Does Dice even have it in them?
I've been playing 2042 daily waiting for BF6, and the more I play it, the angrier I'm becoming. I really don't understand how anyone can derive any sort of satisfaction from playing something that ...
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I pre-ordered BF6 because I was happy with what I saw in the beta. Bought 2042 only because it was on massive sale. It was fine at first but over time I started facing what you've described.
I just uninstalled BF2042 today as it's no longer enjoyable when there's so little time to react to enemy players. Twice in the same game the same player has done a knife takedown on me whilst I was looking at them or they were clearly facing me, and there's apparently there's nothing that I can do but to wait for the animation to complete or hope that someone takes them down in the process.
From what I've been reading about lag compensation/netcode, I'm understand that they must have somehow managed to run behind me on their screen, while on mine they're still shown as in front. My ping on the network display is shown as between 11ms to 40ms for most games.
Maybe I'm wrong. But anyway, please stop trying to make things work for high ping players.
I've been knifed several times from the front as well. Super annoying.
Games need lag comp, prediction, and all that, but my grievance is that they're trying to cater to everyone. Which just leads to mushy game play. They need to target a certain ping, and the closer you are to that, then the better the game should feel. Something like 40-60ms of ping. This way you can pick a server that gets you closer to that optimal ping.
If someone plays on a wired connection, pays for good internet service, why should someone who doesn't really care about that stuff have the same experience? The answer is because even people with horrible connections are potential consumers for micro transactions. This is the fundamental issue with triple A games. They spend a ton to make games, marketing, and then they get desperate to "earn" it back.
I pre-ordered as well, there's a lot I like about what they're saying. So here's hoping they can actually deliver.
