Things wrong with the game (BF 2042)

Hi @Oberleutnant-I ,

We have already created another thread here, just to list the main things that are wrong/broken/still totally missing in this game here for it to be called a Battlefield game:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Played-100-hours-now-The-honeymoon-is-over-Going-from-somewhat/m-p/10992793#M42591

As this EA Website is too small for us to be able to list ALL the things that are wrong with this game, then here is the shortlist:

• No single-player story/campaign mode

• No standard server browser

• Fewer standardized game modes (Can't even play TDM or smaller scale modes without relying on community servers. Really?)

• No persistent lobbies (seriously why do I have to matchmake after EVERY round?)

• Fewer in-game assignments (none outside of cosmetic unlocks)

• No class system

• Less character customization options (than BF5)

• No profile progress/stats page in the menu

• No battle log/stats tracker for other players

• No global leader boards

• No end of round assignment progress screen

• No dog tags (they still sort of exist I guess?)

• No custom emblems

• Fewer achievements

• No medals

• No cross-game profile screen (BF 4, HL, 1, and V were all linked by a menu if you owned them digitally, was a neat feature.)

• No spectator mode

• No permanent community servers (would be useful for clans and events)

• No Central US servers

• No test range (this one is sort of compensated for with single payer servers vs bots)

• No 3D spotting

• Fewer guns (even including all the portal guns, BF4 still had more at launch)

• Fewer infantry gadgets

• No manual leaning

• No diving while swimming

• No high wall vaulting

• No crouch sprinting

• No backwards prone

• No explosion knockback

• No rolling after falling from heights

• No ammo or health pickup off teammates

• No scope zeroing

• No tiered reloads/paused reloads

• No melee weapon choices

• No thermal optics

• No indirect fire gadgets

• Less anti-tank launchers (Come on man only one?)

• No lock-on launchers (The M5 works with the SOFLAM but that requires 2 people)

• No AP mines/claymores

• No suppression mechanic (This one I don't mind but I'm including everything)

• No first person takedown animations (whether this is a downgrade is up for debate, but I think it is)

• Fewer vehicle types (and separate vehicle progression per faction even though they are functionally identical... why???)

• No naval vehicles (Except I guess the hovercraft technically)

• No vehicle gunner direction indicator

• No lock on direction indicator

• No vehicle enter/exit animations

• No tank turret decoupling (This was so great in BF4!)

• Less vehicle driver/pilot customization options

• No tank zoom customization options

• No tank gunner customization options

• No heli gunner secondary weapons

• No separate heli/fixed-wing controls

• No rocket aiming reticle for helictopters

• No control input while looking behind/free looking in aircraft (BF1 and V pilots, this one is gonna absolutely suck for you guys)

• No joystick/non-generic gamepad support

• General consensus seems to be that the helicopter and fixed wing flight models are a step down from BF4.

• No behemoths

• No squad wipe scoring

• No player damage points

• No vehicle damage points

• No vehicle kill assist points

• No headshot bonus

• No long-range kill bonus

• No assist counts as kill bonus

• No multi-kill bonus

• No killstreak stopped bonus

• No comeback bonus

• No squad objective play bonus

• Oversimplified teamplay scoring (i.e. healing a teammate always gives you a flat +5xp rather than being based on how much you heal them)

• No commander

• No special squad call-in abilities

• No squad field upgrades

• No in-game VOIP (coming soonTM)

• Fewer factions (with almost nothing to give the 2 factions any distinction)

• No cross-team chat

• No team changing

• No "create new squad" option

• No clans/platoons (coming soonTM)

• No view of squadmates while in the spawn screen

• No "Medic incoming" indicator in downed state (coming soonTM)

• No rank names/icons, just a number.

• Lack of persistent servers means poor map rotation (Played now for 100 hours and never saw Kaleidescope or Breakaway)

• Fewer base game maps (not including portal maps)

• No static weapon emplacements

• Few destructible buildings

• Very poor balance between vehicle and infantry gameplay

• No infantry focused maps

• No game changing levolution

• Absolutely zero cover between capture zones

• Poor spawn points (Constantly spawning in the open/visible to enemies)

• No fortification building (given how open all the maps are, this could have been super useful)

• Fewer urban areas

• No naval maps

• Less control customization options

• Less UI customization options

• No HUD/icon opacity customization

• No HUD scaling customization options

• No gunsight reticle customization options

• No network performance graph

• No individual player scoreboard

• No ability to zoom in on the spawn map

• Less detail in the 'who killed you' screen

• Less ultrawide monitor support (hud ratio is locked in at 16:9)

• Very poor friend joining system (Lack of server browser makes playing with more than 4 friends completely impossible)

• Poor console aim assist.  Hopefully this will come with the D1 patch or all console players will be lost...

• No in-game crossplay toggle option (you have to change your global console settings)

• General consensus seems to be the audio design is bad, especially compared to both BF3 and BF1.

• 3D soundscape is almost non-existent

• Less impactful soundtrack (menu music is very dull and repetitive)

• End of round music is dull and uninteresting (compared to BF1 and V this is a big downgrade)

• End of round voicelines are just awful. Hate them really by now...