4 years ago

Old player's open letter to DICE

My reply in another post ended up in me ranting a bit so I figured I would move it to being its own separate post. I've seen many people on several forums, subreddits, and social media platforms all complain about the same things - Specialist, UI and no team play. Getting rid of specialist and returning to the class system would solve most of this games issues streamline some other 'quality of life's items.

Here is the thing we all know though - they will never remove specialist. Some executive is hell bent on the idea "it works in Apex, it'll work in this". What EA/DICE have not figured out is that if I want to play Apex, I'll go play Apex. This game is built like a br on all fronts and not even a good one.

To DICE - how in the world did you feel good about this coming out? Why would you destroy your own addition to a franchise you've loved and held above all else for so long? Are executives really killing creative freedom for you guys or is there something else going on you need to tell the community like you're taking BF a different direction?

I've played every BF game that has ever came out, and I mean that. 100s of hours into every single one. I have made so many friends and met amazing people through playing the same servers or same set of community servers. Some of these friends I've made are now no longer with us and I will forever remember our times playing one of the games in this series. Know what I would love to see DICE? I would love to see you care about this game/franchise as much as your player base does. I know what that means to say that, I know how insulting to a developer it is to say they don't care about their project, but I'm throwing my hat in the ring. You, DICE, no longer care about the BF series. It has turned into some monotonous executive feature wish list/demand chore and you hate doing it now, and just say "yes" to anything in the meetings to get them over with.

I want to be clear - I know my rantings on a public forum will not make specialist go away, won't fix glitches, change the horrible UI or anything else but I do want to make something clear here. Your dedicated fan base, DICE, is starting to not care about your games. You're becoming irrelevant as the group of people who have kept this franchise alive and built wonderful communities around it are staying in BF4 or finding other games that now some how can do Battlefield better than you. How did you not see that this lack of perpetual community servers, no server browser, only being able to really join friends as long as they are in the same squad going in was a good idea? Who plays any game with large scale team based play being the main component, though I don't see any of that here honestly, with only 3 other friends?

DICE come clean - what are your plans with BF? What is this sudden direction change even after your player base made their concerns known in a survey you sent out?

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49 Replies

zakrocz
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
@ATF_CatButt Old players open reply to you.

I'm enjoying the new game, it's core battlefield combined arms gameplay with new vehicles, gadgets and maps.

The negative reaction to the game is hysterical and it's spread like a cancer especially on the reddit sub.

It just seems to be the way it is now for every battlefield release.

All the normal expected issues that happen with a new battlefield game like hit reg, server lag, optimisation, weapon and vehicle balance are being blown up and used to attack Dice and the "evil EA corporation".

The vocal minority hated the BFV reveal trailer, with some valid justification and they've carried this grudge throughout BFV's first year or so and are now using every opportunity to carry on with this grudge with BF2042.

The specialists of BF2042 are this games woman with robotic arm.

None of what I say matters, the mob is alive and well and nothing will sate them apart from time.

Give it a year or so and they will move on and the people who truly enjoy battlefield games will continue to enjoy the game until the next release when the exact same hateful mob mentality will reappear.
White_NoaiM
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
@ATF_CatButt 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
ATF_CatButt
4 years ago
@zakrocz the only thing that makes this a battlefield game in comparison, not counting portal, is it has a conquest mode and vehicles. Other than that it's Apex legends all the way down to some animations and even the specialist. This is hardly a Battlefield game.
ProDeMatrix
4 years ago
👍👍👍
Buzzfunk
4 years ago
Really this is pointless. They either dont read posts esp. post launch. That "Community manager" dude NEVER replies to anything. Imagine having one job and its to chat with fans. You know, the gamers who buy your game? I see random tweets on twitter. They dont help as they are always vague.
Its a bit like CDPR - they dont communicate with their fan base after that terrible launch. And while they still made money, i would not buy another game from them. So damage done.
These calls, letters etc its a waste of time. The game is what it is ATM. It will get better. Some things will get added but the specialist are now the core of the game so they surely cannot get rid of them. Maybe the next one will return to its roots....
ATF_CatButt
4 years ago
@Buzzfunk well said, I certainly get that this is most likely pointless but there is an off chance that someone from DICE or EA may see this and one of two things could happen; they say "meh, get over it nerd" or they get fired up about it. I'm not looking for a DICE or EA person to reply, I'm hoping they just gleam through it and get the points attempting to be made. I really hope that the game goes back to what makes it Battlefield - if DICE wants to make a different game, that's great! Go make that new thing and get a new IP going! Don't try to force change to an IP that's been established for almost 20 years at this point. 4 things make a battlefield game - vehicles, map size, classes, and community. Sure I don't like specialist but that's really a small complaint compared to the lack of community that can come from this game when compared to previous titles. Battlefield is boring to play alone, and it most certainly is just not the same when you're on your own.
White_NoaiM
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
@zakrocz I do not agree with anything you wrote... I've been playing BF since 1942 and like many many many ppl already stated, this doesn't feel like Battlefield at all
nova-jx
4 years ago
@zakroczI didn’t know that on launch 50-80 FPS on a 2080ti was to be expected. Is that in the patch notes?
zakrocz
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
@White_NoaiM Lol, so have I, I took part in all of the old Wake Island betas and I've enjoyed every release since then.

I think it plays like a battlefield game and that's all that really counts because I'm the one playing not you or the old vet.

I've seen the same old complaints about "this isn't battlefield" since BC2 came out on PC.

Every release same old complaints.
White_NoaiM
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
@zakrocz Well I can say the same, Im the one playing too and it sucks... And I did'nt see or hear nearly close as much negativity as this launch. I have been enjoying myself with every BF game leading up to BFV

Anyways, I respect your opinion and good for you that you enjoy the game. Too bad there aren't much of that