So, this is confirmation of the bait and switch that they have pulled. EA / DICE promised us one thing (ability to progress fully in every mode even against bots). Instead of properly policing XP farms as they seem unwilling or unable to do, they have once again done the easiest thing for them and cap/block full progression and deny the earning of ribbons.
They touted the fact that their AI would be nearly indistinguishable from players, so why is this an issue?
I paid nearly $100 for Early Access and the ability to play the game the way it was advertised, that was taken away on day 2 of Early Access. I am nearly 50 years old, have been gaming for 40+ of those years, but my reflexes are nowhere near what they were when I was younger and I certainly don't have the time to waste playing against sweats and tryhards.
I am definitely not going to waste my precious time for reduced XP and capped progression when the opposite was promised.
I was looking forward to custom modes in portal, perhaps being able to create similar (albeit limited) things to Arma. Portal could have been amazing, but now it is effectively dead.
After the disaster that was Anthem, and EA ultimately giving up on the game and the people who were (and still are) passionate about it, this will be my last EA game.
They have lost the pulse of the community, RIP Battlefield.
Long live Battlefield Royale 2024 😢
@wildchldit really is a sad affair, especially the way they had said we could play our own way without restrictions. I have seen other people posting that have mobility issues that bought this game for solo/coop only on the same premise, only for it to be taken away after 1 day.
That twitter I linked is for Portal only. They have said nothing about solo/coop yet, but I have been asking about solo/coop on Twitter. I will continue to do so because this is not right. They have already dug Portals grave, sure hope they dont do the same for solo/coop
@wildchldHonestly, I’d rather have full progression in All-Out solo/coop and no XP in custom Portal than nothing in both modes (because we all know full XP in portal custom but not in AOW solo will never happen).
Even if the maps are poorly designed, there are still maps to come, maybe a rush permanent mode, and Battle Pass to grind, so, the game can improve.
They don’t seem to understand that a lot of us has bought the game only because of the shared experience and the bot thing, because it’s rare, whereas it’s something a lot of people ask for in every FPS game. A lot of us are nostalgic of BF2 bots era, or have bought the game for casual games vs bots at night when the family is asleep. They seem to forget that the core Battlefield community are 30/40 yo people rather than 16/18.
Their "love letter" feels more like a divorce document at this point
@wildchldDefinitely agree on that. I’m a Battelfield fan, the return of modern era hyped me, the return of bots and cross progression blown me away, so I bought the Ultimate. If I can’t grind the 4 seasons Battle Pass because they cap everything, I’ll feel very insulted.
And the worst thing is, I don’t even understand why they do this, because you don’t get better by killing 1HP bots, and only the solo community is punished with capped experience. It feel like we’re not real players, so we can’t have the whole thing. On the other hand, we’re real buyers, we pay the full price like everyone, but this doesn’t seems to bother them 🤔
What's also something, that is going completely missed, is that they completely half-arsed AOW Solo/Coop. You can't play on the big 128 maps, and you play as the EXACT same teams on every map. Orbital is the only exception, as you play on RUS, every other map is US...
It gets boring real fast, and since they don't plan on re-enabling Portal progression, I don't know what to do anymore...
I can't believe I had hopes and paid money for this POS game. Never again...
Here is a tweet about the masteries
https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/status/1468190354679685127?s=20https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/status/1468190354679685127?s=20
Can I earn progress towards Mastery in Custom?
Not presently. Mastery rewards are designed to be showcases for the committed, and until we’ve determined if we’re able to establish further safeguards, we won’t change that. Mastery is earnable in official Portal experiences.
Somehow they ignore the regular official solo
We have 1000+ pt in this topic
We have 1400+ comment in this topic
We have 0 useful DICE reponse in this topic.
AND
WE HAVE FAMILY.
Yep, not one word on solo/coop progression but im still asking about it on Twitter.
So DICE basically lied to us when they advertised this....
@UP_Hawxxeye wrote:Here is a tweet about the masteries
https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/status/1468190354679685127?s=20https://twitter.com/BattlefieldComm/status/1468190354679685127?s=20
Can I earn progress towards Mastery in Custom?
Not presently. Mastery rewards are designed to be showcases for the committed, and until we’ve determined if we’re able to establish further safeguards, we won’t change that. Mastery is earnable in official Portal experiences.
Somehow they ignore the regular official solo
@UP_HawxxeyeMastery is for the "committed", so solo players are not real players for EA and Dice, good to know. Portal is the perfect mode for "committed" player base and those who follow the IP for years, but ok, let's pretend the "committed" are just a part of the community, a part that have already left the game btw, while we, the "non-committed" ones, try to improve BF2042 by making our voice heard and by giving Dice feedbacks.
@sagagt505Same!!! That was the only reason I bought it!!!
Me too,
The game was advertised as universal progression across all modes, unlock everything no matter what mode you are playing
- meaning of universal - including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively WITHOUT LIMIT OR EXCEPTION
But now there are limits and exceptions
Mastery is for the "Commited", so Solo players are not real players. Nice to know. Portal is the perfect mode for "committed" player base and those who follow the IP for years, but ok, let's pretend the "commited" are just a part of the community, part that have already left the game btw, while we, the "non-commited" ones, tries to improve BF2042 by making our voice heard and by giving Dice feedbacks.
I can't give you more than one click for XP so instead I'll just say...
"well put!"
Anybody have a job about law or justice or something?
Can we deal with this false advertisement?
Trying to communicate with them seems pointless.
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@sagagt505 wrote:Anybody have a job about law or justice or something?
Can we deal with this false advertisement?
Conversations about this get shut down by the mods, on the grounds of forum terms of use.
Any such action would have to be arranged outside of here, since such discussion here gets shut down and users risk losing their accounts also.
Oh, and if those Schmucks want to starting going on about how masteries are for the "commited", and how it would be cheesy to earn them in Portal or T1 in Solo/Coop.
Anyone remember Combined Arms from BF5?
A mode with different scenarios to play, were you, or 3 other people, could go up against AI bots, and the kicker? You could complete all the camo and weapon assignments in it, and cheese your way to getting Gold for all the weapons, in a short amount of time...
So what's the excuse for that one, DICE?
