silence is an answer. if they stay quiet and don't build a server browser people might stay. if they say they're not going to build one people will leave.
@Psubond wrote:silence is an answer. if they stay quiet and don't build a server browser people might stay. if they say they're not going to build one people will leave.
And if they stay quiet, without adding a server browser, all those people who had their fingers crossed will reconsider what it means to trust Dice to do the right thing.
2042, at this point, is less a game and more an exercise in Dice burning up decades worth of trust in them as a studio.
@TAW_Rinko wrote:
@Psubond wrote:silence is an answer. if they stay quiet and don't build a server browser people might stay. if they say they're not going to build one people will leave.
And if they stay quiet, without adding a server browser, all those people who had their fingers crossed will reconsider what it means to trust Dice to do the right thing.
2042, at this point, is less a game and more an exercise in Dice burning up decades worth of trust in them as a studio.
100% true. they should tell us but they absolutely suck at communication. they prefer the mushroom treatment. next game is a non starter for me. i already decided i'm not buying it no matter how good it is. i will not buy another battlefield game till they figure their * out and release a good game that is functional. once they do that i'll buy the game AFTER that one. i have bought every battlefield game since 2 with the exception of BFV cause sonderlund ran his mouth. i like these games i don't *need* them and ea/dice isn't entitled to my money.
i do like bf 2042 but how they have completely disrespected us with their communication and how they handled updates (slow as crap) has made me arrive at the above decision
@TAW_Rinko wrote:
@Psubond wrote:silence is an answer. if they stay quiet and don't build a server browser people might stay. if they say they're not going to build one people will leave.
And if they stay quiet, without adding a server browser, all those people who had their fingers crossed will reconsider what it means to trust Dice to do the right thing.
2042, at this point, is less a game and more an exercise in Dice burning up decades worth of trust in them as a studio.
I agree and I personally have lost a lot of that respect / trust.
BF was always an easy buy / pre order, you could buy with confidence based on previous versions experience.
How many of us could buy the next iteration with any level of confidence after the way BF2042 has been handled, sadly not many I would guess.
@TAW_Rinkothey released a game in an alpha state with barely any content, and the seasonal content is about thin as it can get for a AAA title.
They stopped development on this game in mid-December. All they did is break up Season 1's content, which was already done, into 4 seasonal packages.
We are also only getting one map rework per season. That is a few weeks of work and testing that they have now taken months to complete. This tells me there are only 2-3 devs left on this game and they are very inexperienced.
Also, actions speak louder than words, and their silence on Server Browser should tell us all we need to know.
Yup there's no way, they don't have more than a skeleton crew working on repairs. The timeline for content and changes is just insane, 1 map after 6 months! Back to Karkand released 1 month after BF3's release!
They should outsource map design to another team. Screw the excuses of map design taking so long.
Everything has been a business decision since December. Once the launch bombed, they quickly shifted to breaking up whatever content they already had into 4 seasons. There was zero new development from that point on.
You got one junior dev working the maps and specialists changes (that is why it will take until S2 to see 2 maps changed and the Specialist's beards) and one doing bug fixes. Between those 2, they created the fake scoreboard and added the VOIP. That's it. That is why there has been zero new content.
Even the CMs, they are probably also serving as janitors or security guards or have other duties unrelated to this game.
