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edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
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DICE abandoning 128p maps beyond S1?

Near the end IGN talks about new maps being made for 64p only...is this true? If it's not y'all need to reach out to them to get a correction. If it is true...when are y'all issuing refunds...
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  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
    4 years ago

    Hey Everyone, 

    Thanks for the feedback Since the Launch on map size and player count, recently with today's Patch there seems to be slight confusion around maps and player size going forward. I wanted to add a comment from the Community Managers around this. 

    For clarification, you may have seen posts or videos along to lines of:

    "Future #Battlefield2042 maps from Season 2 onwards will only support 64 players. 128 player support is being retained but only for the launch and Season 1 maps."

     We have an official update on this and the plans for the future of map and player size here: https://twitter.com/T0TALfps/status/1534239058314113027

    For any up and coming changes/updates/patches I would recommend keeping an eye on the following sources:

    Thanks!

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edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Trokey66 DICE marketed this game on 128p. I bought this game for 128p breakthrough.

Why would current data be suggesting players prefer 64p? Possibly due to the lack of players to consistently fill 128p modes? Could it be due to terrible map design and layouts for 128p modes?

No, clearly not, I guess.

I paid for a game based off the premise of large-scale warfare with 128p modes. If DICE remove that then they've literally removed the main reason why I purchased the game. Which they've more than half accomplished by completely removing 128p breakthrough.

At least HZ still exists, even if DICE have said they're abandoning further development on it.

DICE just out there cutting support for content without committing to delivering more on what little content they are still supporting.
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kregora
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0 They marketed it as 128p, but failed to deliver. Many of us already expect that there is connection between 128p and the lack of cover / concealment on the maps.

This happens when you design a game to not be a Battlefield game, and then need to make a Battlefield game out of what you got.

128p Breakthrough was great to get the Spots and Spot Assists to complete the tier assignments for specialists, but it wasn't a good mode on any of the launch maps.

And 64p Breakthrough makes it only a better mode than 64p or 128p Conquest on the BF2042 modes.

The only balanced modes are 64p Conquest on the BC2 and BF3 maps.

For me the game now enters Beta state. And I am not sure that BF2042 wants to be a Battlefield game after all.
  • CyberDyme's avatar
    CyberDyme
    4 years ago

    Exactly right @kregora ,

    EA may have marketed it as "BF2042" but what we have is not a real Battlefield game but instead a weird misfit and mashup of various genres... 

    Some arrogant execs may have labeled it as 'legacy features', but all that we are still missing is exactly what make a battlefield game a battlefield game.  We will see the verdict on the player count tomorrow when the season1 releases, but it will take substantial more than just superficial items and cosmetics to tease back the hundreds of thousands of players that have abandoned this game since Xmas.

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