What's wrong with the foundation of BF2042 exactly? Why can't they just improve on this game? It's all there and who's to say the same mistakes wouldn't be made again?
I'd rather Dice stick with one game for several years and keep adjusting balance, updating it with new content, and improving performance. BF2042 did get off to a really rough start, but it's in a pretty decent spot now. The only reason to make a new game would be to draw players back in with the promise of not making the same mistakes. You can probably earn those players back slowly by making changes to this game.
They can add a server browser to this game. It's there already for Portal.
45hz is already a high tickrate for this many players. It's not the problem with the network, I'm almost positive about that. Everything is a trade off. Go higher and the cost is higher CPU usage, which will make it even harder to run the game.
I think the Specialist are fine. There's only a couple outliers at this point. I think removing the grapple and wingsuit is all that's needed at this point. I'd rather have a no-name soldier that I can build and personalize more akin to an MMO. I think it could work, but I'm sure there's a lot of people that would be nervous about Dice attempting that now after Specialist haven't been exactly well received.
BF3 was amazing when it was released. BF4 had a very rough start as well. After a couple of years it felt great and an improvement over BF3. I thought BFV felt amazing to play, but I wasn't in love with the WW2 themed aesthetics and a lot of the maps. I also missed some of the TTK changes and other drama. I didn't play it the first year of release.
BF2042 movement feels the best in my opinion. There's a bit of a delay or maybe is too long of cool-downs, something just feels ever so clunky to me. Otherwise it's hands down my favorite in the franchise. The slide feels more grounded than it did in BFV, It raises the skill ceiling, and is just fun to use.
I just think people are kinda stuck with their hatred of this game for one reason or another. A lot of people, myself included, struggled with the performance on release. The missing scoreboard was annoying. Now it seems like the last thing people are mostly upset about is a lack of a server browser and rented servers. I don't see why that can't be implemented with this game.
I just think they can turn this around, but I'm sure a lot of you will disagree.
