...because it creates replicas on the battlefield. Replicas breaks immersion. Copies upon copies running around doesn't support the fantasy.
Robots as replicas=OK
Humans as replicas=Not OK.
Similar or identical uniforms=OK
Identical face, identity, first name and surname=Not OK.
And now with 128 players this could be a meme after a week.
Solution?
Customization of thse "Heroes" can hide the problem of creating replicas on the battlefield, but then if the player feel the need to hide the "Heroes" identity and overtake it with their own identity, why as a game designer would you want to keep the "Heroes" fixed identity in the first place, at this point?
But the people in the previous games were generic soldiers. They wore a standard military uniform. We didn't know their name, history, and personality. It creates more immersion to see 20 Joe Nobodies than 20 BigMan ActionHeros. BigMan ActionHeros also just make the game feel more like Apex or Fortnite
@ArchAngeL-PCXI really hope it won't be a problem! But old games are old games and we now have new games to compare to and a lot of players want improvements and what before in the old games was accepted flaws can now be percieved as annoyances and immersion breaking simply because DICE have raised the bar with game wide immersion; graphics, lore/backstory, customization, audio and so on. At least I'm not going to regret not saying anything early, but if this becomes and issue, DICE should regret not taking action because we as a community raised concern.
@ArchAngeL-PCX I do think they will replicate the apex, siege and warzone approach, And that the skills are bound to a character model that will have people playing the same few characters due to meta play. so it's going to be messy. especially since there is no cohesion between the character and the faction you are playing for. then there is also the problem that the enemy team will look the same. So yes it's going to get messy
Would be better to choose classes or specialities and having a group of skins to each of the main four classes. Then you could pick the skin that rolls best with you and play the specialist that is meta.
can we all stop using the term "heroes" this is not star wars, there are no heroes
@GeneralGrievous7 wrote:can we all stop using the term "heroes" this is not star wars, there are no heroes
Agreed @GeneralGrievous7 !!
I am actually very happy for the soldier types and specializations as being prepped by EA for our BF2042 gaming here!
It's very similar to what we had in BF4, which I found was working very well.
The 4 soldier classes are being reinstated, namely:
Assault,
Support,
Engineer, and
Recon !
And as you can recall from BF4, you could then choose which specialization you wanted your soldier type to have on top, which helped to enable your more advanced perks, as/if your squad collaborated well and stayed together and alive.
