Re: 2042's biggest issue. Poor map design

Now I am really familiar with the maps they seem fine to me, the solar array map and the desert city map are my only gripes.

One half of the solar array map is terrible for advancing armies with the rocky landscape, the other half is great with cover everywhere.

That desert city map is just horrible, you have the A flags, B flag and D flag, the rest are not worth the effort getting to.

Agreed, none of the maps are any good.  

In previous releases i had firm favourites straight away, none are my fave in this game.

Massive open kill zones, spawn die, repeat repeat.

I really have tried to like the game, put in ton of hours, but i just find myself getting frustrated and bored real quick, and it's primarily the maps,

I agree. After a few unsatisfying rounds of all-out warfare me and my buddy just joined a portal match on Noshahr Canals from BF3 and it was a completely different experience: Many different areas, lots of firefights happening inbetween capture points and generally a great flow of conquest gameplay.

I also feel the maps in 2042 are a tad too big with not as much cover as I would like. manifest is the closest map imo to a battlefield map. Worse maps in 2042 is Kaliedoscope and breakaway. I just back out when they come up. Not a fan at all.

I would love to see them add Zavod 311 with 128 players and keeps its original size. Zavod is one of my all time fave maps.

@ghinavirusBreakaway is a strange map, the action will always flow to the cluster of flags in sector A normally pushes coming from C and B, the rest of the flags are too spread out.

@R1ckyDaMan19I will stay in the A flags and occasionally peak the C flag in breakaway. I am not going out on ice with all the OP vehicles to run me over and be inside a bowl for snipers to take pot shots. No cover I wont move on that map.

B is way too many angles to get shot from. There is no scoreboard so there is no need to push anything in this game. Find a spot you like and control it.

@ghinavirusYeah that's where I tend to drone on that map, always one of the 3 A's getting capped prompting a big push.

We need a w/l stat to make it matter.

@R1ckyDaMan19Agreed. I will sit there when waiting for a revive(its not coming) and just rack up points with enemy spotted. Then they get eliminated and still get the same score. Yeah its flawed lol. Why I cheese it and why people cheese the PP-29. Cant hate the playa, gotta hate the game lol.

But yeah map design, i like the manifest.

I disagree that the maps are poorly designed. I wouldn't be against some additional cover in a few instances. There are a few bad respawn's on certain maps I would focus, but overall I think the maps are actually pretty good. One of those spots is around the D1 and D2 points on the Renewal map. (im pretty sure Its D1 and D2.) Where the buildings are on the east side of the map. This is one of the worst respawns in the game. If these points are contested, and you sapwn in, you are dumped in the middle of a grass field with no cover. Snipers and vehicles will just camp these respawns and just rack up kills. Hover crafts will just drive back and forth in this grassy area. People spawning in have no where to go, no cover, no escape. This is an area that does need to be looked at, because it is a clear problem. But this is a specific spawn at that location on the map. The map itself I think is actually a good map.

It is kind of popular right now though to throw critical thinking out the window and just take a negative dump on the game in all areas. Mob mentality. The steam reviews area good example of that. The maps are not bad though. Sure some could see some changes, tweaks, and adjustments, but I think most of the maps are good.

In BF4, how can you capture the top of the building in shanghai map?

JUST DESTORY THE BUILDING!

On 2042, you can see a TANK on the top floor of the building. So, how can you capture the point via lift??

64 vs 64, over 20 emenys camp on the lift.

Is it cool? Is it fun? I don't think so...

I think I am going to download the old gen version for xbox to play the 64 player maps and see how it feels.

I have no idea why the 64 player map isnt part of the PC /next gen rotation out the box. I think it should be and labeled small conquest or something like that.