I'm not trying to be a troll but am sincerely curious is a roadmap coming?I just feel this might relieve a lot of angst in community right now, not all of it naturally but a lot.

@Ironhead841 I believe this is our current location on the timeline.Because we have already crossed this.

@Ironhead841 I've asked, I expect zero response.While a roadmap/timeline may be pretty standard for the industry for both games with strong launches to show DLC timelines and games like BF2042 that launched in a poor state to show what the team is working on and roughly when to expect it to ship/get more communications on it, apparently for DICE this is one of the "brutal expectations".If they don't have a roadmap 4-5 months post launch, they either still have no clue what they're doing or lack any confidence in their work to say anything publicly. Both obviously being bad possibilities for the game.

We should all be aware - and the last few months have shown it very clearly - that Dice is no longer an AAA developer studio.I think it's better for our mental health to stop expecting anything and look for gaming alternatives.

@Ironhead841 wrote:I'm not trying to be a troll but am sincerely curious is a roadmap coming?I just feel this might relieve a lot of angst in community right now, not all of it naturally but a lot.I sincerely hope so mate it is badly needed to try to keep us all sane.I told @Straatford87 in a post earlier today that the players on these forums are screaming out for a roadmap. Only time will tell. but I worry that it may not come in time for many players who will simply move on to other games.

@Daeyon-be wrote:@Ironhead841They should have had a roadmap at launch, or a week orso after launch. I don't think we'll be seeing an actual roadmap any time soon. Maybe nearing summer? And even then... I mean, EA's not gonna keep funding this game with this player count so why make an impressive roadmap if you're not giving the devs the resources?EA should stop trying to make live service games. They are so bad at it. I bought early access titles with better communication, updates and yes, even pre-launch roadmaps...I agree on all points I was just kinda hoping for one of them @EA guys to drop in and maybe clarify things a bit, I mean if it's not coming than just say so.A lot of the irritation I (and I think others) are feeling is we just don't have any idea as to their mindset or methodology.A definitive yes or no on some things would clear a lot of that up.

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124 Replies

Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
Still no official response, eh?
Awesome....
trip1ex
3 years ago
They already put out a roadmap.
work on bug fixes, optimizations and minor features like adding a legacy scoreboard plus tweak maps, release season 1 starting early summer and have the first map or two's worth of fixes by early summer.
Then it is season 2 a few months later. Along with another map fix maybe two.
Then season 3 and 4 with tweaked maps.
In each season probably a new map a new gun or two, a new gadget, a new specialist and probably new mode. Patches will regularly happen throughout.
Have we not played BF before? This is the same road map for every BF game. Even going as far back as BF1942. Except then the "seasons" were called Expansion packs that cost ~$30 each. 🙂
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@trip1ex
Yes, I have played/own every title since BF1942 as well as all the expansion packs, with the exception of Heroes and Hardline.
Making vague promises about "bug fixes, optimizations" that you're citing doesn't equal a "roadmap"
The community should be kept in the loop what they are prioritizing and what direction they are going. As well as an approximate timetable.
It's not like it's dark-wizardry or anything it's simply communication and feedback.
edgecrusherO0
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Ironhead841I mean...it's not surprising that they're failing at basic communications given the state of the game as a whole, sadly. DICE and 2042 have delivered one thing consistently since it launched: Disappointment.
Edit: Per other developer tweets (not linking to them atm since I don't like linking to devs personal accounts) there is some sort of internal roadmap at least and they can't work any faster on fixes. Shame they won't share anything about it, even vague/high level information, but like...itssomething.jpg
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@Ironhead841 wrote:
@trip1ex
Yes, I have played/own every title since BF1942 as well as all the expansion packs, with the exception of Heroes and Hardline.
Making vague promises about "bug fixes, optimizations" that you're citing doesn't equal a "roadmap"
The community should be kept in the loop what they are prioritizing and what direction they are going. As well as an approximate timetable.
It's not like it's dark-wizardry or anything it's simply communication and feedback.
There is only one form of communication on these forums, we ask questions and nobody answers.!!
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
Just highlighting this again in the hope we get a response.
Noodlesocks
3 years ago
Like every map in this game, it is empty and devoid of features.
Buzzfunk
3 years ago
Every BF game upon release had some sort of roadmap AT launch.
Even BF4 had a clean, more of a teaser, Roadmap. but you knew: Content is coming. And BF4 already had 12 maps and 74 weapons. Chew on that.
frekwalda1
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Well no road map and as mentioned on here, every BF game before has had a road map. This just tells me that they have no direction from management what they are doing to this game and how they are going to fix this game. We are just going to get some bug fixes and a couple of "legacy features" with more skins and get to S1 then support will stop.
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@Buzzfunk wrote:
Every BF game upon release had some sort of roadmap AT launch.
Even BF4 had a clean, more of a teaser, Roadmap. but you knew: Content is coming. And BF4 already had 12 maps and 74 weapons. Chew on that.
Those were the days !! Hard to believe how far this game has fallen, it's a skeleton of a game in comparison.☹️