I don't know what you think about the weather things you have made in bfv and 2042. Sandstorm, hurricane, fog and those sequences that appear when playing is actually really annoying and I'm not the only one that feels the same way. Many of our members in our clan so think exactly the same about the weather stuff... you should remove that part, cause it makes the games even worse. That thing is more likely a thing you think is a cool idea,but it's actually opposite.

@VikingsOfOslo in previous games sometimes weather was used with good results, for example in BF1 the sandstorm would trigger more often if one side was being decimated, the idea being the cover of the sandstorm would allow vehicles to get past the first capture point without being destroyed. However it also appeared randomly, and same goes for other weather effects. I think the visuals of a lot of the effects are done well but more often than not they are a hindrance to most players, and in maps that are much more open don't have the same results as they did in previous games - ie fog in BF1 meant shotgun time in trenches, sandstorm in hourglass just means I can't see much in an already barren space (but then the map looks its best after the sandstorm passes with the skyscrapers lit up).It would probably help if there were some tools that could assist in bad weather, ie night vision, and IR goggles / visors / scopes for infantry and vehicles. You would just need to balance these enough that they aren't OP when weather is fine.That said I would prefer to see less weather effects that just simply make things harder to see, and weather effects in general to be less common.It would be cool if they had some that actually changed the level like the original concept art - ie flooding so different vehicles and routes are used, avalanches / glaciers breaking as a destructible element. Seeing a tornado, or several every second game gets stale.If they want to make the maps a bit more dynamic without using thunderstorms everywhere they could use some different clear / cloud sky settings with different times of day, ie dawn, midday, afternoon, dusk, and night on rare occasions, some of the previous games had levels with this feature.

Fog has been there since BF2 🙂 But BF4 has use of the weather effects as well and it seemed to go over well for it. So they thought they would carry it over to their other games. I for one would like to see more weather variety in 2042 besides the tornado.

I like the weather events myself and would like to see more of them in 2042, other than the tornado and Sandstorm. I get why other players may not like them, but I mostly like them as they can sometimes change the flow of battle.

@ElliotLH wrote:I like the weather events myself and would like to see more of them in 2042, other than the tornado and Sandstorm. I get why other players may not like them, but I mostly like them as they can sometimes change the flow of battle.Yeah definitely not a fan of that sandstorm / tornado malarkey, but I like the rain as it gives a bit of atmosphere / darkness especially on those maps which are a little too pristine looking imho.

@ElliotLH The Sandstorm is pretty cool, both visually and from a gameplay perspective... The hurricane is just meh, it should be way more brutal, especially to the landscape but the destruction (or lack thereof) won't allow this to reach its potential.

Whats the deal with the weather in bfv and 2042?

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edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@ElliotLH That's...genuinely kinda hilarious. You'd think a big tornado would be ripping aircraft out of the sky or blowing them up as the debris smashes into it.

I'm still laughing about how much time they spent gushing over the weather effects during pre-launch and how technically amazing and impossible it all was - and I'm sure it was a big technical achievement behind the scenes - but from the player perspective it's incredibly lame.
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@edgecrusherO0 It did feel like it should have destroyed the jet. Might be interesting to test helis as they're not as fast moving.

I guess it's something they could tweak but there's obviously bigger things to sort out first.
edgecrusherO0
4 years ago
@ElliotLH Yeah, I'd be fine with them nixing weather effects entirely if they're too much work to maintain/improve, and focusing on the core game. Come back to them once the core game is in a good space (whatever year that finally is).
CloverDeuce
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
A nice fog bank creeping in on Manifest would be great.
Reduce visibility to 15m. From 15-30m you would only see a shadow of a figure, but no team/player information that is usually displayed over players.
Would really help with the overhead crane snipefest.
V-SynthNinja
New Vanguard
4 years ago
I think weather effects were very well implemented in BF 1 and V
On the other hand, for 2042 I think that tornados must be developed faster, move faster, with a bigger radius so they make the fight more difficult.
They are moving too slow, the trajectory is predicted by sight.
So I think they must combine the weather effects of battlefield 1 with the tornado.
And please, PLEASE improve performance for 128 players modes for older CPU's. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
GrizzGolf
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ElliotLH wrote:
I like the weather events myself and would like to see more of them in 2042, other than the tornado and Sandstorm. I get why other players may not like them, but I mostly like them as they can sometimes change the flow of battle.
I want some hard rain

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