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Juvenlast's avatar
Juvenlast
Seasoned Traveler
15 days ago

Please Provide Alternate Path To Recon 2

I play as an infiltrator recon. I get into the objectives, lay down a motion sensor, use my drone to cover the area, and generally provide spotting and sighting for my teammates. I run around with a DMR so I get a bit of sniping, but all mid range stuff. I get very few kills, but I consistently finish in the top 10. Why? That's battlefield. I'm doing my job. 

How awesome is it that there is a training path for me! Spec ops is perfectly aligned with my role. But in order to unlock it... I have to sit at the edge of a pretty big map, probably playing breakthrough only, using a 6x scope and taking pot shots at people looking for that headshot from 150m away. And I have to do this... 50 times. 

In other words - I have to play EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of a Spec ops, in order to become a Spec Ops. Assault and Support do not function this way. You start playing like the path you want, and eventually you get it. Engineer is also exactly the opposite of what it should be. If you want to focus on repairing vehicles, you first have to focus on damaging vehicles. 

Recon 1 and 2 and Engineer 1 and 2 should be flipped. That way you can play the style you want and then are rewarded for playing that style well with perks to help you perform better. 

Yesterday I played 4 games. All of them to try to secure headshots. I got 5. All of them were inside 150m. So none of them counted. 

So I am begging. PLEASE provide some alternative path to unlock spec ops. You can't just get an xp boost and make it happen. Please either change the requirement completely, drop it to 10 headshots within 100m, or provide some way I can buy this upgrade. I'd honestly pay $5 to skip it. Right now there is pretty much no hope of me ever unlocking it. 

6 Replies

  • Just use the custom search to find nothing but firestorm on conquest.

    Still takes ages but it removes the maps where it is quite literally impossible to get headsets over 150m.

    I did it in about a week but I didn't do the custom search thing.

  • Juvenlast's avatar
    Juvenlast
    Seasoned Traveler
    15 days ago

    You are kinda proving my point though. It shouldn't take ages. It shouldn't be regulated to one map. And it shouldn't be the only path to open up this particular training path. 

    I don't want to spend a week playing this game in a way I hate so I can play it in a way I love. That is stupid. And it is bad game design. 

    So, I'm asking, please make it better by at least providing an alternate path to unlocking it. 

  • EA are looking at the 'Challenges' and are going to revise them : But it might take a while !!

     

    "..We’ve seen all your feedback about the challenges and their criteria, the team’s working on a series of improvements to make challenges more straightforward to understand and faster to complete. Given the scale of challenges, these changes will roll out over at least two updates. Some examples of what we are currently considering are:

    Class Assignment - Assault 1 - Get kills while using the Adrenaline Injector - 30 to 3

    Class Assignment - Engineer Expert 3 - Repair Vehicles in a Match - From 6000 to 1000

    Weapon Assignment - Deadeye 2 - Get headshot kills over 200m with Sniper Rifles - from 150 to 5

    In addition, a later game update will reduce the 200m distance...."

  • R1ckyDaMan19's avatar
    R1ckyDaMan19
    Seasoned Ace
    15 days ago

    Oh I agree, I hated it.

    Worst part is after all that signature weapon is still sniper.....

     

  • Juvenlast's avatar
    Juvenlast
    Seasoned Traveler
    14 days ago

    I mean, the liklihood that I achieve this before they change it... is very small. So. 

  • Juvenlast's avatar
    Juvenlast
    Seasoned Traveler
    14 days ago

    Ok. Commenting with an update and to keep this post at the top. 

    I did exactly what you said. Hopped into Firestorm on conquest. Followed a fellow sniper up to the mountains. 

    I have the stock 6x scope and the muzzle brake even the range finder with it mapped to my hold breath button to try to give myself every edge I can. I have a 55 inch screen, I am craning my neck to see somone... ANYONE. with this 6x scope. I get 4 people to be in my sights and pull the trigger. And I hit all 4 of them. For 50 damage. No kill. Not a headshot. 

    Meanwhile, people who actually want to snipe kill me 11 times. I leave the game with 0 kills. My team loses. 

    This isn't even fun. It is absolutely terrible. EA_Leeuw​ Honestly man. Please. You've got to tell these devs about this. I have literally gone from loving this game to hating it because of this stupid game design. 

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