Where is the community engagement that has been promised time and time again?The game has some of the same bugs since launch plus a whole host of new ones.The server-side lag is awful, just friggin' awful. Teleporting, rubber-banding, getting hit behind cover, shot through walls etc. etc.Hit reg, TTK, TTD whatever they wanna call it is so screwed up at the moment you can't tell if it's a cross-play thing, a glitchy thing, a hacker thing or getting out-played. It's like craps you feel like you're just rolling the dice and hoping for the best.Weird delay and stuttering when firing full-auto weapons.Mouse-input is totally boinked with no acknowledgement or fix in sight.Map textures glitching in and out during the round, I've seen skyscrapers and battleships floating in the sky on some maps?Player counts are dropping pretty fast after Season 2 and you can bet your * it has a lot to do with what's going on right now.And EA/Dice's response to all this..................nothing.

@Ironhead841Unfortunately at this point I think I can say with confidence that this is deliberate. There are some bugs that I guess are hard to find and fix (mouse input is an engine thing and that might be really difficult to debug and fix. I understand that it takes a bit longer, so it would be OK for this to take say 2 updates to get fixed (2 updates since it became knows -- so 2 major updates since RELEASE).But there are bugs that are in the game forever, EASY to reproduce like the ADS bug when exiting a vehicle on any of the Portal maps with the SCAR equipped. That happens to me almost 100% of the time on those maps. I can GUARANTEE from many years of experience as a developer myself that it will not take more than one day to find what is causing it (at least if the developer is at least half competent and is able to either run the game in a debugger or augment it with logging at the required places).To me, this leaves two explanations:1) they leave those bugs in with the intention of making the game less fun and stop us playing, saving server resources and money and having less people complain if they cut support by the end of S4 or2) there are so few developers left that they have to work full time to bring the content that was intended for S1 and now gets stretched over S1-S4 in a state that it can released.At least I cannot come up with another explanation that makes sense.

I feel that DICE believes it is the old school holding them back, I've played the series 20 years now since BF1942. It's my belief that it was us "Old schoolers" that made the series, that without us the series will die. Everything that was fun in Battlefield has been removed IMHO only the name remains. There will be no more pre orders from me and any future purchases will need to be proved "BEFORE" I buy any Battlefield games.If I wanted a Battle Royal, I would purchase one.

@sk1lld I'm "old school" too I guess, I started with BF1942 myself and I can wholeheartedly agree with everything you posted, I won't be pre-ordering the next title and will "wait and see" what they're actually releasing.Just because Vince Zampella goes out and does an interview that acknowledges how far this title missed the mark, doesn't mean they're gonna get the choo-choo back on the tracks. They burned a lot of trust with the initial BF2042 core design decisions (no class structure/no server browser/no squad management/no voip/no scoreboard etc. etc.) and the utter lack of effort that they seem willing to put forth to fixing it isn't helping.

You add the lack of engagement with a zero hype strategy is just baffling. If you haven't seen what the other game is doing today, check it out. Proximity chat, advanced movements, gunsmith. The other games innovate and give the player base a glimpse of what is to come. We can't even get patch notes more than a day before the patch. Our best source for updates is a data miner. Pretty unbelievable and extremely disappointing.

@Sc0tch_WhiskeyI think we’re done here to be honest. What have we got to look forward to? The great sandbaggening and shipping containering or the garbage maps on a drip feeder? Specialists that 90% of us cannot stand being put into a class structure? 2 more maps slapped together with previous assets? A few new weapons that won’t function properly? A mountain of bugs that the developers continue to sweep under the carpet that have been reported the best part of a year? More rotations of everyone favourite game modes?If I knew that’s how this game was going to turn out I’d never have dropped my hard earned money on x2 ultimate editions for me and a friend. I came from BF3, BF4 and the Bad companies. I thought DICE would kill it. Instead they literally killed it in all sense of the word. With all the talent that’s left DICE, dropping that kind of money on such an amateurish display of incompetence with this live service has been a total rip off. The games never been out of beta. I’ve seen better performing games in alpha from tiny indie studios that also engage with there fans and seem to care. This game will be 100% dead and buried as soon as that other game releases and deservedly so. It’s been a shambles from the very beginning. It’s been a total scam. I expected the best multiplayer experience to date with hearing the news there was no campaign and all their resources poured into multiplayer. What we actually received is beyond abysmal.

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77 Replies

Sc0tch_Whiskey
3 years ago
Agreed completely. They need to make the game playable. I understand they are giving players the bare minimum every season but they have to fix the issues that players have. And it’s a legit reason. These issues are game breaking. How can they let this continue to happen. Im not sure but I hope they realize there are still players playing and want to play.
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@Ironhead841
That doesn't paint a pretty picture, but it certainly highlights just how bad a state the game is in currently. ☹️
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@Sc0tch_Whiskey
Exactly right!
I get that they are going to do the bare minimum in regard to content but bug-fixes should be a top priority.
These ARE game-breaking bugs and EXTREMELY aggravating and so far, not a peep from EA/Dice!
BR-DuaneDibbley
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Ironhead841
Unfortunately at this point I think I can say with confidence that this is deliberate. There are some bugs that I guess are hard to find and fix (mouse input is an engine thing and that might be really difficult to debug and fix. I understand that it takes a bit longer, so it would be OK for this to take say 2 updates to get fixed (2 updates since it became knows -- so 2 major updates since RELEASE).

But there are bugs that are in the game forever, EASY to reproduce like the ADS bug when exiting a vehicle on any of the Portal maps with the SCAR equipped. That happens to me almost 100% of the time on those maps. I can GUARANTEE from many years of experience as a developer myself that it will not take more than one day to find what is causing it (at least if the developer is at least half competent and is able to either run the game in a debugger or augment it with logging at the required places).

To me, this leaves two explanations:

1) they leave those bugs in with the intention of making the game less fun and stop us playing, saving server resources and money and having less people complain if they cut support by the end of S4 or
2) there are so few developers left that they have to work full time to bring the content that was intended for S1 and now gets stretched over S1-S4 in a state that it can released.

At least I cannot come up with another explanation that makes sense.
Mackstan71
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I think they have the roadmap upside down and fix what's the least necessary.
CyberDyme
3 years ago
Totally agreed @Ironhead841 ,
But I am afraid that BF2042 was discharged already back at xmas/new year from the main dev team and relegated to a "palliative care unit" instead.
So all we get are cosmetics and things to somehow ease the pain and symptoms. But nothing is being done to truly fix the disease and core issues, so to speak...
I_DYN4MO_I
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Ironhead841 From the known issues thread. Quote -

“Our teams have worked extremely hard to get Battlefield 2042 into as smooth and rewarding a state as possible, however no launch is ever without its flaws, and you might still encounter some bugs and issues during these first few weeks.”

“First few weeks” 🤣💦

Can’t aim for 10 months with an SFAR! 🤣💦
emerson1975
3 years ago
@Ironhead841 In all honesty dude I admire your persistence and don’t want to be the barer of bad news but they have long done finished with this mess.
The game probably has a bare minimum of staff working on the game so may I suggest you put this down to a gaming bad experience and next time keep your wallet firmly shut when the next instalment arrives.
CantGetRight
3 years ago
I find myself not wanting to play the game as much as I did. Not sure if it's a lackluster season 2 or getting killed when walking every few steps making it not fun.
Adamonic
Legend
3 years ago
@Ironhead841 They had to get a gag order after that completely embarrassing "No server browser video". I am sure they just told the CMs to stop talking, post the bare minimum weekly updates and that's it. They have been radio silent on social media as well. So clearly they were directed to stop engaging with us.