battlefield-labs-discussion

[feral garden]

Just call games like Arma "hardcore milsim", Battlefield/COD "casual milsim"

ARMA isnt a sim either. Its just more hardcore lol

[celest frigate]

Anyhow, is there any info on how far away the game is from release?

[pallid coral]

True it's just more of a hardcore shooter but still abstracted

Tbh a true milsim would just be plain boring

[cursive nymph]

it is a sim if u play with certain mods installed

[pallid coral]

I wouldn't call reforger a milsim, it's more like a mil-sandbox

What's that us army fps game lol

Made by the army itself

[lyric flower]

Absolutely not. Different games for different people. I'm just trying to figure out what the identity of battlefield is supposed to be and which audience they try to cater to. Because battlefield 3 and 4 were obviously trying to compete for casual shooter players on CoD. I don't care fun wise, I play shit from ready or not/bodycam to ultrakill x)

[pallid coral]

Yeah at the end of the have they tell you to join the armyt xD

[lyric flower]

Americas Army I think was used for training I think

[pallid coral]

Yeah lol

[pallid coral]

True true

I hope Bf6 doesn't sprinkle some random squad elements just for the sake of it

Make it functional even if some people decide to not use it

It doesn't have to be torture but it should reward people for doing teamwork

Ah yes I team up with 3 other mcRees (I forgot all their names)

So realistic you couldn't run diagonally

Jokes jokes

I loved the open field map

The farm/barn

Harvest Day

I get dizzy playing cod

I'm too old (22) for cod 😭

[feral garden]

BF is just a more accessible version of the combat you see in more HC shooters. You dont get body injury, you regen health, you can be revived, ETC. Most of those more HC elements can be added to even 2042 tho.

[lyric flower]

I'd say either commit to it or leave it. Either go full battlefield 3 with main focus on fast gunplay and vehicles as a side feature or full battlefield 2, slower with big maps, more strategic approach and focus on objectives.

If both are done without commitment to either, no fan will be really satisfied.

[covert nest]

I think the point is to make the game believable.

[tardy furnace]

In the test on the site there was a question: "What games have you played for more than 10 hours? One of the answers was Escape From Tarkov". Do they want to add any mechanics from these similar games? We'll find out when the tests will be launched. By the way, when is the launch planned?

[covert nest]

It doesn't have to be realistic the context of the game has to be understandable and consistent.

[pallid coral]

Exactly

I mean ofc cod has always been for slightly younger than bf audience in my eyes

[covert nest]

It's why I've been enjoying mechwarrior as of late because the universe is terrible. And with the clans coming in, a completely different culture and superior weaponry.

Black ops 2 was pretty fast but not too fast.

But I think that's a result of the player base being pretty young ish.

[feral garden]

Ill probably sound like a boomer for saying this...but I really hate how COD has tried to extend the skill gap through allowing insane speed of movement, traversal and directional movement velocity (omni-movement)

[pallid coral]

I love downtime in matches. I get to eat lunch while my teammate moves us from main base to the objective in squad or arma. And I gotta hear my squad talk in voice or radio it's something different

[covert nest]

Bad company 2 was funny. It knew what parts to take itself seriously on.

[pallid coral]

Bro u change ur name way too many times I forget it's u

[covert nest]

Yet hearing music from a dedicated radio on Vietnam to me kills the tension yet keeps the atmosphere.

Haha

[pallid coral]

I remember in bfv people would be too lazy to dig up attrition boxes

Out of 30 people in the objective NO ONE DUG IT?!

Dunno about that lol

While it seems chaotic in the Frontline they're always scheming in the back on both sides

The new cods are so fast that it makes the finals feel slow
Never thought I'd say that

[lyric flower]

Imo the ability to pull up the scoreboard hurts every gamemode that isn't based on kills.

[pallid coral]

True true

But we're accustomed to it

[flint nymph]

I hope they bring back the hacker mode from hardline

[pallid coral]

Battlefield is still a juicy rewarding dopamine game. Every hit is a hot marker, ever headshot is a different color, every kill is a skull and a kill feed indicator and sound to tell u u got someone.

[pallid coral]

Yooo hard-line mentioned! Wtf is a bad game 🗣️

NGL for that I just play other games lmao

In 2025 there's so many games to cater to ur niche needs now

[sharp ether]

its rare to have good squadplay.. Most of the time when i give an order they all run in a different direction

[pallid coral]

Hmm. I'm mainly talking about more mainstream titles

[feral garden]

The best part of Battlefield has always been that you can spend a whole round messing around if you choose to do so. People shouldn't take it so seriously, or judge other players for not doing so. Even back in BF1942/BF2 days...this was the case.

Thats why it really annoys me when I see people here complaining about a player going 2/20 k/d wise. Like...just let that person do what they want and have fun.

[pallid coral]

Squad, reforger, sq44, gzw, eft, etxc. Every kill feels amazing and u end a game with like < 5 kills yet you feel like a hero

Prox chat makes those games instantly 70% more fun no cap

Ikr

Same tbh 😦

[lyric flower]

Sadly. It's not like I wasn't the one trying to grind for nukes and moabs back in the day of call of duty. I've had my fair share of playtime ignoring objectives in games. I lost fun in these games because my mind is literally feeling dumb and shutting down while playing.

renegade x and it's community kinda gave me that taste of blood that made me crave for battlefield again.

[pallid coral]

As soon as u enter the big cities ur fps and input lag goes crazy

[feral garden]

Is the AI still crap in GZW?

[pallid coral]

Yeah true, it really is a sandbox in that sense. You can decide your playstyle and not affect the seriousness of the game cuz there really isn't an in game leader that wants to achieve victory

[feral garden]

Last time I played (About a month ago) the AI would just rush you, surround you and make it impossible to escape or fight in towns

[pallid coral]

Wait 3y

[flint nymph]

I hope battlefield will never become like eft or arma. battlefield is good as is and it's truly one of a kind

[pallid coral]

I played gzw 2 days ago got into a server, got a kit, kicked out to menu in spawn, joined a new server. No kit no gun, I'm empty. Rip

[sharp ether]

spend thousands and thousands of hours playing BF in my lifetime

[pallid coral]

I join their server to report the bug. I get hit with the "get greyzoned"

[flint nymph]

I love eft, that's why I play eft. I love battlefield, that's why I also play battlefield. I love arena shooters, that's why I play unreal. no need for mixing these things

[lyric flower]

Arma is too niche for EA. Not enough money in these games to make it actually worth it.

[flint nymph]

they tried that shit in 2042 with that extraction mode

[pallid coral]

No one can make a dogshit yet fun game like arma except of bohemia. EA stay out of it

[flint nymph]

hope they learned

Bf4 movement is the best of any bf

[pallid coral]

Not always. I play it 50% for the social fun you get in the VC. There's not much realism running around with a sniper duo squad infiltrating back lines of the enemies lol it's all fun

Reforger especially is just like battlefield. You choose your playstyle and make sure you're not a dick

[flint nymph]

movement exploits and abuse create a genuine skill gap

[pallid coral]

I hope Bf6 doesn't make me learn vuzu and zuzus

[flint nymph]

from bhopping in CS to whatever the fuck I do in Bf4 when spamming my keyboard

[pallid coral]

Vouzou*

[lyric flower]

extraction mode isn't really an arma thing. Extraction games have been one of the most popular genres in 2020-2024. They just tried to catch the hype. Like call of duty having a battle royal doesn't mean it's eventually going to be pubg.

[flint nymph]

mf u know what I meant

[pallid coral]

Don't wanna sound like I'm just going against u but been playing these milsims for over 3y now I've talked to a lot of people and they say they never play these games for the military aspects. Most people just love the chill nature, downtime, choose ur own playstyle mixed in this slower paced game. Like ikwym

[flint nymph]

the slow af "u move u die" gameplay

[covert nest]

Battlefield is pretty fast id say but there's a lot of downtime its really weird.

There's lots of opportunities for downtime for people to handle things at their own pace.

[feral garden]

The downtime in BF is pretty optional tho

[covert nest]

But then there are those who like going aggressive.

Going back to battlefield for frontlines (and of course getting hate mail) made me realise the maps with its "safe spots" lack for a better word allows players to do what they want, creating variable combat conditions.

I guess? I don't really think that as dumb as that sounds even though it's true.

There's a lot of things that encourages different playstyles which keeps battlefield fun.

Vehicles sitting back that's something I have a different opinion of.

[flint nymph]

Im the one rushing a flank with my full squad of friends getting top squad every match in bf1 by sheer force, but now and then we enjoy sitting in the back sniping people or farming tanks

[covert nest]

2042's vehicle meta for all intents and purposes is unbalanced.

APS lasting as long as it does, the existence of lis. They're problems.

[feral garden]

I never really got the hate for players that camp.

1. Campers are easy to kill
2. Its a legitimate thing to do a lot of the time

[flint nymph]

battlefield is genuinely the only game where camping is not annoying to me

[covert nest]

They're small but very large problems. TV missiles should be an option for vehicles only and very specific vehicles.

[covert nest]

In a lot of ways it makes sense.

[flint nymph]

they break the pace

[feral garden]

Pace is optional in BF

[flint nymph]

them being slow forces me to slow down to engage with them succesfully

[feral garden]

TLDR; you do you, let others do them

[flint nymph]

Im talkin in general

[covert nest]

Campers in cod are so fucking annoying due to the pacing of the game. Battlefield feels fast because there's tonnes of opportunities to avoid particular people and go ham.

Keep in mind I'm talking about infantry.

[lyric flower]

Yeah. I mean Mil-Sim/Realistic/Tacticool Shooters are not a very enclosed genre. There is a lot of variety there.
6 days in fallujah/Ready or Not are completely different to Insurgency Sandstorm. Yet both advertise with "realistic" "tactical" and "military" "simulation".

[covert nest]

Vehicle campers are completely different.

They need to encourage vehicles to play aggressively instead of sitting back.

But that's something else entirely.

[flint nymph]

again, talkin in general

[covert nest]

I personally enjoyed bf5's class system as you could go aggressive with assault and still deal with vehicles.

[dense path]

Where is a post with tech spec requirments

[lyric flower]

Also agreed. I will never understand a person complaining about camping in Battlefield. Because of vehicles/high explosives and the environmental destruction, it should be theoretically impossible to camp against someone of equal or better skill level.

[pallid coral]

Eh honestly labeling only goes so far

[flint nymph]

when I shit talk campers im not blaming the devs, Im personally insulting the other player for being a coward

[lyric flower]

I shit you not games/servers like that exist.

[pallid coral]

At this point I'm ready to drop the milsim tag from all games

[covert nest]

K/D whores and alike.

[pallid coral]

From today there is no military and there is no simulation. Removed from the dictionary

[covert nest]

I would rather have a good KPM and "half decent" KD.

[pallid coral]

Fuck it rpg all the way

We commit war crimes

[flint nymph]

idgaf bout how many deaths I have as long as I have the most kills too

[covert nest]

KPM SPM gimme some rewards boi.

[pallid coral]

Dumb firing into one singular hut to kill that sniper

Feels good man 😊

[covert nest]

Destroying cover to get to someone is always a good feeling.

[balmy hawk]

imagine if they bring back commander mode

[covert nest]

But hilarious when you accidentally hit them with the rocket.

[balmy hawk]

and you're at lunch break playing some of that stuff

and launching missiles at some tanks camping

[covert nest]

Dude i won't lie.

[feral garden]

BF4 commander sucked for balance

[balmy hawk]

that I can agree with

[flint nymph]

hacker mode >>>

[pallid coral]

Nah I'm launching nukes while launching nukes in the toilet

[covert nest]

If they add a commander mode (as much as I'd dislike it in reality) I'd be playing that shit while on bus rides to the city lol.

Wait for context.

[feral garden]

Like how is it ok to allow one team a commander, but the other not have one. 😄

[covert nest]

Does anyone remember when commander mode was playable on touchpads.

[feral garden]

And no way to assume the role from in game to level the playing field

[pallid coral]

Yep lmaoooo

[covert nest]

It was terribly balanced.

Teamwork breaks the game ironically.

[balmy hawk]

imagine you're on a train and start cheering you are launching missiles at players and the granny next to you or that 40-50 y/o person looking at your table like you just droned something IRL

[pallid coral]

What if both teams had an AI commander from the start that passively benefits the team but a player can take over for up to 10 minutes at a time

[lyric flower]

there have been CoD server plugins that did that and one turkish free to play fps I cant remember the name of also insta killed you if you haven't moved for 5 seconds.

[covert nest]

Ehhh would rather just not have it as a whole.

[pallid coral]

I just want BfH remastered 😭 is that TOO MUCH to ask for

[flint nymph]

Bakhmut type shit

[balmy hawk]

teaching granny how to kill some sweaty players through the tablet

[pallid coral]

Fair fair

[covert nest]

I just droned the London tower.

[pallid coral]

How much XP did u get

[feral garden]

IMO...what the next BF game needs, is to be what BF3 was to BF2. Re-define what battlefield is, get all the core things right (Destruction, movement, gunplay, ETC). Then in the game after that they can re-introduce all the bells and whistles like commander modes.

[covert nest]

I dunno

[balmy hawk]

I mean I was joking about commander mode haha

[flint nymph]

fuck a remaster, pick dev support for the game back up, make an actual application for it instead of browser based and easily ull get full servers again

[covert nest]

The problem about recent battlefields is that they haven't been built to last.

[lyric flower]

Renegade X and Eximius made it work and balanced. Then big EA can make it too.

[potent shell]

Hi folks

[covert nest]

The reason why bf1 lasted for so long because it had that foundation. Service stars and all that.

[pallid coral]

They're just like me fr fr

[balmy hawk]

would be fun to have a game that would last like CSGO did but with the consistent updates and improvements over time

[covert nest]

It's why they struggle to find their identity. They try to fix and re add old shit from games and barely have time to develop the new things.

[balmy hawk]

for a fact I mean csgo did well for like what 12 years of live service

[covert nest]

Adding onto what bsod said here practically.

[lyric flower]

Literally this. They struggle to commit to an Idea

[craggy trellis]

These last games had no atmosphere to define their identity

[covert nest]

They can add anything but they need to make sure it lasts. Bf4 lasted a very long time because it had an amazing foundation but the game was so broken that's all they needed to do.

It's why 2042 is a stain on the franchise and bf4 id call an anomaly. I enjoyed the game to a degree but holy shit they spent so long fixing a rushed game they couldn't even get the groundwork going.

[craggy trellis]

2042 was going to be a BR overall iirc

[covert nest]

I don't really like bf4 but holy shit they did something right there.

[lyric flower]

dont worry, we're getting the battle royale with 6

[feral garden]

Its kinda funny that what Battlefield fans have had issues with for years (Constant change and re-inventing the wheel)...COD is now also suffering from.

COD IMO was most successful when they stuck to a core formula, then did game after game using that formula. The last few years of COD/WZ have tried to change too much to appeal to new audiences...and alienated their core players as a result.

[stark eagle]

Regarding the Asia server, I would like to see a top priority addressed against cheat tools, not only by implementing an anti-cheat system, but also by implementing a rental server. Perhaps the developers don't know that there are many cheat tools available on the Asian servers.

[potent tulip]

I mean don’t change a running system 🤷‍♂️

[craggy trellis]

I don`t like BRs

[balmy hawk]

this is one of the things I would like to see more in a Battlefield title and a thing that start to be more common. Unless you're named activision

[lyric flower]

That's just the half truth. The full truth is that call of duty, the concept as a whole got boring. I mean not surprising if you eat tomato soup every day for over a decade. (well at least for some time frames it was noodle soup). If the "old style" (whatever that is) was so good, then CoD fans would play the older titles but they dont cause cod is boring. Simple as that.

[balmy hawk]

long lasting live service with a minimum of 5 year cycle is a better space for a game to evolve and then the studio work a new title with their time

[potent tulip]

Tbh firestorm was a great BR but it just lacked the player numbers.

[lyric flower]

Don't worry, me neither.

Anyone asked for a battle royale in 2025? 📣

[balmy hawk]

instead of the forced producing of titles to just release something new to sell quick and dump like 2-3 DLC's and call it a year cycle and do it again

[feral garden]

But it was the new maps, themes and setting changes that kept players engaged and returning. Almost all of my mates who used to play COD, no longer play it. Because it doesn't play like COD anymore.

[potent tulip]

We are just getting old at this point 🥲

Well said sir

[lyric flower]

It was the new cod that kept players engaged. As long as you can purchase a title of a series you've played for your whole life, you are more ready to buy the new one.
Like what setting? The 5th WW2 setting? The 6th Modern Warfare setting? Or the 3rd Futuristic Setting?
The never-changing killstreaks with 60% of the maps being worse designed than combat arms maps and 40% being remakes of popular maps?
Or the weapons that get a cool "X" behind them to make them look new just because activision doesnt want to pay for naming licenses anymore?

Again, you can only have so much tomato soup until you don't want tomato soup anymore.

Best proof is h2m. The fanmade mw2 mod for CoD MWR.
It got a big hype and even a lot of social media posts. Servers were completely full at launch. Now, not even half a year later and you wont even get a single completely filled server. Even tho it's exactly what the CoD Fanbase allegedly wants. New maps, new weapons, updated movement, updated gunplay updated graphics with the core gameplay of the beloved mw2.

Yet the futuristic ones were the most innovative.

[coral glen]

After signing up and doing the survey did anyone get a confirmation email or anything? I did everything but never got any communication

[feral garden]

There is no confirmation email, so dont worry

[coral glen]

Ok thanks

I was really worried after 12+ hours of q time that I screwed up 🤣

[potent tulip]

Dw I was the same bro 🤣

[lyric flower]

Advanced Warfare was innovative. Especially the way they handled killstreaks and they even had the best idea for a CTF with a throwable ball.

[potent tulip]

They will send out a mail in like a week or more…

[grizzled snow]

Did the test start ?

[potent tulip]

No

[grizzled snow]

When its gonna open ?

[potent tulip]

No one knows but at least one week but I guess more than that.

[grizzled snow]

Ok thanks

[covert nest]

Oh adding perks to scorestreaks making them cost more.

And how they were a part of the class versus your default list.

[lyric flower]

instead of just choosing to play with, let's say "orbital satellite", you picked drone and could upgrade your drone to be perma-scanning and undestroyable. These upgrades also increased the points needed for the killstreaks with some killstreaks (I believe it was warbird and gunship) even be controlled by another teammate

[covert nest]

That was a good part of adv warfares system.

There was also the part where you could no scorestreaks and just kill.

Again. Adding upgrades to your scorestreak made them cost more.

Genuinely unique.

Oh and schlager

SYSTEM HACK.

SYSTEM HACK

Oh God that was so annoying.

Yes.

[lyric flower]

By experience I can at least say it was incredibly well balanced.
And no, there wasn't an indestructible chopper. Just a "chopper" you controlled but another player shots from additionally.

[lyric flower]

I still hate EMPs in every cod

UAV drone yes, like the orbital satellite / blackbird in Cod usually is

the point of that was, to make your killstreaks OP like the vanilla killstreaks in cod usually are, you had to grind more points for. And you had to be specific with the features as it also took away class points for attachments. It also meant that getting a simple carepackage or UAV was easier to get for bad players but they also were worse than the standard ones you know from CoD. Like I said, good balance.

Speak for yourself. I remember maybe one map of advanced warfare. I haven't cared about a CoD campaign since over a decade. But the killstreaks along with the movement were the 2 most prominent features of the game. At least for me

[feral garden]

MW19 more went back to basics, than innovated anything

[lyric flower]

Yes. And aside from Support/Assault Osprey / Support/Jugg in Mw3, we never had that before. And they weren't customizable (and badly designed)

Im pretty sure the very first cod had that feature

I remember the thompson had it in CoD 1 because for some reason it had worse hip fire when on semi-auto.

But it's the same kind of marketing trick they use for everything in CoD.
Like Remember when Ghosts marketing was "you can now lean on corners" ?
The funny thing is, the only games before Ghosts were you weren't able to lean on corners were mw2 and mw3.

[steel torrent]

You guys think breakthrough mode will return?

[old anchor]

Yes they've already talked about it

[lyric flower]

yet you could. It was marketed as a new feature for the series while it wasnt.

[tepid plinth]

don't you love it when they glorify existing systems to make them seem new

[tawdry nimbus]

fuck me still unable to sign up after getting through the queue 🙃

[slender flume]

The form on sign-up page does not even have a field to type in an email - how anyone is supposed to receive one?

[feral garden]

??

[tepid plinth]

that's asking for your phone, silly

[dense path]

You need login ea acc

[grand mirage]

Where is my tik tak 😡

[woven saffron]

Welcome whitellefield

Goodbye bluettlefield

[tepid kernel]

invis arriving..

[marble anvil]

Has anyone played the new game of Battlefield?

[versed token]

The newest is 2042

[marble anvil]

No It's the content of the promotional film.

[graceful shell]

That hasn't been released yet. They're going to let people playtest them soon, you just have to sign up and get lucky to be chosen as a playtester

[versed token]

It will be under NDA so unlikely anyone would be able to tell you anyways

[graceful shell]

Not going to be the full game aswell, just certain features im pretty sure

[steel torrent]

Sure something will "misteriously" leak

[marble anvil]

Has anyone been selected in the chat room?

[steel torrent]

nope, I don't even know if my registration went through

You are supposed to log in either with your console or ea account before completing the survey, I am sure they take the email from that

[graceful shell]

I got accepted like an hour after. They sent an email saying "Welcome to the Electronic Arts Playtesting Community!"

[steel torrent]

you lucky bastard

[graceful shell]

I was refreshing their twitter and did the questions like immediately, didnt impact me getting in but atleast i skipped the 250k person queue

[marble anvil]

Maybe a young hacker should appear and announce the production content of some new works.

[steel torrent]

when I log in back to battlefield lab I see "Welcome Back" Playtests available and Playtesting schedule, does it mean I got in or everyone gets this?

[sharp ether]

No-one has been selected yet, in about a week i guess

[kindred berry]

yep closer to weekend

i heard at least, not sure ab it

[rustic crest]

Yeh, you just have to wait for invites within a few weeks. Battlefield comms just said some are messing up and you'll get a separate email and you can sign up there too. Keep an eye out on your emails bud

[feral garden]

Anyone can see the tab that shows available playtests, but only those who will be selected in future will see actual Battlefield Labs playtests there.

[steel torrent]

thanks

[slender flume]

Thats the thing. I had to login manually after filling the form, not prior

[halcyon chasm]

Personally I had no form to fill, I just clicked register and that’s all they asked

Maybe because I already done it for skate idk

[weary mantle]

i hope this new labs thing works well. It used to be easier to communicate with DICE devs, but over the last 20 years so much has changed and obviously the operation has gotten much larger.

[steel torrent]

they have a very easy job to do, stick out of any COD likenesses, no hero shooter, no crazy skins, large scale, vehicle warfare, old school BF. I am ok with the battleroyale because I know it will attrack new players to the franchise which is welcome

[feral garden]

Past Battlefield games

[weary mantle]

we'll see. I like the idea of breaking apart individual mechanics and having players give feedback on those things. Keeps it focused. We all have our grand ideas or "big picture" vision of what Battlefield should be but if we actually just put all our visions together it would be an incoherent frankenstein of a game. So I'm cool with just being asked about specific elements and leaving the big picture to the creative director or whoever's responsible for that.

[feral garden]

The next Battlefield game

[weary mantle]

btw i see the DICE devs here on the side in discord, but i'm old school and prefer forum posts over live chat like this. live chat is impossible to have a dialogue with measured thoughts and responses. If I were them I'd probably have this channel on mute most of the time anyway.

[marble anvil]

Why can you send pictures?

[fresh helm]

To be fair, they did ask during the 2042 technical playtest but it was more of a stakeholder exercise than anything else.

All feedback was tossed aside due to timeline constraints and they had already missed the mark by that point.

The positive but still cautiously optimistic change this time round is that they’re doing this playtest MUCH earlier vs 3 months before launch.

[weary sandal]

Purple name

[wind basalt]

Nice I've tried to register now and it was instant didn't have to wait in queue or anything

[feral garden]

They mainly asked about cosmetics.

Regardless, its in the past now. But not forgotten. Heres to the future and the success of Battlefield Labs!

[marble anvil]

How to get the purple name?

[weary sandal]

Nobody can get it right now

[marble anvil]

You must have some divine privileges.

[weary mantle]

I'm optimistic. Been playing since 2002 and made lifelong friends and memories so it's hard not to root for it. Nice to have a few things from childhood persist.

[hoary cargo]

guys are two days that I try to register at battlefield labs but continues to give me error and I can not get in. any guess knows how I can solve?

[weary sandal]

I got my purple name 5 years ago

[marble anvil]

Why do you get it?

[weary sandal]

I was just an active and helpful user, thats how you got it back then

[jovial raven]

Plot twist: this is a post mortem dream that the guy that fell from the building is having

He is lying to himself before he passes away

[marble anvil]

Maybe I can also get it.

[idle crypt]

Cant wait to get my hands on with the new game in labs

[jovial raven]

If the game turns out good maybe the guy was in a dream inside a dream and he's fine.

[steady shore]

I just saw the new bf footage

Gotdamn that looks hot

The goated modern bf people have been asking for

Visually immersive and cinematic, next level destruction

[weary sandal]

Nah, they dont give it away right now

[steady shore]

I can't get purple name my shit is bugged

Have probably like 20k messages on this server

[marble anvil]

Why

[late saddle]

thats how it should be

[marble anvil]

？

[steady shore]

Kendrick lamar said I love war

But I just love BATTLEFIELD

This is why we have technology, so we can live out our twisted war fantasies without actually having to kill each other

Imagine world war 3 happens irl in the bf6 game

Like the irl world war 3 is fought in bf6 online

So there's no casualties

[feral garden]

Because they dont want untrusted randoms posting gore and porn.

[marble anvil]

Then you are so lucky to get the purple name.

[feral garden]

Hardly lucky. As I've been active here in chat, on feedback loops, and in server events for the last 3 years.

[weary sandal]

Just having many messages won‘t help

[marble anvil]

That's really lucky.

[weary sandal]

#discord-server-feedback message read

[marble anvil]

I want to know how many people are signing up for an appointment now.

[blissful coyote]

before the site fix i had the survey i couldn't fill and got kicked and after the site fix there was no survey and i got insta registered

idk if i'm screwed lol

[heady thorn]

[pulsar latch]

[blissful coyote]

i read "some questions skipped" so i assumed there was still part of the survey but i guess i'll wait

[jovial raven]

Will Battlefield Labs be available for Puerto Rican players? We technically count as North America, but some companies don't treat us that way and take us out of that equation in terms of Region locks.

[unkempt surge]

You can expect threaded things to arrive in due time.

[potent tulip]

Also check your spam when the time comes.

[safe moat]

After some time they will expand their servers, for now the servers will be US and EU

[safe moat]

Unironically I think Vince kinda forced them to do the Labs

[craggy trellis]

Or they just let him do his thing

[steady shore]

Bf3 3

Bf4 is bf3 2

[minor plank]

how is the queue now?

[craggy trellis]

BF 3.5

BF 3
BF 4 is BF 3.5
BF 2025 is the true BF 4

[grave fog]

hey guys.I did the survey and all of that so now i just wait to see when a playtest is ready to use ?

[calm nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-simpsons-now-we-play-the-waiting-game-gif-16327789852622540331

[final pivot]

Sure... More desert... Be it Middle East or North Africa.

[craggy trellis]

More likely middle east

[gaunt wraith]

Avoid queues by going directly into your EA account and sign up for playtesting there. A list of available tests will then show for you.

[forest vale]

so you can playtest now?

[ionic galleon]

Has anyone had an email yet?

[final pivot]

Meh

[craggy trellis]

[final pivot]

Go sing a dingaling while at it.

[spark charm]

Would be rad to see Afghanistan maps tbh

Especially Afghan mountains

Would be nice maps for a Battlefield 2025 judging that it will go for more present-day or GWOT aesthetic

The Talibans be having a crisis while NATO and whatever PMC/Wagner Group/Eastern Coalition Dice will make fight in their own homeland

Laughs in tunnels and caves

[iron spade]

Pls listen to the Bf Veterans..

[steady shore]

I have the Master Key

[spark charm]

Agree

tbh Battlefield Labs aint even F2P

And we all have to pre-order the actual game the moment the reveal drops lol

[proud pawn]

they may be following the same schedule they did with bf3, the bf3 reveal 14 years ago was on feb 3 same day as the bf labs announcement and the gameplay tease

[ancient lark]

Earnings call yesterday said game is scheduled to release by April 2026!

[proud pawn]

they also said the response to the labs has been overwhelmingly positive

its insane that some people were 900k+ in queue

i signed up the moment the website opened so i didnt sit in a queue lol

[final pivot]

If it was historical game then yeah, but Battlefield series is not aside from 1942 and Vietnam while rest is fiction.

[ancient lark]

Yeah, I was in at 75k the first day, but got busy. Jumped in again that night and it was like 300k... got in the next day (yesterday)

[fresh helm]

I set an alarm for 4pm, ended up joining the queue of 1k at 4:02pm

[calm nymph]

Which likely means Oct/Nov

[iron spade]

Easy, just check the Accounts and let the Veterans access.

[ancient lark]

So long as it is ready.. I don't care what date.... just be ready to publish and restore the name!

[proud pawn]

are you still with ea or did you retire or resign?

[proud pawn]

They should do that in the beginning, let the veterans of the franchise get access first and get their feedback, last thing i want is someone who doesnt play the game and only plays roblox or fortnite give their input

[lofty mango]

just one thing if the devs do see

[signal vigil]

What counts as being a battlefield veteran?

[proud pawn]

i also wouldnt mind getting peoples input that play warzone and dmz/tarkov for the br side of the game

[lofty mango]

for love god all thing holy have a server browser

pls

[calm nymph]

I left many years ago

[proud pawn]

they used to have a battlefield veteran program, i have played every game from alpha to launch

[signal vigil]

I’ve been onboard since BFBC1

Dearly miss those days

[proud pawn]

i see, im glad youre still around

i miss the golden days of bf1942 bfnam bf2 and 2142

something about those games were amazing

[trim bobcat]

Same

[proud pawn]

however bf3 set the bar with gameplay, maps, and dlc, it had the best dlc from any bf title

[ancient lark]

I onboarded with Nam... would love for some of the old systems from the early games to be brought into modern with all the nice looking visuals. Bring the destruction back.. maybe some levolution (not every map) and a nice pick of maps from the series.

[fresh helm]

In the video they said

"We're working on experience that is really going to open Battlefield up to a whole group of new players,”

I REALLY think they should not be worried about that right now, lmao.

[spark charm]

Well for a fictional war it would be nice

[ancient lark]

Make squad lead mean something again.. points for staying hidden/safe for squaddies to spawn on you.. separate squad lead voice

[spark charm]

Didn't mention any history at all

[signal vigil]

I hope the “atmosphere” of bad company comes back in a way. I really loved how Smokey and gritty everything looked. I also loved how everything sounded so loud, destruction was the best in bad company 2 I think aswell

[blissful saddle]

I 1st played Bad Company 2, thats were i fell in Love with the Battlefield franchise. Then loved BF3,Liked BF4 but the hardcore servers werent as good as Bad Company or BF3.

[calm nymph]

My first was BFBC2

[woeful sluice]

I think it could also mean that they will add close quarters maps that will cater to cod players

[signal vigil]

I haven’t signed into battle log in sooooo long, gonna check it out

[blissful saddle]

Yeah didnt they try that with 2042? I mean they open up to new players, but throw us old veterans out on sidewalk lol

[rigid valve]

This has been in every battlefield game

[ancient lark]

Wow, same.. I just did too. 8)

[rigid mulch]

I've played BF since 1st BC but didn't get into the MP side till BF4 was on Xbox one. Most played MP was BF1. Not so much for V and didn't buy 2042 as it didn't interest me 🤣

[blissful saddle]

Is it still up?

[rigid valve]

Locker, fort vaux, operation underground

[signal vigil]

Yes it is

[fresh helm]

https://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/

[signal vigil]

Successfully signed in

11 years ago I posted on my battlefeed “Can’t wait for Battlefield 4!!!” 🥹🥹

[blissful saddle]

Lol i probably cant get in. Forgot what email i used back then

[proud pawn]

If the devs are reading this page,this is feedback of what I would love to see as a veteran of the franchise is

1. Persistant community servers - my community died when they shut off the xp from those servers in bf2042 a few days after launch, i would like to see admin slots/whitelists to skip queues
2. fortifications -great fun in bfv, works in delta force so bring it back for this one, would be awsome to see in the br version of the game aswell
3. bfv movement, bf3 gun play
4. squad lock on vehicles
   5.portal- loved the idea, i know its coming back with this game
5. maps from every past game
6. stick with this game for a few more years before developing the next one.
7. no op thermal/flir optics

much more but dont feel like typing it out

[signal vigil]

Should be the same one for your ea account 🤔

[rigid mulch]

I'm lvl28 on BF4 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[signal vigil]

Add first person melee animations back!

[proud pawn]

yeah

[blissful saddle]

Ill go try

[proud pawn]

no bf4 counter melee

[signal vigil]

I liked it tbh, you could only counter if you were knifed from the front

[proud pawn]

the knifer would always lose the counter

[spark charm]

Just an assumption tbh

[signal vigil]

Fair, Maybe they could tweak it into a “spam the button faster than your opponent” mechanic, like the chainsaw battles in gears of war

[spark charm]

My assumption

[golden gazelle]

i want bf1 immersion and bf4 and prior style gameplay

[signal vigil]

The presentation and vibes in BF1 were pure class

[golden gazelle]

and bf4 style customization for weapons, crates idc about if u can earn em at a decent pace

[golden gazelle]

facts, they nailed it with the horrors of war

the screams... i still hear them...

the whistles 👀

[signal vigil]

The whistles too

YES hahaha

I would like an immersive way to communicate with your squad in the new game. Would be cool to have squad orders be more prominent, idk how tho, I just love that immersion stuff, just like the charge whistles in bf1

[feral garden]

Make the leaders order appear with GIANT TEXT in the middle of the screen.

[ancient lark]

It can easily be done by emphasizing the role of Squad Lead.. it was basically non-existent in 2042.

Make SL the only roaming spawn point, give bonus points to SL/Team for issuing/following orders

[feral garden]

If you disobey an order, you die.

Or friendly fire activates on you haha

[ancient lark]

lol

[feral garden]

[ancient lark]

Yeah, make their indicators turn red

[proud pawn]

i actually like the customization of weapons in delta force

[signal vigil]

i havent played it, how is it over there?

[golden gazelle]

its pretty good

[proud pawn]

the game is a clone of 2042 with minor destruction and fortifications

[blissful saddle]

Yes, disable party chat make in game lobby like good days, have squad and team chats

[low wedge]

[safe moat]

Its basically 2042 with more cheaters(because its free to play), better weapon modification(definetly not stolen from EFT) and less destruction

Oh and Operators with special skills

[signal vigil]

i see i see

[normal igloo]

is there supposed to be some confirmation email to know if i am actually registered to battlefield labs? the website right now skips from 'sign in' to 'thank you for registering' without me actually inputting anything

[signal vigil]

there isn't, it should just take you to the play tests portal

[safe moat]

No, if you did the survey you are done

[jovial raven]

But we're US based.

That's where I'm trying to get at.

Sometimes we do count as US, sometimes we don't.

[safe moat]

I mean, while you are correct, I don’t think they think like that, but who am I to say

[normal igloo]

oh now i see, in the playtesting screen there is 'playtests in progress' and battlefield labs is there, asking me to register my interest that i've already attempted to register several times

the battlefield franchise, it always finds new ways to hurt me

[safe moat]

Yea that is basically updating your data on there

You are done with it, now you gotta wait

[worn mist]

Keep in mind that a couple million have entered the site recently and tried to /have singed up

Its a new project and there will always be bugs/things to work on

[normal igloo]

please dice... a morsel of modern combat in a highly destructible environment, with good anonymous soldierman voice acting.... i'm not asking for much...

[worn mist]

I think its amazing what they're doing, first triple A company to directly head to their community for feedback, building the game around them

[safe moat]

Yea, there are ALOT of people who signed up for it/signing for it

[worn mist]

If it turns out to be a good game, with actual features from actual community requests, it'll change the whole scene

Other companies will soon rush to copy "battlefield labs"

[safe moat]

And this time they will be able to change stuff upon feedback instead of 2042 testing where they did it too late and didn’t change anything

[worn mist]

Exactly

And I would rather wait 3 years with them continuously community testing than them rushing it like other games have done recently

[safe moat]

Also not saying that 98% of the old staff who made 2042 are gone which didnt work on the feedback given even post release

[worn mist]

I mean gta V took ages, but turned out amazing

And I have no doubt gta 6 will be amazing and its because they don't rush

[safe moat]

Eh, I don’t have hopes for it

Not to say that I am on PC so I have to wait for ANOTHER year

[unreal fjord]

smoothness of BF1 with the simplicity of BF4 and BF3 would be great but that era of major FPS games feels gone mainly because of cod

[signal vigil]

all this with a more detailed movement options akin to battlefield 5/BO6

like crouch sprinting from bf5 and the prone ability to get on your sides and back from B06 were great

[somber wraith]

Just need the progression system that bf3 and 4 had

[blissful saddle]

We need those realistic Soldier audio too. The cussing and saying funny realistic quotes. Lol

[unreal fjord]

unlocking guns in the older battlefields hit like crack man

[somber wraith]

Leveling up certain classes to unlock new guns made it feel rewarding to be a team player

[iron quartz]

i agree totally on that. it was always a nice feeling to play a weapon til a certain point, to unlock no only a new feature for this weapon, but to get a whole new one! I hope we get this feature again right up!

what was also amazing were the Battlestars from Battlefield 3, where you can level up your weapon by killing other players. you earned a star each 100 kills. that was amazing too.

[signal vigil]

i remember one from BF3 i think where a soldier says "im gonna rip em a new asshole"

[jovial raven]

I thought you said get gooning

That's how we'll get those realistic sounds, alright.

[signal vigil]

yeah the constant jumping in bf2042 looks so silly

[unreal fjord]

bf2042 had adhd fueled mechanics

always running always jumping around

[signal vigil]

yeah, no bueno

[jovial raven]

I hope Portal gets constant content updates instead of bring dropped into the abyss after launch.

[jovial raven]

I was here hoping they would add Wake Island, Karkand, and a couple of others in 2042, but they just pulled a Mario Maker on it

[unreal fjord]

I think they should move portal away from bf3 and more towards BFV, BF1, and keep 1942

[signal vigil]

maybe they can add a stamina feature, where so much jumping, running, sliding, makes it harder to aim, or makes recoil stronger, and eases as you get your breath back

[jovial raven]

I still don't understand why they didn't add 2142 content in 2042.

[ancient lark]

IIRC, in BF2.. when you came upon someone.. you would both drop to crouch and start blasting.. it was more accurate then run+gun and any form of jumping. Was kind of funny to see from afar

[jovial raven]

You'd think they would have the prototypes for the mechs in it, but no...

[signal vigil]

i like that, and maybe make it so you cant really turn direction quickly while tactical spriniting. make it more like a straight forward strong sprint mechanic

[safe moat]

I think because they didn’t knew how to add it without majorly bending the lore of 2042(thats my idea)

I have an addition for this idea, depending on how much the stamina for tac sprint is used, the weapon draw speed is different

[signal vigil]

yes!

[proud pawn]

i think its because its an alternate timeline compared to bf4

[safe moat]

Like if you used 20% of tac sprint stamina you have a 0.3 second delay but if you use 80% of it then you have a 0.8 second delay

[signal vigil]

this is good too

[safe moat]

I made the numbers up but I think you can get the idea

[signal vigil]

the idea is to mitigate movement spam like in 2042, im not into the running and gunning fad

[safe moat]

Higher the stamina used, the higher delay there is to pull up your weapon

[proud pawn]

it would turn into the slide cancel stuff that is cod

[safe moat]

Well, my response would be “just deal with it you ADHD child”

[signal vigil]

thats how it used to be though

[safe moat]

If you want that kind of gameplay, go play COD

[signal vigil]

thats one of the things that made battlefield feel different to COD

[serene tiger]

how do you sign up for bf labs

[proud pawn]

I think the movement system in Battlefield V was perfect or close to it

[serene tiger]

can somone tell me how to sign up

k

thank you

[signal vigil]

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-labs

[signal vigil]

^

[safe moat]

Agreed. Battlefield has its joy because its slower

Instead of whatever the fuck people do with their controllers on COD

[grave fog]

That’s way I’m playing he’ll let loose

[safe moat]

Having fucking spasms

[grave fog]

I’m sick of cod

And I’m playing cod since bo1

[proud pawn]

battlefield is more sandboxy and less arcadey than cod

[signal vigil]

i loved the pacing in bfbc2

[safe moat]

My fingers gets tired from watching those gameplay

[grave fog]

It’s not fun to just run and kill people,I like games that u have to actually use your mind and communicate with your squad

[signal vigil]

i never got to play killzone, but i think i know what you mean

you feel the inertia when you move your soldier around

in COD you literally have the mass of a pingpong ball

[unreal fjord]

I think tactical sprint needs to go, hated it in 2042

Having soldiers run around with their guns up in the air across the map lol

[signal vigil]

they could make it better though, and animate it so the guns are slung back or holstered tight

instead of pointed up

[unreal fjord]

I think gameplay wise, having like bf1 sprint would be fine

[signal vigil]

oooo it would be cool if you could costumize your soldier to hold more gear or less gear and have it affect your weight

[rose cipher]

I hope they can cook better excution animations

[signal vigil]

like extra mag space

[signal vigil]

same, i want the first person animations back

i hope the devs are looking at this chat, we're cooking wiith ideas here

[unreal fjord]

I wonder how many times people have said “just remaster BF4 and you’ll make millions” in the battlefield community lol

[rose cipher]

yeah i want something like they did in bf1

[safe moat]

I want better story and heavier story with impactful cutscenes for Singleplayer

[safe moat]

I wonder how many of those dont even know that BF4 released in an absolute HORRIBLE state

[rose cipher]

I also hope they bring customize emblems back

[sage solar]

That and use the gun spread from BF V and some mechanics from V 1 and 2042. Nothing else is needed

[unreal fjord]

something that is like a successor to the BF4 campaign

[rose cipher]

I can spend hundreds years on that

[signal vigil]

i wasnt thinking about armor actually but i understand why that makes sense. i was reffering to extra gear. like ammo space, tactical tools or i guess yeah, plated armor. i just want there to be a trade off in mobility

[safe moat]

Personally I would like to have an original story in the universe

[sudden lodge]

One thing about 2042 I hated was they literally had a faction of gun runners and did nothing waited, like shouldn’t that be used to give us more weapons, old and new, but no two to three weapons every season.

I know it’s completed not relevant to current conversation, but I just had to say it.

[proud pawn]

I miss the custom decals we could put on tanks and vehicles

[unreal fjord]

I don’t think battlefield needs to tell a deep story in a modern era game but to really give players a campaign that screams battlefield and it’s unique mechanics compared to like cod

[signal vigil]

dude yes. i am a huge fan of fps campaigns, i know im a minority but i really liked the bf3 and bf4 campiagns

[rose cipher]

suree

[signal vigil]

i agree

[unreal fjord]

cod has black ops plots I don’t think EA needs to try to beat treyarch devs in the stories they’ve been building for a decade

[signal vigil]

make the campaigns co-op!! that would be excellent

[safe moat]

Oh definetly not, but like, I want a deeper story besides “Shit happened, you gotta deal with it”

[rose cipher]

I spent many time studying how to cook better emblems when I playing bf1

[safe moat]

I haven’t played BF3 campaign so I dont know

[signal vigil]

i guess 😦 i want this game to feel different from COD so im just hoping it does

[safe moat]

BF4 campaign was just….. bland for me for some reason. Like the story was there but the gameplay made it bland for me

[signal vigil]

its pretty good

better than bf4's in my opinion

[rose cipher]

bf3 is like a movie while bf4 more like a comedy

[safe moat]

Yea, it had the Main character syndrome

Instead of a soldier

[signal vigil]

yeah bf3 story felt much more grounded

[unreal fjord]

BF4 really has low lows and high highs but it wasn’t consistent action

[slim meteor]

Bf 2 and Bf2142 best battlefields ever made !!

[signal vigil]

best way to put it honestly

[safe moat]

Yea, I agree with this. I think what made it bland the most for me is that the AI fucking sucked ass

[signal vigil]

it was almost funny

[unreal fjord]

I guess that’s to be expected when the start literally has you behind in a enemy country with no force just you and your squad

[blissful saddle]

I need a Bad Company 3 for Closure, lol. Had cliff hanger in the Campaign.

[rose cipher]

Any way I need customize emblems

[signal vigil]

preach bro 🥲

[rose cipher]

So important to me

[blissful saddle]

Got attached to all the members/characters in Bad Company 2. Lol

[signal vigil]

i agree

[safe moat]

Anyways

I just want a Singleplayer that actually is good and not just filler stuff you do to unlock some stuff for MP

[gentle kite]

WELCOME NO PATS!

[signal vigil]

i would like it to be co-op too

[signal vigil]

triggered

[safe moat]

Unironically 2042 had very good world building just to not use it at all

[signal vigil]

they had this cinematic idea for it initially

but Irish's actor passed away unfortunately

[safe moat]

writes a very good setting where world countries falling apart and in constant war for supplies
doesnt even fucking use the setting for anything at all besides MP lore

H U H ?

[rigid valve]

I had no idea

That's sad

[unreal fjord]

we sadly are never gonna get the old customization due to bad actors lol

[woeful sluice]

Wonder if thr next bf game will be in the same continuity as bf4 and 2042. Probably not.

[gentle kite]

I preordered BF2042 for $100.
rumors say, the premium Pass for BF6 is gnna be $160~200... will preorder that too, gladly 🫡

[safe moat]

Its in BF3’s setting

Either a Reboot or a Remake

[rigid valve]

Sundance was orphaned by the nuke in Paris from bf3

[safe moat]

Or an original entry

[unreal fjord]

In respect of irish’s voice actor having passed I don’t think they should be in the same continuity

[safe moat]

Oh yea, Paris got fucking nuked on BF3, right?

[rigid valve]

Yeah

[signal vigil]

i agree, start fresh

[rigid valve]

Now there's probably no Paris left

[signal vigil]

maybe contain it within battlefield 3's story continuity?

[safe moat]

Literally the plot of the one movie with weather control space station

BRUH

[rigid valve]

I don't know how the plots turned out yet, the Easter eggs are a bit hard to follow

It's still an interesting idea though

Everyone has different opinions on oz

The Americans and Russians tell you different things

Actually the American marine guy straight up lies to you

At least once

[safe moat]

I forgot its name but like the whole point of that movie was countries trying to seize that satellite system

[safe moat]

Average American Marine

[rigid valve]

It's not a world war, it's proxy wars fought by people who have no country left

same as it is now sort of

[cedar flax]

I skipped the queue

[rigid valve]

Actually one scary thing I heard in the game was on the in game radio

[signal vigil]

how about we go back to the russians literally invading the entire western hemminsphere at the end of BFBC2?

[rigid valve]

The talk show hosts were talking about something and then after a moment one of the announcers says everything you just heard was synthesized by ai

how can you trust anything

[safe moat]

That setting was cool man

[unreal fjord]

need 2142 in portal

[rigid valve]

oz is trying to use the satellite isn't he

I think the Americans accidentally caused the EMP super storm and tried to cover it up

That's the plot of the invasion in canada

The Russians are trying to grab that tech

The marine guy tells you the Russians wrongly allege that there is a superweapon here get rid of them

He's lying to you

[unreal fjord]

well it’s supposed to be NATO vs PMCs or CSTO I assume to avoid politics

[rigid valve]

Independent morons is supposed to be literally everyone but USA and Russia because all of Europe is destroyed

the group of nopats we see just happen to know that oz is trying to control something that could destroy the world

[signal vigil]

its to simply keep things chill in terms of our current geopolitical situation 😅

[rigid valve]

What's wrong with trying to save the environment

because the environment in this case is the world

[unreal fjord]

nato vs like a wagner pmc is pretty smart though

[rigid valve]

Their future is hyper tornadoes and super hurricanes

the macguffin is a device that can calm it

or make it worse

That's what the flashpoint map is about

The device is there

Everyone showed up to take it

[signal vigil]

thats the stroy they tell in the easter eggs in bf2042 right?

[rigid valve]

Yes

in a world where Florida is underwater along with Britain and fires have destroyed most of the rest of Europe calling people who want to make the world habitable eco friendly morons is dumb

[unreal fjord]

means more maps for us too

[signal vigil]

its a neat story but its so hidden and hard to get into. thats why im excited for a classic single player narrative

[unreal fjord]

it’s the best way to do something that isn’t no pats or some shit

[rigid valve]

Yeah the story is hard to unravel

I wish it was easier to follow

they tried to do what apex did but player cards are half the story and you have to buy them

[unreal fjord]

PMCs exist all over the world so that means more places and creative opportunities for the devs

[rigid valve]

A lot of the special events in 2042 are just pmcs also

[signal vigil]

unless theyre verrrrrry passionate lol

[ancient lark]

Time to bring back US vs MEC!

[rigid valve]

You haven't been paying attention to anything

[signal vigil]

just need me a classic international conflict against a squad of soldiers that gotta deal with the rammies

[rigid valve]

environment friendly people joined the army=Europeans who had their homes wiped out by super storms over 20 years sign up as pmcs to make money and survive

[unreal fjord]

make a firestorm map of LA for the next battlefield lol

[rigid valve]

This is in hardline

[unreal fjord]

true

I miss hardline

[rigid valve]

I am bummed that I missed out on hardline

[unreal fjord]

especially the drivable couch

[signal vigil]

i slept on hardline 😔

[rigid valve]

I wanted to play hotwire

It looked fun

[signal vigil]

played the beta on 360 but never got the game. i felt it was straying too far from what i had in other games

i heard it was a banger though

[rigid valve]

I don't think I played it

[rigid valve]

It definitely wasn't the military but I think the spinoff aspect was clear

Miami was just like that in 2003

Also that head spike melee was brutal to watch

You just stab straight down the top of their skull in one melee

I thought the thing where if you spotted enemies the cops and robbers would be like freeze! Hands up! You'll never take me alive

It was really goofy in a fun way

It was over the top

Is that not the point

it's meant to look like an action movie

[woeful sluice]

The idea of 32 cops and 32 robbers playing conquest felt so weird lol

[cobalt pier]

Can people play rn?

[rigid valve]

I doubt it would have gotten players if they marketed it as its own thing

I played it way after the fact like 2 years ago and thought it was fun

[signal vigil]

right? it felt a little odd, too over the top for me. but still an underated game i hear

[rigid valve]

it was a spinoff

[signal vigil]

faceless gangsters

[rigid valve]

Actually I always wanted a riot shield in battlefield

and the aps field and the Egyptian guys explosive launcher I liked a lot

bf4 did not have a riot shield

What class was it

I haven't played 4 in a long time

I never once saw a riot shield though

2042 should have just stuck to its guns with the operators instead of categorizing them

the way I see it they had the gimmick, they should at least stick to it

The wingsuit was cool for moving around and stuff but playing tank in that game is the worst

People fall from the sky and drop c4 on you

[signal vigil]

It’s fun though, but ultimately I agree

[rigid valve]

I came to terms with the operators before the game came out but the regression in nearly every other area was odd

vaulting and climbing was a little smoother but there was less of it than in V

No crouch run

Would have been okay, but you can't peek over cover

You cannot go higher than your jump point in a wingsuit

but also ospreys and helis flying overhead constantly dumping out people

[tidal forge]

Do we have any info on when the testing will start?

[signal vigil]

In a couple weeks is what we know

[rigid valve]

Is that a loophole or just using the environment

[tidal forge]

Alr thx, where was that communicated?

[signal vigil]

In the announcement video

[rigid valve]

Movement abilities in fps games will always be abused

[nimble bridge]

Movement is essential to FPS since Wolfenstein 3D

Your primary defensive move is strafing left right in Wolf 3D

[signal vigil]

Which is why it’s gotta be slowed down a little bit, like in BFBC2. The pacing was excellent

[rigid valve]

In every game now

I used to feel really annoyed that hipfire was so bad in call of duty when moving

[nimble bridge]

Some people even complain about that

[rigid valve]

Now I understand

[nimble bridge]

Some people even complain about jumpshotting which should be in every FPS

[signal vigil]

Keep the cracked out drop shots and dive bombs in COD to have a more methodical way to move. I mentioned earlier I would like to feel the weight of my soldier with inertia

[random rover]

yes go to the EA profile, and playtseting and do their survey and at the end you will get a "Thank you for Registering" Check your email often

[nimble bridge]

Inertia would make gameplay feel inconsistent

[signal vigil]

How? It would just be part of the movement mechanic. It would feel more grounded, more “existent” in the level you’re playing you know?

[nimble bridge]

I don't want to play as if it's RDR2, I want to play it as an online shooter. Inertia would lead to lots of cheap deaths because you have to be on a constant moving state in order to maintain your speed, think about it, you peek a corner and other guy is standing still, he will have slower strafing speed due to inertia and you will kill him easily, and vice versa

[woeful sluice]

I'm ok with wingsuit as a battle pickup

[rigid valve]

They removed intertia from movement in halo infinite and you can really feel the difference compared to 3 for example

you can instantly move the way you can from which makes it way harder to land hits on enemies

[sinful escarp]

Hey everyone. Quick question. I did the whole queue on Monday, got in and even did the questionaire etc. But now I am having doubts I am even in the program. Does passing the queue automatically accept you? Cause I have no way of checking if I am in or not now, so having doubts. Thanks in advance!

[woeful sluice]

If it's just one of them on the map it should be ok

[signal vigil]

Halo 3 movement is a perfect example. I’m not saying copy that, I’m just saying I would like to feel the weight of my soldier, as to mitigate crazy unrealistic/annoying movements like snappy strafing and absurd COD-ish play style

[signal vigil]

As long as you did the survey and got to the play test portal, you should be good

[rigid valve]

I hate halo 3 movement

I don't like molasses movement

jump for 15 miles

[sinful escarp]

Thanks!

[rigid valve]

it has too much inertia

[signal vigil]

Yeah not exactly like thaaaaat

[rigid valve]

most new games feel fine

[signal vigil]

Molasses movement lol

[woeful sluice]

Maybe at the top of a central building like siege of shanghai.

[rigid valve]

Bungie doubled down on it in destiny

Maybe that makes more sense if you played d2

However I was a big fan of running around in halo 5

So don't listen to me

[signal vigil]

I see what you mean. I think there is definitely a way to get the movement down. I hope the game simply feels different from COD

[rigid valve]

clambering was the best thing they ever added to halo

[signal vigil]

@rigid valve I understand the type of play style you like, what’s your thoughts on BFBC2 movement?

That to me was perfect

[rigid valve]

haven't played it

[signal vigil]

Oh

[rigid valve]

Oldest battlefield I played was 3

[signal vigil]

Gotcha

[wise hare]

Just wanted to say something I hope some dev is reading! I want the gun experience from Bf3 jet and and tank from bf4 visuals from Bf2042, also Bring back Battlelog and premium pass

[signal vigil]

(It was excellent)

[rigid valve]

Then 4, 1, V hardline (a tiny bit) and 2042

So I've played many of them

I've liked all of them

I was sad how they simplified the bipod from 4 to 1 but I think now it was for the best

It was janky

[signal vigil]

I feel you wouldn’t have liked how bfbc2 felt. It was slow, sorta clunky but like, I loved it

[rigid valve]

no I'm spoiled by newer games

I don't mind clunky feeling stuff to an extent but there was even a huge jump in quality from 1 to V

Not even the action hero rolling, just vaulting cover and stuff felt better

[signal vigil]

This I agree with, sorta like the OP guns you would find scattered in bf4

[rigid valve]

like I enjoy 1 but after V it's like man I wish x was a little better now

[signal vigil]

Real 😔

[rigid valve]

aren't the guys in bad company a bunch of deserters

[signal vigil]

My gripe is the crazy cocaine movement lol, like people were running and gunning and jumping and shooting and like, that’s just too much man, it looks so so goofy. Keep it in COD you know?

[rigid valve]

it's so much worse in 2042 to me

[signal vigil]

It is!

[rigid valve]

V had mostly the same movement as 1

but with more options

The actual difference wasn't speed it was the guys freaking massive arms in your face in 1

look at the difference in view models lol

[signal vigil]

why I’m hoping they scale things back a little bit, especially the speed of the combat pacing, I think that’s where the problem lies

The movement isn’t, just the pacing

[rigid valve]

2042 had near instant weapon deployment from sprinting

I lose most of my fights in 2042

avancys sucks to fight

instant killing machine usable at any range

No bipod required

[signal vigil]

Bring back bf3 bipod 🗣️

[finite minnow]

So if we got a email from EAplaytesting does that mean we are in?

[versed token]

It means you've signed up

[old anchor]

Skill issue

Im jk

[nimble bridge]

It's useless now

[foggy root]

Was balling out on 2042 last night! Loving the current Hardcore Breakthrough

[slender pike]

Why is the sign-up page now saying that labs isn't available in my region??? I'm in Finland, is that not in Europe?

[foggy root]

Check again. Hardcore Breakthrough is currently available

Event going on Ribbons to unlock skins and such

[versed cove]

no perkele finland is apparently not in europe according to the sweeds xD

[worn pecan]

Id find it funny if one of the weapons included in the game was a mosin nagant cuz it’s still being used in wars today

That be cool

[signal vigil]

Check your playtest portal guys, there should be a survey available

[magic imp]

How can the playtest be labeled as "pre-alpha" when the game is supposed to release in late Q3 2025? That would leave only about six months to gather feedback, adjust development based on community input, implement changes, balance the game, and ensure the release isn’t a bugfest ? For me, this is more like beta testing—gauging community reactions to see if they like what they see and making minor adjustments. I think they haven’t taken many risks and are ensuring the game is a true spiritual successor to BF3/BF4 ? what do you guys think?

[toxic wren]

after you did your survey did anyone got an email or something like that or thats it?

[magic imp]

I'm not into game dev, but pre-alpha seems like a 1.5 to 2 years priors to release date...?

[ancient lark]

The only official date was April 2026 based on the earnings call.. that was a scheduled date at that.

[lofty jay]

Does anyone automatically get redirected to the EA playtest page instead of the “Thanks for registering” page?

[magic imp]

That's not what i heard but that's good to hear, thanks.

[gritty grotto]

no , you get nothing after doing registering or doing survey

you can see on the pinned messages

[signal vigil]

no emails are sent. once you've done the survey you're good to go

[quasi karma]

When it’s my turn in the line I get redirected to the labs home page, is that supposed to happen?

When I click on the sign up button I just back to the line

[heady thorn]

[brazen obsidian]

Just got an EA playtesting email… is this it?

[golden vortex]

Doubt it.

[magic imp]

https://tenor.com/view/keyaan-john-wick-keanu-reeves-gif-2384046765437701795

[wispy dagger]

I think it is

Said you’re not guaranteed to be chosen and will require an nda

[brazen obsidian]

yes thats it

i've been to a few in person ones

was really fun

felt like a lan party lol

[prime crag]

So when can we actually play the beta alpha?

[wispy dagger]

I want to do in person so bad one day lol

[brazen obsidian]

it just redirected me to the queue tho

[wispy dagger]

I’m only 6 hours from Montreal

[brazen obsidian]

obvs nda but it was so funny lmao

they also had free food

[wispy dagger]

Plus Montreal is such a fun city

Great food

[brazen obsidian]

oo idk, im in the UK and their playtesting sessions only accept people who are max 2 hours away

might be different for the US

[wispy dagger]

Idk

I wish there was one in NYC would be more convenient

[safe moat]

No email yet

[brazen obsidian]

i only got an invite for an unnamed playtest that has nda

[blissful jolt]

Same

[brazen obsidian]

having trouble choosing games lol

wish they offered steam codes

[blissful jolt]

picked all the ps5 games

yay

[wispy dagger]

lol I picked just all apex coins

I own all the games I would want

[brazen obsidian]

im prob gonna get the bf coins lol

same

[bitter rover]

The move

[tidal forge]

If I understand correctly, this new survey does not have to be a playtest of battlefield right?

[brazen obsidian]

i mean it doesnt explicitly state so

but its likely

[tidal forge]

Yeah, most likely it is

[brazen obsidian]

could be plants v zombies 3 for all you know

[unreal fjord]

I made the account day of and then only found out today to sign up for BF labs directly lol

had to go on pc

you choose the playtests you want to participate in

but that doesn’t guarantee you get it

[brazen obsidian]

you cant choose what playtests you get in

only register your interest

yeah that

first they invite you then you say youre interested then they either pick you or dont

[unreal fjord]

idk I made a account and then had to specifically sign up for BF labs today

[brazen obsidian]

yeah bf labs is a special one

[blissful jolt]

I am interested in everything

[brazen obsidian]

but regularly for playtests you just make an account and then they send you invites whenever

[blissful jolt]

I WILL PLAYTEST EVERYTHING

[brazen obsidian]

for whatever game they're playtesting

[tidal forge]

Anyone who playtested before might be able to answer, but will I see the invite on my own portal when I log in? Or only by email?

[brazen obsidian]

just email

once you accept it appears on ur portal iirc

[fleet robin]

Usually it's both, but for this one you'll at least get an email

[brazen obsidian]

huh???

[tidal forge]

Ah okey, thx

[noble jetty]

I saw someone say its PMC vs NATO earlier is that like fact checked or nah

[brazen obsidian]

nothing but rumours

[fleet robin]

Nope

[brazen obsidian]

plus no dev would confirm it lol

[fleet robin]

Though the soldiers looked British in the teaser

[brazen obsidian]

praying its modern day based

there was arabic signs too

[safe moat]

It is I think, because that M4 and tank looked like real life ones

[fleet robin]

I think modern is all but confirmed

[feral garden]

We already know its going to be a modern setting akin to BF3/4

[safe moat]

I hope its an original entry or a reboot of 3/4

And not a sequel

[brazen obsidian]

i just really want a good story

one thats a bit grounded too

[woeful sluice]

Tom Henderson said NATO vs PMC and he is like virtually always spot on.

[latent ingot]

i haven’t played these games before… 💔

[nimble meteor]

there was a Abrams SEP variant in the trailer of course its gonna be modern day

[brazen obsidian]

Never played battlefield at all?

[woeful sluice]

I like modern but please have some maps outside the middle east

[safe moat]

Yea, but there is always a chance that even the spot on leaks might be wrong

[woeful sluice]

Yeah but seriously what else can they do

[safe moat]

Dunno

[raw ore]

So were bringing back: no wall climbing, ricochet rounds with bullet sounds, getting shot makes you flinch, and all things battlefield? Am I missing something

[safe moat]

Ricochet should be a thing for all rounds but percentage based IMO

[fleet robin]

He's right like 40% of the time

He's just constantly saying stuff so eventually he's going to be right about something

[woeful sluice]

I hope they don't have extended mag. Stuff like that kinda renders lmgs pointless

[feral garden]

He said the last game 100% had a Free to play BR lol

[safe moat]

Broken clock…

[woeful sluice]

Nope that's just not true

[fleet robin]

He said sooo much about 2042 lmao

Got specialists right at least

[brazen obsidian]

Where you get this info?

[feral garden]

I just dont even look at leak stuff, it kills hype for games.

[raw ore]

I figured if you want to bring back a game with this kind of history, bring it back the way the playerbase wants it

[brazen obsidian]

Well then none of that is confirmed tbh

Keep my expectations low to avoid disappointment

Inb4 this bf is f2p lmao

[fleet robin]

How to kill a franchise 101

[brazen obsidian]

Tell that to the skate devs

[unreal fjord]

leaks for past games and cancelled games are cool though

[unreal fjord]

honestly it’s the smartest thing to do tho, PMCs are everywhere and it’s not going to get censored or limited in certain countries because they are a nationless enemy, almost like…. no pats….

[woeful sluice]

Yeah and it would let us use uniforms from different nations, same for nato. Which is cool tbh.

Moh warfighter was doing something like that

[feral garden]

I wonder if they will only have 2 factions tho, or more liike BF4

[woeful sluice]

Two factions with multiple nations. That's like the best way for ea to monetize the game without having specialists

[sand ravine]

it appears some of the assets in the new trailer were taken from battlefield portal

[feral garden]

So multiple nations...then each class could have equipment from any nation?

[sand ravine]

pretty sure the RPG is identical to the one in portal and the eotech is very similar although a newer model

[feral garden]

How different is one RPG from another, it doesnt matter regardless

[sand ravine]

which is fine by me because portal is awesome

the model

it doesnt matter im just saying they probably used some of the same assets which isnt a big deal

[feral garden]

What invites?

[brazen obsidian]

ah wth they doing in studio playtests too?

[feral garden]

I dont think any invites have gone out yet

[cloud coral]

I hope they bring a Coop/PvE Mode, with Missions to Change

[feral garden]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-whatever-lies-gif-3602502

[brazen obsidian]

best not share it considering NDA is part of the email

id love to do an in person playtest again

much more fun

[feral garden]

There is no way to talk to them here regardless.

[brazen obsidian]

what feedback

[lavish bobcat]

I have a question

So I registered before the issues that started happening so I have to re register

[lofty jay]

When you log back in to battlefield labs after signing up, is it supposed to take you to the thanks for registering page?

[noble jetty]

I doubt it

[lavish bobcat]

I was worried I had to do it again

Wdym

[fleet robin]

be sure you read the email carefully, you can't share information

[heady thorn]

[unreal fjord]

lol I would drive on the interstate to do one in chicago but fuck no would I take a plane flight on my own cash to go to San Diego or something

[lavish bobcat]

Kate so if I registered before the issues does that mean I have to register again?

[pallid coral]

Idk why they do that

[fleet robin]

you shouldn't have to register more than once

[lavish bobcat]

Okay

Thank u

[stray sage]

Thanks for that

[safe moat]

Man, I was happy that EA maybe sent an email to me only to find out its Amazon Prime saying that for some reason my payment process failed for Prime

[slender pike]

I got an email from EA, subject starting with "You're in!"

yeah, I'm in the newsletter

[dark ridge]

lol people already breaking NDA

I’m not sure what the point is

[worn mist]

nvm dont answer

[dark ridge]

Why open it to the community but have it be held by a whimsy digital NDA that any schmuck can just ignore and post anyway

It just should have been public imo

[feral garden]

NDA and DMCA are not the same things lol

[dark ridge]

Mistype

[feral garden]

Its done for legal protection

[woeful sluice]

Same

It's gonna leak just like 2042 playtest

[dark ridge]

Even worse probably

Because they’re announcing this publicly

[fleet robin]

not NDA, what's in the email is before signing anything

though i'm sure it's still breaking some tos

[woeful sluice]

I wonder if anything will get leaked from the playtest on 6th to 7th

[dark ridge]

4 hours of gameplay

[fleet robin]

if someone actually breaks the NDA once playtests start they'll probably be instantly banned. Not sure they care as much about just tos regarding email contents

[feral garden]

Can we not talk about leakng and/or breaking NDAs here tho

[fleet robin]

good idea

[small pier]

any idea when the playtest invites will start to roll out?

[tawdry wolf]

check the inbox, they were sending it few minutes ago but it seems they get into spam

[fleet robin]

in the coming weeks

[small pier]

sweet thank you

[prime steppe]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/1iij1x8/could_it_be_battlefield_playtesting/ Someone broke NDA already hahaha

[fleet robin]

email contents aren't under nda

just tos

though he still shouldn't be posting that anywhere

[feral garden]

Its also fake, as all playtesting emails have a very significant entry at the top and bottom, thats missing here lol

[fleet robin]

did you sign an NDA? If not, it isn't under NDA lol

[feral garden]

Playtest emails do state that contents of emails pertaining to them is covered under the NDA

Id imagine that the TOS for the playtests when signing up have some form of blanket NDA agreement people dont read

[safe moat]

I bet you 90% of participators wont even read the NDA

[fleet robin]

you're not supposed to share the contents, but that isn't the NDA for the playtest. Like bsod said it's a blanket thing in the tos you agree to when signing up for a playtesting account

technicality so doesn't really matter tbf

you're also not supposed to say what games you playtested lol

[feral garden]

All of this stuff is fake anyway. We will get dozens of people posting stuff like this...as happens with every BF game around the time of the closed alphas

[worn mist]

dont you basically do it by signing up for ea playtest?

[fleet robin]

yeah i mentioned it above

alright man

[cloud flame]

Im sure leaks are expected, especially with how large the playtest sounds likes it going to be, so I'd assume the NDA itself is to minimize any kind of damage

[safe moat]

Definetly it is expected, but the current leaks are just fake stuff

[cloud flame]

I didnt even know there were 'current leaks' lol. Should have assumed as much. What a weird thing to do

[golden vortex]

People surely are lying, misinterpreting and trolling with fake information about the next Battlefield. They have been for pretty much all the previous ones.

I don't see why this BF should be different.

Probably just will be worse.

[cedar flax]

So, the news post talks about a survey. What survey? I clicked "Register now", logged in and it told me I was registered 🤔

[strange hollow]

I got the option to do a survey and done it. Yesterday.

[cedar flax]

Didn't show any survey for me. Curious.

[golden vortex]

I believe the surveys and registering are now seperate. Just keep an eye on your mail and or spam folder

[fleet robin]

i'd be careful talking about it, don't know how strict the mods are

if people want to speculate that's up to them

[cloud flame]

Im not sure how much it'll help or change anything but be sure to fill out your playtest account preferences on the EA playtest site

https://ea.arcsivr.com/Portal/Profile

[pallid coral]

Yess

[tall idol]

So guys I haven’t even seen anything to say when the pre alpha is coming

[fleet robin]

they've said it's in the coming weeks

[tall idol]

Oh ok

Thx

[wispy dagger]

I have a good feeling about this battlefield

Could just be hopeful but

Overall good feeling

[odd agate]

Same as last time.

[tall idol]

I have a feeling call of duty will be no more soon

[wispy dagger]

Hopefully battlefield is really good

Then cod gets back to greatness as well

[spice moat]

i wonder if they will limit weapons to classes again, i also wonder if they do what the universal weapon type will be