So you are saying that the MAJORITY of players bought BATTLEFIELD for the PVE? 🤣
I don't believe that a majority of the Battlefield players bought the game for PvE, but this friction between PvP and PvE players is not new. Games like Dune: Awakening, Star Citizen, Escape From Tarkov all had significant significant discussions within the community regarding the desire to be able to disable PvP in some way or another. It's been a growing trend for developers to cater to both types of players.
I don't believe that a developer is necessarily obligated to cater to PvE players, but I do think that if you're going to advertise PvE in your game, that you can't really go half way. Either you make it perfectly clear that it's not a PvE game, or you do your best to ensure that PvE receives enough attention to stand on its own.
I don’t understand why there should be conflicts between PVE and PVP players in a game. I don’t want to play with you—I just want to quietly fight against AI. How does that affect the rights and interests of PVP players? Do you know the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert? Many players fight against the computer, but they can also battle other players. Both are for entertainment, so what’s the difference?
No matter which side of the coin you're on, there's always the question of focus. Developers have to work within a budget and have a limited amount of time. It influences the amount or type of content, as well as specific game design decisions.
So if you end up focusing on PvE, it inevitably means that you in some way have to compromise on PvP. This may translate into less PvP content, or perhaps specific gameplay mechanics that impose limitations on PvP. Obviously it also applies the other way around, where focusing on PvP inevitably means that there's less PvE.
Their focus seems to be on Redsec and Battlepass.
PvE all they have to do is reinstate it to what was advertised, and change it so if bots are weakened the xp gets terminated.
PvP has big issues with cheaters, TTK vs TTD, exploits etc.
The Redsec game has a big map, so hopefully Battlefield will get that soon.
"I don't believe that a developer is necessarily obligated to cater to PvE players, but I do think that if you're going to advertise PvE in your game, that you can't really go half way. Either you make it perfectly clear that it's not a PvE game, or you do your best to ensure that PvE receives enough attention to stand on its own."
Actually they are, since they promoted it, people made a financial transaction to play PVE and wouldn't have purchased the game else wise, thus all the threads you see popping up about it's removal, the previous game 2042 had PVE experience, this wasn't just some roof glitch that they fixed, this is something that was part of the game they promoted, they simply through the baby out with the bath water.
I was talking about "a developer" in the general sense of the word, not Battlefield Studios in particular. It's perfectly fine for a developer to choose to focus on either PvE or PvP, but as soon as you advertise that you're going to include on or the other, you can't really skip out on it.
