Operation Augur and Patch Feedback - Not good!
The good:
- Operations as a whole.
- The story elements.
- The skin designs (not the bright colours, wacky Airsoft masks or ones with loads of random knives or bombs we can't use attached etc).
The bad:
- The lack of aircraft.
- The severe netcode and hitreg issues.
- The linear, flat design of the maps.
- The VL-7 smoke coming in too late, making it useless.
- The team unbalancing making for very quick rounds. (I've done 7 today, 2 quick wins, 5 quick losses!)
- The new truck being too slow and weak to do anything of note in this mode.
- The new path skin being for Vedmak. (Why are all the skins for Vedmak or Coyote? Hastings has about 50, when some have one!)
- "Unlock" the new toxin patrol squad. By unlock you mean purchase, alongside AI generated stickers. No thanks! Feels insulting if anything!
- Having a skin on the new path for the anti-gadget gun, which has been nerfed to the point of uselessness. If I was close enough to a mine or missile to deactivate with the new settings, I'd simply shoot it. Not use the gadget and waste a slot.
I can't comment on many of the "fixes" as I'm yet to see any that actually feel like they are impacting the gameplay yet.
The netcode and hitreg is at an all time low.
I'm also struggling to get into any team deathmatch or squad deathmatch modes due to a lack of players at prime time hours. When I do, the matchmaking is so unbalanced, I'm unable to get any challenge criteria done. Conquest is a mess, and breakthrough is basically a no go. Longstanding issues, that are translating over to operations in some respects.
Overall, I like operations, but not the rest of the game, due to the presence of the severe technical issues it still has. A good idea, implemented at a bad time for the game, and the direction of the franchise.
5/10.
