Why bring back Audio Spotting?
First let's give a brief explanation of what it is for those that aren't aware. Audio spotting is the game mechanic through which your location appears on the minimap as soon as you fire a non-suppr...
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I'm happy that it's back. I didn't like BF1 or BF5's systems and it does give added utility to the suppressor attachment as the OP stated.
@ragnarok013 Yes but it goes beyond added utility and into necessary attachment territory. The utility is to make the gun quiet. Putting you on the map if youre not using one is too much. It's a mechanic that should be eradicated from all FPS
- @ashar_saleem121 I didn't find a Battlelog profile so I'm curious what was your first Battlefield game, BF1, BF5? It worked very well in BF3/4 which is why I like it.
Regarding your point about finding campers by audio queues BF5 and BF2042's audio is bad for audio queues so that's not really an option.- @ragnarok013 My first BF game was BF4 but I played much more BF1 and BFV than I did BF4. I didn't think it worked well at all on BF4 at the time and was immensely relieved that they removed it on the subsequent two games. Which is fine, we can agree to disagree on that.
I was just so frustrated grinding a gun just so that I can finally unlock a suppressor so I can start to actually have fun with it. It renders all other muzzle attachments pointless. The suppressor should not be so vital that you can't select anything else.
Also, audio spotting was only introduced in BF3 after the alpha. It was never a thing in BF before then.
And I think this term is VASTLY overused since anytime anyone doesnt like something this is the first thing they say, but audio spotting is very much a CoD feature.Really,audio spotting is back (haven't noticed to be fair) yet we have no real 3D spotting?
Bizarre.....
- @ragnarok013 Also one more thing. I think you said it. The audio queues in the game are bad but that should be something that needs to be fixed, not use audio spotting as a fix for that.
Secondly, I just listened to the sniper shot sound without a suppressor and it doesnt sound loud and powerful at all. It sounds like someone sneezing. But it still puts you on the map.
That's the opposite of what should happen. If you ever listened to the sniper shot sound in BF1 on say Monte Grappa, the shot would ring out and you would hear a distinct echo that sounded so amazing.Not everyone has good surround audio system or good headphones. That basically means that making audio very important for a casual game like BF a bad design choice. In earlier BFs you either use silencer and don't show on minimap or don't and you get better bullet velocity and less drop. Either can be good depending on the situation.
Shame they didn't bring back proper 3d spotting, that would be fantastic.
