@ZombieP1ow wrote:
@tyl0413I started my online multiplayer in 99 playing Team fortress, then Team Fortress classic, I think, it was 20 years and thousands of hours of gaming ago, but anyway. I was 100% PC master race until about 2004 when I realized every single multiplayer game I play on PC gets hacked and the Devs are constantly playing catch up. Then xbox live was available, and I never looked back. I'm no fan of EA, they have a habit of taking established franchises and dismembering them, MoH and Syndicate come to mind. Look if you want to spend thousands of dollars on your PC to play video games, go right ahead, your stance vs. EA to change their business model over the inclusion of bots is stunning and brave, I'm sure the 100 or 1000 people that completely agree with you, but aren't represented on the forums, will abstain from buying the game.
It's hard to find an empty server on BF4, and bots will only fill empty spots on servers in 2042, so yeah, maybe a few years down the line, there will be more bots populating servers. MAYBE in a few YEARS.
Why don't you worry about something prudent, like stable servers on launch and proper weapon balance? Instead of what ifs and maybe?
Except in old games it doesn't matter if the dedicated server is down because anyone can replace it. Idk what you on about consoles, the platform where the manufacturers think they should get paid to use games you already bought on the system you already bought on the internet you already pay for. If anything consoles taking off is one of the reason why PC games are so downgraded these days since usually console players are less likely to know about the technical side.
Interesting you mention stable servers at launch, wouldn't be a problem if anyone could just host their own you know, and weapon balance? These issues are already represented well enough, EA over the last decade has learned at least a bit that they can't just downgrade everything and shove it full of mtxes bc after a point enough people get sick of it that they'll lose serious money. Bad gameplay affects them negatively like it should so they have a reason to care, what i talked about is an issue that's barely ever talked about. If enough people cared we could get them to improve, there doesn't even need to be as many people as you think. Go on the Steam or most gaming forums and you'll get downvoted to hell if you mention why DRM is a problem yet GOG is a thing, and literally all the publishers are on board some with older games some with very recent ones and some put their new games there day one because there's a market for it. Just like there's a market for offline bots and LAN in Battlefield 2042.
It's not what if's, it's a matter of when, if this game requires a constant connection it will become unplayable forever one day. Another recent example, 2014 Might and Magic Legacy X DRM servers were shut down like a month ago and the overwhelming majority of the game can no longer be played. If we're lucky modders might fix it, but it would be just easier to not create the problem in the first place. Most games will never get server emulators.
