It would be greatly appreciated,thank you so very much in advance

To make it short:There is none at the moment.To give a proper answer:I think DICE had some stuff in mind and maybe even wanted to release some parts of it. But then the release date came and all the problems became obvious. Bugs, glitches, messed up game modes in Portal (zombie mode...), xp farming in Portal, gadgets/gear that caused problems, CtD increases and the directX error bug since last patch...So the developers now need to be firefighters and try to fix the most messed up problems. So there is simply just no time for them in working on live services (which btw needs to be checked twice for bugs, just to be sure). EA is probably not happy about the sales numbers too and puts the studio under pressure. It's the same situation that happened with Anthem.And to be honest, I don't want to switch places with a DICE developer right now. The pressure must be insane. The so called "toxic" community is their least problem. Still I'm hoping they can fix most of the problems, but my hope decreasing...

@Trokey66 I think its very relevant. These things should not have been fixed because they should not have made it into a AAA-title in a franchise 20 years old from one of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry.Instead of looking at it in the way "well they are fixing things" (granted, they are), we should be more critical in the part where this was even in the game to begin with. They scrapped singleplayer to perfect multiplayer and came out with hit registration issues for crying out loud...

Life service official roadmap.Step one. Reassure the public about the development process to be ahead of timetables.Step two. Release initial trailers presenting standard classes, intense urban combat, Rendezooked moments. Announce 4 season passes.Step three. Send a Love Letter to the fanbase - Portal with (poorly executed in many aspects) reskinned, redesigned maps, animations, and weapons, everything without server rental services.Step four. Postpone the launch by one month due to polishing and only fixable minor issues.Step five. Misqouate the reviews and put phrases taken out of context on the main page.Step six. Explain that most of the missing content is a Legacy Feature (not a post mortem dear John letter) for 120 bucks on day one.Step seven. Present known and desirable features for the past 15 years present in the franchise to be Brutal Expectations (in a short span of development time).Step eight. Reassure that heroes (and business model) are here to stay, even though the overwhelming majority of competitive 5v5 games have got them, not 32vs32 Conquest.Step nine. Call everyone out "very honestly and graphicly" not agreeing with the current state of the game and policy affairs as "toxic".Step ten. Allow custom game modes with AI and progression enabled, hope for the best, and players inability to turn AI into quick XP farm-fest.Step eleven. Host a "competitive" streaming event without a Classic Scoreboard, without major bug fixes.Step twelve. Express disappointment. Have all options on the table without making a solid game in the first place :PBF3 had 1 expansion pack released so far and the next was anticipated in February back in 2011. BF2042 is a complete... nada zero so far.If BF2042 won`t turn out to be the next Anthem and BFV wOke Islands cancellation scheme then good for everyone's money.

@Trokey66 That's a bug QA/Playtesting should have seen after 1 match of playing. Saying its fixed now is good, but it shouldn't have been there at launch and certainly not present for nearly 2 months.I was kinda hoping after the holiday break they were gonna be "sorry we messed up, this is our plan to fix it and this is what you guys can be expecting" but aside from the explosives locking you in place fix, there weren't that much other good fixes in the last update, hell, it made other things break for a lot of people who can't even play now...Its all a bit "too little, too late" at this point in time... they had time to at least give out a statement or at least something informational but its dead silence... Expect bare-minimum content on seasons and that'll be that.

@Trokey66 Well here's your point: Someone said they aren't fixing anything, you said they are. You are right.Me on the other, I can see you are right, but it doesn't give this game a pass on anything else. DICE has had enough free passes given to them.

Can anyone explain the live service aspect of this game

11 Replies

TheInfielder
4 years ago
To make it short:
There is none at the moment.
To give a proper answer:
I think DICE had some stuff in mind and maybe even wanted to release some parts of it. But then the release date came and all the problems became obvious. Bugs, glitches, messed up game modes in Portal (zombie mode...), xp farming in Portal, gadgets/gear that caused problems, CtD increases and the directX error bug since last patch...
So the developers now need to be firefighters and try to fix the most messed up problems. So there is simply just no time for them in working on live services (which btw needs to be checked twice for bugs, just to be sure). EA is probably not happy about the sales numbers too and puts the studio under pressure. It's the same situation that happened with Anthem.
And to be honest, I don't want to switch places with a DICE developer right now. The pressure must be insane. The so called "toxic" community is their least problem. Still I'm hoping they can fix most of the problems, but my hope decreasing...
Ruggels
4 years ago
@elliott316
lmao see link...
https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/sfv4ou/dice_leaked_internal_roadmap/
AOD_S1n31ra
Rising Scout
4 years ago
But nothing is being fixed. Literally nothing.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@S1n31ra Really?

I'm quite enjoying no longer being frozen in place by explosives rounds since the last patch.

And that is just one example.
Daeyon-be
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Trokey66 That's a bug QA/Playtesting should have seen after 1 match of playing. Saying its fixed now is good, but it shouldn't have been there at launch and certainly not present for nearly 2 months.

I was kinda hoping after the holiday break they were gonna be "sorry we messed up, this is our plan to fix it and this is what you guys can be expecting" but aside from the explosives locking you in place fix, there weren't that much other good fixes in the last update, hell, it made other things break for a lot of people who can't even play now...

Its all a bit "too little, too late" at this point in time... they had time to at least give out a statement or at least something informational but its dead silence... Expect bare-minimum content on seasons and that'll be that.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Daeyon-beWhen some one says "But nothing is being fixed. Literally nothing.", your response, whether valid or not, is irrelevant in this instance.
Daeyon-be
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Trokey66 I think its very relevant. These things should not have been fixed because they should not have made it into a AAA-title in a franchise 20 years old from one of the biggest publishers in the gaming industry.

Instead of looking at it in the way "well they are fixing things" (granted, they are), we should be more critical in the part where this was even in the game to begin with. They scrapped singleplayer to perfect multiplayer and came out with hit registration issues for crying out loud...
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Daeyon-be OK, keep on missing the point.....
Daeyon-be
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Trokey66 Well here's your point: Someone said they aren't fixing anything, you said they are. You are right.

Me on the other, I can see you are right, but it doesn't give this game a pass on anything else. DICE has had enough free passes given to them.
Twordy
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Life service official roadmap.
Step one. Reassure the public about the development process to be ahead of timetables.
Step two. Release initial trailers presenting standard classes, intense urban combat, Rendezooked moments. Announce 4 season passes.
Step three. Send a Love Letter to the fanbase - Portal with (poorly executed in many aspects) reskinned, redesigned maps, animations, and weapons, everything without server rental services.
Step four. Postpone the launch by one month due to polishing and only fixable minor issues.
Step five. Misqouate the reviews and put phrases taken out of context on the main page.
Step six. Explain that most of the missing content is a Legacy Feature (not a post mortem dear John letter) for 120 bucks on day one.
Step seven. Present known and desirable features for the past 15 years present in the franchise to be Brutal Expectations (in a short span of development time).
Step eight. Reassure that heroes (and business model) are here to stay, even though the overwhelming majority of competitive 5v5 games have got them, not 32vs32 Conquest.
Step nine. Call everyone out "very honestly and graphicly" not agreeing with the current state of the game and policy affairs as "toxic".
Step ten. Allow custom game modes with AI and progression enabled, hope for the best, and players inability to turn AI into quick XP farm-fest.
Step eleven. Host a "competitive" streaming event without a Classic Scoreboard, without major bug fixes.
Step twelve. Express disappointment. Have all options on the table without making a solid game in the first place :P
BF3 had 1 expansion pack released so far and the next was anticipated in February back in 2011. BF2042 is a complete... nada zero so far.
If BF2042 won`t turn out to be the next Anthem and BFV wOke Islands cancellation scheme then good for everyone's money.