones. So add packet loss and 300ms and higher pings to the net code equation formula of online chaos.As it stands, BF 2042 net code is like the Heisenberg uncertainty principle...sometimes it is impossible to predict outcomes so it just manufactures player reality from nothingness..😛Honestly the PC/Console "Aim-Assist" debate is is just predictable tribal human nature, but is mostly a distraction from logical reality that BF 2042 contains a few dozen major net code issues that create a system of inconsistently fair gameplay.And other games have similar issues. For example, I play a game that is PVE with players across the entire globe, running 200ms to 300ms pings, and it worked great until the Devs recently added "cross play". Now PC/Playstation/Xbox players can't even go one round without someone dropping, new weird lag effects are constant, basically ruined the game as the net code can't handle both the high latency and the different platforms now, and it was fine with high latency and the same platforms previously.BF 2042 running five different platforms was a neat idea, but the idea is better than reality with 128 player modes full of high and low ping players using a MM system only really works well with tens of thousands of players, not a couple of thousand online....Dice knows this, but the game was sold as 128 player, so no easy way to reverse it completely at this point. What is needed is 32-64 player max with latency limits and a higher tick rates, or even maybe even just total map variable refresh per tick like Apex Legends, not the zoned approach used currently with BF 2042...Even better, just dump the MM system and go back to server browsers...but at this point, I'm guessing that isn't even possible as it seems to be the number one requested feature for the last 8-9 months, yet not a single comment from either Dice or EA concerning server browsers...🤔

@RaginSam /facepalm the console aim assit is not the same as pc... hence in the patch notes it was a fix to console aim assit.I have played both full aim assit and with it off. There is no discernable difference.In fact do to the slow bubble effect I had to turn it off as it was that detrimental to gameplay.

Try playing with a controller and see if it's really as OP as you think. Aim assist doesn't work like it does in CoD. It doesn't stick to players and 'aimbots' targets. It literally slows down your reticle when you're already on the target. The person is still having to aim.For what it's worth I'm playing worse than before the update. The aim assist still doesn't function well enough.

Aim Assist improvements or Crossplay Bunk Netcode?

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edgecrusherO0
3 years ago
@Adamonic Yo, what config option shows that data? Is it under the "Networking" option? I need to add that in to see if my "THAT WAS BS!" deaths (definitely not all of them, a lot are just bad luck or me being bad/outplayed) are actually as BS as they feel or if I'm just even worse than I thought, heh.
Adamonic
3 years ago
@edgecrusherO0 In the General > Network Tab I believe, I have network stats (top bar), damage log and network graph all on.
edgecrusherO0
3 years ago
@Adamonic Dope, thanks. Will have to remember to enable that before loading up a few missions tonight to hopefully find some Irish walls to hit with a shield : |
Adamonic
3 years ago
@iBUSTJUICE Can you post your settings so others can try them?
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
Just played my first few rounds of the 1.2 update.
Tracking players moving left/right is no longer met with the aim resist bouncing effect. Getting the crosshair on target feels more natural now. There's still a bit of wonkiness in there if the player quickly doubles back or starts juking (aim assist doesn't track perfectly and trying to correct is met with stiffer than expected inputs). I suspect most players will be better off dialing down the aim assist.
Aim assist generally feels unremarkable now. Nothing amazing. Nothing awful. It feels 90-95% as good as the BF1/BFV aim assist.
I did have one bizzare situation with full auto sprays on the LCMG. Recoil control was just wild - what should have been a pretty easy shot ended with me barely being able to keep the target in the reticule. I'd try to correct the recoil and get nothing, nothing, nothing, EVERYTHING. It felt like my inputs were binary and not analog. I changed some settings and attachments and it behaved itself in later games. I'll try to re-create that later and submit a bug report. I've seen similar complaints on reddit.
RaginSam
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Today I've noticed that it's been mostly console players that I die immediately to.
I'm a twitchy player. So I'll jiggle peek out of cover, I'll get hit with the first shot, I instantly try to get back into cover while crouching and hitting my keys quickly as possible. Nothing That I do matters. I die behind cover after only receiving that first shot. It's happened at least a dozen times today if not more.
Zogaguk
3 years ago
It's not the aim assist , as many have stated all they did was remove the slow down bubble. The problem is in the netcode/servers . I can't tell you how many times I get shredded and can't react or die behind cover. Fact is that this game is not optimized.
MortalitasWolf
3 years ago
@EA_Atic Console only crossplay with opt in crossplay PC would be really beneficial for resolving this. Also means it fairer for all. Myself and other people have certainly requested it enough.
Adamonic
3 years ago
Based on these videos, aim assist is part of the problem. It still has limitations, but it sure feels sticky when you are on the other side:

https://twitter.com/smk_gaming_/status/1555147333351899136?s=20&t=uV0OQJjc8pqMtLnCdXksFw
So just ADS'ing locks you on the target (if that option is enabled)? I have the exact opposite. If I ADS while already on a target, I have to re-aim because the crosshair is now off the target.
Also, before console players flip out on me (again). Aim assist is needed, especially for moving targets, but balancing its strength is key.
lionking7001
3 years ago
@MortalitasWolf Agree that PC should play on their own servers and PS5 and Xbox series on their own. Who wants crossplay that obviously doesn't work for either side?

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