How will the battlefeld vehicle spawn system work? Will it require points like the missiles and artillery did in Battlefield 5?(squad points)

@UP_Hawxxeye Everyone has an equal right to use any vehicle that is available regardless of how good someone is, this is a sandbox, everyone is entitled to have fun how they want.Honestly think people need to stop looking at battlefield as a purely competetive game, its a fun sandbox that emulates a large scale battle, who cares if joe takes the attack chopper and rams the nearest building? just laugh and move on, dont take it so seriously.

@Forkbeard84 wrote: @UP_HawxxeyeIf players have to be better than you to use a vehicle, then how will they ever get a chance to learn? I think vehicles should be available to all player skill levels. Battlefield 4 did have the Test Range where you can practice vehicles. Personally though, I'd love to see something like that again but with missions imbedded into it. For example, stay on a certain pathing with the helicopter X amount of feet low to the ground and get to the end under a certain amount of time. Another one could be when to practice shooting off flares to avoid AA missiles. Take it to another level by getting new pilots battle ready.

DICE did say in their developer interview video that along with air drop vehicles, there will be empty vehicles scattered around the map for people jump in and use. It sounds to me like they're moving away from spawning into vehicles from the respawn screen.

@TankerFlanker wrote:@OskooI_007 I would hope not completely people will still camp ingame, or just lay mines/c4 out where the vehicles spawn and just instantly blow them up as soon as someone hops in one, I do hope though that with the prespawned vehicles that if they're the same as the ones in the spawn screen you can choose to spawn in that they automatically apply your vehicle unlocks to them. I'm excited for the vehicles to return back to how they originally were introduced in the Battlefield franchise, up for grabs at spawn points once you spawned onto the base. I prefer to do that rather than compete for vehicle spawns at the spawn screen, but understand your concerns. I still plant mines underneath vehicles whenever I have the chance, nothing like getting a kill confirmation 5 minutes later when someone jumped into the vehicle. Feels like you're special forces. I've learned over the years to check vehicles for C4 and mines underneath because of those deathly mistakes.As for camping vehicles, you generally never saw it happen too often to warrant a concern. I remember doing it myself on Gulf of Oman where I camped the Middle Eastern Coalition's jets with a sniper rifle pointed right on the cockpit, so the moment someone got in I took the shot. 90% of the time the player would respawn and tried to hunt me down. I relocated as a sniper (as a good sniper would), only to kill them once more. Eventually, they would tell their buddies how irritated they were at me camping the jet so you had 4-5 people suddenly rush you at once and that was the end of that. Good laughs.If I sat over there all game doing that I would call myself a camper as that's not really my game style, but temporarily restricting them from getting control of their assets is fair game to me in the art of war. They either need someone to defend the base or be aware of someone behind enemy lines at their base. Like I said earlier though, Battlefield players are pretty good at spreading the word on what's happening so those type of issues are cleared up pretty quick. As always though, stay tuned for more official details on how the vehicle system will work. Always good to raise concerns like @TankerFlanker's so the development team is aware of what behavior the community is anticipating.

I hope that we are done with the BF1/V systemOne of my main source of stress when using vehicles in these games is that if I die, I might miss the next spawn to some rando who got the spawn button to refresh before mine and decides to go derping into a vehicle I would be making better use of.

Battlefield vehicle spawn systems

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ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@Raven3356 Don't think we've been given this info quite yet. We can see tanks being air-dropped in, but that's about it so far.
OskooI_007
Legend
4 years ago
DICE did say in their developer interview video that along with air drop vehicles, there will be empty vehicles scattered around the map for people jump in and use. It sounds to me like they're moving away from spawning into vehicles from the respawn screen.
OkamiToge
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@OskooI_007I would hope not completely people will still camp ingame, or just lay mines/c4 out where the vehicles spawn and just instantly blow them up as soon as someone hops in one, I do hope though that with the prespawned vehicles that if they're the same as the ones in the spawn screen you can choose to spawn in, that they automatically apply your vehicle unlocks to them.
Boba_Brett711
4 years ago
If I were to hazard a guess, it sounds and looks very similar to the BFV style of how you would call it in. Except I’d guess all players can call in vehicles, not just squad leaders. Not to use COD as an example, but I get the impression that each player will earn points and vehicle call ins would be a sort of reward you can purchase with the points.
If so, my question would be, can we spend our points in other ways? Like maybe “buying” things like spawn beacons, artillery or bombing strikes, fortifications, etc.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
4 years ago
I hope that we are done with the BF1/V system
One of my main source of stress when using vehicles in these games is that if I die, I might miss the next spawn to some rando who got the spawn button to refresh before mine and decides to go derping into a vehicle I would be making better use of.
Doo-Doo-Draws
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye 🤣🤣🤣🤣
BaronVonGoon
4 years ago
I hope there will be a very low vehicle respawn timer for all those of us desperately trying to get good at using hell's and jets which are often property of l33t pilots who dont die often. To this day I can go a whole play session with no opportunity to use an attack heli in BF4. You can't get good when there's no opportunity to practice.
I hope the respawn timer is low in general. I care only about fun, the more I'm in play the more fun I'm having. The more im in the deploy screen waiting for a timer the more time I have to think "maybe I should call it quits for today and go watch a movie or something".
BaronVonGoon
4 years ago
Personally, I really liked the SWBF2 system. You earn enough points you are rewarded with an item of you choice, be it a tank, jet, heli, rocket, personal plate armour, transport quad bike, resupply crate, flare, etc...
rainkloud
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye Exactly why there should be certifications for each vehicle that require you to demonstrate proficiency in piloting and weaponry, CM and upgrades/optics before you are allowed to pilot/drive them in game.

Something like an obstacle course for the piloting part. Then you have a separate section for weaponry that shows you each weapon and what its strengths and weaknesses are. And finally one that goes over CM and makes you successfully deploy them vs incoming missiles. Finally, a section that goes over the benefits of passive upgrades and optics.

It won't make you a master vehicle player but it will dramatically improve the average player's capabilities.

Oh Mr. Rando you don't like having to do a 15 minute tutorial on a vehicle? It ruins your experience because you want to have "fun"? Well it ruins my experience when people take valuable assets in the game and proceed to waste them. So now it's your experience vs mine:

You: Want to use live environment to learn about vehicles because you can't be bothered to invest a minimal amount of time to gain proficiency so you can provide value to your team. You end up wasting assets which not only deprives your team of you as a target to keep the fire away from them, but your death also means that you are not contributing kills not to mention you might have taken a few teammates with you when your vehicle is consumed by the flames of failure.

Me: Take a one time tutorial per vehicle that will educate rookies on the basics and will keep you alive for longer and make you much more effective teammate. Even veterans should welcome this as it will teach them new mechanics and get them used to the new Frostbite physics system.

Don't want to take certifications? No problem! We got a nice ATV here with your name on it that you can drive till your ❤️ is content.
blsdwarrior
4 years ago
I Hope we have at least some starter vehicles, it was always fun to try and be first to claim a vehicle, there's nothing wrong with a little competition.