Season 7: Turning Point — Update #7.0.0 Notes out
Here: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/battlefield-2042-update-notes-7-0-0
Forum Discussion
I assumed that we would be getting two maps next week with the start of season 7
This reads as if it will be only one the start with !?!?! 🤨 ☹️
"Stay tuned for more details on the work that has taken place with Stadium, as we get closer to its launch LATER in Season 7..."
(my bold)
@b0gart-555 wrote:I assumed that we would be getting two maps next week with the start of season 7
This reads as if it will be only one the start with !?!?! 🤨 ☹️
"Stay tuned for more details on the work that has taken place with Stadium, as we get closer to its launch LATER in Season 7..."
(my bold)
Correct, the stadium map and the LCMG will be added as the mid-way-through-season content drop on/around v7.2 I guess.
The amount of time between map releases in BF2042 is unprecedented. It has been 21 (or is it 22) weeks since we have actual new content. By the time we get the re-worked stadium it will be almost half a year. Keep in mind that most of that reworked map is already created and all the assets a re-used. How can it possibly take this long to re-work a single portion of a map?
@DigitalHype wrote:The amount of time between map releases in BF2042 is unprecedented. It has been 21 (or is it 22) weeks since we have actual new content. By the time we get the re-worked stadium it will be almost half a year. Keep in mind that most of that reworked map is already created and all the assets a re-used. How can it possibly take this long to re-work a single portion of a map?
It doesn't, it's part of the scheduled dripfeed of content to release half-way through a season to get people to come back. Jeff Gerstmann was talking about it on his podcast a week or two ago similarly for CoD, the only difference is that CoD's is more than a single map and gun halfway through (I wouldn't know as I don't play CoD/follow it)
I know we’re being dripfed content - that many of the assets are just reuse of existing stuff - and that the amount of content in BF2042 is small compared to at a similar point in time for earlier Battlefield games - but…
I’m just having so much fun playing Redacted and the occassional TDM or “normal” CQ game. And I’m optimistic about Haven being a really good and enjoyable map so I’m looking so much forward to the update tomorrow!
If nothing else, the weapon changes will be interesting to check out - headshot multiplier change, buff to torso Body Armor vs. buckshot and that other type of shotgun ammo (fletcher or whatever it’s called) etc.
"How can it possibly take this long to re-work a single portion of a map?"
Because hardly anyone is still working on the game.
