DICE Team
The gaming industry is pretty saturated with FPS shooters, and I think this update(Referring to the longer time to kill change), is probably going to push me away from BFV, and push me back towards other more skill based FPS games. Before the update, I would often choose BFV over a few rounds of Siege or Overwatch, but now I feel like my time would be better spent elsewhere, on games where skill is more heavily rewarded, like this game used to be. Don't misunderstand me, I for the most part still REALLY enjoy BFV, but now it just feels like the experience I really was coming to it for has been taken away from me. Still having "Conquest Core" servers available is a nice touch, but since there is nothing really showing the difference I think a large portion of the player base is confused, or maybe not even totally aware something has changed.
An interesting move you could have made(or could make?..) was to make an equal amount of both the "new Conquest" TTK servers and the now "Conquest Core" servers, then make the changes/differences clear and understandable in game. This would give you a great platform to see which one more players like, based of who plays on what server, again this only works if you make it blatantly obvious there there is a difference and that where they play matters for your data on how to move forward. This could give you quantifiable data to share with the player base, and give purpose to the changes you make in the game.
All in all, I'm not really angry about this change, I'm just disappointed. Your marketed BFV as a more skill based game, and for a while it was! It had the perfect feel for a battlefield game that I have wanted for SO LONG(even if it is missing a few bells and whistles). But it seems like you may want to move away from that now because people are not loading up the game as much for reasons that no one can say for certain. This is why I made this discussion, so those of us who will be playing BFV less because of this update can be seen and heard, if how frequently I load the game is what you are looking for, and if you want a reason for why it has decreased here it is: I prefer the old TTK, I don't think making "Conquest Core" an option is a solution because it will divide the player base(which is a great deal smaller then some previous Battlefield games), I want the skill brought back to battlefield.
To end on a somewhat better note, I want to thank you guys for trying to improve the quality of life of the game, and I hope you continue to do so. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, but please slow down. Make polls in game to ask players how they feel about different topics, and move forward on that info. This game has brought a little bit more faith back in the Battlefield franchise for me, and I'm really excited to see how it turns out.
-To Players
If you agree please do so in a mature manner, being rude and angry about this situation wont get us anywhere
"Conquest Core" is still an option for those who don't like the new TTK and I think a lot of people are forgetting this isn't set in stone either; with proper (ie constructive) feedback I can almost guarantee things will be tweaked further.
I'm not a huge fan since i think it's more of a TTD and visual problem, but new TTK is in every mode, not just CQ so of course i'll play it. Would be nice to have both kinds in all modes but this isn't a perfect world and i'm ok with that.
I agree, I also think its more of a TTD issue, and I also think with constructive feedback it can go back to how it was, or at least tweaked to a nice middle ground. Just making a unified front so Dice/EA can see how this change may have caused some players to lose some interest in the game. I am also aware of "Conquest Core" but its kind of difficult for me to get a game in this preferred game mode since there is only one server in my region(Japan), and I'm not too sure many of the people over here are even aware a change was made.
