Does this topic mean that I don't have to write Update Notes anymore? 😛
hope that "+more" includes a server browser to find a MATCH on MY selected map!
Week 10 starts on August 11th. We are in Week 6 and like others have mentioned, the player count is near pre-S1 levels. With the dwindling player numbers, is anyone going to be around to see this update? Everything feels late while the game feels rushed. So weird.
the problem is that it seems that they don't listen on the critics\sugestions and information related to performance, bugs and balance after a patch
i know that some things need more time but they ruined the performance for many players with 1.1.0 and we are still waiting for a hot fix (many bugs and issues returned which they already had fixed, it seems to me that they used the wrong branch for patch 1.1.0)
They need to get more flexible to put out hotfixes or balancing.
The Stealth helicopter is still dominating the game and is still nearly invincible.
Then the change in the AoW game mode like the 24/7 Exposure Breakthru and Conquest.
Conquest is still there Breakthru is gone but why? The only conclusion that come to my mind is that the exp output was too high. (But the map has a good design and is fun in Breakthru)
Since they have removed the Exposure Breakthru only we have Exodus Conquest which I never touched (I’m not interested in the classic Maps in AoW)
I think these are the main things beside the bad design of the season pass that caused the player drop since patch 1.0.0
10+ months post-launch of people giving extensive feedback on how they dislike specialists - which I get that they can't get rid of - and begging for actual customization options, and we get...some facial hair and a bit of dirt on 4-6 specialists.
I guess that's...better? It's an improvement I suppose? Honestly I'm not sure what the point of this change is since it doesn't really seem to address anything meaningful and seems like a smaller change that shouldn't take months of work. I get it, they probably stuck some artists on this recently but like...good lord the hole that DICE are digging themselves out of is still depressing as hell.
I've fallen off this game hard, it just doesn't feel worth sticking around while DICE continues to slowly, boringly, depressingly, underwhelmingly limp towards finishing core develpoment and having a solid base game. Haven't seen any patches in recent weeks so I assume the PC version is still all over the place in terms of performance, hopefully this update addresses some of that.
But I guess it's exciting that we're finally getting the first "finished" launch map. What a time to be alive! Truly, you can feel DICE putting the effort of the whole studio into Battlefield 2042 and it in no way, shape, or form continues to feel like there's a skeleton crew left working on this game at the rate things are getting done.
Maybe DICE should like, be a bit more transparent on the challenges they face? How much time it takes to do things? Because as-is it feels like, compared to most of the rest of the gaming industry, DICE takes 3-4x as long to do anything compared to competitors.
@ATFGunr wrote:
@CountSeroI said it months ago, there is nothing to prevent them fixing a few things and patching it. Why go for the whole enchilada when you could tackle a few small things. New map? Sure take a few weeks. ADS bug? Should be fixed in less than a week, or share a brief explanation in the forums (not f’n Twitter) of why it’s going to take longer. Their desire to roll out giant patches every few months is partly what is killing this game. I’d be perfectly happy with 2-3 small fixes every week and seasons rolled out periodically. At least we’d be getting a little better game regularly and believe that they give half a poop about the player base.
Totally agree I would much rather they addressed the issues on a regular basis,
Their current policy of allowing bugs to fester until the next major patch comes along has just alienated the player base as can be clearly seen from the posts on these forums.
And as you rightly say even a heads upon these forums that they are aware of the issue and an eta of when they hope to fix it would go a long way to pacifying the community.
If certain bugs are really annoying players then the likelihood is they may stop playing and in a worst case scenario move on to other games.
I think we can all agree BF2042 can not afford to hemorrhage any more players or it will become a ghost town by the time Season 2 arrives.
@CountSeroIt's guaranteed the wrong branch for the patch. It reverted the games progress fully, even with breakthrough 128p objectives and game performance.
Could be due to rapid staff / management change etc. That'd actually make sense, in which case they were already fully aware of bugs but doubled their workload trying to rework fixes in.
Oh, to be an EA employee at this time! Alright I'll give the new project management / workers their chance. Next patch better be redeeming.
Meanwhile, we need everyone's help to give the Server Browser forum strong boosts. With some posting support, it CAN'T remain ignored.
