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Product: The Sims 4 Platform: PC Which language are you playing the game in? German How often does the bug occur? 100% What is your current game version number? 1.105.297.103 What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? click on the lovely new shopping cart button by mistake and then go in CAS/World view What happens when the bug occurs? This lovely button pulsating again after each loading screen. What do you expect to see? No pulsating (and remove it!) Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never Used Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? 1.105.297.103 How do I turn off the constantly pulsating shopping button? This is distracting and makes my game experience worse. Edit By EA_Cade: Title
The Portal XP Nerf and the Betrayal of "Full Progression" - Targeted Solutions
Hello everyone, I am extremely disappointed, and I know I'm not alone, with the decision to drastically reduce XP progression and unlocks on PVE Portal servers. This reversal, just days after launch, is a massive blow to the community and directly contradicts the promises made about the Portal feature. 1. The Broken Promise of "Full Progression" Portal was introduced as the ultimate sandbox, guaranteeing full progression regardless of the mode chosen. This was one of the biggest selling points for a large segment of the player base. The current implementation severely penalizes players who simply want to enjoy the PVE experience, learn new weapons, or progress at their own pace without the pressure of PVP. 2. The Nerf Solved Nothing and Punishes Honest Players The rush to "fix" XP farming has not resolved the underlying issue and has caused collateral damage: The Problem is the System, Not the Players: The initial XP farms were a predictable consequence of the tool. The fact that the server capacity issue is still prevalent shows that the XP nerf was a misguided attempt to mask a systemic infrastructure problem, not a solution to farming. Ineffective Measure: The XP farm servers are still over-capacity or have simply adapted to the new restrictions. Legitimate PVE players, however, are now left with a pointless grind. 3. This Drastic Nerf Will Kill Portal Ultimately, this broad nerf will do far more harm than good by killing the incentive to play the mode for the vast majority of users. Why would players spend time in Portal when their time spent is no longer respected by the progression system? Good community maps and genuinely fun PVE experiences will not be played under these conditions. Progression is the engine of engagement. By throttling it globally, you ensure that Portal, one of the game's key selling points, becomes a deserted ghost mode. Proposed Solutions: Restore Trust and Progression Instead of penalizing everyone, we urge the development team to adopt a multi-pronged approach that restores the promised progression for legitimate PVE play while seriously monitoring abuse. A. Restore Legitimate PVE Progression Re-enable Full XP on Official Game Modes: Progression (Full XP, Weapon Masters, Unlocks) must be fully restored for Portal experiences based on the official game types, even with AI bots filling the slots (i.e., Conquest, Rush, Breakthrough, Escalation, Team Deathmatch, FFA, and King of the Hill), in both Normal and Hardcore settings. Reinstate Solo/Co-op Mode: The dedicated Solo/Co-op vs. AI mode should be restored to Full Progression. This is the intended way for players to chill, learn the maps, and progress their unlocks without any impact on the live server environment. B. Target Abusers, Not the Community Serious Monitoring of Abusive Experiences: Implement active and immediate monitoring to identify and de-list or restrict XP only on custom servers that clearly use exploitative or non-conventional rule changes (e.g., 1-HP bots, instant respawns, AFK loop setups). Re-evaluate Unlock Requirements: Acknowledging the slow pace of unlocks, some Tier 1 requirements and attachments are currently an excessive "grind fest." Please take this opportunity to re-evaluate the requirements to make the core progression path less frustrating, reducing the incentive for players to seek out farming exploits in the first place. This community bought the game based on the promise of Portal's freedom and "full progression." We need you to deliver on that promise with targeted, effective solutions, not a blanket nerf that harms your loyal players. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Hardcore mode for veterans and those who prefer simulation
Hi DICE / EA team, I’ve been a Battlefield player since Bad Company 2 and I deeply value the tactical, immersive experience the franchise has always offered. Hardcore mode—with reduced HUD, one-shot kills, friendly fire, no minimap—was an iconic part of Battlefield’s identity. It’s disappointing that in Battlefield 6 Hardcore is only available through Portal, requiring custom servers and manual setup. Many long-time fans (including myself) just want to queue into a standard Hardcore playlist via matchmaking, like in BF3 and BF4. A simple option at the start of matchmaking—"Standard" vs "Hardcore"—would let new players join the normal mode, while veterans could select what they know and love. This choice doesn’t harm anyone and addresses both audiences fairly. Portal cannot replace matchmaking: lack XP progression, and aren’t easily discoverable. Access to Hardcore via matchmaking would revitalize competitive play and honor Battlefield’s legacy. Please consider adding an official Hardcore playlist to standard matchmaking. Many fans have voiced similar concerns and would greatly appreciate such a feature. Thank you for listening.
Add Online Functionality
The lack of online functionality behind Replanted's local features is very disappointing to many of us who have wished it for years. Given how we have three months until release, please consider adding it. Local play is not as common anymore compared to when PvZ 1's ports released, and online became the standard.
Please give rentals the apartment shaders
Now the apartment shaders are fixed it would be great for rentals to get the same ones, its very distracting for gameplay with walls and floors being visible When visting as a landlord it looks like this which is the apartment shaders minus the ceilings, walls and floors arent rendered, which would be amazing if actually implemented: Vs Rentals in Normal Gameplay: And Apartments post patch 1.109.185
Give PC Players The Ability To Disable Crossplay
I am pretty irritated that Dice isnt forcing console players to play with pc if they dont want to. But they are forcing pc to play with console even if we dont want to. What is with the catering to consoles but not your original fan base on pc. You guys have given too much ASsistance to console players trying to balance controller and quite honestly im fed up with it. We dont care that they cant match our precision its not our fault that controller cant reproduce precision. Giving them less recoil bullet magnetism aim assist all stacked on top of each other is doing too much. Getting really tired of dying to a controller player while head camping bc ofthe combination of all these things together just gives them an advantage that as a pc player I just cant engage them in certain scanarios and win they have too much assistance going on under the hood. They just hold down the trigger on any gun and get If you want to give them that much of a handicap fine but give pc players the ability to turn off crossplay. It should never be forced on anyone period if they dont want it on. Makes no sense why you give console the option but not pc. I want to be able to have the option of just playing with pc players.
Feature Request - Transmission Setting: Car
Hello there, hope someone from the EA WRC Team Reads this. First of all love the Gameplay so far. Great Job, delivering on your promises so far <3. My Request: Please add a Setting, like in Dirt Rally 2, where the Transmission i use is determined by the car: i.e.: WRC Car : Sequential, Group B Car Manual, like IRL. I love that we get to play different kinds of champiuonships in the Career Mode, always having to change those settings between events, takes away from the Experience tho. To be clear, i dont want to be able to set Transmission for each car individually, i'd just like there to be a setting, that the actual Car Transmission Decides, which Transmission i have to use. Thank you very much, please let me know if this will come and maybe my fellow gamers can share if they are also missing this feature
Clubs - Feature Additions/Improvements
Hey all. It's great to see clubs in from launch for the first time. However, there are definite improvements needed for clubs to get them to surpass or even just back to the level of where they were in DiRT Rally 2.0 and even DiRT Rally. 1 - Moderated Clubs - right now we lack the option to moderate who can and can't join your club. For private communities or leagues trying to run things in a more organised way, this is essential. I'm personally not a fan of having people I don't know to some extent on my friends lists, so "friends only" is not really a good option. Our current workaround is to have a separate club-specific account that is set as the owner that then has to have people add that as a friend. It's very fiddly and I feel unnecessary. 2 - Multiclass - this is a massive part of rallying and a feature that was in the original DiRT Rally. Not only is it a huge part of real rallying, but it allows us to craft experiences for our communities that means more people can take part in something they will enjoy. We used to be able to pick specific cars AND classes in the original DiRT Rally Leagues. DR 2.0 lost this functionality and it hasn't returned since. 3 - Inability to set a specific date - while we can set things to start in so many days then the specific time on those days, we could set specific dates in DiRT Rally 2.0 through the browser without having to work out how many days or hours we need to start the event in. 4 - No location mixing - another feature of the original DiRT Rally leagues. We could mix locations and create huge, varied events if we wanted to do something different. While there are an incredible amount of stages in the game, things will still get quite repetitive when running certain countries quite quickly. This was jettisoned after the original DiRT Rally leagues and hasn't been seen since. 5 - Can't select stage degradation per stage - in DiRT Rally 2.0 clubs, we could select the level of stage degradation per stage. This helped create a feeling of progressing through loops and the rally as a whole and keeping conditions somewhat dynamic. Right now we can only set a single setting for the whole event. 6 - Ability to create events through the browser - this was VERY useful in DiRT Rally and DiRT Rally 2.0. It is very fiddly to have to do it through the game itself, while we can only join and create clubs through the Racenet website. The whole thing is very fiddly. 7 - Ability to enforce camera types - in multiplayer lobbies, we can limit the cameras to "interior only", "no chase" or "allow all". Having this option in clubs would be fantastic for those looking to create something tailored to their desires. 8 - Ability to choose specific assists - rather than an overall "on" or "off" setting, being able to choose specific assists allowed in your events would also be very useful. 9 - Viewing the overall standings - this is... fiddly. The only way to view the overall standings after a specific stage is to go into the events overview, then the specific event and then click "overall standings" straight after a stage. You can't view the overall standings after a specific stage on the Racenet website or in the service area. In quick play and other single-player modes, the overall standings are displayed straight after the stage times. 10 - Ability to set specific days of an event - this could then open up people who have terminal damage to return on day 2/day 3/day 4 of an event. Right now you can quit a specific stage but only DNF that stage and carry on, whereas if you get terminal damage, your event is completely over. If you get terminal damage in the SP career or championships, you can come back on a later day. A specific option to allow rejoining on later stages or days would also be useful. I'm sure there's more I could add, but I think the general message is more options would be fantastic. Options are no bad thing when they can create an even more crafted, immersive experience. As a league admin, it's been frustrating to lose functionality since the release of DiRT Rally. Fingers crossed some of this can be taken onboard and implemented for this title.
Dear EA/DICE: You’re Losing the Battlefield Community
Dear Developers, I want to start by saying that I honestly wish I didn’t have to write this post. I’m writing this as someone who’s genuinely sad and frustrated. It’s obvious that EA wanted to attract CoD players — and at first, I completely understood that and had no problem with it. My first impressions from the Beta were great, I was truly hyped, pre-ordered the Phantom Edition, and couldn’t wait for October 10th. Today I’m level 110, and I think it’s finally time to share my thoughts. I’ve been playing Battlefield for around 15 years, and my favorite will always be BF2 (RIP GameSpy). Well… we definitely got a product aimed at CoD players — but in the worst possible way. The TTK and TTD are absolutely miserable, the 4-player party limit is a joke, forced operator choices feel out of place, and there’s NO SERVER BROWSER! How can the lead producer say we don’t need one? I honestly thought it was a joke at first — and that the community feedback would be heard — but nothing ever happened. Matchmaking is a disaster. Every second match I play is completely unbalanced. There’s no option to pick the attacking or defending side without disconnecting and reconnecting a dozen times until it finally puts me where I want to be. This problem used to be handled by server admins through the browser — they helped keep matches fair and balanced. And don’t even get me started on the challenges. They’re an absolute pain to complete. I honestly don’t know if they were designed by an AI or by someone who’s never actually played the game, but they’re a complete tragedy. The overall pace of the game is way too fast, leaving almost no time for proper teamplay, even when you actually try to play tactically with friends. The gameplay experience feels on par with BF2042 — but ironically, that game still had more freedom. I honestly get the feeling that the developers haven’t played this game for more than 20 minutes… or worse, that this is intentional — which would be really sad and could bury the entire franchise. What also really disappoints me is the complete lack of developer feedback here on the forums. I understand you can’t respond to every single post, but it would be basic respect to at least address some of the hot topics here. Right now the community feels unheard, like our frustration just keeps piling up and EA leadership simply doesn’t care. Maps, maps, maps… This topic has already been brought up several times — and yeah, I wouldn’t say the maps are terrible, but they are really, really small and focused entirely on running and shooting with no sense of tactics whatsoever. As for the bugs, I’m still patient for now. We’re only in the first season, and I know updates will come — bugs happen in every game at launch. That said, I did expect a bit more polish for a 100€ title, but I can still understand it… for now. To end on a more positive note — the graphics are absolutely beautiful. I just wish we could enjoy this amazing world with more freedom, playing the way players want to play, not the way we’re being forced to. Please, developers — take a little time to listen to what players here on the forums are saying and what’s frustrating them. Otherwise, this could genuinely bury the whole franchise. Thank you for your time.
