Usually my months leading up to summer are filled with anticipation for:1. Sunshine2. BBQs3. Building sandcastlesNo room for that this year. Instead, this summer we've been gifted the delight of a count down to Season 1 launch.So wait... when exactly is that? Usually, I just look outside of my window and all information I need is right there.Do they mean meteorlogical summer i.e. 1st June 2022... or astronomical summer i.e. 21st June 2022. I'm right to assume northern hemisphere?At 36 years old I thought I had a good grasp. Can anyone help when Summer is expected to land?

@RayD_O1 Yes...yes I can. And you'll be playing defense on Hourglass every time (if it's breakthrough) and more often than not you'll spawn in the last 1-2 minutes of the match.Which seems to be how most of my attempts to play breakthrough go nowadays. Usually the same 1-2 maps, always playing defense, usually as we're losing/about to lose.

How long to wait until Summer? | EA Forums

26 Replies

Tall_Tingz
4 years ago
I ask because I'm getting bored of replaying the same maps over and over... and without a clear end in sight... not sure I can make.
Everyone deserves hope?
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@Tall_Tingz Don't think we have a concrete date yet, at least not one I've seen. Sometime in June is probably a good guess at this point.
SeriousJuJu
4 years ago
@Tall_Tingz
You'll need to consult with Mungo on this.
Spidder81
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
probably on the last second of the last minute of the last hour of the last day of summer, will get delayed again
Noodlesocks
4 years ago
End of June at the very earliest. End of September at the latest.
JasonVoorHeesxD
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Tall_Tingz Not even EA/DICE knows the date, they're all lost lol
SeriousJuJu
4 years ago
Noodlesocks has a valid point. They might be going by the Neolithic Calendar, so if we use the Heel Stone at Stonehenge it would put Summer Solstice at June 21, 2022.
AvocadoPablo
4 years ago
@Tall_Tingz When Season 1 was originally delayed, we were told "Early Summer"

Summer officially begins June 21st, so I would expect Season 1 towards the end of June.

I hope they understand that they absolutely must get more content out for this game ASAP and delaying Season 1 any further (or releasing it in late Summer) would be yet another blunder made by the devs.

The recent patch did a really good job towards balancing the weapons and fixing bugs (Breakthrough 128 still needs significant balance changes as attacking team almost always wins). It's important for the 2042 team to continue releasing timely, game-improving patches and updates. This game is desperate for new content at this point. Current maps are stale as can be.

We need 4-5 new AOW 128 player Breakthrough maps, 10 new guns, new specialist, vehicles, etc. This game needs a real expansion, something like a Premium BF1 expansion (Anyone remember those?!)
edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@AvocadoPablo No, if the game ain't ready for "early summer" delay it again. It'll suck balls, but it's far better for the longterm health of the game for them to launch "live-service" with a strong foundation, even if that takes a year of work post-launch. Launching a poor quality S1 update will result in the same problems the game has now, with players quickly leaving and population problems being an even bigger problem.

They're in a garbage position and I don't envy DICE here since they're between a rock and a hard place, but it's a situation purely of their own doing so I also don't feel much sympathy.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@AvocadoPablo wrote:
@Tall_TingzWhen Season 1 was originally delayed, we were told "Early Summer"

Summer officially begins June 21st, so I would expect Season 1 towards the end of June.

I hope they understand that they absolutely must get more content out for this game ASAP and delaying Season 1 any further (or releasing it in late Summer) would be yet another blunder made by the devs.

The recent patch did a really good job towards balancing the weapons and fixing bugs (Breakthrough 128 still needs significant balance changes as attacking team almost always wins). It's important for the 2042 team to continue releasing timely, game-improving patches and updates. This game is desperate for new content at this point. Current maps are stale as can be.

We need 4-5 new AOW 128 player Breakthrough maps, 10 new guns, new specialist, vehicles, etc. This game needs a real expansion, something like a Premium BF1 expansion (Anyone remember those?!)
100% agreed on all aspects there.
I don't play many of the full 128 player maps (I prefer 64) so even porting the portal maps into the 64-player queues would be a huge improvement.
I miss the just buy 'premium' for $30 or whatever and all future expansions/etc were covered. I realize that they can divide the playerbase in some aspect.