As the title states, Developer Feedback !Do any of the Community Managers or Forum Moderators in here feed back to EA and or DICE about the level of disappointment and even anger in these forums?I ask because we never seem to hear of any from them acknowledging our thoughts on the game and what they are going to do to put it right.If you are responsible for keeping an eye on these forums then isn't it also your responsibility to feed beck to the Devs and EA how fed up people are and that the lack of vision and foresight on their part is destroying any kind of future sales because they have whizzed off their entire player base!I mean, just look at the long-running and huge thread about the lack of a server browserAnd even worse now, look at the Leviathan thread about the preview clip.We did all pay full price for this game but only got a half of it, and that wasn't finished either.It's incredible that a company such as this that's been making these games for this amount of time can be this naive or even incompetent in this day and age.So, I ask you once again, do you draw their attention to any of this?

@80uwjx4m1chcyou will get:"we do listen to your feedback""these forums are monitored"However, they act on absolutely nothing. They do surveys to check the block and make it look like they are taking our input into consideration.The fact is this game died immediately upon launch. EA pulled all the funding from the studios and they have been working with a skeleton crew ever since for bug fixes and minor changes.The map reworks are a joke and don't require a ton of dev time.The Class system is essentially just gadget restrictions and an updated GUI. All minor.Nothing significant has been developed since launch. All the content we have seen to date was originally for Season 1. That is why it feels like they trickle content because they had to stretch a single season of content into 4 seasons.Their actions have shown they do not care about the community, they already have our money, and any additional work charged to this game for labor takes away from revenue and profits. All work on this title is a loss.The CMs on here support multiple titles and it is not their fault this game failed. They are just doing their job of moderating these forums, so don't direct any angst onto them. EA and DICE are fulfilling their obligation and nothing more. Prove me wrong.

@80uwjx4m1chc wrote:As the title states, Developer Feedback !Do any of the Community Managers or Forum Moderators in here feed back to EA and or DICE about the level of disappointment and even anger in these forums?DICE has stated many times they are aware of the disappointment. DICE has even said they weren't happy with where the game was at launch.Go read the blog posts. Go watch the Dev talk videos. Go listen to the podcasts. Scroll through the Dev's personal Twitter feeds. Communication is a two way street. The online community isn't always right and the online community isn't necessarily representative of the entire player base. Consider that 2042 has likely been bought/downloaded 10million times. Less than 5000 people are likely voicing their opinions online. This board probably has less than 50 regulars. Even then those online voices are more often than not conflicting.You make it seem like community feedback should be sole/primary factor in the decision making process. The reality is that DICE is likely constrained/influenced by other factors. Budget. EA directives. Available resources/skills. In-game telemetry. Also I'm going to need everyone in this topic to PayPal me $5. If you don't then I'll conclude that the only possible explanation is that you didn't listen

We are a very small portion of the actual player base; I doubt they listen to us very much.This late in the game all the feedback we are providing is likely for the next Battlefield in the series.

@UP_HawxxeyeI agree, I feel the CM's have been a lot more active in recent months and I welcome that, and as you say hearing that they have passed our feedback on is good to know regardless of what happens after that.

@AngrySquid270 wrote:@80uwjx4m1chc wrote:As the title states, Developer Feedback !Do any of the Community Managers or Forum Moderators in here feed back to EA and or DICE about the level of disappointment and even anger in these forums?DICE has stated many times they are aware of the disappointment. DICE has even said they weren't happy with where the game was at launch.Go read the blog posts. Go watch the Dev talk videos. Go listen to the podcasts. Scroll through the Dev's personal Twitter feeds. Communication is a two way street. The online community isn't always right and the online community isn't necessarily representative of the entire player base. Consider that 2042 has likely been bought/downloaded 10million times. Less than 5000 people are likely voicing their opinions online. This board probably has less than 50 regulars. Even then those online voices are more often than not conflicting.You make it seem like community feedback should be sole/primary factor in the decision making process. The reality is that DICE is likely constrained/influenced by other factors. Budget. EA directives. Available resources/skills. In-game telemetry. Also I'm going to need everyone in this topic to PayPal me $5. If you don't then I'll conclude that the only possible explanation is that you didn't listen communication is a two way street. refusing to give any semblance of a roadmap on how they are going to FIX the issues shows their level of apathy towards what we say and what we want to know. dice burned their bridge with me because of this

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HugeBigness
Rising Vanguard
3 years ago
I absolutely agree about the server browser but unfortunately they can not have one with SBMM. And SBMM is required for mixing Controllers with M+K users.
I miss terribly the server browser. Crossplay killed that.
xpaydayx
New Hotshot
3 years ago
I swear to God they're more active on Twitter and reddit than their own forums it's sad.
Ai-Fluffy
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
The feedback won't be acted on it never has been.
Every battlefield player I know wanted a battlefield game.
We got bf2042.
Millions of sales on release and the active player base TANKED when people saw the game.
ATFGunr
Legend
3 years ago
@80uwjx4m1chc Unless you’re a Reddit thread or a streamer with lots of subscribers… then no it seems like your opinion won’t matter. The forum base is a small pool of players compared to those other sources, so I do think there is some method to their madness. Doesn’t mean we don’t deserve some consideration, especially as these are the official forums and that should mean something IMO.
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
@80uwjx4m1chc wrote:
However, that does not and cannot excuse the sheer lack of game content. Remember this thing dropped with NO Campaign and hardly any Maps, so in effect barely Half of the game, and yet we all had to pay Full asking price and wait whilst they decided in their own time to fix things.
I find it incredible that you are actually trying to defend this whole thing
You had to pay full asking price? Explain.
The game seems to have a lot of dealbreakers for you which were apparent prior to release - yet you bought it anyway?
We knew about the low map count prior to launch. We knew about the lack of campaign prior to launch. We knew from the beta that it was likely the game was launching half baked. Why did you accept those things by buying the game? Assuming you pre-ordered - why didn't you recognize the risks and hold off for a few weeks for more initial impressions?
Literally no one should have paid full price or have a claim to feeling duped. EA Play was a no brainer. $5 for a month trial. Extra early access (before Gold/Ultimate editions even). 10hr free trial. 10% off purchase (saving $6 to $12). Pay the $5, play early, play your 10hr, if the game didn't scratch your itch take note of your dealbreakers and move on with your life. Check back in later to see if your dealbreakers had been corrected. Buy the game when your dealbreakers have been addressed.
Also, your original post was putting the blame for lack of fixes at the feet of the CMs. The only thing standing between us and a 'fixed' game are the CMs. Which specific issues do you feel were not being passed along? Or are you backing off of that position?
TTZ_Dipsy
Hero+
3 years ago
@xpaydayx wrote:

I swear to God they're more active on Twitter and reddit than their own forums it's sad.

That doesn't really surprise me since the vast majority of the player base/community practically lives there and its very easy to schedule tweets and get views.

Some of the responses on this site, I swear... It takes like 10 seconds to find the info you're searching for
80uwjx4m1chc
Rising Ace
3 years ago
You had to pay full asking price? Explain. Well, it was still nearly full price when I bought it!. But of course I was speaking subjectively around the price versus the return, in other words people bought it at the release price and got half of what they would have in previous releases. Come on, you didn't realise that?
The game seems to have a lot of dealbreakers for you which were apparent prior to release - yet you bought it anyway? I was hoping that by the time I had picked it up they or a majority of them would have been fixed, this plus the fact that you have to read between the lines of what people post on forums, so again I was hoping for the best. (The point I was alluding to was that I was struggling to see how after all this time some of the common things still had not been addressed.)
We knew about the low map count prior to launch. No I didn't, I did not scour forums etc and as mentioned above was hoping it was going to be addressed with a map pack
We knew about the lack of campaign prior to launch. Yes, but again was hoping it was going to be compensated for in other ways. However, you have completely missed my point that I was trying to make in my previous thread which I thought was obvious.
We knew from the beta that it was likely the game was launching half baked. I actually never had the BETA. I did not have the time or interest. I did catch some forum posting by players that stated they hoped the issues they mention would be addressed, and someone else replied that they were fixing them. So again I had hoped they were fixed.

Assuming you pre-ordered - why didn't you recognize the risks and hold off for a few weeks for more initial impressions? Pre-ordered? No. And "Hold off for a few weeks? Well I held off for nearly a year, how much longer are we to "Hold Off" to give the people that made the game time to fix the game?

Literally no one should have paid full price or have a claim to feeling duped. Really? So the Pre-Order people should not have had to pay as much as they did at PRE-ORDER Prices? I really have no idea how you came to this conclusion, explain to me please how they would have been able to get it using your way of thinking at the Pre-Order stage?

EA Play was a no brainer. $5 for a month trial. Extra early access (before Gold/Ultimate editions even). 10hr free trial. 10% off purchase (saving $6 to $12). I genuinely had no idea about this way of doing things, but I thank you for bringing it to my attention for the future. I am taking it these things are available in the UK? Because the prices you mention and the way you spell things makes me feel you are in the states. Also, a lot of the time there are products that are available in the states but not here in the UK or even some parts of Europe.
Also, your original post was putting the blame for lack of fixes at the feet of the CMs. The only thing standing between us and a 'fixed' game are the CMs. Which specific issues do you feel were not being passed along? Or are you backing off of that position? Nope. Yet again you have either missed my point or are just being argumentative. I asked if they did in fact feed back to the Devs what people say, feel and think regarding the state of play for the product they made. I did not say that it is their fault at all. Please Re-Read my post carefully until you get that point correct.
Over to you.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@80uwjx4m1chc the job description of the Community Managers or Forum Moderators here is to pass on information about what the players say.
They already do that and more recently have been going the extra mile to let us know that they have passed on the information.

Other than that they also pass on to us what the powers above order them to.

But what happens after the community team has sent their report to DICE etc is anyones guess.

Personally I believe that most of the feedback is archived until it becomes statistically significant or outright rejected.

But there is also the time lag theory too. What I mean is that any change to the game has to be planned months to years before and this is why we only see the changes we have been asking more than a year ago now.
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye
I agree, I feel the CM's have been a lot more active in recent months and I welcome that, and as you say hearing that they have passed our feedback on is good to know regardless of what happens after that.
Ghostrider0067
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
If they truly cared as much as they claim to do, the problems would be fixed a lot more quickly than they are to avoid the falloff in player count. The only way this game is routinely saved is through new content drops like the new event and the problem with that is it brings back loads of cheaters every time. Just played a round and one of them was blatantly obvious. Reporting does absolutely nothing and I wouldn't be surprised to find that the reports go straight to a trash can. Just wait until the next release when the all chat is enabled. And they think it's going to be friendly?

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