Everything about 2042 is uninspiring.
The new Map is...ok i guess? To think that during BF 3 and 4 we would get 4 new maps with every DLC - kinda now blows my mind. The industry has managed to minimize content and force medium quality content onto players. However, i am still surprised that 2042 latest so far 4 seasons. Considering how low the player count is, its even more surprising that there will be a S5. In the end, they focused on the wrong things.
Did the game NEEDED the return of classes now? No. It needed, mostly IMO two things:
1. A lot more and better maps
2. Better accessibility -> server browser, persistent servers, squad management etc
I guess it could have been all worse. They could have dropped 2042 right after release. In some ways, they did listen. Just took all too long and with the wrong priorities.
At this point, I don't care about the maps. I'm just tired of the players. I'm tired of having terrible team after terrible team. I'm tired of enemy teams having so many dodgy players and cheaters. I'm tired of weapon discrepancies. I'm tired of ticket bleed imbalance. I'm tired of dodgy twitch players. I'm tired of dodgy 'former pro Battlefield players'. I'm tired of feeling like every single game is an uphill struggle just to get a decent score while some low rank 70 breezes on to 100+ kills. I'm tired of having every munition under the sun instantly lobbed at my vehicle, and then watch some enemy vehicle park in one spot and sit there without a worry. I'm tired at the general lack of intelligence shown by teammates, who won't revive, repair, use beacons. Won't capture, won't defend.
Battlefield hasn't gone downhill because of the games. It went downhill because of the quality of the players. 80% loners with not one iota about what they're supposed to be doing. 15% trolls. 5% people who might actually attempt to play it properly. Consequently, ALWAYS in my damn team.
So at this point, I don't really give a rats * whether a map is considered good or terrible. The experience will literally be the same every time. Get trounced, get multikilled by four invulnerable wallhacking aimbots up at the top everywhere you go, rinse and repeat.
i played a fair amount of breakthrough on flashpoint and i don't like it. nothing says fun like having to run up over a hill just to get shot in the face. you can't see anything in a lot of spots till you run over a hill and there are a bunch of enemy soldiers there (beginning part for attackers, end part for defenders). it's not fun
They need to remove the first points and make those the spawns. If they want the center of the map to have most of the battles, that is the only way to do it.
