The gun fight is not predetermined at all. Yes if you're ADSing you are absolutely going to have an advantage because you are aiming accurately down sights. I have over 100 hrs in the game and im not having any issues. The net code can be wonky from time to time but that's evey BF game. I see people like you that come from arcade shooters or the 50 year old in this thread complaining. Again TTK is right in like with BF3-4.
Have you every played other BF games? Between the debris, smoke,gas,fire this game is no different. This is just not the game for you man and that's fine. Im not a fan of arcade shooters but you wont see me trying to change them.
I acknowledge the head shots could do more damage but that would make TTK even higher contradicting what you said. If you want to be a bullet sponge so you can 360 no scope a dude in the head to win a gun fight, again that is a skill issue on you. Try Hell let loose or Squad and you will see Fast realistic TTKs.
Not predetermined at all? lol. I win most of my gunfights because I position myself well in big map game modes(Not a sniper). I don't mind the TTK. What I mind is stuff I can't control like cheating/hacks etc. But I don't pay too much attention to that. Debris and smoke is fine, it is realistic, the brightness is crazy though, the visibility is not the best in the game. I don't mind realism; I do mind bad quality.
When I say it feels predetermined it’s because the one camping ADS when you turn the corner is most likely gonna win that close quarter fight because of the fast TTK you won’t have much time to react, the lack of movement, or head shot damage to skillfully outplay a camper.
You don’t even have to worry about cheating or hacking. I have not once ran into a cheater EA does a lot of job of keeping this under control. Only 2% of people who play Battlefield has come across someone cheating.
