The Defibrillator gadget is inconsistent.
TOPIC: I know this issue has been listed / mentioned by others, but I could not find a single, dedicated discussion on just this one bug / issue. As the title states, the Defibrillator gadget (defib) is behaving too inconsistently to be considered working normally.
DISCUSSION:
- The issue is simply that the defib does not consistently revive a friendly player when it should. Based on my experience in every previous Battlefield title back to Battlefield 1942 up to the Open Beta, the defib works as I would expect it to most of the time, but I would say that ratio is 60/40 or 65/35.
- This issue seems to not be affected by whether or not the defib is charged up or not.
- This issue is not range or distance related (outside of the intended limitations). I can be standing directly above a downed player and still not have a successful revive.
- I suspect this issue is more common / prevalent when the downed, friendly player is on or near other environmental assets, such as stairs, near railings, and breakable objects.
- Sometimes repeated attempts at using the defib on the same downed player are successful, but will almost always require changing your position for it to work.
RECOMMENDATION: Identify the root cause of the issue and resolve in order to return the Defibrillator gadget to normal, expected behavior.
