I agree with the OP overall. If you looked at my profile Id be considered a sweat most likely. Level 91 and almost 200 hours in the game. Sad thing is I bought the game as I am unemployed and wanted to have fun with my Son and my brother, its turned into an addiction much worse than I ever expected. And after leveling many different weapons, watched 100s of youtube videos, changed settings, etc etc, Im still just as horrible as the 1st time I logged in.
Typically goes like this, game starts - run to the flag we are trying to capture. Head shot, respawn someone waiting shoots me again, relog at a far away spot, flag captured or lost and I have to run all the way back, unless Im lucky and get a beacon down before my head gets blown off. Repeat process, maybe get lucky and hit someone, get a few kills, run around in complete chaos while I watch people run, jump, shoot, and kill me after hitting them 4-5 times, get frustrated - log out frustrated, go back to watch youtube videos, make a few changes - same process again.
IF this is supposed to be fun I dont know what to say then, have fun kiddos ?? Im not a 1st person shooter virgin and feel I should at least be competitive but I typically see 4-5 kills after a 40 min conquest. Then the Casual Breakthrough is just as bad - people go in there to hunt us olds. If I could Id change my name to HeadSHotDummy - thats how I feel about this game...
If you get shot while running towards an objective, it sounds like a situational awareness issue. That's not trying to insult you though. Battlefield 6 isn't really all that comparable to your average first person shooter. The maps in this game are really complex and take more time to learn than most other games. Gathering the information that's necessary to safely cross an area is incredibly hard. As somebody that's been a Battlefield fan for a long time, it's the one skill that I found the most difficult to learn and I still find myself struggling. I think it's just a matter of poor map design. They shouldn't overwhelm a player with 2 dozen angles just to cross the street.
There's no clear cut solution to this issue either. The only advice I could give is to slow down a bit before you enter an open area, take your time to look around. If you can stick to cover, you always should. If there's no cover, the first priority is to get to cover. Speed is incredibly important. So, temporarily running with your knife, during the moments where you're most vulnerable can reduce the time you give your opponents to shoot at you. That may sound counterintuitive at first, but if you get caught by surprise in the open, by somebody that's already in cover, you're not going to win the firefight to begin with. Other than that, map knowledge makes all the difference in the world, plan the routes you take in advance.
