BF 2042 Practice/Test Range
[Repost from BF General Discussion Forum] A leading indicator to me on whether BF2042 will be a critical success is the humble Practice Range. BF5 lacked a PR at launch and the one that was subseque...
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@OskooI_007 I mean no disrespect when I say this because I know you were coming from a good place but I fear the devs may be thinking like this and I truly hope that is not the case.
I am not a Battlefront 2 player but from the research I have done it appears you can do an Instant Action mode which is basically single player vs bots which sounds similar to what is being planned here. However it only has two AI difficulty modes: Normal and Elite. No option for NULL AI (AKA just bots that stand still) which is needed to be able to conduct tests and accumulate damage statistics.
Just in case anyone is having difficulty conceptualizing this, imagine trying to test heli rocket damage vs a tank only to have the AI blow up you or your tank while doing so.
While being able to *practice* against active bots is undeniably a great thing and something I fully support it doesn't fulfill the requirements for *testing* with bots which is distinct task. Fortunately this should be dead easy to implement - just a simple toggle switch in the options screen that allows you to initiate an AI
Separately, I do hope that there will indeed be an option to keep bots out of MP for those that want that.
I am not a Battlefront 2 player but from the research I have done it appears you can do an Instant Action mode which is basically single player vs bots which sounds similar to what is being planned here. However it only has two AI difficulty modes: Normal and Elite. No option for NULL AI (AKA just bots that stand still) which is needed to be able to conduct tests and accumulate damage statistics.
Just in case anyone is having difficulty conceptualizing this, imagine trying to test heli rocket damage vs a tank only to have the AI blow up you or your tank while doing so.
While being able to *practice* against active bots is undeniably a great thing and something I fully support it doesn't fulfill the requirements for *testing* with bots which is distinct task. Fortunately this should be dead easy to implement - just a simple toggle switch in the options screen that allows you to initiate an AI
Separately, I do hope that there will indeed be an option to keep bots out of MP for those that want that.
@rainkloud I am thinking like some of other members that the portal will be our test server. Which is fine I guess. Just need to see how it plays out.
