Fix the game and please stop adding to the problems

Coming from a 40 year old gamer who has been gaming consistently since the 80’s, I’ve never played a more frustrating game in my life. At first I thought my children were just being typical whining kids. Then I played the game and took on the monumental task of trying t to fix it. Yes, I write scripts and macros and have since before most that play this game were alive. It is a hobby, something I do for fun but never talk about or share as it would ruin a game. When BFN first came out a lot of the mechanics were messed up, scripting made the game playable. This is the reason I make the comments I do about people who cheat while playing BFN. Once you learn to strict and work within the mechanics of the game you learn/see what is possible and what is not. (Without using a cheater device) So for those that think I may just be someone who rages on message boards because he isn’t good at the game, you would be incorrect. I can careless about being killed in a game, I actually play overly aggressive because I don’t care when I die and instead of hiding and protecting personal stats, my teams wins games. 

With that said, I have no clue what has happened to this game. The mechanics of the game change from character to character m, as if different developers where designing the game from different ends hoping to meet in the middle. One character that worked just mere weeks ago is simply unplayable in its current state. The constant changing of parameters and gameplay seemingly from week to week has absolutely destroyed what little consistency this game had. Now with the addition on more animations and pointless visuals everywhere, the lag has made hit detection even worse than it was. Now most characters I find myself needing to hit my R1 and L1 (I play on PS4) multiple times just to use an ability. When they do function have the time I get to watch all the pretty animations with absolutely no damage being done to my enemies. (Playing OP’s NPC’s) Primary fire on characters doesnt record roughly 1 out of 3 direct hits, it gets even better when you can’t use your primary at all! I have watched my character get stuck reloading, reloading for no reason, and continuously reloading over and over without any buttons being hit. 

Now back to the reason I mentioned scripting earlier, when scripts can’t make up for the programming you know there is a serious issue. Programming issues on top of the server issues mixed with the small player base... not good. 

My 9 year old twins have all but competent stopped playing this game. I check out thing’s occasionally but don’t stay on longer 30-40 minutes before frustration takes over. I could go on for days about what is wrong with the game, but anyone who plays it already knows all of that. I’m strictly posting this hoping that someone within the development department steps up. Stop adding more broken features and characters and focus those resources on fixing what you already have. Once you have a game that can sustain organic player growth with giving away free stuff, then you can continue to add features. Currently adding another Rose character (Wizard) that generates copious amounts of lag with ridiculously over the top animations, only compounds the problems. There is obviously a lack of resources needed for these types of characters in multiplayer online games, so either reformat or reduce the animations. Fix the abilities, particular abilities don’t even work in some characters. Why have it if it doesn’t work? Again, wasting resources that are desperately needed elsewhere. The games/maps were the best part of the game until everyone figured out the incomplete areas, under the floor in Preserve Pastures for example. Who is it one can shoot through an object and hit an enemy without a line of sight? It’s not like they are shooting over or around it, through it. These little areas of the game become beacons for abuse and ruin the play for everyone. Team swapping has literally killed pvp in this game with the exception of battle arena. Battle arena could be nice, unfortunately when playing against other people I like to stay within my power range. I am a cleric, healer, monk type that loves to get in and mix it up. Sure I can play any character in the game, but I am a healer and prefer healers. So when I play Battle Arena against live opponents, I’m stuck playing some of the characters I rather not play. (Typically the characters that work well with auto fire, Chomper) I do not want to play the cheap/cheating characters as it takes away the fun of competitive competition. Alas, the reason I can’t give Battle Arena the thumbs up. The individual characters in this game are so inconsistent that people are forced to play specific characters when playing competitively. 

There is some good in the game, don’t get me wrong. Unfortunately, most will never see it or stick around to experience it with the lack of consistency currently in the game. What is left of a player base typically uses auto and aim assist to combat the shortcomings in the game. This tends to build animosity amongst players and frustrations boil over into a toxic environment. This is a chance to stop it, fix what you have and slowly implement characters once all of the current class is playable. 

Stay safe and healthy out there everyone. 🤙

edited: Sweet Christ, autocorrect sucks! I can’t even read this trash because of the errors it fixed(?) for me. Wow, sorry for the terrible grammar and being entirely to lazy to go back and correct the errors in my post for a game I hardly play.. Just know the gist of my post was hopefully to get someone to fix it before it goes the way of so many other dead EA games.