Realistically, what is your idea of "The Perfect Game"

I have to say that I am very impressed with the open, honest and frank discussion that we are having here.  Some very good thoughts, suggestions and impressions are being shared.  My thanks to all of you!

One of the comments that actually struck a cord with me was one that I hadnt really considered myself.  The move to the wide open 128 player arena may be something that could have been made available instead of the focus for this release.  It could have been something that was offered in its own section or via the Portal.  The rest of the game could have, maybe, been scaled to perhaps a maximum of 64.  The maps could easily be adjusted through design to be as large as they are now but the boundaries of play could easily be adjusted to shrink the playing area.  Those boundaries would then be opened wider for the modes of play that permit the full on 128 player allotment.

One of the other "biggies" is the availability, or lack thereof, for voice communication.  It is virtually impossible to achieve "realism" if the ability to coordinate actions on the battlefield without fast and clear communication being available.  For me the game is almost a forced lone wolf style and with 128 lone wolves running around the game loses that which it is truly meant to be. 

I have some years in developing games/interactions. Mostly asset and map creation.

Though i'm not stating I know best. 

I would say these maps are kind of bad. Too flat. They feel "sectioned" and not that connected. More different elevations would do alot.  Thinking of a armored veichle in a small city. Then infantry could use different elevations to tackle it. 

Better map design i would say is totally realisticly possible to improve. I get the idea of open tank battles on a field and inf. Fight in close quarters in the same map. Totally doable. Been done before. Now , the maps are just slightly too wide. Remove maybe 25% of the map just to tighten it a little. In my opinion.

Ofc. 

Voip, more Guns, scoreboard,  tweeking.

@BlackSize23-ITAThat, or get you friends to aim better.....

Edit:  Aah, you think I mean ISO containers don't you? No, I'm on about bulk 'fuel' containers and tanks etc.

My perfect battlfield would be a Battlefield V with some of the realism of games like Beyond The Wire/Post Scriptum/Hell Let Loose.

Core gameplay has to be right:

* Infantry, teamplay focused - squad of five ppl, limited to 1 sniper; max. 40 vs 40 (or less)

* Limited, but powerful vehciles

* Slower, BF5, BF2042 has become an arena shooter and the main reason why BF5 has died so fast, not lack of content

A game where takedowns actually work 100% when are you are in the correct position to do one.

The perfect game is impossible.

But there are a lot of reasons why BF 2042 is not even close to any kind of perfection.

We are all annoyed by bugs of course but that's not even the Problem in this game. Even if all Bugs are fixed the game remains mediocre.

If you buy a new game of a series you expect something new and something better. Improve the qualities of the predecessor and learn from past mistakes.

In this case it feels like every feature just became worse...

Worse maps, gunplay, vehicle physics, air physics, squadplay and -management, partysystem, server browser, scoreborad, minimap, progression, sounds, destruction and even the graphics seems like they got tuned down and are better in BFV. I can't think of a single feature that has improved in 2042 compared to any BF in the past 10 years. They are not even just the same "copy-paste" quality that CoD gets accused to all the time. They just got worse...

The approach to add specialists is appreciated but after 3 rounds their voicelines already annoy me. They are not fitting into the setting on how their personalities are made.

The Gadgets and passives are cool and all but combined with the freedom to equip everything with every specialist is a huge imbalanced failure and so are 128 player.

I remember an interview with an DICE dev back on BF3 release where he said that 128 would already be possible but they could not make it work because gameplay gets worse with too many players. They said it just wasn't fun. Well.. we all wanted more players, bigger maps and more of everything anyway. But guess what? He was right. It's just no improvement compared to 64p. It's way worse in fact.

So in the end we don't need a perfect game. But BF 2042 is a step back in every direction and that's why I'm so super sad about the game. It could have been great but they just decided to ingore everything they learned in the past 20 years of Battlefield and produce this lacklustre game...

With all that said. I still think the game can be saved.
They should integrate portal more into the main game. Like 64 player servers and let the Portal maps rotate with the new maps. (In previous games the remake maps were just a part of the normal game after all. In 2042 it feels seperated too much)

create more official playlists with more gamemodes, with a serverbrowser so we can actually play with a bigger group of friends.

And please start to look back at the older games we all loved so much. You did a great Job in remaking the maps. Now take a look at remaking the features. Improve on the solid work from before and not just throw it away like it was trash.

@CascadiaSRL If we're talking Battlefield the perfect Battlefield game for me would be Battlefield 3 as a basis (this includes classes/class structure/class weapon distribution), BF4 suppression, BF4 UI, BF4 assist counts as kill and counter-knife, Battlefield 2 fighting Commander with radar stations, Battlefield 3/4 RSP with procon (or equivalent) support, Premium instead of Live Service, BF2042 Portal support, and BF5 taking ammo and health from support and medic players. Battlefield 3 ribbon and medal system, and Battlefield 3 dog tags. We also need the following sizes for conquest - CQS (BF3 24 players), CQL -(normal 64 player CQ), then the optional Super Conquest with 128 players and support for normal BF game modes like CQ, Rush, Dom, CTF, Frontlines/breakthrough etc that are not limited time.

Battlefield has to have a focus on teamwork and playing your class to be a Battlefield.