Constructive Feedback: Explosive Charge 3/10 needs work (updated)
The good:
(Subject to change as I unlock the new items etc)
- The new animations for the soldiers in the menu, and the separation of battlepass points to see how they are better allocated.
- Obliteration feels ok, but the balance between teams needs addressing, as rounds are still getting steamrolled by one team or the other.
The bad:
(Unfortunately there's a lot to unpack here)
- Severe issues on ps5 since the update across the board. Massive frame rate drops, the game crashes when you leave a match early forcing a reset, and server lag (no icons being displayed). Also facing UI lagg on the main menu.
- Matchmaking - Unfortunately team balance is still a colossal problem, with rounds of the new mode ending extremely fast, my shortest being rounded at 12 mins. A team of 400+ in high numbers on one side, with a mix of lower levels on the other. I don't mind loosing, but when I can barely get any xp, that's a big issue.
- Placing bombs seems to be very glitchy, sometimes it will say it has placed, you'll get killed, and then it's instantly been removed without any warning.
- The map - it doesn't offer anything new. It's an old recycled small map, which feels too restrictive. I've had rounds of conquest where due to team balance issues, we had people camping across the our HQ, shooting at spawn.
- Clipping - lots of falling through map issues when dead, or when in tanks. Noticed myself going through multiple walls in the heat of the moment, without any destruction.
- The shop - again, skin packs filled with lots of extra, AI generated front end designs that serve little to no value to most players, for extortionate prices.
- Obliteration. A fun mode, plagued with game breaking bugs, including PAX skins showing on NATO side when trying to change, or visa versa.
Despite a return to naval warfare coming, unfortunately this feels very rushed, and I'm struggling to physically play any rounds, making the wait for better updates a slow and tedious one.
I feel like I'm forcing through in aid of completing the pass to get my money's worth, but other than that, it feels very underwhelming, and needs some urgent technical issues addressing, as I'm unable to properly play the intended modes without any of the above happening.
I think some big talks need to be had at development level, on what they want this game to be going forward. We've seen potential from the roadmap, but a lot of it is small bundles of rushed content, with lots of tech issues.
It's all well and good saying that you will give us the updated we want, but when it's drip fed at a very slow rate, accompanied by masses of game breaking issues, it becomes a big problem.
