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@ElliotLHYou guys really pick what you want to reply to huh? Our issues are still being ignored, and we still have no answers as to why we can't have full progression, or other missing features in any modes that deal with AI bots, and this thread has been up for almost 8 months now, with tons of upvotes and comments.
I know you guys are not DICE or EA, but you have connections. Please, can we get this resolved once and for all?
- LucidDreaming843 years agoSeasoned Ace@Tman26242 AGREE!!
- m1k3ol3 years agoHero
@Tman26242Hey, Hi!
Can I get a quick summed up version of the current issue?
So far, as I understand, only up to Mastery12 can be done in solo (all attachments)
Regarding the OP and not getting the attachments even with the kills and mastery level already achieved, contacting support should help to get them unlocked
I had my bugged guns properly unlocked just by getting 1 mastery level more on a live server (from the official modes in Portal)
About anything else regarding full progression, current communication is just the last shared image about Portal, and that's the official word about it so far
Am I missing something? - ElliotLH3 years agoHero+@Tman26242 We've been sharing this feedback and I understand that the team are aware of the sentiment, but I haven't heard about any changes at the moment unfortunately.
If I could click my fingers for you, I would, but that's outside my abilities I'm afraid. - edgecrusherO03 years agoSeasoned Ace@Tman26242 DICE and communication go together as well as oil and water. In that they don't go together well at all and DICE seems fairly opposed to communication on a philosophical level. Note: This is directed at DICE/2042 leadership, not ye-average developer or CM who is bound by the dictates of said leadership. Who, still, don't seem to care much about BF2042, much less the community who they honestly seem like they wish would go away.
- 3 years ago
@m1k3ol wrote:@Tman26242Hey, Hi!
Can I get a quick summed up version of the current issue?
So far, as I understand, only up to Mastery12 can be done in solo (all attachments)
Regarding the OP and not getting the attachments even with the kills and mastery level already achieved, contacting support should help to get them unlocked
I had my bugged guns properly unlocked just by getting 1 mastery level more on a live server (from the official modes in Portal)
About anything else regarding full progression, current communication is just the last shared image about Portal, and that's the official word about it so far
Am I missing something?When progression was capped, we were told that this would be a 'temporary' measure but from that point onwards, we haven't had any words on AI granting full progression in AOW or Portal throughout those 10 months despite this thread remaining active and alive and those of us raising our voices. The big problem is a lot of us had pre-ordered this game believing we could get everything through fighting against AI only even with human or AI teammates. We are now less than a month away from this season finishing and a large majority of us who bought the game are sitting on a battle pass that could not remotely be finished. We can't do challenges, weeklies, nothing. This could have been avoided if EA/DICE were more communicative and actually made an effort to win our trust back. So if anything I've wasted a portion of money on something I never will be able to gain because I was locked out of what I was paid for.
- 3 years ago
@m1k3ol @ElliotLH We've all pointed out our concerns countless times in this thread, but the biggest problem, has to do with progression in AOW Solo/Coop. I understand not being able to get past tier 12, but we should be able to earn other things, like ribbons, playercard stuff, and progress towards weekly and battlepass challenges. It was advertised that this game would have equal progression across all modes, and so far that hasn't been the case...
Also, the AOW Solo/Coop choices for maps are very limited compared to standard multiplayer. Right now you can only play on the 64 player maps and each map has a set team. It would be really nice if we could play on the 128 player large maps, and have an option to switch teams, or have them randomized each time you load in to a game...All we are asking, is if we could have these features in Solo/Coop, or, atleast an answer...
- DominickB33 years agoSeasoned Ace
@ElliotLH @m1k3ol the thing is, it’s Disappointing that another update has gone by with nothing even being mentioned about solo/co-op. At this point I think we all just want to know if it is a lost cause or not. A simple “The ai modes are functioning as we want them and will not make further changes to progression and experience in those modes” would at least shut us up.
I just feel like they don’t care that they have lost a portion of their playerbase that bought the game for the AI modes. All of us most likely would buy premium season passes if we could complete challenges in solo/ co-op. It feels like they are just throwing away potential earnings by digging in their feet with this nerfed progression in solo/co-op and in portal. I just don’t know what they gain from keeping it so restricted. It’s not like those of us who bought the game for AI modes (and those of us who feel like we had our money stolen by a bait and switch due to buying when progression was fully on then it got taken away) are going to switch to PvP to inflate the player count in those modes.
The communication in all of this has just been so bad, especially in regards to solo/ co-op. It’s like the mode just doesn’t really exist. They threw it in to try and convince the players that bought the games for single player in the past to still buy this game, and once they got the money they just don’t care.
I guess my biggest takeaway in all of this, and it shouldn’t be surprising, is that the higher ups really just don’t care about the fans of the game and those of us that are begging them to give us a reason to play again.
- m1k3ol3 years agoHero
Ok, got ya
Yeah, no word other than the current settings info image for Portal, and nothing else
I never got why Solo is so restricted, there's no way to change anything by users, so there's no reason to limit it, you can't get more kills than what a pro skilled player gets on a random pub game
Regarding maps, there's currently a bug that let's you select the rest of the maps, at least that's something (still restricted the same)
I really don't think thia will change soon, if ever, reason is, just check your profile data, whatever you do Solo affects it, and it seems that battlepass is precisely the reason why there's no full progression
I hope for the best, and the team os fully aware, but there's no word and who knows if it'll ever be
- Chief2GFD3 years agoSeasoned Ace
@EA_Atic @ElliotLH @m1k3ol The problem is that the game was advertised as full progression across all game modes. The fact that it was taken away because of what the XP farmers were doing in Portal should not have been cause to punish the PvE players. But yet the decision makers at EA/Dice decided to do just that. Add in the fact that it was said to only be "temporary" and here we are 9 months later and nothing has been said about it. There are people that bought this game solely on the idea of being able to play casually against AI and get FULL progression just like the people playing against people. So to not only take it away, but then not say a word about it for 9 months(except to say it is temporary) is not only a slap in the face to those people, but it's also quit disrespectful to the community.
- ElliotLH3 years agoHero+@Chief2GFD I know exactly where you're coming from and would like a 'full' experience with solo too. While I hope that changes will be made still, I'm not sure whether it'll happen. It might be a technical issue, like they'd need to open up full progression for Portal Farm modes too.
- 3 years ago
If they do it why not unlock all prog and just put xp at 25% or 50% of everything that you would get normally in multiplayer, simples.
Still think its bad that we had full prog and xp on release only for them to take it away, especially when a lot people bought this game for the solo/coop, and then played too much to get a refund.
- DominickB33 years agoSeasoned Ace@Chief2GFD Yeah at this point I think it's less about PvP players complaining about allowing full progression, and more about DICE worried they won't get as much money spent on battlepass level skips if people can get full xp in portal and solo/co-op. The flip side though they don't seem to realize is those of us that would level up in solo/co-op just aren't playing the game and won't spend money on any more battle passes without progression.
- 3 years ago
I wouldnt even mind if they put the xp at half of what you would get in multiplayer, and allow full progression on everything and ribbons etc
- 3 years ago@Spinner1981 Exactly that!
Why disabling progression if they could just Half the XP gained or even by 25% that is so much better then Locking Progression behind the "Toxic" PvP!
And if it's about Mastery (PvP Fanatics whined about that) why not make it so each 4-5th Ai Soldier kill grants 1 point towards the Mastery. - Chief2GFD3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Spinner1981 It should be FULL progression, plain and simple.
- 3 years ago@Chief2GFD pretty obvious they wont do that, so best to try and compromise and at least get some xp with full progression etc
- 3 years ago
Let's not forget the 128 player maps, and a team randomizer each game for AOW Solo/Coop aswell. Why restrict us to the smaller maps, and have us play on the same team every time, which is US on all except for Orbital. It's still not the full experience, and it gets boring really fast...
Portal should also have a "switch team" option.
- 3 years ago@Tman26242 agreed they should put this stuff in aswell, and be able to defend in breakthrough
- 3 years ago@Tman26242 Yeah, unfortunately I don't really have hopes anymore. The main devs have moved on to the next game IG.
- Chief2GFD3 years agoSeasoned Ace
@Ober_CommandantThe main devs and EA/Dice don't care. It's painfully obvious.
- Chief2GFD3 years agoSeasoned Ace
254 pages, 2531 comments and NOTHING.
- 3 years ago@Chief2GFD yeah its ridiculous. Need to know what they are actually going to do, this has gone on too long
- 3 years ago
@EA_Atic So, I have been seeing things on Portal where people can T1 the hell out of certain stuff and farm a ton of xp quickly and is just full xp farming, but they wont let people T1 and get full xp in solo/coop where NOTHING can be changed?!!!!
This solo/coop thing is still a joke that they havent changed it back. There are a lot of Portal servers where xp, kills and T1s etc can just be constantly farmed with just players as long as they follow instruction for maximum xp and progression, yet others cant play against AI with full xp and progression in solo/coop where we cant even change any settings except the difficulty?!!!!
- 3 years ago@Spinner1981 I don't have everything unlocked on the autoshotgun. I have level 12 and all the kills required. Doesn't make sense. Is it because I played solo just so I could get a feel for the game?