...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
You could only change weapon skins and camo
@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.
@Bluehydrax wrote:@ArchAngeL-PCX ........ 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.......
These are the only real concerns that are valid but as how they will play out in reality is still unknown and therefore any discussion is purely speculation.
@Natetendo83So you are OK with 8 nameless classes spread out across 128? Gotch ya.
Names and back stories of each specialist is marketing and if new Specialist roles are added it will be easy to tell the 2 Medic apart.
Specialist = visible class role/trait.
