The drone can carry friendlies to buildings inaccessible to those without a heli or jet to get to. They are having a friendly jump on it and hit the drone with a sledge hammer causing it to launch in the air repeatedly to get to buildings with no access.
Breakthrough on Manhattan Bridge and New Sobek City is almost impossible to play. People use this drone exploit 100% of the time.
By the way, there is no word about drone exploit in upcoming UPDATE 1.1.1.0. If there are no changes in the update, then temporarily block the sledgehammer or create an restricted area on roofs and etc.
Fix this exploit asap, it's ruining the entire gameplay in Breakthrough.
Fix the bug or remove drone temporarily 😤
Or let us report it with a new option "exploit" !
Sobek is already a bad map its even worst now.
The only way out - HW ban
But the incompetent Dice team hasn't been able to fix the glitch for two weeks...
Instead, they're messing around with challenge balance...
What challenges... it's impossible to play because of the glitches...
Ban everyone and fix the serious bugs.
What are you talking about?
This is nonsense. The solution is 100 times simpler and has long been known in other games...
1 ban for using glitches...Ban everyone for hardware...We need to get rid of these players forever.
2 killboxes in places players shouldn't be able to reach.
**bleep** dice....
Why does it take so long to fix this nonsense?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY EVERY, EVERY!!!!!!! game noobs fly on drones and sit on roofs.
Using glitches = cheating.
Why isn't anyone getting HW banned?
Why is it taking so long to fix this?
A player standing on top of an allied Recon drone is able to use the sledgehammer basic attack to "launch" the drone (and by extension, themselves) into the air/clip into geometry. This can be repeated until someone is high enough to deploy their parachute, at which point they land on a building that is meant to be inaccessible. Once up there, a spawn beacon can be deployed and squad members can spawn on them. This makes defending some objectives IMPOSSIBLE, as some of these buildings are considered "the objective" and teams are able to contest them without being in any line of fire.
This is most egregious on game modes like breakthrough or rush, but this exploit is being used in EVERY GAME MODE on EVERY MAP and is making the game genuinely unplayable. There are some maps and modes where a player has absolutely zero chance, as spawning in your own HQ could put you in one of these teams' line of sight.
Worst of all is the seemingly shameless, callous attitudes the bug abusers seems to have about using it, as if they can't imagine a world where this kind of behavior will be be punished.
I obviously am not a dev, but anyone abusing this bug should be banned for some period of time (if not indefinitely), INCLUDING players that are spawning on their squad. “When you access or use an EA Service, you agree that you will not … Use or distribute unauthorized software programs or tools (such as “auto”, “macro”, hack or cheat software), or use exploits, bugs or problems in an EA Service to gain unfair advantage". This is a direct quote from the TOS that I abide by, and I'm being punished for it because these players are allowed to log in every day.
Unless you want your game to be known as a haven for cheaters and bug abusers, you need to fix THIS ISSUE immediately, AND punish the people who took advantage of it.
The problem with this solution is that game types that include aerial vehicles should be fine to allow rooftop access. It’s not as game-breaking when a helicopter can take out those players. So if they changed boundaries, it would have to be different in different game modes. The easiest fix is to just remove the interaction between the sledgehammer and the recon drone, or the ability to stand on the recon drone
There is no word about drone exploit in upcoming UPDATE 1.1.1.0. What?
They could also limit the max possible height a player could get in a game to get rid of this, similar if you are leaving the battlefield with the warning and timer. Just set the max possible height for example 2nd floor +1 meter (if the 2nd floor is the highest point in game)
Is there any news about this bug being fixed? I don't think I read that it was included in the update coming on Tuesday.
