So who is the BF2042 target demographic?
I'm a bit confused as to just who EA / DICE was trying to attract to this game. They had a very solid fanbase who had played the Battlefield series of games for nearly 20 years now. This game certa...
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The specialists introduces a lot of uncontrollable mechanics that make some classes too powerful in too many situations. Things like wing-suits and grappling hooks are a joke in a BF setting, they only increases the chaos and unpredictability of the game (of which there is enough without them) and makes intelligent map design a must (which has failed monumentally).
Furthermore some of the specialists are now nerfed to uselessness (they had to be) because creating 'special abilities' becomes a problem - especially when they are just a copy of Apex-legends characters.
Finally implementation of passive offensive gadgets, like turrets and dogs, is another very bad decision from Dice, which again is perhaps working in Apex-legends but really has no place in BF.
The action-man class in BFV was mostly because of weapons more than "gadgets" (best weapons and had a lot of explosives), the biggest issue was the weapon balance in BFV which was a total joke (medic was almost unplayable on some maps and recon more or less always had to camp somewhere).
The free weapon selection in 2042 is a thing I personally think should stay in the game, Dice struggled with weapon balance (class-specific weapons) for some time and this model is probably the best. Now all players can choose the AEK-971 if they want to...
And I agree, teamwork was bad before 2042, I think the specialists makes the problem worse, but it was still bad in previous titles.
@cso7777 I guess the wingsuit and the grappling hook would have been less impactful if they had kept the claymore mines in the gadget pool, and hadn't nerfed Boris' passive aggressive turret into oblivion.
The specialist issue is a multi level problem, gadget selection is only one part of it. Locked looks of the specialists and the resulting workarounds to make it viable in a team based conflict are another one.
The Battlefield community blames the BF2042 has too many design ideas coming from Call of Duty and APEX Legends, so I still don't understand how Vince is the choice to fix BF2042.
The specialist issue is a multi level problem, gadget selection is only one part of it. Locked looks of the specialists and the resulting workarounds to make it viable in a team based conflict are another one.
The Battlefield community blames the BF2042 has too many design ideas coming from Call of Duty and APEX Legends, so I still don't understand how Vince is the choice to fix BF2042.
@kregoraI don't like claymores, they are often just abused for stupid game-play and I think they will be more annoying that useful.
I agree on your other points, having faction-specific outfits would help the game a lot. Unfortunately the days of BF1 are long gone and now everything is about monetization.
We have to see what the future brings, I'm very concerned about the talk of a 'BF narrative'. For me BF should not be a 'universe', but an idea of a certain game-style. We don't need a continuation of 2042 for sure, that is almost certain to fail once more, which would be the third time in a row...
