Based on this Reddit post from community manager TOTALfps and the Season 5 changelog, scope glints are being added to sights with 4x or above magnification. This strikes me as a pretty major change, there has never been the case with previous BF titles. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, but I don't know why this was just buried with a load of other changes as if it was some sort of bug that's being fixed: "Fixed an issue that caused Weapon Scope Glints to not appear on several 4x and higher scopes and weapons."

@SlipperyLiz4rd @UP_LordPlumber As someone who thinks "scope glint" is a dumb feature/mechanic anyway (I mean the technology to eliminate "scope glint" has been around for decades already but somehow in the year 2042 all that technology has been lost?) I'm not a fan of this change.

@SlipperyLiz4rd 6x and up has long been the accepted cut off. If you’re able to snipe consistently with an ACOG in 2042, then more power to ya. Who keeps making these decisions??

I want to believe that this was a general statement that covers specific weapons.For example the GVT rifle already had glint in x4, at least for some time.I assume it was about this rifle.Cause if they are just increasing the glint across the board, then they are really heading towards a wrong path.The advantage of a glintless x4 scope was that a good marksman could countersnipe back at less subtle high magnification snipers

@SlipperyLiz4rd Its pretty clear Dice is pushing some kind of global change to push players closer together.Adding spread, adding scope glint even to x4 acogs, adding canister ammo onto jeeps.For some reason they want to force players into the clustermess of spray&pray weapons + IFV shotgun ammo

@Ironhead841DICE must have one of those word puzzles where they drop x number of nouns and x number of verbs and adjectives on the table then piece together a theme from the random words and make game changes accordingly.When has any BF game had glint on 4x ACOG? I’d LOVE to hear anyone from DICE explain the rationale. Stunning is an understatement.Why break what doesn’t need fixing?

Scope glints coming to 4x and above?

12 Replies

UP_LordPlumber
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SlipperyLiz4rd Its pretty clear Dice is pushing some kind of global change to push players closer together.

Adding spread, adding scope glint even to x4 acogs, adding canister ammo onto jeeps.

For some reason they want to force players into the clustermess of spray&pray weapons + IFV shotgun ammo
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@SlipperyLiz4rd @UP_LordPlumber
As someone who thinks "scope glint" is a dumb feature/mechanic anyway (I mean the technology to eliminate "scope glint" has been around for decades already but somehow in the year 2042 all that technology has been lost?) I'm not a fan of this change.
ATFGunr
Legend
3 years ago
@SlipperyLiz4rd 6x and up has long been the accepted cut off. If you’re able to snipe consistently with an ACOG in 2042, then more power to ya. Who keeps making these decisions??
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
I want to believe that this was a general statement that covers specific weapons.
For example the GVT rifle already had glint in x4, at least for some time.
I assume it was about this rifle.
Cause if they are just increasing the glint across the board, then they are really heading towards a wrong path.
The advantage of a glintless x4 scope was that a good marksman could countersnipe back at less subtle high magnification snipers
SilentReavus
Seasoned Rookie
3 years ago
What even is the point of having subsonics if even one of the lowest zoom scopes shows your exact * position?
Jesus christ. They really have learned nothing about what people want even a year and change later.
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SlipperyLiz4rd I believe had some weapon / scope configurations where the 4x scope had a glare. Then I already thought that it was a bad decision to have one scope behave differently on different rifles.
They did this again in BF2042. You have one scope that had glare on a sniper rifle, and the same scope had no glare on an assault rifle.
So it is positive that they fix that, but in my opinion the glare should be for magnifications above 4x like it was in previous Battlefield titles.
FlibberMeister
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I imagine it’s because not being visible to the enemy is considered not inclusive play enough for them. Next you’ll have disco balls and spot lights tracking you across the maps. Personally I though even hardcore should have had the option to reduce scope glint.
3DiE9djua2
3 years ago
@FlibberMeister wrote:
Next you’ll have disco balls and spot lights tracking you across the maps.
We had something like that in BF3 and BF4 in the form of doritos above the head. Hope they dont go back to that.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
By the way since now we are not safe for glint at x4, we might as well use the biggest optic we can have.
Btw now the Rosch railgun rifle has access to the new x12 scope. Which means that the face of every noob sniper who is chilling on a vantage point is going to have a spectacular burst.
Zhukov211
3 years ago
4x optics will have glint? 😆 make no sense and NOBODY wants this or has even suggested this so it’ll probably happen.