Open vs locked weapons per class
Traditionally Battlefield has always been about classes, and with that came class locked weapons. This how it was and how it should be! One of the big mistakes they made with BF2042 was to first int...
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I don't disagree with you, but people who want the closed weapon system know the benefits so will want to test the open weapons system to see what it is like.
I think at best we will see a 50/50 split, but I imagine more will use the 'normal' servers because they don't particularly care and want to experience/test the game 'as intended'.
Either way, EA/DICE will spin the results and won't listen if they don't want to.
They won't change anything major at this point if they don't want to, especially something that might effect their bottom line - in this case, skins sales (someone who usually plays a sniper can now use any weapon = might now buy any skins).
It's like them saying that having a server browser in Portal meets the demands of those asking for a server browser when it clearly does not.
People who want the facility of a server browser (and want to play together with more than 3 others...) will try Portal, though, so EA will say "There! People that wanted a browser used Portal! We were right!".
Or if very few use Portal browser EA will say "There! People didn't use Portal browser! We were right to not bother with one in the main game!".
Sure, I'm critical of EA/DICE, but, you know: BF5 and BF2042...
disposalist People who want the closed weapon system are the original Battlefield community, they have had the chance to test an open weapon system by playing Battlefield 2042, and we all know how that went.
I fear you're right and that EA/DICE won't change anything. The traditional Battlefield community isn't their target audience anymore. They want to attract new players (With the CoD players being the biggest fish in the pond), and these people are not used to the restrictions that the traditional class system brings with it. And yes they will choose for revenue over staying true to their game's identity. The new players they want to attract are the ones who spend money on cosmetics.Which also means that they set themselves up for failure. CoD players are used to getting a new game every year, so they really don't have the patience or loyalty to stick around as soon as something else is released. But unfortunately that's the reality we live in, there's no real way to win, a game is a revenue model and not really intended to please a certain group of people. In that sense it's highly unlikely that we will ever get a true Battlefield back...those days are over.
I hope not, but I fear you may be right.
Companies like Larian buck that trend, thankfully, showing the greedy corp studios that you can respect your players and devs and still make successful profitable hits.
But the greedy corps will still do it the lazy greedy way they keep getting fat bonuses for and, unfortunately, there are plenty of drooling **bleep** consumers these days that will reward them with their feckless praise and their money.
