battlefield-labs-discussion

[gilded merlin]

Yep your good man.

Your all signed up.

[lofty jay]

Hold on. Was the queue for people that needed to make a playtest account?

[gilded merlin]

No

They stuttered registrations

Because of so many trying to register at once

[lofty jay]

Hmm… Weird

[gilded merlin]

So they put in a queue thing

So it doesnt get bogged down

[lofty jay]

Ahh. Gotcha

I’m also thinking me being able to skip the queue may have done something

Well, I’ll find out sooner or later

[serene prism]

Leave it to the online communities to crash servers

[gilded merlin]

You can kind of tell the playtest thing was rushed

xDDD

They wanted to get it out ASAP.

[serene prism]

They really wanted to get the word out

[gilded merlin]

Yeah i dont understand that, obviously the Queue is still goiing lol.

Unless you were extremely lucky and registered at a point no one else was trying too xD

[serene prism]

Oh well, good luck to everyone non-the-less

[lofty jay]

I’m hoping other people in the same boat as me say something lol. I’m going a bit crazy

[gilded merlin]

They know that the thing is buggy, they posted on the Battlefield Labs news thing they are working on a fix

[serene prism]

Thanks New Devs

[lofty jay]

Didn’t they say there was a problem with the survey and they’ll be sending out the second half later?

[gilded merlin]

Um

[serene prism]

I didn't hear a thing about that

[lofty jay]

Oh, got it wrong. Some questions were being skipped

[serene prism]

Ah

[lofty jay]

They posted it in #battlefield-labs-news

[verbal dune]

is there anyone got the new battlefield test qualification？

[serene prism]

?

[formal kiln]

I also found a link that made me skip the queue after I had previously gone through it, only for the website to be to slow to use

But skipping it made the website extremely responsive. Also a bit worried it might have caused a problem

[serene prism]

I'm still in on my end

[verbal dune]

I signed up successfully，but I haven't seen anything after completing the survey

[serene prism]

You should be good to go.

[verbal dune]

I wonder if anyone has received an invitation to test

[serene prism]

I assume they'll send emails out to everyone who entered and were ultimately chosen when the time comes to schedule a month/date/time for testing

[verbal dune]

so has the test started？

[serene prism]

No

[verbal dune]

Alright.Thanks.No wonder I cant find anything about the content of the test online.

[serene prism]

Pretty much everyone is either figuring out how to enter the various sign up pages, deciding to take or pass on the survey and aftetr that we're all in the waiting game

[verbal dune]

hope they wont disappoint us

[safe kernel]

When are they gonna start sending emails

[twilit pilot]

crazy ahh pfp

[spare pecan]

They said in the upcoming weeks I believe but that can literally mean anytime it’s really whenever they see fit

[crimson plover]

nothing wrong with it?

[twilit pilot]

?

[crimson plover]

?

[twilit pilot]

??

[crimson plover]

ur pfp ahh crazy

[twilit pilot]

thanks

[crimson plover]

np

[twilit pilot]

sweet.

[worldly turret]

Dang its quiet here

[sullen kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/battlefield-gif-27441327

[worldly turret]

Most likely no you will not get priority

[dense creek]

Is there any way to know if your sign up was confirmed? I know you get the message that says to keep an eye on your email, but the registration page still says "PLAYTESTS AVAILABLE"

or am I looking into this too much

[worldly turret]

You are 1000% signed up when you see the keep an eye on your email

[keen kestrel]

Battlefield V OST is so f*cking good 😌

[worldly turret]

No you can wait like everyone else

[kind dirge]

Should be selecting people based on hours played in last few games and how many battlefield games you have played. Most to least.

[worldly turret]

Its most likely a random draw like how steams beta system is but also i bet that they want a mix between battlefield vets and new players

[iron quartz]

Not anly this players. I am a veteran since Battlefield 1942 with each Addon and Game played since Release. I stopped playing Battlefield with 2042 because it was just bad. Bring players in who are veterans and know also stuff about the old Battlefield Games. BF1942, 2, 2042 e.g.!

[kind dirge]

Exactly! Pointless bringing in streamers and YouTubers who just want Every game to be the same. People that know the battlefield games inside out will be miles beneficial. Sank nearly 2000 hours each into 3,4,1,V and 2042

[covert bough]

https://tenor.com/view/battlefield2042-waiting-need-bf2042-battlefield-gif-22909388

I signed up/registered.

[worldly turret]

I hope they are bringing in a good amount of vets and new players

But most likely its random choosing

[nimble bridge]

I signed up but I haven't seen any email about my signup, is that normal?

[nimble bridge]

Every BF OST is, music is consistently good

[weary sandal]

2042 ost is terrible

[nimble bridge]

Post release OST is good

[keen kestrel]

2042 basically has no ost lol

[nimble bridge]

https://youtu.be/1-mXmm7gSoY
https://youtu.be/VK9vn74qAFg
https://youtu.be/9Mao_hAm5L8

[keen kestrel]

BATTLEFIELD V was like peak cinema music 🎧

[nimble bridge]

Kiasar Railroad(https://youtu.be/K12NbfWrlVE) was used in BF4 CTE loading screens, will they use Haven(https://youtu.be/hqj10tRPwO4) or Kiasar/Sabalan Pipeline(https://youtu.be/yhQeSvnrJQU) again?

[covert stag]

no

they need to prefer OG Players, back when BF was acutally great, pre-V

[nimble bridge]

I fear OG players will give inputs like this:

• No sliding
• No jumping
• No hipfiring

[halcyon fable]

I hope that DICE will not be inspired by the mechanics from COD..

[dapper sentinel]

I want it to feel like you have 40 lbs of gear on

[kind dirge]

Mean no sliding yea.

Just give bf4 movement sorted.

[nimble bridge]

Zouzou wouzou and rouzou?

[sour chasm]

im so hyped for the next battlefield

it looks epic

[pallid briar]

just signed up for the Battlefield LABS, lets make this next game a good one.

[covert stag]

we need a good mix in the end. It shouldnt be a MilSim, but it should also not be bunnyhopping/slidecancelling COD mechanics. Grounded, but with SOME stuff, imho.

[steel torrent]

I would not mind if Battlefield went just a bit more "milsim", just a bit

[pallid coral]

Dude I keep doing my user preference survey and it keeps reseting it back to all blanks

[old anchor]

God please no sliding

[nimble bridge]

BFV has the perfect middle ground imo

You have milisim features like limited healing but you also can play it as a movement shooter

[jaunty jetty]

Will there be a vote or something for the battlefield lab?

[pallid coral]

for what

[jaunty jetty]

New features

Collect player feedback

i mean

Whether a new feature is popular with players

[pallid coral]

i guess that's up to EA how they're gonna collect feedback

[jaunty jetty]

yeah

[pallid coral]

• end of day/test survey
• 1 to 1 zoom call feedback sessions
• smaller focus group feedback sessions post game
• being in call with EA people while sharing ur screen and playing the game and speaking out loud
• simple dedicated chat on discord

usually companies dont have voting systems

when u say "i want XYZ feature because ABC" they look at ur intentions and why something works behaviorally rather than literally they should add XYZ because you said so

[jaunty jetty]

okay, anyway EA it's good to listen to the players

[brazen obsidian]

they're bringing in veteran players too, its a mix of content creators, veteran players and new ones

[pallid coral]

u already know theres about to be unintentional bias towards cc's like every game

[brazen obsidian]

is this confirmed? i kind of doubt they will have this much dedication for every single playtester, its their biggest playtests yet, most likely we'll just have a surver

[brazen obsidian]

unintentional? hah

[pallid coral]

this are super common ways to gain feedback from a lot of games

and no not confirmed, i haven't playtested with EA yet

you can get a lot out of listening to someone talking out loud playing a game than just a survey, so i wouldnt be surprised if they did that with a few people here and there

oh i see 👀 well then u know more than me here for EA games

[feral garden]

Normally the survey will have a section at the end where they ask for your thoughts on the things you tested. so if they want more info, or player opions, they can look at them. These tests are likely to be very specific tho...if past playtests are anything to go by

[brazen obsidian]

i think they might do it for some, like CCs, but idk about every single PT

[brazen obsidian]

yea this

[pallid coral]

ah i see

makes it easier for us i guess, just gotta answer specific things

[brazen obsidian]

who needs 1on1 when they can look at the surveys which has section where you can write paragraphs

[pallid coral]

eh 1on1 helps more than u think

[brazen obsidian]

yea ofc i dont disagree

just that its a strenuous task

[pallid coral]

yeah ofc, its all up to them what they wanna do

[brazen obsidian]

yeah

[pallid coral]

3 maybe 4

no, 3 to 4 apples

[woven saffron]

id like to see BFV similar movement

mainly cause bf4's movement was very exploity and not intentionally made to be like that

with dive techniques

[pallid coral]

boutta hit them with the Vouzou's

be careful these tests are all under nda from the time u get an email (even the email i think)

wouldnt want those things u said work against u

[brazen obsidian]

yeah i don't want to break it lol

i hope i havent atleast

[pallid coral]

cuz u talked about some detail

[woven saffron]

i just hope they put more focus onto like mainly aim instead of who can out breakdance the other one to win

[brazen obsidian]

better safe than sorry

[feral garden]

Like they could test movement speed. Then ask you:

"How did you feel about Movement speed", with the options being:

• Much too fast
• A bit too fast
• Just right, it felt good
• Too slow
• Much too slow

Let us know how you felt about movement speed:

[INSERT MOVEMENT SPEED RANT HERE]

[pallid coral]

NDA BROKEN, HE'S SO COOKED NOOO (jokes)

[brazen obsidian]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[pallid coral]

probably what they'll do

[brazen obsidian]

what i can say without breaking NDA is that the in person playtests are so fun

[pallid coral]

bro broke the nda agian

[brazen obsidian]

#NotMyTacSprint

[woven saffron]

"how do you feel about conquest currently"

"make it like bf2 and make the game good again" probably

[brazen obsidian]

nah you're allowed to say you went to an in person playtest, just not revealing any details

[pallid coral]

im jealous, the montreal studios is 3h drive away from me 👀 but i dont wanna go there just to test its so far away

[tepid plinth]

If that is the first question they end up asking I know I’ll write an essay

[pallid coral]

ah gotcha, i was just teasing u

[feral garden]

Tac sprint looks to be gone, but who knows.

[pallid coral]

pls begone

[brazen obsidian]

i'd love to see the return of more detailed movement animations

[agile hornet]

i hope its gone

[pallid coral]

give me slower movement speed, make me feel like im heavy cuz i am

[brazen obsidian]

compare bf3 movement anim to bf2042 and bf3's looks alot more lifelike

they did what mw 2019 did years before

[pallid coral]

the ARC Raiders gameplay reveal felt so realistic in the movement ngl, even tho its a tps

[nimble bridge]

If it doesn't have controllable slide I'll riot

[woven saffron]

i feel like a majority of people who play games genuinely dont understand proper constructive critisim and just go "this good that bad anything inbetween dose not exist if i dont personally think this is a give from heaven its not good"

[pallid coral]

well yeah thats just natural

most gamers are... gamers not testers

[brazen obsidian]

yea

but at the same time they want that yaknow

[pallid coral]

a lot of people who've signed up for labs signed up to simply play early, and EA probs knows this well

[brazen obsidian]

just a regular gamers thoughts

[pallid coral]

yeah

[tepid plinth]

People can point out things they dislike easily, but provide alternatives and potential changes? Not so much

[brazen obsidian]

even though it might not be able to be translated directly into criticism

[pallid coral]

everyone's thoughts are equal (minus CC's, theirs are 1.2x better ) (jk)

[agile hornet]

for real like as a support i expect to be a lil bit slower like im a big clunky person lugging around a bunch of ammunition

[tepid plinth]

But even then there’s something that can be extrapolated from mindless ranting lol

[brazen obsidian]

enough of their thoughts on it and you can begin to understand general sentiment

[pallid coral]

yet u wiz past people so fast cuz yipee arcadey movement

tac sprint which has ZERO compromises

[brazen obsidian]

b-b-b-but .002 seconds slower ads

[pallid coral]

u cant

having just playtesters in a session is also a bad idea tho

truly the best way is random selection

[agile hornet]

i dont want a tactical sprint gimmie bf3/bf4 movement

[tepid plinth]

I know I’d be fine with getting rid of traversal sprint if the rest of the movement stays roughly how it is

[pallid coral]

just simple walk/sprint/crouch/prone

sliding is fine as long as its not crazy

[agile hornet]

yuh pretty much

[pallid coral]

sprint sliding to cover sounds like a sick thing to do

[agile hornet]

true true and when im prone i would like it where i can turn around and like roll onto my back or what not

[pallid coral]

YYEAHHHH

battlefield v type haha

use my stomach as a bipod location <:>)

[tepid plinth]

Gib slide to bhop and all’s good

[jaunty jetty]

Double hit X Sliding

[nimble bridge]

I would rather have BFV style movement except for leaning

I'm not a fan of leaning

[feral garden]

Im fine with contextual leaning/peaking.

[tepid plinth]

I find it funny how many people keep asking for leaning, but will then complain when people use it to headglitch and spam in combat

[agile hornet]

leaning is cool i dont mind that its nice when other players can see you leaning

[nimble bridge]

Yeah, that's why I don't like it

[agile hornet]

then in some games where if you lean someone else cant see it

[nimble bridge]

2042 plays fine without it

[feral garden]

Im fine with there being a decent skill gap, but I feel like having manual leaning, especially when there is likely to be cross play too much of an advantage to PC players

[tepid plinth]

Automatic leaning just never sat with me. Too much of a faff to set up, would rather manually slice a corner and reduce angle advantage by staying further back

[agile hornet]

auto lean to a degree i guess but i like to actually be able to lean myself

[nimble bridge]

Manual leaning will just create headglitching

Some good players were leaning during 1v1s to confuse the opponents too

[tepid plinth]

Just don’t see much point really, being mobile is more important and you can just, move to use cover instead

[nimble bridge]

You also can lean while sliding in V

[feral garden]

TBH, im fine with any of these things...auto peak, contextual lean/peak, manual lean...I never had issues with players abusing them in past games, or other games.

I wonder will it support Mouse and KB on console

[tepid plinth]

The same for sliding, in all my time playing bfV I can probably count on two hands the number of people who ‘abused’ it

[hidden mirage]

One problem I find with contextual lean is I (anecdotally feel) believe it to slow down the pace of the game. No lean causes players to strafe more or go around the corner with speed.

[feral garden]

I mean, they already know how to stop slide abuse. every game they add it, and have to nerf it to stop slide spam. So the solution is already there.

[woven saffron]

*** R E M O V E I T***

[feral garden]

I worked in QA for 5 years, them moved to product management. So I have seen my fair share of this type of feedback from players. 😄

[tepid plinth]

I want to get into qa as a sort of entry level position, but even just being in this discord I’ve seen plenty of it

Take a shot every time you hear the word ‘clunky’

[brazen obsidian]

what does the QA industry consist of, what do you do? its pretty interesting and honestly for some studios i have wonder whether their QA exists or not

or if they only have their own devs test the game

[feral garden]

The TLDR of what I do/did is...

Test and ensure that any new asset/feature going into the game is working/looking as in intended.

[tepid plinth]

I take it you write said test criteria too?

[feral garden]

The process for doing all of this are long and complex...and vary based on what you are testing.

Normally ivolves a lot of documentation reading and creation...so that all people testing have test cases to follow, and make sure that everything released meets a high standard of quality.

[brazen obsidian]

so it's generally relating to the stability of the game and absence of bugs and such? is there ever any testing of balance that goes beyond the judgment of the devs?

[nimble bridge]

I hope BF Labs will have a shooting range of sorts so I can master the movement before playing it

[feral garden]

We run playtests with both internal teams and players to judge things like this. We also have feedback loops and ways to share opinions on features/request changes. But 90% of the time, its our job (At least in my company) to trust the judgement of game designers and developers.

[nimble bridge]

If I'm selected for it of course

[tepid plinth]

Id imagine if it’s more systems based testing over purely user experience (even if those overlap), it must require a pretty solid understanding of what everyone has made and how they intend to work to make any sort of viable test plan

[feral garden]

For the project im currently on, I am both game designer, product manager and QA lead. So I have a lot of responsibility. But also a lot of freedom. My CEO trusts me on all of these fronts thankfully 😄

[brazen obsidian]

ahh okay, how did you get into it? and where do they source players to test? EA and Ubisoft have their own public playtesting service, but for other studios?

[feral garden]

(Trust gained because of good numbers, not based on random feelings lol)

[kind sinew]

there is no queue rn

literally none

got signed in

[feral garden]

We have a discord where we have a ranking system based on player behavior/activity. So thats where we run playtests from within the community. Players are able to link their user account with our game using a bot we created. If they get the playtester role, they gain access to a special version of our game, and special channels/forums on our server.

I also implemented a forum based bug and suggestion posting system on our discord, that uses the forum tags system to allow players to report, regardless of role/activity.

[tepid plinth]

I know you probably weren't expecting to spend your morning talking about work stuff, but since i'm working on a solo indie project for uni that I wanted to expand and keep working on afterwards, i've been wanting to try and implement proper QA methodologies as a sort of backup in case an actual programming job is harder to come by

[feral garden]

It works kinda like reddit, except without the comment threads (We tried using comment threads, but other players kept trying to hijack them with their own issues ). Players open bugs, and follow a template for the info they need to add. Then other players who are similarly affected can upvote using discord reactions.

[pallid coral]

gud

[tepid plinth]

github issues page in a sense

[feral garden]

Pretty much, we were going to use GH, but the requirement of an additional account/login was too much to expect for the average player

[tepid plinth]

understandable

funnily enough i've just managed to be granted access to some playtesting systems for 2 in dev projects right now, just as a regular external tester, both invitation driven. So i suppose i'll be on the other end of that system shortly haha

although as mentioned I do want to try and get to grips with the processes at play for those QA departments

[feral garden]

QA processes are pretty easy to come to terms with. Its all just logical thought, and best practices execution.

AKA
How does X work > How does X interact with other parts of the product (Lets call other parts of the product Y) > What steps should be carried out to ensure that X works as expected, without breaking Y

[stoic bluff]

thanks bsod

[tepid plinth]

i feel generally my approach to things matches that thought process pretty well, bit of an over thinker at times...
Had to design this thing from the ground up and have been trying to anticipate how everything interacts, but without necessarily over designing and stunting actual development time

[ionic galleon]

I'm hoping we'll get some cool dogtag and / or camo for taking part in labs, it was nice in previous titles with CTE rewards

[tepid plinth]

but I shall look it up and see if there's something I can start applying now. At least then if I submit this project as one portolio component i've got something that resembles QA to demonstrate at least some understanding in that

[feral garden]

Outside of the above, learning and understanding bug priorities is also a big part of QA. AKA, how much of an issue something is/how quickly it should be fixed. We use a priority system with low, medium, high and critical.

Low being a case of "Fix it when we can" and critical being "Stop all work and fix this ASAP". Critical issues tend to not appear often for us tho.

[tepid plinth]

got a system like that present on my trello board currently, so half way there I guess

big issue I faced previous years was spending days fixing something that ultimately didn't really improve much, and ignoring actual progress with the rest

well, of course you don't want to then build up technical debt, but there's a limit I feel

[feral garden]

Yeah, you dont want technical debt where you can help it. When we do sprint planning (Planning for the next release works) we hold a sepatate section just for bugs. Look at priorities and schedule those into that release/update schedule.

[tepid plinth]

Do you tend to have devs dedicated purely to fixing bugs over implementing new features? Since i'm by myself of course i'm doing the whole lot, but I'd imagine it's a double edged sword if that's the case

could get more fixed, but that bug fixer would need a full understanding of the system, and I can already see the VC conflicts

[feral garden]

We dont, bugs are assigned to specific people who would specialize in a specific feature. Im sure it works differently in different/larger companies tho. My project for example has 1 development lead, with 5 more junior developers under them (Not specifically junior devs, but less senior than the lead). Similar in the art department. a lead artist, several other artists, animators, moddelers, ETC.

We have many project tho, so a similar make up on those other teams. All devs report to a lead engineer (who oversees all the devs), then lead artists report to an art director (Who ovesees all artists)

[tepid plinth]

gotcha, that makes more sense

seems to be an indie sort of scale

[feral garden]

Yup, pretty much.

[tepid plinth]

not gonna ask what it is specifically since I know your stance on revealing that kind of info, but i wish you luck

[feral garden]

We are small teams, but have lots of experience and can work fast. Most of us have worked together for 9+ years now.

[tepid plinth]

how's it going so far?

[feral garden]

Going good TBH. So I cant complain. No job is stress free tho. Especially with so much responsibility/expectation to deliver.

Everything has to go 📈

[tepid plinth]

yeah of course. Does it being a smaller team not mean it's a little more lax?

[pallid coral]

as long as u have a good product owner and scrum master its always a breeze

[feral garden]

Most important thing for me is making sure my team is stress free, and anything they need is ready for them before they start to work (Documentation, references, ETC. )

[tepid plinth]

Speaking of, was curious about the level of documentation you do and how adaptable it tends to be. For this project and small group uni projects I tend to have a design doc and a technical doc, with the design staying mostly stagnant as to not move the goal posts before a build is ready to playtest, and the technical updating dynamically to explain new systems. Do you tend to keep your design documents locked in place before that next milestone or would you update it as you go, independent of playtesting session feedback?

[tawdry magnet]

I'm hoping that Battlelog returns

[woven saffron]

i imagine probably never

[tawdry magnet]

It was so cool to have a sort of mini social media platform for stat tracking, browsing a million different leaderboards for every weapon/gadget/vehicle/class, launching the game + joining a server through a mobile app, etc.

[woven saffron]

cause people dont like going onto a seperate website to open games

[versed token]

bftracker fills the void of battlelog currently

[pallid coral]

if they can integrate it well into the game itself, that would be great

it doesn't have to be that deep

[feral garden]

We have a core "Master GDD" which houses all the base functionality of a product. Then new features outside of the base game are documented in separate volumes, but linked back to the master GDD in its index. We do this to as you say...not bloat out any documentation, or make it confusing for the reader.

[pallid coral]

how long does my green leaf stay 😭 ive been here for 4 days and already have 20k msgs 😭

[feral garden]

The Master GDD, or any of these other documents are updates if something is changed tho.

[solar stratus]

you mean you dont like going through 2 different launchers and a website to open????

[woven saffron]

you have what

[pallid coral]

new cod be like

[woven saffron]

how often do u appear

here

[pallid coral]

im joking, i took a 1y break from this server thats why its the green leaf

[feral garden]

Everything is correctly categorized outside of docimentation tfo. For example in our org, Game Design documentation falls under the product group/department. So would be stored in:

Game name > Product Department > Game Design documentation

[pallid coral]

but been here for 5 days and its still there, so i was wondering why so long

[woven saffron]

ive been here for like 4 years and i got no regular role cause i stay for like 5 months straight then drop off the earth then return alter

[solar stratus]

never stops using

[pallid coral]

i feel u

[tepid plinth]

Ah, I see, that seems like a solid way to do it. Bit like a transactional file in a sense. I've sort of done something similar I guess with a page on notion dedicated to ideas i've thought of during development, for pretty much the same reason. But my user story map still just contains the base design doc stuff

[pallid coral]

i talked a lot in 2021-2022 but then quit cuz this server got too toxic

[tepid plinth]

probably almost mandatory when you have a team size anywhere above 3

[solar stratus]

just be like me and only join servers to ask a question and then never use it again

[pallid coral]

lol

[feral garden]

Yeah, its just easier to keep track of things with how we work ATM this way. Previously (Before I was PM) they updated every new thing to the master GDD. Which made it confusing to read, especially when returning to it.

I always see it as like reading a book for research. If the reference book you use is constantly adding new chapters, especially new chapters in the middle of existing chapters...it becomes inefficient for fast reference. So instead we now add new features as reference links within existing chapters...and those new sets of documentation list exactly when (date and product version wise) it was added/updated.

[tepid plinth]

sounds much improved

gotta head down to uni now but it was a fun chat, cheers!

[pallid coral]

They have a lot of time to do that tbh

Every wave of people they add after a Playtest or two they'll find out people who are more valuable than orhers

Depending on their goal they'll do something about that or leave it as it is

[feral garden]

Remove those not completing surveys/providing feedback from the playtest group. Simple as that really.

Everything is tied to your ea/play testing account. So it should be relatively simple to do.

Unless they have really big test groups where a large percentage of non feedback providers don't matter.

[pallid coral]

People will do anything to get in, even fake it for a survey. They're no real way to do it tbh

What's CPT

Full form?

[steel torrent]

they should honestly remove the NDA clause, I am ok with a limited amount of people testing it, but I think the rest, which are also battlefield fans should be able to see, comment based on what we see from the battlefield labs

plus, if the game is looking good, it is free PR for them

free hype

[pallid coral]

Playtest builds usually have a lot of recorded data that is automatically filtered in. You playing a Playtest like you would normally probably helps them a lot already. Ofc if that's enough or not depends on ea

[feral garden]

There will be public feedback loops as a result of closed playtests. the last thing the next game needs is full and open public scrutiny.

All that fully public tests will achieve is constant complaints, based on in progress, in testing and incomplete systems.

[pallid coral]

Man people go crazy speculating with unfinished stuff already

"why is the animation so similar to bf2042"

Some people rlly don't understand how game dev works and that fine, which is why these systems exist

[steel torrent]

I think a public non NDA testing will show confidence and transparency in the product. They know how high the stakes are. Let us help you make this the game it deserves to be

[feral garden]

I already explained why that is a bad idea

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[steel torrent]

but for me, the most important thing in a a battlefield game is that it has to be feet on the ground

I need to feel like I am in a war, no flashy colabs skins

[pallid coral]

Feet is usually on the ground tho

[steel torrent]

I want things being blown to pieces on my sorrounding, I need vehicles, aircrafts pushing, I need war

[feral garden]

For people not part of closed testing, they have stated this

HOW WILL THE BATTLEFIELD STUDIOS DEVELOPMENT TEAMS BE GATHERING FEEDBACK, AND SHARING THAT?

For players invited to join Battlefield Labs, they will be able to offer feedback directly and securely to the development teams and with other members of Battlefield Labs in a private Discord channel.

The Battlefield Studios development teams will be looking at all feedback provided during, and after, Battlefield Labs tests to inform what we need to prioritize, what we need to improve, and what we need to change to make it an authentic Battlefield experience when we release it publicly.

We will be publishing public recaps and updates on learnings, along with actions being taken by the Battlefield Studios development teams, so that even those who are not selected for Battlefield Labs can still come along on the journey.

Interested players can join the Battlefield Discord server for the most up-to-date information about Battlefield Labs.

[steel torrent]

cool

[pallid coral]

I should've read that

Is that in the faq

[feral garden]

It is

[pallid coral]

I love the idea

Public recaps will be great

[steel torrent]

I hope they get rid of the stupid weapon parts swap from BF2042, I hated that feature

[pallid coral]

LOL

[steel torrent]

I want full customization, in that aspect they can copy COD and Delta force, might actually be the only thing I want them to copy from those games

and as for skins, simple, give us real life military gear, so at the end of the day I can look like the military of whoever country I want

Norwegian frog men, Navy Seals, Spanish Legion, Spetznaz, Israelis, whatever

[pallid coral]

Don't want self centered useless people dressed up as soldiers tru

[steel torrent]

if I want hero shooter I'll go play something else

and god, please have weapon classes locked per class, make each class matter, I do not want a medic with a sniper rifle

[native raft]

Hi guys. I didn't find but the people selected to be in the labs will be able to make live streams or wil have NDA under it?

[pallid coral]

Full NDA

[native raft]

Thank you 🙂

[pallid coral]

Nppp

[teal dune]

Absolutley not

[feral garden]

Prioritize people who may not have played or interacted with battlefield in over a decade. How bout no 😄

[fleet robin]

nope

[steel torrent]

no, I for example had 2 different ea accounts (don't remember why) and all my progress and data on bf3 / 4 and 1 for example is in the old, inaccessible one

and I have hundreds of hours

[tepid plinth]

I really hope they set up specialised threads again. If all feedback is spammed in the same channel amongst regular discussions it’ll be hell

[feral garden]

They need players with experience with modern Battlefield, as well as older Battlefields. Not only to get opinions on what to do, but also what NOT to do

[tepid plinth]

Mostly what not to do based on how things have gone in past threads

[feral garden]

Yeah. TBH...I would have thought playtesters would gain access to an entirely different discord server.

One way you could do it is apply a special role to all playtesters. Granting them special access to feedback channels. But the issue with that is those roles will be publicly visible. So non playtesters will for sure hound those people for info. (If they use this server, and that system)

[pallid coral]

Using a different server maybe

[versed token]

You can hide channels

[pallid coral]

Not roles

[tepid plinth]

That would make sense, didn’t consider the downsides of giving specific roles

[versed token]

Oh true

[feral garden]

Yes, but 3rd party services can still look at the names of those channels, and IIRC, you cant make private/hidden discord roles.

[versed token]

Wild that discord hasn't added that yet

[feral garden]

You can make them non pingable, but not hide them

All stuff I have had to wrestle with in my own work haha

[tepid plinth]

I can’t wait for NDAs to be broken by those who don’t even know what they are on day 2

[gentle sun]

PLEASE please please bring back server browsers. By far the worst point with 2042 is Queing for every game

[ionic galleon]

Day 2? That's wishful thinking lol

[versed token]

More like minute one

[tepid plinth]

More likely, yeah

[ionic galleon]

BF1. BF5 & 2024 were leaked almost as soon as the build went live, and those were to cherry picked content creators

[tepid plinth]

The network test took about a day from memory

[ionic galleon]

Remember the whole chinese site leaking 2042 situation lol

[versed token]

BiliBili got leaks instantly

[ionic galleon]

Yes that

[tepid plinth]

Good times

I know I’d rather not obliterate any future test opportunities by posting such things

[pallid coral]

You can directly add people to channels

But doing that for thousands is gonna be fucked

[feral garden]

Yeah, seems like a terrible idea.

[tepid plinth]

I still sometimes get random dms from people who see the pink name and somehow conclude I am a dev

So if anyone has a tester role they’ll get absolutely bombarded

[ionic galleon]

I hope they don't pick people based on playtime in the series, I lost the log-in details for my EA account that I played 1943, BC1 & 2, 2, 3, 4, 1 & 5 on

So now I've got like 5 hours on BF5 and that's it lol

[tepid plinth]

I wouldn’t completely rule out the idea that they might

[pallid coral]

They won't

They require people who are veterans and also newbies

[tepid plinth]

If I were to host it I’d try to find a somewhat equal range from both ends of the spectrum, so fully random won’t do

[pallid coral]

You can't make a game for an existing audience only

[high umbra]

I have a problem registering in the lab, I save my password and it remains blocked. Solutions?

[marble anvil]

Who has the chat room of Battlefield 5? Pull me in.

[torn thistle]

Question should I wait for the new battlefield comes out or should I keep on playing battlefield 2042

[nimble bridge]

New BF may not come out until spring 2026 depending on GTA 6's launch date

So keep playing 2042

[torn thistle]

Ah okey so just wait correct then

[woeful sluice]

I don't understand the deal with gta6. Bf4 also came out around the same time as gta5 and it was ok.

[cloud flame]

Battlefield 4 is only 2$ on steam right now (95% off). Only issue I had with installing it on windows 11 was the punkbuster installation and needing to get an older version of C++ redistributable

[torn thistle]

Well there's an gta anime game that's coming for ps5

[nimble bridge]

GTA 6 will steal all the sales of other games when it comes out

[cloud flame]

The GTA thing is all speculation stemming from them saying FY26. FY26 starts in September so my guess is that its still going to be the Battlefield normal of November'ish.

That said GTA 5, while still a big deal when it came out, wasnt as big a deal as GTA 6 what with how long its been since a GTA came out on top of its ever increased popularity. Its mostly speculation by the community and such though but its not a stretch that leadership is still deciding or waiting for GTA to give a solid release date first before they pick a date

[torn thistle]

Question is gta is still worth playing

[cloud flame]

Well that I have no idea, I never got into the GTA games too much but I certainly understand the hype lol

[torn thistle]

Me I've been playing allot of genshin impact and zzz

[nimble bridge]

GTA 6 isn't going to be on PC for at least a year though, they might as well release BF6 this year

But given how PC players bought PS/Xbox for GTA 5 and RDR2 it just doesn't make sense to release it during the same time as GTA 6 still

[woeful sluice]

Tbh I expect it will be just like gta5 but in vice city. Which is yet another coastal city. Maybe Everglades part will be cool.

[torn thistle]

Ah

What mode they will bring back for battlefield 6

[cloud flame]

Conquest and Rush is all I need to be happy

[wispy dagger]

GTA is only coming out on PlayStation first

[torn thistle]

Rush was pretty fire in battlefield 3 and 4

[wispy dagger]

I’ll be very annoyed to have to wait and not be playing either lol

But I get it

Hopefully I’m in battlefield labs and will be able to scratch the itch

[cedar flax]

I hope they bring back rifle zeroinig

*zeroing

[nimble bridge]

I don't care about that honestly

I never use it

[torn thistle]

Me hope they bring the story co op missions

[cedar flax]

Was perfect for anything over 1300m

[versed token]

I hope they don't turn sniping back into point and click

[torn thistle]

I hope they brung back the bult action sniper rifle

[nimble bridge]

They should introduce wind, bullet drop + wind effecting trajectory

Only for snipers though, other weapon classes shouldn't be effected by it

[cedar flax]

If you do all that, might as well have round type, barrel length and distance be involved in the equation. Shouldnt be difficult to accomplish

[torn thistle]

Dude they should bring back the Vietnam expansion pack in the next battlefield

[woven saffron]

We need to see setting first

[nimble bridge]

2042 already has those

[barren compass]

Yes especially if you are on the current gen console

[cloud flame]

Nah, just do a whole Vietnam battlefield again. I want to blast fortunate son while using the huey again

[barren compass]

PS5 and Xbox Series S|X same time

[woven saffron]

Also I find how the 4 studios are just known as the "battlefield studios" collective

Cause now dice won't be open to new projects like mirrors edge or starwars battlefront

And the new studio which made dead's;ace remake

It's just the battlefield people

[cedar flax]

Not accurately portrayed as wed like it to be like in Tarkov or Reforger.

[nimble bridge]

I dunno how it works in them but in 2042 some ammo types gives you higher bullet velocity(high power) some give you lower(subsonic) and barrel types also effects your muzzle velocity and rate of fire

[torn thistle]

Hope they bring any expansion pack into the next battlefield 6 game

[steel torrent]

let's focus on making a great base game before any of us mention expansions

[torn thistle]

True

[nimble bridge]

They won't

It will be live service

[torn thistle]

Does anyone still play battlefield 1 and v by any chance

On ps5 and ps4

[barren compass]

Yup, every night. What are you playing on?

[torn thistle]

Well I'm play it on ps5 but not at the moment

Sorry sentence is wrong lol

[barren compass]

Oh I’m on Xbox. I have ps but only tried it on Xbox and pc.

[torn thistle]

Ah I do have xbox but I don't use it that much which sucks though

[barren compass]

Yup can say the same about ps5. My bf1 friends are all on Xbox.

[torn thistle]

You can add me on there it's DarkG3Alan

[barren compass]

Will do

[torn thistle]

And my playstation is RoninG3Alan

[barren compass]

Got you on ps5. I might try it from scratch. Mostly medic

[torn thistle]

Ah okey

I might have re download it cuss I need to update the game and delete some games that I have

[feral garden]

I hope they dont try to add bullet drag or wind conditions that affect projectiles. Those are way to hardcore a features to be easily understood by your average player.

Just have drop, and velocity

[barren compass]

I only have one on there lol will be 2 now

[torn thistle]

Awesome

I am looking forward to play the new battlefield to come out this year

[minor edge]

I know this may seem like a weird question, but how do I provide constructive feedback for the playtest? Is there a guide?

[exotic tinsel]

Have they mentioned platforms for Labs? Obviously PC from the start, but will consoles be added later like they usually do? I main on Xbox, but I have a decent PC I could use.

[barren compass]

Same. 5 seconds of what I’ve seen looks amazing

[barren compass]

PS5, Xbox Series S|X, PC

[torn thistle]

Do you think they might add a battle royal mode in the new battlefield

[barren compass]

WHAT PC SPECS ARE NEEDED TO RUN BATTLEFIELD LABS?
• PC Minimum Specs:
• CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5
2600
• GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX
5600 XT 6GB
• Memory: 16GB
• Storage: Minimum 30GB
• PC Recommended Specs:
• CPU: Intel Core i7-10700 / AMD Ryzen 7
3700X
• GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060Ti / AMD Radeon RX
6700-ХT
• Memory: 16GB
• Storage: Minimum 30GB

[nimble bridge]

I hope they do just so sniping can be harder

Tired of getting shot by snipers from 300 meters away

[wispy dagger]

Battlefields usually prioritized authenticity and fun over realism tbh. I don’t think we’ll have anything more than bullet drop and velocity for sniping

[minor edge]

Anybody know?

[exotic tinsel]

I kind of walked away from 2042 when the seasons ended, but I just launched it again due to the announcement. It really did turn out to be a great game! Out of curiosity, I checked my stats and turns out I’ve logged 720 hours since launch. Really hope I get into Labs!!!

[clear viper]

Yeah the launch really burned me but 2042 did turn out pretty good in the end. It had a rough time getting here for sure, though

[feral garden]

If 2042 had persistent lobbies and map rotations for all modes. I would still be playing it TBH. I now mainly play community events and FNB on Friday/Saturdays because they have both of those things.

[clear viper]

We don't know yet. It sounds like there's an option to have one-on-one or group playtests so you probably just provide your feedback as you play.

[cloud flame]

They may give us some guidance on how they want feedback structured or have some kid of FAQ for the it but from my experience its best to just be very descriptive on how you feel about the game and its systems. Be honest and respectful, like you're just reporting feedback to a co-worker on something they're making for you.

[minor edge]

Hm okay

[feral garden]

Regardless of IRL or in an online playtest. All you have to do to give good constructive feedback, is explain to the best of your ability what it is you like or dont like...then the reason why.

AKA, dont just say you dont like something, explain why. Giving examples using other games can help. But you should always give a reason why.

[nimble bridge]

''I don't think 3D spotting exists because it destroys flanking, rewards camping'' this is a good feedback right?

[feral garden]

Why or how does it destroy flanking, and how does it encourage camping?

You didnt give reasons, you just made a statement

[twilit coral]

Does anyone else have a Battlefield Playtest that says "Register your interest"? Not sure why it says that

[formal haven]

Says the same for me

[nimble bridge]

Some sniper from 300 meters away spots players who tries to flank flags from sides so they get shot

[twilit coral]

Yeah and tapping it just takes me to a congratulations page

[nimble bridge]

BFV had it perfect, you could 3D spot as a sniper only if you either shot the enemy or you used binoculars

[feral garden]

Thats part of a recons job. 👌

[nimble bridge]

Well yeah but see

[steel torrent]

where?

I went from "scheduled playtest" Playtest happening to "Your Playtests" and an empty page

[coarse stump]

So you can only be selected for the first playtest if you live in USA, Canada, uk or Sweden? I was honest and selected that I am not from any of those 4 countries and got booted out of the playtest signup. Kinda bummed about it because this is a remote session and would have loved to test it thoroughly

[twilit coral]

Playtests in progress

[steel torrent]

nope, both playtests available and scheduled are empty for me

interesting

[twilit coral]

Yeah weird

[spice bramble]

For me, too

I think that only once you get invited you'll see that option

[twilit coral]

It doesn't actually let me do anything though

When I tap on it, I simply go to a congratulations page and the Playtest stays there

[steel torrent]

well, congratulations then

[twilit coral]

I'm so confused but I'll just leave it

[spice bramble]

It's the same for me, don't worry

It's really not intuitive is all I can say

[twilit coral]

Yea

I don't think we know yet

[nimble bridge]

BF2043

[cloud flame]

BF 2042 - 2 Electric boogaloo

[hazy flax]

kkkkkk

dont have a official name yet

[steel torrent]

Battlefield Not so Hard - Line 2042

[heady thorn]

[solar stratus]

Battlefield Reddit

[steady shore]

Battlefield 420 69

[solar stratus]

@dire ice Battlefield: Ping

[clear viper]

Battlefield Heroes sequel: Battlefield Villains

[golden vortex]

I have not heard that the next Battlefield is called Battlefield: Vietnam 2042 - Hard Heroes

[solar stratus]

Battlfield: Balls 2042 - Balls

[errant veldt]

I was just thinking about battlefield heroes over the last few days. It was a good game. It was ahead of its time.

[cloud flame]

I really liked battlefield heros too lol

[solar stratus]

Battlefield Fortress 2

[heady thorn]

ClashPasture.

[errant veldt]

They should bring it back. It was basically what Fortnite ended up doing except not a br.

[golden vortex]

Both Heroes and Battlelog was ahead of their time. Grumpy Battlefield fans didn't really feel them though.

[split violet]

You must be miserable

[heady thorn]

That is certaintly an opinion one can have, and BC2 was great!

But i've had fun in BF3, BF4, Hardline, 1 & the very occasional fun in 5.

[nimble bridge]

Battle Runner 2049

[peak pumice]

Bf3? Bf4? Bf1? Bfv and 2042 are also fun to an extent

?

Oh nevermind

They just added IFVs last week

[steel torrent]

If you could choose couple maps to return to new battlefield, which ones would it be?

[peak pumice]

(Granted they shouldve been in at launch but)

[steel torrent]

I would take Damavan Peak, Grand Bazaar and Karkand

[peak pumice]

Id be fine with any of the base bf3 maps. Peak imo

[steel torrent]

oh, and one thing I wish to return is vehicle entry and exit animations, like bf3

it is something so small yet so cool that we lost with the time

I don't want more planes spawning on air, I want to take off

[peak pumice]

Bf3 had animations?

[steel torrent]

Not sure if animations, but at least, air vehicles would not spawn on air

I remember having to go to the airfield to pick the jet and take off

[heady thorn]

There is many who loves that, but also the other games and thats awesome 😄

[steel torrent]

I want that shit back

correct, my bad

[peak pumice]

Pretty sure animations came in one and stayed till 5, but yeah i miss jets starting on the ground. Made it easy for people to kill you before getting airborn though and players stealing enemy aircraft

[split violet]

I know BF1 and BFV did this. When I got into those games coming out of BF4 I didn't like the animations for getting into and out of tanks, but it really does add a lot in the value of keeping the vehicle alive since panicky exits won't work lol

[peak pumice]

How do yall feel about the vehicle resupply mechanic from V?

[steel torrent]

Out. That is one of the things that I actually want to keep arcadey

[split violet]

With or without it I don't mind

[steel torrent]

I hated having to circle back to do a bombing run

I rather have cooldowns

[peak pumice]

I found it kind of fun personally. I really enjoyed the overall feelings of vehicles in V, they felt weighty

[nimble bridge]

Metro 2025

[jaunty storm]

Wake island, metro, karkand, road to jalalabad, the one from bf3 that you could airdrop an ifv, paracel storm, gulf of oman...

[split violet]

Battlefield 4's Operation Outbreak

[ruby iron]

Atacama Desert & Harvest Day

[sudden lodge]

I’m a little mixed on it,
On one hand, it keeps things interesting, on the order is annoying.
I think keeping it to ground vehicle only could be better to prevent camping.

[violet oak]

What are your expectations from the game battlefield 6?

[hasty tiger]

Dice shutting down if it’s not good

I think they heard. From the short gameplay u can see. Looks like battlefield 1 immersion is coming back

[errant vault]

[sudden lodge]

Presumably they are going to be using season again, so I hope for more weapons per season

[exotic tinsel]

What are your biggest issues that were NEVER addressed in BF2042?

For me:

1. The scoreboard. They need to go back to a scoreboard that reflects everything we do to earn XP in the game.
2. I know this is a small pet peeve, but when I’m fighting to take down a vehicle, and get killed by it, I want to know how damaged that vehicle is, not the health of the driver! Small thing but it drives me crazy!!!

[violet oak]

battlefield 1 is a great game

[devout veldt]

I'm here for it

[ionic galleon]

I liked it, it stopped a lot of camping issues and made you think a bit before entering combat.

[sudden lodge]

Positive but also skeptic how the game is going to be. I need to know more but so far, slightly confident that it may be a better experience in the last game.

[tidal forge]

What do you think of a possible release in early 2026?

[violet oak]

How much do you think battlefield 6 standard edition will cost in dollars?

[finite galleon]

possible, i mean if gta 6 is coming out in 2025 then for sure lol

[ionic galleon]

Unlikely this year with GTA planned to come out, Spring 2026 is a realistic frame

[keen adder]

Was the Commander feature ever discussed in being brought back at all?

[hasty tiger]

Probably $70? Was 2042 $70?

Idk I bought the $100 version of 2042

[ionic galleon]

I'll say 79.99 USD

[sudden lodge]

Depending on the progress, I hope this year but if they had issues, I’ll be fine with it

[violet oak]

Do you think the game will not repeat the problems of Battlefield 2042

[errant vault]

We got a release date?

[ionic galleon]

Please look up two inches lol

[violet oak]

2026 maby

[errant vault]

Ooo bet thanks man

[finite galleon]

who knows

[sudden lodge]

Properly not the same way, BF4 BF1 BFV all of them had issue one way or other,but they cannot afford another release disaster, so will it be perfect,Hell no, but it has to be close enough.

[worldly turret]

More like a time frame it can release from april 1st of 2025 till april 1st of 2026

[clear cedar]

I saw a video saying the game could be pushed back to FY26

[finite galleon]

More time? fine by me

[errant vault]

Not sure if I’m right but I remember hearing they gave up on 2042 earlier to work on this one

so maybe

[split violet]

As much as I want the bandaid to be ripped, delays are a good thing with development at this point

[alpine flint]

Give me all out destruction back, and vehicles that actually spawn on the map. Or just remaster bf3/4 and smash them together 😁

[feral garden]

FY26 starts in October 2025.

[errant vault]

I just want an inversive map

[feral garden]

So FY26 means very little

[finite galleon]

Does anyone know if you can actually turn off blurred graphics on 2042 or is that just the industry standard nowadays? i have motion blur and dlss turned off

[feral garden]

Not sure why you would turn DLSS off. On and set to quality or balanced makes the game look sharper

[finite galleon]

yeah but its still blurred

idk

[feral garden]

Unless you play at 1080p and havent swapped over to the new transformer model

[fleet trench]

I'm assuming we will get required specs if we get invited? Do we know when to expect those details?

[sudden lodge]

I don’t remember either, but I think they had to scrap whatever they original plane for post loans content because they have to use the next year also to fix it. next

[feral garden]

They are already shown in the FAQ

[finite galleon]

there were some specs on the website

[fleet trench]

oh, I didn't see that

[feral garden]

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/faq

[fleet trench]

Thank you sir!

[feral garden]

WHAT PC SPECS ARE NEEDED TO RUN BATTLEFIELD LABS?

PC Minimum Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB
Memory: 16GB
Storage: Minimum 30GB

PC Recommended Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-10700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700-XT
Memory: 16GB
Storage: Minimum 30GB

[finite galleon]

wdym by new transformer model? im not familiar with that stuff

[feral garden]

The nvidia app supports DLSS model overriding now. You can set any game to use preset J, which is the new DLSS 4 transformer model. It looks a lot better

[finite galleon]

Ok, i'll look into that thx

[fleet trench]

my GTX 1080 Ti has been rocking for years, it's the end of an era I guess 😩

[feral garden]

TLDR for DLSS preset changing

[hasty tiger]

30 series card here u come

[next delta]

Will there be a dedicated area will can give feedback ??

[feral garden]

No one knows yet

[next delta]

Awwww it's all very exciting !! Be nice to see a good battlefield game again !! I've had too much spare time lately lol

[violet oak]

Why only 30GB? Will it be without multiplayer?

[feral garden]

Labs is the playtesting

It wont be the full game, only small parts

[violet oak]

Thanks

[sudden lodge]

A optimist good to see one

[violet oak]

I wanted to ask who has the computer specifications?

[peak flame]

uhm how do i get an email for the invitation if i didnt have to give up my email?

[sudden lodge]

And I just commented on his optimism

[finite galleon]

if your ea account has the email in your info then you're good

i think so

[peak flame]

yes but i have 2 ea accounts. how do i know which one it took

[finite galleon]

the one that you used to sign in i'd guess

[versed token]

The one that got the email

[peak flame]

thats the thing i didnt sign in lol. i am logged in to one of my accounts now but idk if it took that one

[finite galleon]

oh then idk lool

[rustic crest]

With the amount of interest for the playtest, DICE should just make it an open alpha for a month. Close the alpha, make changes and then open another alpha. It's gonna be a miniscule chance that'll any of us get invited.

[finite galleon]

true

[sudden lodge]

Is something I was going to ask
People keep mentioning receiving a email after registering is it to confirm it

[finite galleon]

the only email i've gotten was the announcment for the sign up. After i signed up, no email

[rustic crest]

Emails will be in a few weeks.

That's if you get in.

[finite galleon]

yeah ik

[rustic crest]

So you know then you won't get an email for a few weeks....🤦‍♂️

[finite galleon]

i was replying to cyber

that ppl get an email after registering

[sudden lodge]

I know that, BUT people are saying it like, you register and then received a email confirming it

[finite galleon]

in ym case i didnt

my

[versed token]

Yes you get an email from EAPlaytesting when you sign up for playtesting

[feral garden]

Na, there are no sign-up confirmation emails, and no one has received any playtest invite yet.

[sudden lodge]

I know I know, I am just confused about the whole email receiving thing people keep mentioning

[vast ice]

Guys your account that is link when you applied that email is what they use to send the invite .

Invites what be coming out till probably march they had around probably around 500k sign up or less that amount is huge when trying to work to send invites I know everyone like where’s the invite be calm relax 😌

[feral garden]

Playtests start in the coming weeks, according to official messaging. I doubt they want to wait a long time to begin the process of onboarding players.

#battlefield-labs-news message

Remember, the sign-up order doesn’t affect the order of invites for the initial tests starting in the coming weeks.

[hasty tiger]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2h2XuMB/

Before and after a game of battlefield

[weary sandal]

nice virus

[warm wedge]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFnypufNFqf/?igsh=MWEwZWlrcXJmeTJrNA==

Not a virus haha

[weary sandal]

another one

[warm wedge]

its a good one, no joke

[versed token]

False

[warm wedge]

🤷‍♂️ your loss 😄

[safe moat]

IP Grabber (2)

[weary sandal]

true

[vivid bone]

Will there be assignments like BF3 and bring back DLC instead of battlepasses

[rotund basin]

People are playing already apparently

[pulsar latch]

Is it worth buyig Hardline on PC?

[old anchor]

the campaign is nice

[short storm]

Huh? First I heard of this

[boreal flume]

after signing up for the playtest on EA site is there anything else that I need to do or I just wait for the email

[old anchor]

wait for potential mail

[spare zephyr]

just have to wait

[tawdry magnet]

Considering that this game is slated to release before Q2 2026, it's probably already close to being done. Playtest is likely for networking/gameplay refinements, similar to what BF4 CTE resulted in.

[old anchor]

Still expecting October release

Unless GTA 6 is close

[unreal fjord]

was hoping for that

[old anchor]

A flask of bees that make pizza is cooking something

[pulsar parcel]

From my analysis, the core issues of 2042 came from the new capability of 128 players. After the beta, they had to rework a ton of their server code, which they were also doing during the early access period and the first few weeks of the game. This pushed back the development of other key features like VOIP, text chat, and the comms menu.
128 players increased server stresses to the point that destruction had to be toned down to maintain environment synchronization as well.

From the looks of this game, they are bringing the destruction back to be closer to BFV. Whether that means no 128 players or just designing for 64 and then letting the 128 player chaos gremlins run around in pure chaos, or if they've managed to significantly improve their server performance, I don't know

[pulsar parcel]

Unfortunately it wasn't a pizza for everyone. Sorry

[old anchor]

BF6 has been confirmed to not have 128 player servers

[pulsar parcel]

Yeah, makes perfect sense. That was definitely their largest pain point in 2042. Hope they still let us spin up chaos gremlin servers tho

in Portal

[unreal fjord]

I’d like to see EA make portal based around like 2042 and the WW1-2-Bad Company battlefields

doesn’t make much sense to try to be a successor to BF3-4 and have BF3 in the portal

[pulsar parcel]

Aside from preset and I guess maybe weapons, does it really make sense to have Bad Company and BF3 separate in a portal context?

Like 90% of the weapons in BC were in BF3 anyway

The game I most want to see in portal is actually 2142

[viral pollen]

They are not

If anyone in the community says they are, they are trolling

[tepid plinth]

classic

[cloud flame]

I trust you, not because you're on the team, but because you advocate pineapple on pizza.

[viral pollen]

Pineapple on pizza with bacon is incredible (with ranch)

[glass storm]

I hope they get rid of Portal. All Portal seems to exist for is to create XP farming lobbies upon release and once the patch that out the space becomes a place of 1,000 custom experiences mostly created by poor helicopter pilots and tank drivers who ban rockets and players who get tired of getting sniped so they ban those as well. It fractures the player pool and keeps with the ridiculous narrative of "Let the children do whatever they want." instead of cultivating a community and experience.

[feral garden]

I hope portals return is for the portal builder and hosting tools only. Any past games maps, weapons, vehicles or factions should be incorporated into the same systems as the main core factions.

No more weird era mish-mash like we had in 2042. Where you could use one era, but not the gear of that era with another era/faction.

[glass storm]

Terrible idea. They need to rebuild trust and stay away from a space where they could end competing with CoD or GTA 6 for players and dollars. If this isn't a hit right away, the series may not ever recover.

[cloud flame]

The only news we have on a release date is FY26. So anytime after september really

Also, thats uhhh, thats an interesting username you got there

[pulsar parcel]

Dude never played Afghan War Sim, any of the hardcore experiences, any of the zombie modes, or SquidG's RushXL

[cursive ridge]

You should honestly try mine.

Chicken, pineapple, jalapeño. Delicious.

[twin fractal]

Andrew Wilson already floated delaying the game to early 2026 to avoid the launch of GTA 6 and DOOM The Dark Ages

[old anchor]

Notice how I said unless GTA 6 is close

EA has already said they'd be willing to move the release date if GTA 6 is too close

[viral pollen]

Ooooo, I'll order that tonight

[old anchor]

Proof or it didn't happen

[cursive ridge]

It's my new go-to pizza.

[glass storm]

You might have said that elsewhere, it was not in the remark I replied to. 🤷

[old anchor]

It's right below it my man

[cloud flame]

The full quote from EA CEO Andrew Wilson when asked about the release and all the competition towards the end of the year:

“I do believe that this year might be a nuanced year relative to competition. There may be some things happening in the year that may cause us to think differently about our launch timing. We have an FY 26 launch window that the team is targeting. We believe the game will be great and ready at that time, but if we got close to that timeframe and believed that this wasn't going to be a great window for us, then we would take a look at what an alternate window might be that would give us the appropriate time, energy, and player acquisition opportunity for this Battlefield to be all that it needed to be.”

[prime steppe]

You were so close to perfection. And you just HAD to add pineapple.

[cloud flame]

Got this from an IGN article about this if you'd like to see all the corpo talk leading up to and after the block quote

[pseudo spoke]

Okay.. you lost me at ranch

[rapid snow]

pineapple on pizza is a gift from the heavens

who the hell puts ranch on pizza

[cursive ridge]

Pineapple is best. Sorry, not sorry.

[pulsar parcel]

Ranch with pineapple pizza is genuinely great

pineapple bacon ham with ranch dip is so good

[rapid snow]

can and did

ranch is for wings not pizza

[cloud flame]

Nah, blue cheese is for wings, ranch is for salad

[viral pollen]

Blue cheese 🤮

[cloud flame]

Everyone argues about the validity of pineapple on pizza, but Blue Cheese being better then ranch is a hill I'll die on

[cursive ridge]

Same. Grossssss

[gleaming chasm]

It took me three days but I finally got to sign up

[spice bramble]

I actually kind of hope GTA VI get delayed just a bit

I don't have a console and I'd much prefer a new Battlefield

[bold fjord]

Here in Sweden we have an abomination called
"Banana and curry pizza"

[cinder nymph]

hit markers are too arcade for the old playerbase nowdays. We also need the option to load non tracer rounds on the mags. Also, please bring it as close as possible to the real physics when it comes to bullet and rocket speeds

[feral garden]

So subsonic ammo of 2042

[versed token]

Never heard of this 2042 game

[feral garden]

The thing with adding ammo without tracers, is that you have to make it worse in one way (damage, velocity, ammo count) versus standard ammo with tracers. Players will generally not want that downside as a trade off, and as we saw in 2042...neglect to use it versus alternatives

[versed token]

It is funny when you shoot someone and they don't know where it's coming from

They freak out every time

[heady fulcrum]

So yall don't like the subsonic ammo? Because I LOVE THAT ISHHHHHH

[feral garden]

I dont, because 99% of players are too bad to notice hit direction/tracers, or are dead already when I shoot them using a standard extended mag

[cinder nymph]

it doesnt have to be a downgrade if its the standard ammo

[heady fulcrum]

Smh it's very useful when flanking. Idc for silencers

[feral garden]

Then why would anyone use the standard ammo? youve just made a part of your game irrelivant

[bold fjord]

Subsonic ammo + suppressor is the shit

imagine showing up on the minimap

[stray veldt]

i want to be revealed on minimap so they come my way and i can mow them down with mah bipod mmg

[heady fulcrum]

Never tried it tbh just subsonic and my Avancys or other LMG/AR

What I'd like is more realism such as. Blood spatter and limbs flying off 😈

[cloud flame]

I want more variety in aircraft for each faction

[bold fjord]

My primary loadout on my Ak5C is subsonic ammo, suppressor, red dot, and underslung shotgun
then I always have AP/High Power (don't remember what it exactly is), 5X scope, long barrel, bipod as a backup via the plus menu to get snipers

[bold fjord]

I just hope we get to see a NATO faction with subfactions which would determine different uniforms and voicelines like in MOH:W (though, different subfactions for the other larger faction)

[heady fulcrum]

That ak5c is a beast. Not a bad loadout. Been a while since I've used it. Think I've been using the latest AR they added I forget the name rn.

[cloud flame]

It just occured to me that (correct me if Im wrong) but there hasnt been an F-22 in a BF game and thats a crime

[rapid snow]

ak5c was the last ar added no? regardless pair ak5c with supressor and sub ammo and you will a god

f35s and f15s mostly i think

[cedar flax]

Too OP IRL lol

[cinder nymph]

imo the next bf needs to be a turn to the tactical side, slightly more fast paced and arcadish than SQUAD. I feel like we cant even enjoy a game that goes as fast as even bf4 anymore. Personally, I'm done with the run n gun feelings of those old games, especially that combined with hit markers and slow "time to kill". I'd like a game that takes advantage of the engine we are used of, that balances physicality with easiness, while also reducing that time to kill, so that good timing and calculated engagements actually reward the player who starts them and is able to think and aim fast.

[versed token]

"we"

You mean yourself

[rapid snow]

i mentioned this yesterday. if they do a battlepass there should only be 2 factions in the game, Nato vs Csto. after that they can make every season focus on a new sub faction adding uniforms and weapons from those militaries. for example season 1 would add british weapons, cosmetics, and vehicles and season 2 would have something like chinese themed gear and so on. this way you can use all of those cosmetics in both of those 2 factions, and it would make sense

[cinder nymph]

You can take a look on squad or reforger playerbase

[cedar flax]

Insurgency with destruction and vehicles would suit me

[old anchor]

In my opinion, Ctrl C Battlefield 3, Ctrl V Battlefield 6

[versed token]

Yeah those games have a small playerbase

[bold fjord]

Starting off with the US, UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain (I picked the larger countries because I'm lazy), and then adding for example central euopean subfactions in season 1, nordic subfactions in season 2, south european subfactions in season 3 etc, would be totally ok for me

[cinder nymph]

Squad is alive since 2015 without any competitive aspects, with tens or hundreds of servers constantly being filled with up to 40 peaple waiting on ques

[old anchor]

I first thought you said "tens or hundreds of thousands of servers" and i was like what are ya smoking my brother

[cinder nymph]

also, the arcade shooter genre is saturated and I feel like most bf veterans just have too much nostalgia around it. Im not saying to copy squad. Just reduce the time to kill and remove those hit markers..

[versed token]

You play hardcore for that

[old anchor]

Yeah I love hit markers

They're satisfying

[rapid snow]

See i feel like they should do US, China, Russia, and UK to start and then add North Korea, France, Germany, Iran, and other nations throughout the seasons. it would be way cooler if it were themed around countries imo

[bold fjord]

Oh the ones I mentioned were just subfactions as part of the one NATO faction

[feral garden]

Dont do China at all, so game doesnt get banned for a few billion players.

[rapid snow]

yeah thats what im thinking too, but we will probably only be guaranteed one year of content so id probably expect 2 nations for each side getting new stuff added to start. you dont want it stacked to heavy on one side so they would need to have countries like iran or north korea added in that first year

[versed token]

2042 got longer than a year of support

[bold fjord]

Yup, 2 years of content (3 seasons extra that were in general longer than the first 4 seasons individually)

[heady fulcrum]

Dfr strife was the lmg I was referring to had to fire the game up to recall it lmao. M5a3 one of my faves for sure as well. Going to mod and try the ak5c as mentioned

[rapid snow]

right, but battlefield 5 did not. It all comes down to how the game performs at launch and during year one. 2042 they had to add more stuff because if they didnt it would tank their rep further

[old anchor]

I honestly want the good ol' paid expansions back

Expansions haven't been as good as they were when those existed

[rapid snow]

i would too, but i dont want maps split up dividing the player base, and i also dont want it to be pay to win

[old anchor]

BF3 and BF4 did it amazingly

[feral garden]

2042 couldnt afford to end support sooner than it did. Otherwise no one would have faith in the next games live service.

Had it been terminated after season 4/5...that would have been 2 games in a row. Further tarnishing the franchises ability to support a live service

[versed token]

Doing paid expansions when your competition isn't seems like a really bad idea

[rapid snow]

idk abt that. lots of maps are hard to find matches in later in the life spand because not everyone bought them. maybe if they did paid map packs, and then released them for free after a year or something

so year one would be free when year two starts etc

[cinder nymph]

bf4's premium cost double the ammount of the main game. You cant be anything but super nostalgic for saying that kind of stuff

[old anchor]

Yeah but during the games first couple of years those maps are populated af

[old anchor]

Expensive ≠ not good

[rapid snow]

sure, but ngl if this game turns out to be as good as i hope it will i would rather have long term support over the span of 3-4 years rather than another game

[feral garden]

Premium at least guaranteed X DLCs, each with Y content. Live service of the past 2 games was so up in the air and unknown

[cinder nymph]

EA won't hire you for licking their boots that way..

[old anchor]

Granted the stuff cost money, but the content you got in return was awesome and added hundreds of hours of additional fun to an already amazing game

[versed token]

Well we do know the plan they had for 2042

[old anchor]

And you certainly won't get a medal for having a different opinion than me lol

[versed token]

It's unfortunate that they couldn't follow it

[rapid snow]

ngl i would be content with a bf4 remaster with more new weapons, maps, and another year of support

[rapid snow]

agreed, i think they shoulod try and do something similar to R6 siege with how they release content. game has had years of continued support and new content. The hard part is finding a balance

[heady fulcrum]

BF3 was more legendary for me but I'll take anything similar to the two esp if boats are a thing. It would really be nice to bring back commander mode and have some ships dropping cruise missiles and ish

[old anchor]

Same, Bf3 has a special place in my heart

I wish I could see how many hours I have on that game

Met lots of great people on there

[cinder nymph]

Since bf1, EA's direction for the game was clear. Launch, harvest, repeat. Video games industry was expanding crazy fast since fortnite's and pubg's release and that's exactly why they only focused on the arcade side of it. What they need to do to compete in modern times is to build the community around seasons and big esports events, exactly what big and timeless titles have been doing for decades now (league, dota, r6s). Since they want the new battlefield to be kind of a hub, they need to build around a main event in which preferably the whole community can compete for a place in it.

[ancient lark]

I think you still can at battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3

[cinder nymph]

The studios would never abandon esports the way EA forced dice to do since bf1 and it was clear how they forced this change in direction mid BF1. the game was about to launch tournaments in ESL and dice suddenly decided that those 25million just wanted to compete for some KD

[old anchor]

I don't remember my password, it was back on the PS3

[ancient lark]

Ahh, they are still there! Wow, what a difference weekly missions do for me. 160 Hours ( not a ton in BF3).. almost 500 on 2042. But in BF2.. 1200 that was my jam.

[versed token]

The competitive scene for battlefield has always been basically nonexistent

[cedar flax]

They could bring back squad rush for that

[old anchor]

I still have my Ps3 physical editions for BFBC2, BF3 and BF4

[cinder nymph]

BF4 ESL was giving away even 200k at some point. BF1 could be huge if they wanted to. But if you take a look at the industry back then, you can clearly see the numbers of young teens being the "cows waiting to be farmed".

[ancient lark]

Similar here.. BF has always been my favorite franchise. I still have my boxes for BF:Vietnam, BF:2, BF:2 Special Forces and BF:2142. The rest are digital now

[ocean thunder]

BF 2

[cinder nymph]

Also, teams like PENTA who won R6S multiple times were playing on community cups and leagues back then. There were big teams waiting for something to happen, but marketing teams had different plans. The whole EA direction was very clear back then

[old anchor]

I unfortunately stopped after BF4 when Hardline came out. I came back later though and I've caught up and played a lot of the recent games

But man, I really miss the old BF3 days

I remember watching those troll videos on BF3

[cloud flame]

Thats hella survivor bias. EA has made and released so many games and then dropped support for them chasing trends from the MMO trend (Warhammer AoR), to the MOBA trend (Dawngate), and most recently battle royale (BFV Firestorm). And many of the failed games tried to force an esport scene.

[old anchor]

Specifically from that one guy, I don't remember his name

[ancient lark]

Coming from the original few in the series.. I really really liked the weekly missions / season format in 2042. I do hope that comes to BF:6

I guess 4 had that, but I didn't really buy into that format.. just played my old way

[ancient lark]

I think it might have been too long for me, I don't recall those.. but I'm sure I've watched them. 8)

[cinder nymph]

Brah, EA was just always chasing trends since bf1 trynna get some piece of the pie of those newcomers from gen fortnite. Nothing original in their moves and clearly everything was showing that DICE no longer had a saying on those strategies

[old anchor]

Found him, he's called grandmasterauto on YT, videos were always called "trolling dem noobs"

[cloud flame]

Thats the point im making. EA trying to force battlefield and other IP's to follow the current popular trend is what led so many of these games to fail. And correct me if im wrong but your advocating that they do something similar by changing the core gameplay loop that made previous successful battlefields work to something they're not. I can agree with tweaking the average time to kill and such but to make it more in like with those more hard core tactical shooters I don't believe is it.

[ancient lark]

Haha.. man.. i miss playing BF3... so much fun with C4. Good times!

[cinder nymph]

Honestly, I just feel like battlefield has to feel like real life in the movement, but with soldiers having unlimited stamina. And the engine did great on depicting this feeling. It just needs some tweaks, cause it has become too arcade and this market just feels oversaturated nowadays. In no way did I mean something that feels like squad, just something that's more towards this direction rather than towards COD

Also, yes. Its obvious that EA had stakeholders that only minded short term winnings. FIFA was all they needed and everything else was just a way for them to build hype for their shares to go up short term so that they can play their financial games

[old anchor]

Oh for sure man, I remember being able to launch the buggys and ATVs across the map with C4

[wispy dagger]

Authenticity over realism

[old anchor]

Sometimes even tanks

[wispy dagger]

But not too arcade like cod

[old anchor]

All the late night weekends spent playing BF3

[wispy dagger]

We need it back man

Community servers as well

Let communities form around the game

[cloud flame]

Ah ok I gotchu then! I havnt played squad yet myself but I was always under the impression its similar to ARMA and much more a realism like game. I've always been partial to more of an arcade/fun over realism which is why I dont play on hardcore servers.

We need community servers and ModSDK's back like in BF2

[cinder nymph]

bf 2024 was just their try to catch up to the modern warfare trend, and there you can see how all they minded about was to find a way to get their portion of those young teens finally reaching the point of playing games like that. Most people dont actually know the numbers we are talking about when we speak about this new gen of gamers that came after fortnine, pubg and covid

[cloud flame]

So many fantastic total conversion mods and player made maps back before Bad Company

[old anchor]

Definitely

[feral garden]

The worst part is most of those things in older BF games (Vehicle launching, C4 jeeps, C4 drones, MAV riding) were accidental possibilities, but made the games fun.

If most of these were a thing in a modern BF game...the vocal parts of the community would cry about it until removed. (See Hovercraft building climbing in 2042, C5 drones)

[cloud flame]

Wait they fixed Govercraft building climbing?!

[old anchor]

Yeah, games have become too competitive

[cloud flame]

BOOOOOOOOOO

[old anchor]

Back then it was all about the fun and the lolz

[versed token]

They fixed that real quick

[old anchor]

People loved those ridiculous things

[austere sparrow]

Yeah. A lot of games are doing that too. Because it's "too unfair."

[cinder nymph]

"fast paced" and competetive for the masses. BF still has a unique market to bring competition in if it focuses on being original

[cloud flame]

The incessant need for meta chasing and competitive focus has made so many games become stale.

[austere sparrow]

See Apex for example.

[old anchor]

I remember discovering that reversing up mountains with the jeeps would make them go fast af, you'd sometimes fly over the mountain top and go down the other side lol

[fallen mantle]

What weapons would you like to see in the Labs?

[old anchor]

Bipod knife

[cinder nymph]

jng

[molten jacinth]

Bring back BF3 audio mix

[cloud flame]

XM-8

[old anchor]

Echoes bumped up to 100

[fallen mantle]

Ngl, the hardline 1911 is the pinnacle of sound design

[old anchor]

Jim is cooking

[worldly turret]

oh hey i finally no longer timed out

[wispy dagger]

SCAR

[old anchor]

What did ya do brother

[wispy dagger]

Realistically when do you guys think the invites will go out

[old anchor]

Watch out so the moderators don't strike ya down my burger friend

[charred nova]

If one gets the message your time slot was at 0945PM does that mean one will no longer get to play Battlefield Labs?

I think I have fallen asleep before the end of queue or asleep during session timing due to Qeueu wait time and staying up during queue.

I sincerely hope there is still a way to play and contribute.

Side note:
I have been very unfortunate in the last decade / decade and a half.
Because of it I barely got to play the BF Series.
To which I dedicated my life as promised in my teens...it was the period of BF3 I got my first personal Gaming rig after saving for over a decade of holiday budgets.

Point I am getting at,
I did and gave néarly all I could to get 2042 and the teams involved the time, dedication and feedback it deserves for as far as I am capable nowadays despite incrementally and added disabilities and the challenges they bring.

Anyway, hoping to play and contribute every active day,

Greetings from a Player, former BF Server admin and overall contributor hoping to bring more of the public to the table of The Battlefield Series and it's development.

[worldly turret]

something that the community team said was fixed was not fixed 😂

[versed cove]

next week or the week after that

[wispy dagger]

I’m thinking Monday personally

[old anchor]

First of all my man, the invites are random. There are not any special treatments

Second of all, the time which you finish registering does not affect your chances of being picked. And it's only a limited amount of players, not everyone gets invited

[old anchor]

Ayy so mistakes, same same

I got timed out for sending the email address the playtesting mails will come from

[worldly turret]

yea they said they fixed that after i got timed out the first time

then last night i did it again and got timed out

[old anchor]

Lmao classic EA amirite

[charred nova]

Sorry for the long message, afraid I have missed my playtime window like during Gamescom 2016 @ EA Community Lounge.
deu to disabilities after saving up a decade of holiday budgets.

[errant vault]

[charred nova]

Thanks a lot for refreshing my memory!

[old anchor]

Don't worry, the queue is only for registration. You still have time, if you missed your window just reenter the queue if it's not too long and then finish the survey

[knotty pagoda]

I hope commander mode is something that is brought back. If it has enough support of course

[old anchor]

Battlefield 2 commanders were the shit

[knotty pagoda]

@old anchor true dat

Also what would be awesome is a controllable aircraft carrier where players can man different stations and even take off from the carrier just like battlefield 2 and even the very first battlefield 1942

And the other naval assets

[fiery vigil]

Hi

[mossy marten]

Good thing sliding will be a thing in the next BF
Just better not be a BF1 slide

[wide sun]

has anyone gotten invited to the playtest yet?

[old anchor]

No

[wispy dagger]

I don’t think they could tell you even if they did

[molten lance]

they said test will begin in the "Next weeks"

so... i dont any of us have the invite yet

[old anchor]

Yeah nobody does

If anyone claims to they're simply lying

[lilac violet]

not for a bit + NDA probably means people wont even be able to say so

or anything beyond "yeah im playing labs"

[wispy dagger]

I think it’ll be next week personally

[obtuse idol]

it said in the next few days

[lilac violet]

ehhh my bets are on saturday the 15th for the first wave

earliest

wait till after the holiday

[wispy dagger]

Monday morning is my bet big dog

[signal vigil]

idk if i should share this but there are playtests surveys that mention playtests (doesnt specify the game) happening on the 18-20 of Feb. i feel like those days might be it guys

or not

idk

[heady thorn]

[feral garden]

Thankfully its up to none of us who gets to give feedback. 👍

[old anchor]

That's exactly the type of people they want, sorry to tell ya bud

[feral garden]

I think a lot of people are in for a rude awakening when it comes to what they will actually be asking for playtests of and feedback on.

[tepid plinth]

I'm guessing mostly surveys and few open text spots

I for one love writing out complete responses to questions and try to do so in a concise manner, but I can imagine some may just use those spaces to rant

[feral garden]

People thinking its gonna be like an open alpha, when more likely it gonna be a closed session for 2 hours on a random Wednesday morning...where youre asked to run and jump over some blocks and give opinion on how it feels

[tepid plinth]

plus, must be tough trying to read through 10s of thousands of written responses

[sudden gazelle]

I hope it’ll be on soon

[cloud flame]

My only hope is that they have more accessible times for us office 9-5 people lol

[nimble bridge]

I'm gonna ask them to add controllable slide in every session if I'm selected

[old anchor]

Please God no slide

[feral garden]

"Please keep feedback on topic, or you will be removed from the session"

Have fun with unsolicited feedback in a closed playtest haha

[nimble bridge]

That's on the topic if they ask how it feels though, like jumping over blocks or running

[cloud flame]

Im gonna give feedback, but then also still ask for a Battlefield C&C game lol

[feral garden]

Yeah no lol

Id hope they wont put up with people trying to derail tests, and provide feedback they dont yet want

[old anchor]

"Jumping over the block feels nice, but it would be better if I could slide"

Okay sir.. what about flying the helicopter?

"Feels great but would be better if it could slide"

Its a helicopter sir that doesn't make sen..

"it would be better if it could slide"

[feral garden]

"Player has been kicked from the playtesting program"

They probably wont be that strict...but im sure there will be people who just wont give a shit and not do anythign they are asked haha.

[worldly turret]

i've seen like 10 people say they've been in the latest skate playtest

[feral garden]

Kicked from it you mean?

[charred nova]

Constructive feedback has done a lot troughout the History of Battlefield Series.

[old anchor]

I hope they bring back the only in battlefield clips

[feral garden]

Not what closed focused playtests are for tho. they are, and likely will be for a very specific feature

Probably 80% or more of people signing up are thinking "I wonder how many maps will be in the test". when there probably wont be anything like that up for testing.

[old anchor]

I think there will

They said themselves they're far into development

Im sure there will be tests focusing on both specific features and general gameplay

[feral garden]

Pre alpha, so they are looking to get feedback on mechanics and feeling, not maps

[old anchor]

Pre-alpha can still be far into a very playable state

Finished? No. But definitely playable on a bigger scale

[charred nova]

Likely potential that has, After all Folks wanted the teams to focus and make a difference...
Let's do it together and bring them all the intel we can get them from public and personal perspectives.

[feral garden]

Sure, by definition its a non feature complete version of the game

[gilded merlin]

Yay I'm back

[ruby iron]

BF1 slide is the best!

[feral garden]

Didnt BF1 have like...5 different versions of sliding tho?

[old anchor]

I hate sliding

[tepid plinth]

it went through a lot

now has the most pointless one imaginable

[feral garden]

IMO, sliding should be a skill for a quick entry to low cover. not a way to exploit movement to get an upper hand in combat

[tepid plinth]

if it was replaced by something else like air strafe I wouldn't mind if it got removed

there just needs to be a little something, and sliding into bhop is all 2042 has

[heady thorn]

Many.. many..

Sliding shouldn't be something that can be exploited, or something to get into combat. it should be something to get you out of combat, into cover, not an abuseable mechanic! Personally, i don't want a strong slide.

[feral garden]

Yeah, basically dont allow shooting while sliding, so people cant SMG dive at opponents and through doors

[tepid plinth]

Just anything to make it so gunfights are actually an exchange and not just a who sees who

seeing someone do a strafe jump in bf4 piques my interest cause I know I need to be alert to out aim him, that sort of stuff I love

[feral garden]

And for the love of god...get rid of doritio shooting

[versed cove]

isnt there a text somewhere that states they will first be testing conquest and such. i believe i saw something like it

[versed cove]

get rith of all cod movement and implement bfv movement

[feral garden]

I saw a short on YT earlier of DF...and it just shows me how poor FPS games visibility has become

[tepid plinth]

that much I can agree with

the lights on people in 2042 was fantastic, hope that continues

[feral garden]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pkummYzpmI

FPS games these days in a nutshell

No doritios at all when ADS please!

[versed cove]

delta force is literally just bf2042. people praising it are crazy to me. we shouldnt want battefield to look anything like it. i miss the days i competed with my clan in bf3 against other clans in a tournement that was fun.

[feral garden]

As I famously saw someone say about DF on Twitter. "Creativity is free".

[tepid plinth]

I hate it to no end when those icons appear through particles and smoke

[feral garden]

Their extraction part is decent. But the BF clone part is half baked AF

[tepid plinth]

like, I don't want people to just blend in with foliage and not be seen at all, but also not smoke wallhacks

[feral garden]

Id prefer let them blend in than have a dorito

[tepid plinth]

with the backpack and body lights it should be a best of both worlds

[old anchor]

I like when you can blend in

[mossy marten]

[old anchor]

Not a ridiculous amount but just enough to where people don't immediately spot someone unless they look closer

[primal moth]

Sliding shouldn't be in battlefield at all

Fuck that shit

[old anchor]

Definitely

I hate it

[feral garden]

Crouching when sprinting, and just completely stopping feels like shit tho. A slide where you cant shoot is fine

[old anchor]

The old battlefields had animations where your character would slide on their feet a bit like you would when stopping quickly from a run in real life

Not some dumbass slide on their ass though

[heady thorn]

I quite liked crouch sprinting in BF5, but shooting while slide shouldn't be a thing

[tough zinc]

agree

or at least not being able to ads like in bf1

[frosty mountain]

It's a baseball slide!

Needs to be an slide that's 1-2 foot. Not 6foot

[old anchor]

Oooooooooooor no ass slide at all

[feral garden]

Yeah, just a small continuation of velocity

[plain pollen]

I like it when there are Game mechanics that i have to master and the Movement actually feels fluid

[frosty mountain]

Should still be slight. It's possible but not like a baseball slide! Think of all the gear you have on you!

[stray veldt]

i feel sliding is fine as long as it doesnt turn the game into a reaction shooter kind of thing

[old anchor]

Should be a small slide on your feet or a stumble

[primal moth]

As long as it's not sliding and shooting and you can't spam it fine with me

[frosty mountain]

In 4 it's very slight! Caught a few idiots with her pants down doing it!🤣

[versed token]

In 4 you can clip your hitbox into the floor while flying around at mach 5

[stray veldt]

bf4 also had that zuzou jump that was glitchy as hell lol

[frosty mountain]

That's what their fixing in this Next one hopefully!👌

[pulsar parcel]

Sliding should have a cooldown and jumping should reset momentum to run/sprint speed

[primal moth]

Gimme a operation metro remastered pls thank you

[mossy marten]

[frosty mountain]

Idk about a cool down for slide but you do need one for running for sure!

[versed token]

Ew

[pulsar parcel]

Stops slide cancelling cod shenanigans

[primal moth]

COD jumping omnidirectional bullshit

[pulsar parcel]

BFV had great movement including omnidirectional prone. I really miss that in 2042 and when I go back to bf4

[frosty mountain]

The most slide should be at 2 foot max! Just enough to go through or by a door way!

[mossy marten]

that's not even a meter
all that does it make you stuck in the mud and shot instead

[nimble bridge]

I hope sliding is overpowered af

[pulsar parcel]

Nah, go play CoD

[frosty mountain]

V was an arcade shooter just like 2042. We're clearly not after that in this next one!

[nimble bridge]

Not with that SBMM

[mossy marten]

Shame that a slide can be seen in the pre alpha trailer they showed off

[woeful sluice]

Was crouch sprint speed in bf5 the same as regular spring speed? It seemed liked that to me.