Hardcore
Is there no HARDCORE official servers? That's what most of us grown men play. Here's why we like HARDCORE. I know you can play modified HARDCORE on Portal, but you get limited and cant progress your ...
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@TheUSstar All I want is hardcore hardcore BF4 was the only way I played that game. I’m so tired of shooting a sniper 4 times with a DMR missing a ton because they bloom is awful only yo have him stop mid spring and dome me. Please add hardcore.
Hardcore is going to be so difficult in this game until they put the class system and factions in. Right now there'll be no way to tell who is who with these stupid specialist. I hate that I wasted 110 bucks on this game, but whatever I have hell let loose and squad to play until they make some real changes to this game and pull it away from being another call of duty.
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I'd like to jump in here and add my thoughts about Mil Sim servers that are currently in Portal. There are unfortunately only a couple of them at the moment. One has friendly fire while the other doesn't. There are also some slight weapon and map UI adjustments that re noticeable (you can pull up the map, no mini map though).I've been playing Battlefield since 1942 and as someone who always gravitated towards hardcore mode, I have to say, I will only be playing Rush Mil Sim going forward for the near future with my friends. Every game I've played feels like a cinematic experience. As if I'm watching a war movie play out in front of my eyes. Having no UI show up on the screen really brings out the wow factor in all the tracer rounds and explosions taking place throughout the map.The one server that has friendly fire has two very similar uniforms each team are wearing. That is the only problem I see when it comes to friendly fire. You have to make sure you're not looking back at your team if you're on the front lines or else newer players that are not keen to the minor uniform changes will shoot you. If they can switch the uniforms up that can be solved. Outside of that I've been enjoying the 2 servers that are currently more populated in Portal. Wouldn't mind compass being shown on the UI and icons only above squad mates so you know where your friends are at to sync up.Battle of the Bulge Rush with no UI has been my favorite time in Battlefield in recent memory. Have fun out there everyone!Hardcore is the only mode I will play when choosing PvP in games like these. I was ready to writ off BF2042 until Portal was announced and then I was hooked. I saw all the possibilities for my friends and I to create our own Experiences to play PvE / coop and perhaps also PvP when we have a larger party. Of course, we prefer a low TTK, etc. but as far as the HUD, I really wish there were more options to allow markers for just your team as you mentioned, just a compass and so on.
Would be nice to remove the kill cam, force 1st person in vehicles, have in-game comms if we want to open the game to randoms, increase fall damage beyond just a setting of 2, etc., etc.
I know Portal will be expanded upon which will likely include more options. ....so I'm hopefully we may see additions like this to allow further customization of player creations.
I'm sure you've seen Karmakut's milsim creations. I assume it's likely one you're talking about. I actually used some of his settings as a baseline to create our own. I agree it really looks cinematic with a clean HUD and while it makes for great content videos, there are some things you really need on there at times in order to know what's going on like weapon information, the compass as you mentioned, possibly friendly / team markers and so on. We don't flip on friendly fire because as I discovered, the AI isn't so discriminate with their fire at times. 😉
You also brought up a good point about uniforms as it's difficult to tell friend from foe. I think Karma even waffled on the FF option too as there were too many accidentally TK'ing on his server(s). I find it works fine in games like Sandstorm and Hell Let Loose because it's easier to differentiate. Maybe Portal's 1942 assets would be better for FF.
Anyhow, Portal is where it's at for us and we hope to enjoy it for a long time going forward. The sandbox idea obviously isn't new but I can't recall when I've had a degree of freedom like this in a AA game. ....and if they nurture it, we could see it grow into something that can really make a lasting impact.
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