Hey all, Just a quick note that we'll start off next week with the full Update Notes for #4.0, and will follow with the Update itself after that. As a summary of what to expect - we've already shared VoIP functionality for Party and Squads, a change to End of Round that displays the Scoreboard, as well as an overhaul of Weapon Attachments. It also includes many further changes and bug fixes and we'll detail some highlights for you here: Balance adjustments to Specialists such as updated Traits for Rao and Paik, and improvements to Sundance’s Specialty, with a focus on their Anti-Armor Grenades being more effective against targets in their immediate vicinity Vehicle balance changes such as making the M5C Bolte’s passengers easier to target, and a reduction in power for its Missile Launcher Fixes for being unable to ADS after exiting a vehicle, or being unable to revive players near objects Improved Ribbons and XP Events to make them easier to unlock across modes With the Easter holidays coming up this week, we hope everyone will have a lovely time off and we hope you get to spend some time with your family. Stay safe out there, and we're looking forward to seeing you next week as we roll out the Update Notes, and the Update itself. Straatford // @Straatford87Battlefield Community Manager

Can we get some sort of road map for this stuff? I understand people wanting VOIP and end of round scoreboards, but this is all minor stuff. When can we get a server browser, consistent lobbies, actual changes to maps/specialists/weapons etc. This whole "you'll see whats in the patch next week along with the patch next week" and pushing everything off to Season 1 in summer is such a terrible method of communication.

@Psubond wrote:@TAW_Rinkobf isn't battle royale. look up and have some situational awarenessThis iteration is built on a BR base, quite obviously.Battlefield has been built on a rock/paper/scissors dynamic since the start. Every advantage has a counter.The squirrel suit, coupled with the call in system allowing MBTs, is not counterable. If a tank can, effectively, teleport anywhere on the map then the window for situational awareness to deal with it has been narrowed to a few seconds. Previously, knowing a tank was on the way to a point on the map allowed a team to adjust, or to intercept. It also gave maps a sense of direction. Armor flowed from a point. The concept of a front line is about more than just what direction a player has to look in. It gives map design a shape.All these elements interact with each other. They cant be considered a standalone elements without distorting their value.The wingsuit isn't just about giving players a transport option, it has implications for map design, it effects the balance between vehicles and infantry, and merely giving it a whoosh sound doesn't really deal with any of that. I want the core issues with this game addressed, I want 2042 to be turned around so i can feel good about the series again. I want the community back, I want this game to succeed.But doubling down on the design decisions that got us to this bad place aint gonna do it.

why wasn't this communicated on monday. i mean since according to your own dev Florian you were "working on the notes" yesterday, so it must have been well known internaly that the patch must launch sometime after easter. you know you can avoid a lot of the mentioned toxcicity and player frustration by talking....we know you can do better then that.

Not sure why you (Dice Sweden) can't just post the update notes now if it's ready. Communication doesn't have to be a ceremony every time the company decides to part with some information.

@Noodlesocks wrote:Not sure why you (Dice Sweden) can't just post the update notes now if it's ready. Communication doesn't have to be a ceremony every time the company decides to part with some information.Perfectly stated. Just post the notes, we dont need you to "bestow unto us thine wisdom" you wrote down what you did. Post it!

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Straatford87

DICE Team

3 years ago

Update #4.0 - Available Next Week

Hey all,

Just a quick note that we'll start off next week with the full Update Notes for #4.0, and will follow with the Update itself after that.

As a summary of what to expect - we've already shared VoIP functionality for Party and Squads, a change to End of Round that displays the Scoreboard, as well as an overhaul of Weapon Attachments. It also includes many further changes and bug fixes and we'll detail some highlights for you here:

Balance adjustments to Specialists such as updated Traits for Rao and Paik, and improvements to Sundance’s Specialty, with a focus on their Anti-Armor Grenades being more effective against targets in their immediate vicinity
Vehicle balance changes such as making the M5C Bolte’s passengers easier to target, and a reduction in power for its Missile Launcher
Fixes for being unable to ADS after exiting a vehicle, or being unable to revive players near objects
Improved Ribbons and XP Events to make them easier to unlock across modes

With the Easter holidays coming up this week, we hope everyone will have a lovely time off and we hope you get to spend some time with your family. Stay safe out there, and we're looking forward to seeing you next week as we roll out the Update Notes, and the Update itself.

Straatford // @Straatford87
Battlefield Community Manager

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103 Replies

CarpoVP
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
@Straatford87 Appreciate you and the rest of the team! Looking forward to the update next week 🙂

Have a fantastic Easter holiday Dude! ( i'll be on the beach with the fam for mine 🙂 )
CarreraLuu
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
Thank you Devs that's been working real hard to deliver. Cant wait to play next week's update. Btw is manual lean (peek) in update 4.0?
skullcracker237
3 years ago
Looking forward to the update but you know you’re about to get flamed from these guys about the update not released earlier
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Straatford87 Thanks for the post/info.

Hope everything goes smoothly next week. Looking forward to the rest of the patch notes. Definitely crossed a lot off of the major bugs in that last that I see regularly.

Hope that the reset/broken loadouts bug is also in there.
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@Straatford87
Thanks for the update and glad to know you and the other CM's are ok and no longer MIA, we were about to fill out a missing person report.
At least I assume you're ok blink twice if you're not being muzzled anymore, maybe we need to establish a safe word?
X-Sunslayer-X
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
why wasn't this communicated on monday. i mean since according to your own dev Florian you were "working on the notes" yesterday, so it must have been well known internaly that the patch must launch sometime after easter. you know you can avoid a lot of the mentioned toxcicity and player frustration by talking....
we know you can do better then that.
Anonymous
3 years ago
Approved
@Straatford87 Makes it sound as if 4.0 will be a significant update. Let's not get our hopes up here.
PaIIbearer
Seasoned Traveler
3 years ago
Can we get some sort of road map for this stuff? I understand people wanting VOIP and end of round scoreboards, but this is all minor stuff. When can we get a server browser, consistent lobbies, actual changes to maps/specialists/weapons etc. This whole "you'll see whats in the patch next week along with the patch next week" and pushing everything off to Season 1 in summer is such a terrible method of communication.
Albake21z
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
Thanks for the update, looks to be decent. I haven't played in a long time but wasn't Sundance OP already? Why is Sundance getting a buff? The wingsuit is already grossly OP with being able to nosedive at machspeed and land perfectly.... you know, totally how wing suits work.
EDIT: Read this wrong. It's to fix her grenade from going way out in the distance and instead lock onto correct targets closer. Still, the wingsuit needs to be nerfed hard.
YourLocalPIumber
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Oh my Crysler, finally, 6 months since release we're getting a meaningful patch. 1 more year and we might actually see som e new content