Update #1.1.0

I am happy for any update to this game at this point. Obvious the big one is the 50mm nerf. 

Here are some of my comments on other updates:

• 24 changes to Hazard Zone? Why are they wasting time on this mode with game-breaking bugs like the ADS bug still in the game? Use this time to work on other game modes.
• Reduced XP reward of Spot Assists to 10 XP - Lovely, now every player gets LESS XP per round, making the BattlePass even tougher. XP from spotting was a good chunk of your XP per round. 100 spots = 1,000 less XP per round. Obviously, if you spot more, it will be bigger. That is around 2 BattlePass points per week lost by this random points reduction.
  
• The Spawn Beacon now takes 1 to 2 bullets to destroy instead of 4 to 7 - Was this needed or even asked for? Who ever said the beacon was too strong?
  
• MAV - Speed decreased from 980 -> 300 - Speed reduced by 2/3rds? Who comes up with these numbers? In half would probably be good enough, but you might as well run as you will be a sitting duck in the MAV casket after this update. 

I still can't believe we don't have a Server Browser in AOW.

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@Adamonic wrote:

I am happy for any update to this game at this point. Obvious the big one is the 50mm nerf. 

Here are some of my comments on other updates:

• 24 changes to Hazard Zone? Why are they wasting time on this mode with game-breaking bugs like the ADS bug still in the game? Use this time to work on other game modes.
• Reduced XP reward of Spot Assists to 10 XP - Lovely, now every player gets LESS XP per round, making the BattlePass even tougher. XP from spotting was a good chunk of your XP per round. 
  
• The Spawn Beacon now takes 1 to 2 bullets to destroy instead of 4 to 7 - Was this needed or even asked for? 
  
  
• MAV - Speed decreased from 980 -> 300 - Speed reduced by 2/3rds? Who comes up with these numbers? In half would probably be good enough, but you might as well run as you will be a sitting duck in the MAV casket. 

I still can't believe we don't have a Server Browser in AOW.

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This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback 

or any other voice. Some changes were not necessary nor anyone asked for it. Also no Boris buff nor changes to the mastery.

Also not really understanding 

• Completed Challenges that previously didn't give out their reward should now retroactively grant them

@LlamaWithKatana Right?! like who asked for BSV-M buff? I destroy people with high-power / extended in any range, close range or long range it doesn't matter.. the enemy will drop either way.

Bullet Speed

• BSV-M: 700 -> 790

Hind/Condor

- still too much HP

- flares still can be popped too frequently

- 40mm cannon will be the new meta(duh). 
- still too many available in 64 player game modes. If you’re going to halve the total numbers of infantry, you need to do the same with vehicles. 1 Hind, 1 Condor per team. Add more quad runners, import the Blackhawk transport and the light jeep from portal and add them to all game modes. 

Vehicles

- 30mm, 40mm, and 50mm will still plague the average infantry players experience almost every minute of the match on most maps.
-. Every single vehicle in game except for the quad runner is driving around spamming low skill level, 30mm or higher cannon. Insta death comes often with zero warning from all ranges for infantry players from these weapons. 
- suggest removing all 30mm, 40mm and 50mm cannon from all tranports. Replace with minigun or .50 cal heavy machine gun. Previous BF games are great with lightly armed, light transports! 
- Flak physics for Wildcat 40mm and 57mm flak rounds. Flak physics exist in BFV flak cannons but not in 2042.  

Stealth Helo

- strong vs infantry

- strong vs vehicles

- strong versus enemy air

- stealth and flares

- strong vs AA missiles

- PICK ONE DICE! This aircraft is insanely OP with a single set up. 
- suggest reducing total number of bombs and significantly increase the cooldown. 
- 30mm cannon OR bombs. Not both. If the player chooses bombs then the only upgrade to the nose gun should be .50 cal heavy machine gun. The .50 cal HMG would be strong vs enemy air and vs light skinned vehicles but would take much more pilot skill to take out individual infantry. 
- all infantry weapons in game and all ammo types  should be able to damage the Stealth Helos and knock the helo out of Stealth. 
- remove flares. Any half decent pilot with an ounce of gaming savvy can fly the Hannibal/Huron an entire match without being struck once by lock on AA missiles. 

Misc

- duck diving while swimming? 
- map rotations for all game modes?

- Server Browser for all game modes? 
- a functional squads UI page that shows all squads? The ability to join any squad of our choosing? Like we see/do in all previous BF games. 
- quad runners as call in? 

- quad runners pre placed at every objective?
- please tweak quad runners to be more like the quad runners in BF4. Higher top speed, quicker at getting to top speed and better handling. Oversteering is horrible in 2042 compared to the quad runners in BF4. BF4 quads feel lighter and much more agile. 
- remove forced spawn in at match beginning. Happened in BFV and we hated it. Thankfully the BFV team changed it. How is the same mistake being repeated? 
- pre match after we choose a vehicle allow us to see the objectives, change our loadouts, change settings,  deselect our vehicle, change squads, etc. 

Many vehicle have access to the same weapons, however the patch only mentions changes to some (not all) vehicles that can carry the weapon.

T28 / M1A5 - Kinetic Grenade Weapon Pod (Wildcat not mentioned)

MV38-Condor - 50mm Cannon Pod (Super Hind not mentioned)

Please clarify if the weapons are changed overall or only for specific vehicles.

At this point I cant even make up my mind as to what emotions I'm feeling at this juncture....

Happy?

Sad?

Shocked?

Surprised?

Blown away?

meh?

OMG?

Indifferent?

Angry?

Speechless?

Leave the invisible players in the game dice because it’s not game breaking at all!

Do the people in charge of balance even play the game? Some of the buffs I've seen are baffling. The condor/hind with 50mm was already very strong before they specifically buffed it several patches ago. I saw it coming a mile away that it would be too powerful.

And now the BSV is getting another buff, despite it being already a top-tier gun. We'll just have to wait for August when they'll inevitably nerf it.