Came back after over 6 months and just disappointed. 1 jet/heli per map?? WTF

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Decided to re-download 2042 and give it another chance being the fact its on gamepass, and a few xbox friends of mine wanted to give it a go. Got into a match of Hourglass (looking real forward to some jet action as I had just played BF1, and also Ace Combat 7) and instantly turned the game off when I noticed you dropped the numbers of air vehicles down across most if not all of your maps.

The game loses its whole 'Chaos Factor' from a lack of air vehicles (not to mention the lack of destroyed buildings STILL), as they're meant to create creates mass chaos for those on the ground.(Not just air-air)

I also thought you would have done something about how jets are STILL lackluster in general. (Their guns still can't hit ground infantry compared to previous titles for starters. And still, only the 1 jet type per team too? No bombers yet? It's a game based 20 years from now. There definitely would have been an upgrade from the f35 and su57 within a 20 year timespan in real life y'know? Get CREATIVE)

I feel like the devs involved with the air-air/air-ground combat need to go through a couple of the Ace Combat games (4, 5, Zero and 7 specifically), and get some inspiration.

Back to BF1 for me.

I'm happy to wait till the next battlefield at this stage (and that's only if you manage to get it right, not like I'll be buying the game on release after this mess) if your intending on keeping this nonsense up.

Or will i just have to wait till Ace Combat 8? :P

unl1m1t3d_p0w3r · Answer

@I_Is_Skittles So you were expecting to just jump in and farm troopers with skilless air spam, immediately gave up, and came here to complain... yeah you're doing the playerbase a favour by uninstalling lol. You won't be missed.

The limited amount of air vehicles is one of the best things about the game. Makes it completely balanced and actually adds value. And there's no shortage of chaos, if you actually played the game for what it is you'd understand.

up_lordplumber · Answer

@I_Is_Skittles Up until recently we only had a choice of 1 Heli OR 1 jet, but not both. Now we have 2 helis AND 1 jet per team on some maps, and 1 jet and 1 heli per team on other maps.

zhukov211 · Answer

I think we are finally seeing the best air v ground balance 2042 has ever produced.

Getting rid of 2 Condor/Hind per team was long overdue. Adding 1 jet per team, in its own category. What took so long?

unl1m1t3d_p0w3r · Answer

@Zhukov211 It's by far the best air v ground balance in any Battlefield game. And Breakthrough became even better with the removal of air spam. Glad devs made the right choices.

twiztedmannix · Answer

We definitely need 2 jets and the new rail tank is OP, now that Lil Bird thinks he owns the map cuz the Rail Tank can take you out over halfway across the map. It's rare to jump into a jet. I was a medium to good jet player in BF and the Jet gets no luv in BF2042.

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Came back after over 6 months and just disappointed. 1 jet/heli per map?? WTF

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