War Machine Kinda Sucks
Frankly, it's too hard, especially with randoms. This mode expects you to play in a very specific way. You need to rush the point, as a team, smoke, arm, then fend off the robots. That's IF you can get close enough to the point and your team has the ability to work together, which randoms just don't have. The maps are not very good for this mode. You need purposed built maps for a mode like this, if the enemies never stop spawning, or don't let up in the slightest. Open areas don't work here.
You need a better ping system for this type of PvE content. Look to games like Apex, they use a dial and you can communicate exclusively through that without using your voice. No one is using voice in this game, because the base game doesn't require it. So people are going to start using it just for one mode? That's a nope.
Friendly fire was not the move. Now I have to constantly watch for people jumping in front of me while firing, which is every average players absolute favorite move in the world to do. They LOVE jumping in front of me in the regular game, now they do it in this new mode as well. I also have to worry about being shot in the back because my teammate wants to shoot from the same exact square foot I'm standing on. Another terrible habit that most players have in 2042.
A couple good things from this update. The robots looks cool! Their movement and logic seems to be updated quite a bit, seems like something that's been getting developed for a little while now? Maybe its a placebo, but the AI seemed to be getting improvements over this past year.
I like that you can crawl to cover, which is helpful for this mode. However, why on Earth is it in Third Person?! Why is the camera positioned in a manner that I'm trying to look INSIDE my character? It should be First Person. The camera flipping around transitioning is unnecessary and disorientating for no reason.
I'm glad Dice is still working on the game, but unfortunately they don't get PvE. I want to punch a hole through the enemy, catch a break, arm, and then defend. You can't do that though. There is no break or reward for mowing down 20-30 bots in 10 seconds, which doesn't feel good at all to play. Sure it's hard, but is it challenging in a fun way? Not really. Just disappointed because it sounded fun when it was announced.