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InversionTech
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2 days ago

Suggestions for Future Events/Cosmetics. IF executed properly.

Star Wars Event. (Here me out please before you scream no.)

Context: I was around when the first Battlefront was announced. At this time BF4 was around the height of its popularity. I distinctly remember myself and pretty much everyone anticipating the new Battlefront and everyone quietly wanting the new Battlefront to be Battlefield 4 with a Star Wars skin.

Obviously this did not happen and Battlefront 1 and 2 were released. 

Skip to the present we now have BF6, the closest game to BF4 in the last 10 years. My suggestion is simple... assuming you (E.A) are still on talking terms with Disney, rectify the mistakes of the past and release at minimum a Star Wars themed cosmetics and at most have a limited time event surrounding Star Wars.

To be very clear if cosmetics were to be sold to players and allowed to be used all year round, first they would have be weapon colors, decals and stickers. Anything else beyond these 3 options temps the slippery slope of ruined aesthetic and in turn the wider communities wrath. 

Beyond these 3 options there is the possibility of allowing certain weapon blue prints and or solider customization. If ether of these options are adopted the designs NEED to be grounded. So much so that they wouldn't look out of place when the event it over.  For example unlockable solider customization would be strictly, very grounded civil war era rebellion uniforms. Despite how good they may look, there will be NO PERMINENT STORM TROOPER OR CLONE CUSTOMISATION. As for weapon blueprints, only weapons that wouldn't look out of place should be chosen. E.g The A280-CFE might able to pass off as assault rifle, the RT- 97C might be able to pass off as an LMG, the A180 Sniper as a sniper rifle and the list goes on. The most important fact when choosing these weapons is that when the customization sale/event is over, these weapons would not look out of place firing normal bullets.

If a limited time event is actually an option, simply put all you need to do is use one large map and one game mode. Nothing more nothing less. From there as long as the assets are change to match Star Wars. E.g Storm Troopers vs Rebels, Star Wars Weapon skins, blaster bolts instead of bullets etc. etc. you will have a game mode that will get people to buy the game. (As a side note, I assume you guys still have all the assets and animations from Battlefront and Fallen Order so to be quite frank assuming they are formatted properly, porting them over should be pretty easy and an easy win overall.)(I guess if by some miracle this event gets a lot time allocated to it and or possibly kick starts Battlefront 3, you (E.A) should also have all the assets and animations from Star Wars: Squadrons, meaning if any of your developers played the original Battlefront 2, they would know they basically have the base tools to recreate Space Combat from that version of Battlefront 2.)

Overall if you can still use the franchise, it is simply an easy win, that if executed properly will ensure money.

 

Warhammer 40k Event

So overall there are 2 possibilities here....

Option 1: Guard vs Tau

Simply put not all of 40k is space marines. The Guard are a massive part of the universe and because of the nature of the Guard, making skins that don't look out of place in BF6 is shocking easy. Why the Tau? because they are the only other faction in 40k that wouldn't push BF6 down the C.O.D slope. The Tau are are arguable the most grounded faction in 40k and because of the way their lore works, its easy to ether create models similar to storm troopers and or (and what I would suggest) create a Gue'la (Humans loyal to the Tau.) set of models/customizations. In general the same rules and suggestion for the Star War Customizations/Event apply to this suggestion as well. As long as you go for grounded looks that can fit into BF6 no one will have an issue. The minute you go beyond that scope, you might as well give up.

Option 2: 40k Tank Combat. 

World of Tanks did it, however in the case of you guys this would be a chance to create/test a proper all vehicle mode (Tanks mode) and see how players receive it. 40k has enough tanks that at last one design should be able to fit over an existing BF6 tank model. And if you do go for the event, that does give you the chance to just go wild with making functional 40k tanks for that game mode. 

 

Other countries Event

I do not know if its management, HR or the writers themselves but to be quite frank, do you have any idea how frustrating it is only focusing the same militaries over and over again. I mean do you really think Asia, the Oceanic, Africa and South America would have stayed a peaceful paradises if the U.S showed it couldn't/wouldn't react to Pax Armata and in turn Europe fractured? 

I mean to be quite frank I have to ask are you afraid to present/show other countries as the heroes and more importantly villains with in modern battlefield? Are you afraid to show 2 countries, fighting each other in this clearly established fiction? 

I ask have to ask because it feels like there is so much missed opportunity and potential. I mean I'll use COD as an example but I swear one of the more captivating parts of the new modern warfare and modern warfare 2 games was the interactions/insight into the fictional special forces from other countries. I add fictional as a descriptor just to reinforce you have creative liberties you can use.

For example, weather it be a season name, an event, hell even a future game name, if you were to use the title Rouge Continent and have the story be about Australia going on the war path, or at the very least attempting to isolate its self from the world I guarantee there is a lot of opportunity in the concept. (I mean if you want something even more specific, have the story be about Pine Gap and some sensitive intel that needs to be extracted/destroyed etc... etc.. and horribly enough the bad guys who ever they are win, continuing the story. 

 

Thanks for your time have a nice day/night.

 

 

2 Replies

  • Didn't finish reading whole post yet but star wars is a NO GO in my opinion. No different than sponge Bob running by in cod. Totally ruins it. Trying to please everyone satisfies nobody. Stay your lane bf6. My .02cwnts again only.

  • InversionTech's avatar
    InversionTech
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 hours ago

    Valid point to an extent but to be honest if there are going to be brand collaborations with companies like red bull that don't go over the line then the bare minimum can most definitely be done with Star Wars and basically any brand.

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