battlefield-labs-discussion

[pallid coral]

oh yeah 👀

[worldly turret]

do i get off for the night and watch one piece or make coffee and play bf1 👀

[pallid coral]

do u watch dub or sub

[worldly turret]

dub i don't know Japanese and id rather not just watch subtitles

[pallid coral]

then why not do both at the same time

bf1 + one piece

[worldly turret]

im at wano and i want to watch every bit of it

[sudden lodge]

Go to bed!!!

[worldly turret]

But i don't have work today and its only 12:30

[sudden lodge]

PM or AM

[worldly turret]

Am

[sudden lodge]

Then you’re good

[next orchid]

Can local resistance forces appear in the new Battlefield game? They do not belong to either faction, but are the common enemy of both players. For example, in a desert map, the two forces are the US and Russia. Local resistance forces appear in the middle and late half of the game. They will attack both US and Russian players, which may bring some uncertainty to the battle situation.

[paper mortar]

Is there anything we know about whether we can create and manage our platoon like we could do in Bf4 and Bf1? It would be epic and really necessary to create teams and be able to play matches, tournaments, leagues and also meet friends and possible additions to the community. Being able to carry the tag and logo on the soldier and the weapon, give personality and more reason and meaning to the battles, fight for your team and represent it... this is vital.

[worldly turret]

Bruh i get off and i get invited to playtest something (not battlefield related)

[distant ridge]

388d playtime BF1 happy to help on lab test

[tall plank]

Did they say they would do playtest where you go to them first? Or are they letting people play in their home stuff too?

[covert stag]

playtest where they invite players are usually very limited to big youtubers/streamers and games magazines. not the plebs...

[tall plank]

Truly upsetting. So all the yes man

*men

[feral garden]

Playtests will be both in studios, and from home. Invites will go out randomly in the coming weeks, and not to creators/magazines. These playtests are under NDA, so what use would inviting just creators and magazines do

[tall plank]

Idk but they usually do stuff with creators like jackfrags

[feral garden]

With releasing games yes, but they wont be able to cover the contents of closed playtests. At least not outside of what they share publicly after those tests have happened.

[tall plank]

Fair enough. I just hope they Invite people that will be critical and give good feedback

[covert stag]

not if they gonna invite Enders and Battlenonsense 😉

[feral garden]

Battlenonsense isnt even around anymore lol

[covert stag]

oh, damn

[feral garden]

Their last video was in 2023, last video on Battlefield was in 2020

[covert stag]

yee sadge

[covert nest]

Poor Aka art.

[steady shore]

[ master key acquired ]

Man I'm hyped

It's gon be a banger

[jaunty jetty]

Congratulations

[nimble bridge]

I agree about no progression honestly, I want all gadgets to be unlocked from the start, maybe lock weapons to some levels but I don't want to grind gadgets. Levels should grant me either in-game money like BFV or skins for some weapons, calling cards and character skins imo

I'm fine with attachment unlocking though, but not gadget or weapon unlocking

Attachments also should be more streamlined imo, like scopes of ARs for example should be interchangable with all ARs so I don't need to unlock fusion holo seperately for every single gun

[feral garden]

People not wanting them to re-invent the wheel asking for them to re-invent the wheel. 👆

Stop trying to fix things that arent broken

[ionic galleon]

I want individual weapons / gadgets to at least have camos goals set to them, otherwise what reason do people have to not just use the meta 24/7

[versed cove]

casual is one way to put it. me and this other guy were at a russian base, just trying to fix a downed chopper talking about the match, all of the sudden there were shots and he just gets shot infront of me xD insta dead and im left to fend against what was around 14 russians. with 8 of them left they pinned me in a building intimitading me. telling me to come out without my gun xD yup casual lol

[feral garden]

Yeah, arma reforger is made look casual by guys who have been playing arma for 1000s of hours.

It is far from casual

Still a really nice game tho.

I want a DayZ mod built in arma, utilizing its home base building tools for base building.

[versed cove]

its casual when your in a friendly base far from the frontline having a fun ingame chat with the lads. but outside of that it has its fun casual moments but it definitely gets instantly serious in a moments notice

[feral garden]

All depends on the server youre on also. If you dont know the people in a new server...its not easy to get into.

You be TK'd, people will steal your stuff, not play with you, ETC. Its both not casual, and not easy to play as a solo

[brisk bluff]

idc what they do with progression aslong as they dont turn it into a Fortnite rip off like CoD. its a millitary shooter! the distinction of each factions urinform should be obvious. Weapon skins are fine although i find them stupid. give the BF2-4 vibes back. Where gameplay and fun for players is the 1st thing on the agenda. not MONEY!

[versed cove]

nah not true. most people are very friendly. simply get on the modded nato russia ones. never had a bad experience thus far on there. more random encounters with good team mates. even sometimes with enemies. there are only a few tk who get instantly banned

[ionic galleon]

I really hope the new game has fortifications like BF5 did, people say they were underutilised but that wasn't the games fault.. Alot of them would change the match all together, the sandbags cutting off the passages to the middle flag on Underground for example, Battlefield is marketed as being a different experiance every game and fortifications helped promote that.

[versed cove]

bf3/bf4 progression was good

[nimble bridge]

It's annoying though, I don't want to be level 5 recon in order to use spawn beacon, BF2 had little to no unlocks and it played fine

[feral garden]

I dont mean TK on purpose, just that you will be TK'd and have to start over. For the average casual player, reforger isnt going to the experience they are looking for

[brisk bluff]

Battlefield 2 through bf4 were the golden age! bring this back!

[nimble bridge]

Levels can give cosmetics similar to what V or 2042 did, once you mastered a class you got access to cosmetic assignments. Levels in 2042 mostly gives player cards and cosmetics too.

[versed cove]

oh ye i tk before. it happens but they are never mad if you apologise and arent a fool that blasts anyone before checking the map XD its just that if you get disconnected and then reconnect you often dont get displayed on the map till you die. so

[ionic galleon]

Though they were nigh unplayable for half their life cycles lol

[versed cove]

definitely. me and my clan on bf3 made clan tournaments with other clans, it was a blast back then

[feral garden]

The reason they unlock weapons and gadgets via level progression is so you learn to use new tools as you unlock them. Instead of getting everything and it being a scramble to learn everything. I dont think ive seen many complain about unlock based progression...and its by far the last thing they need to change. Like I said, no need to fix what isnt broken.

[brisk bluff]

also! and maybe i am the only one! but i would like too see a system where scope glint appears on the position and direction the sniper/recon stands. Sun in the back means less to no glint while standing towards the sun/light scource will increase the glint. ( BF sniper fan here )

[feral garden]

Glint isnt a realism choice, its a balance choice. so using sun position makes little sense

[versed cove]

this fcking this. i hate the lens glint in bf. there should be no glint if you arent facing the sun. hell i prefer no glint at all. it makes sniping so much better. and balancing around it is dumb anyway cause there is nothing more excillerating than finding that sniper thats camping and getting him with random crap like c4 or claymores or repair tools

no excitement in sniping as your easily spoted. due to the white glint telling everyone where your at

[feral garden]

Also makes little to no sense to use sun position to affect glint, as historically maps have had a static sun. So you'd end up affecting how maps are made with such a system.

AKA...cant place the sun/light source in X position, because it would advantage/disadvantage one team or the other

[brisk bluff]

i know it is! but a glint the size of the sun while someone is in a back of a room shooting outside is ridiculous. i know they have high dmg, but the factors of distance and slow reloading should be balance enough! especially with all the attachment pro/cons these days

[versed cove]

sniping in arma reforger is a lot more fun than in battlefield as you can actually do something then. and the enemy never easily finds you until they figure out your position due to the bullet impact and angles. thats how snipers should be found. not a bright white light that tells players precisely where you are

[feral garden]

Personally I dont think glint should even be a thing, but I get why its there. Its a casual game, and as rifles have high damage per shot, its frustrating for a player to not be able to see where a sniper is past 500m.

They could always add a way to hide glint, that would reduce sight/rifle effectiveness in some way.

Like adding anti-glint sight coating stops you being able to 3D spot (Ridiculous example, but you get the idea)

[versed cove]

i think catering to casual players and dumbing down everything is not the way to go. if they want to play a military shooter. and get to be in tanks and jets and choppers and easily wield lmgs then they should also have to deal with a sniper on a hill orso.

[brisk bluff]

thats an option to like a scope that has this feature build in or scope attachments thats fine.

[versed cove]

it shouldnt get overly tryhardy but i find that too many games cater to dumbing down too many mechanics and gameplay elements just to allow a broader audience. is just bad

[feral garden]

I started BF at BC2, where hardcore was the main mode. I grew up with 1 hit kill body shot snipers at range...so I have no issues with snipers being strong 😄

[brisk bluff]

i started in 1942 XD bin a sniper player since then. and not the kind that hides in the back spawn but the 1 thats in combat

[versed cove]

i played 1942 and on. and i would much much rather have casuals learn a bit more and improve their skills then to make it easier just for them. snipers dont one shot anymore so there is little to no point in giving visual aids. and its not like a sniper can 2 shot you in 1 sec

[feral garden]

As long as maps are not open and horrible for infantry traversal...I think its mostly fine to allow sniper rifles to be powerful.

[versed cove]

and lets be real. we were all casuals once. we all improved our gaming skills. how it should be

[brisk bluff]

battlefield allways had a wide veriaty of urban and country side maps. imo it gives some change of scenery to the maps. i do would like to see more option on transportation on the country side maps they. the 2 planes 1 helicopter 2 tanks 3humvee allways felt a bit short since most of them instanly drove off at the start of the round and half the team had to walk for 2min to get to the next objective XD

[midnight umbra]

перемоги не будет

[near ferry]

Wsup, is battlefield labs available for EU ?

[brisk bluff]

yes EU and Northern America

[feral garden]

Conquest wise...id love to see them actually change the design and formula up a bit. Like having strategic objectives on maps (Capture and control an air radar as an example), and not just capture points. Or failing that having capture points be of strategic value (Extra tank, heli, ETC from capturing and holding a flag)

[brisk bluff]

true that. they have done this before with capture points where your team would get an extra tank or helicopter

like Hellfire Peninsula in bf2. if you captured the radio tower your team would get a extra attack helicoptor

[feral garden]

Yup. id love for it to return/be improved upon.

[tepid plinth]

I do want points to have more worth, but my only fear would be the potential snowball effect of one team getting, say, another attack chopper and the other being at a big enough disadvantage because of that to make it more of an uphill battle

[feral garden]

Well it is a battlefield afterall. That simply places more importance for their team to re-capture the flag that grants the extra heli

Instead of simply yolo flag running as is the case in 2042

[tepid plinth]

Understandable
It’s just my experience of playing with teammates who are incapable of lifting a finger to counter such a threat or attack in an organised way is less than consistent

[brisk bluff]

well i can understand what @tepid plinth means. BF1 had the opposite! they losing team usually got the ultimate to come back into battle like the train or the Zeppelin. so there are many options you can look at it really

[tepid plinth]

Although I do hope that the good changes made post launch here actually carry over

Jet control improvements, lowered match start time, squad class counters etc. I understand the concept of an MVP but sometimes that launch product is a little too ‘minimum’ for my liking. And those post launch changes really needed to be there day 1

[nimble bridge]

I've seen that complaint from BF2 players, granted I'm not a BF2 player but I agree with that statement. I wouldn't have enjoyed BFV if I didn't had definitive edition and had access to all the gadgets and weapons from the start. Some of my friends had standard edition when we were playing and they didn't had most of the stuff unlocked so they couldn't get creative without an arbitrary grind first.

[timber trench]

I hope the new BF is like BFV

[tepid plinth]

On the other hand though I have seen people who play these games so focused on level and gear progression that once they stop getting new stuff they just quit

[feral garden]

Only an issue for them as ye joined at a time where shortcuts were available to some. Its my opinion that having all gadgets/weapons unlocked from the start is detrimental to a games launch.

[nimble bridge]

I personally think glint should apply to all scopes in the snipers Even the red dot. Only non-glinting scope should be iron sights.

[tepid plinth]

Even though I don’t really need to learn weapons and gadgets as they are all pretty self explanatory as is, I will say it’s fun the first time round getting stuff unlocked

But NOT for planes and stuff like they did in bfV…
The enemy having access to 4 guns on a plane while you have 2 because of playtime alone isn’t a fun time

[nimble bridge]

Process should be faster then, like unlocking everything by level 5-10 or something(assuming 20 levels like BFV)

[feral garden]

Na

I have to disagree. Completely breaks the point of a staggered progression system

[nimble bridge]

Later levels can give players skins and calling cards imo

[feral garden]

No one cares about that stuff at launch

[tepid kernel]

what about competitive like delta force? getting skins

[brisk bluff]

i believe BF3 used the system of Class progression unlock! you play with the base weapon, score points and unlock more weapons for that class. this is how it should be.

[nimble bridge]

BF4 had a generally fast unlock system too and everyone likes it

[feral garden]

No it didnt

[brisk bluff]

Effort in specific class should be rewarded with thats class perks and weapons

[pallid lake]

it took me forever in bf4 to get much of the stuff i was even mildly interested in, but i also might've just been a scrub back then

[nimble bridge]

I mean, I will be like level 100 before I hit 100 hour mark in the next game. Like by hour 60 or something. It's just needless imo for people like me to grind for gadgets. You can reward players with skins and calling cards too, BFV did it great like I said, every class mastery gave you new cosmetics.

And a hefty in-game money you can use on store

[brisk bluff]

Cosmetics/skin are imo the noose arround the games neck for the FPS game industry! this should never have bin implemented. you want skins and cosmetics go play fortnite or CoD these days

[nimble bridge]

Next BF will be a live service with skins and battlepasses

[feral garden]

Maybe they will take a page from Helldivers 2 unlock system...where gameplay and progression through levels gives you currency. You then use that currency to unlock weapons/gadgets

[nimble bridge]

EA loves 🤑

[nimble bridge]

I agree with that

[brisk bluff]

i hope not! cause then they havent learned their lesson with bf2042

[feral garden]

Next game is live service 100%. Andrew Wilson (EA CEO) confirmed that long ago

[nimble bridge]

Live service isn't the problem imo, it's their implementation

[feral garden]

Live servise isnt the issue with 2042 or BFV. Shitty live service was.

[nimble bridge]

Yeah I agree

2042 would've been great if we had 2 maps per season

I want that in next BF too

2 maps per season, 4 weapons per season

[feral garden]

Had 2042 given 2/3 maps per season, im sure people opinions of it would be different.

[nimble bridge]

V had a weird live service cycle though

Like no content until pacific

[brisk bluff]

i'll say it again! give me the BF2 through 4 gameplay with an high tickrate servers and no crappy avatar skins and i'll be happy! also a game that works properly

[feral garden]

Skins are here to stay. they are too high margin to disapear from videos games at this stage

[brisk bluff]

i hate them so much! never understood why they had to do it!

[nimble bridge]

I just hope skins are fitting for the game they are in. BF's skins are actually fitting for the setting both in V and 2042(even the modern cargo pants in some skins of V)

I don't want CoD-like skins though

[brisk bluff]

aslong as you can determine the side the player is on i dont mind the different uniforms! but no skins like what cod did with Squidgame or The Boys skins

half of the time i had no idea whos team they were on and didnt shoot or got a teamkill

[nimble bridge]

BFV did that fine too, you usually unlocked one british, one german or one american, one japanese skins

So if you liked a skin and bought it you had access to a similar skin in the opposite team too

Next BF should have that, faction specific uniforms and skins

[tepid plinth]

definitely

I did find the whole 'clone army' critique odd when we'd play as the same characters on each team anyways, but I honestly feel it's the fact that specialist have personalities and established stories that people hate the most

[versed token]

Well the teams used to look visually different

but it is true that you're still just a clone

[tepid kernel]

where is my invitation EAAAAAAA

[nimble bridge]

It's better with uniforms honestly, both for immersion and visual clarity

[tepid plinth]

yeah, cannot deny that instantly seeing what team the person you are looking at is on is an absolute must, just found it funny that everyone on your own team looks the same, which they made it out to be bad

[nimble bridge]

Launch 2042 didn't had lights though

So you didn't know if you were looking at the enemy or a friend

Without their name appearing on their head

[tepid plinth]

that was a travesty. Some of the clips I saw of people pelting entire mags into people without realising they are friendly was funny as hell in a bad way

[nimble bridge]

I had the exact same experience in DF too at least for like 3-4 matches I played on it before uninstalling

[tepid plinth]

I don't get how people are saying it's what battlefield should be when it has the exact same problems the same people bring up for 2042

[nimble bridge]

Yeah lol

Operators are far more OP too

[tepid plinth]

and have their own awful dialogue

[nimble bridge]

I hated medic guy's fake engrish accent

[tepid plinth]

only good thing about it are the maps are sometimes more fun, and i like it's recoil system if it was changed to spread from sight shake

[nimble bridge]

Yeah some maps are better than 2042 maps imo

Trench would be extremely good if it was in 2042 imo

[versed token]

Their gunsmith system is overtuned af

[nimble bridge]

Gunsmithing shouldn't exist

[blissful jolt]

No, the game is plain awful from the beginning with every mechanic and aspect

[versed token]

So every mechanic that it shares with other battlefield games is also awful

good one

[blissful jolt]

It has no shared mechanics with other battlefield games

[feral garden]

Ignores that the comment they replied to was part of a conversation discussing live services, and not 2042 in general

[versed token]

Lol

What a waste of a message

[blissful jolt]

Reading this conversation is a waste of brain cells 😞

[feral garden]

New server members FTW. Join and instantly make themselves look a clown

Reading comprehension 1.5/10

[lyric horizon]

hi guys! can I ask a question about a problem I have with my Battlefield game?

[feral garden]

This isnt a support discord or the appropriate room for that regardless

Try #battlefield-legacy-titles

[lyric horizon]

Thanks for pointing that out, sorry

[feral garden]

All good. Just as a heads up, someone might help you...but as I said this server has no actual support channels.

[eternal crest]

Is there any word on whether the new battlefield will allow the graphics to be set to 120Hz on consoles?

[versed token]

Nope

[nimble bridge]

I don't think so, I think it will be 60 fps

[covert nest]

Current gen consoles aren't powerful enough.

[eternal crest]

but the old battlefield 1 and 5 allow you to set the graphics to 120Hz on the Xbox series X I stopped playing at 2042 precisely because 60Hz is not enough for this type of game

[nimble bridge]

Maybe for PS5 Pro but I don't think it will be 120 fps on base PS5 and Xbox Series X

This game is next(or current) gen only

[eternal crest]

Is there any way to communicate directly with someone from dice on this server?

[nimble bridge]

No

[tepid plinth]

they wouldn't divulge such information either

[twin cloud]

Do you guys think the t attachment system from 2042 will be returning?

[eternal crest]

yes but maybe they would take it into consideration if they knew

[covert nest]

Not really.

[gaunt knoll]

Do you mean the Xbox One S/X and PS4, or the Xbox Series S/X and PS5/PS5 Pro?

Just to confirm.

[covert nest]

All the latest current.

[gaunt knoll]

Okay, 9th Gen. Xbox Series S/X, and the PS5/PS5 Pro.

Only real contenders would be the Series X and PS5 Pro, anyway.

[covert nest]

If their processors were better I would argue in favour of them.

[nimble bridge]

I hope so, they should remove the mags though

I dislike having different ammo types

[gaunt knoll]

Right, if they had higher caches, or similar improvements from Ryzen 5000 and up CPU architectures.

[covert nest]

Caches yeah.

[steady shore]

I hope the game has beautiful maps like bf1 and bfv

Not just grey and brown generic 2008 modern warfare

[weary mantle]

I wonder if they could look at player data and have specific testing invites that corelate to an individual player's behaviors. Like if a person flies all the time, invite that player to test out new flying mechanics or features.

[feral garden]

Doubtful they do that.

[twin cloud]

Sounds like a lot of data

[nimble bridge]

I hope they do, I always play as infantry so players like me shouldn't be qualified for heli or jet testing

I couldn't give any meaningful feedback on air or land vehicles

[twin cloud]

Think coop missions are coming back?

[weary mantle]

that's the reason I was thinking of such a system. Just want to avoid the potential of mis-matching participants so the feedback is appropriate

i hope mouse movement is a priority this time

[ripe hornet]

has anyone happened to have received an invite yet by any chance?

[twin cloud]

No

[versed token]

Unlikely anyone would be allowed to say they got invited anyways

[rapid fox]

And they will still do that

[ripe hornet]

it's known that a closed playtest is happening since the official announcement, saying you were invited likely isn't part of any NDA unless you start talking in depth about the game itself

[feral garden]

Contents of playtest emails are covered under the NDA

This is from a non BF Labs playtest, but messages from the playtest platform always say:

Please keep in mind that everything related to Electronic Arts Playtesting is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. This means no posting or sharing details of this Playtest, including the content of this email, in person, on social media or anywhere else.

[visual shell]

OH so no one actually got in

its just for creators i guess

[covert stag]

i would assume they will invite some well known peoples in the community, like creators, personally.

[mossy marten]

That person left the server already

[ripe hornet]

Huh? where did this rumor come from? If they were to only allow content creators they wouldn't have opened registration for everyone

[mossy marten]

It'll probably be EA Creator Network people first I'm assuming and then they start slowly opening it up to more and more people to invite

It's not like they're going to go full bore and invite tens of thousand of people right away.
Testing will be in EU and NA first after all

[nimble bridge]

Very low chance we are getting in anyways, even if we assume 100K in the first test that's like 1/10 max, if we assume 10K that's 1/100

Assuming 1M people signed up for it though given the signup queue

[mossy marten]

assuming 1 million people spread through the world. Now make it like, idk, 20-30% because it's NA and EU only first, so slightly better chance then

[nimble bridge]

I don't think people from non EU or non NA regions signed up that much

[ripe hornet]

Not denying a playtester limit but ain't no way they are keeping non-content creators out of it even just now at the beginning of the testing program, that's not the point. Collecting data and feedback from a wide range of players would be their goal, which is the goal of any sort of collection of data. This includes the type of gamers (hardcore, casual, competitive), age, region, platform, preferences etc. They asked all these questions during the application

[nimble bridge]

Well yeah, but just saying there is very little chance we are going to be selected

[quick merlin]

yeah I'm hopeful but not too hopeful of there being an OCE/Asia playtest

[nimble bridge]

I think it can happen later on, but not in the first few tests

[stark sentinel]

next BF main color scheme is white? or it's just a place holder?

[mossy marten]

pink and purple

[covert stag]

https://tenor.com/view/rainbow-spongebob-imagination-gif-8764636

like a rainbow

[stark sentinel]

it means there would be Nicki Minaj skin.

[ripe hornet]

Btw I just recommend signing up for the EA playtesting program, too, which has been there way before the Battlefield focused playtesting program. I was actually successful with that one not too long ago.

[covert stag]

ive been sucesfull with basically all the playtests i applied, LOL

But this is one of the ones im most excited for 🙂

[ripe hornet]

The only game I probably wouldn't wanna playtest even if offered would be the next GTA. The blast on release date will be even bigger without having played it in secret before lol

[manic gate]

Bold of you to assume people can read

[dense path]

Sorry
Did you receive an Email confirming registration to battlefield labs program after send the form?

[cursive ridge]

Bold of you to assume that people will read the emails.

[twilit coral]

Finally got the survey to disappear from active playtests

[mossy marten]

Visual Recoil better not come back for this game

[cunning chasm]

i hope they dont do the bullet sniper slow

[static fable]

no

[young jetty]

I’m new to this, this is the battlefield lab discussion?

Wait who here has already signed up for the playtest?

[young jetty]

They’re gonna send you an email when the play tests are beginning.

[still wren]

IF they are selected. It isn't guarenteed.

[young jetty]

Yeah, hopefully this bf game is not gonna be a massive failure like 2042

[royal flower]

add content and get rid of the clunky hud and get rid of the battlepass and keep adding dlc

[steady shore]

Bruh

[nimble bridge]

100% going to be live service

[safe moat]

I don’t think it will, because of they are doing labs and the new Battlefield is being made by the dev team which dealt with 2042’s mess and recovered the game

[ancient lark]

I'm a little on the fence there. I've been playing since the DLC only days, and that was fine. But I found having weekly missions, and a system where you can buy one pass, and earn the next.. and the next.. kept me more engaged than I had been in a long time. I rather liked having the carrot dangling like that. 8)

[still wren]

I think my feedback if I am selected will be about what they want us to test but through the lens of playing in a squad and gunplay. That's what I want worked on the most

[safe moat]

While I do like the DLC model as well, Live service model is just more profitable and you can technically take it to unknown times

[nimble bridge]

I dislike FOMO battlepasses, battlepasses shouldn't expire imo like Helldivers or Marvel Rivals model

[still wren]

I want players working together and I want each player comfortable with a weapon of their choice.

[nimble bridge]

I prefer live service to premium because it doesn't divide the playerbase though, everyone can play all the content

People seems to forget that's why they decided to go with it in BFV, people didn't liked how they had to pay for maps in BF1

[ancient lark]

That sucked in BF3.. You had to pick certain server rotations so you didn't get booted due to not having a map

[still wren]

Abolish battlepasses and live service. Expac sized DLC's

Or more simply just expacs

And commit to 5 expacs

[signal vigil]

Keep map expansions free, but maybe with re-introducing Premium, members could have an X amount of time playing the new maps before releasing to the public?

and with Premium membership, all cosmetics come with it

[nimble bridge]

I would rather have a good live service than premium model honestly, even with less content, imagine if redacted was unplayable just because I didn't had dark creations DLC

[versed token]

I simply would abandon the game completely

[signal vigil]

fair, thats how it used to be and i remember the FOMO lol

[nimble bridge]

Even if I had it then most people wouldn't have had it so it would be hard to find the games for a DLC I paid for

[ancient lark]

Today, I'd be fine with either. But back in the previous games, I couldn't justify dropping another $30 on a game I already bought kind of thing. We are all in different places, but sometimes I would skip due to cost.

[signal vigil]

so for sure making the map expansions free is the best way to go

[nimble bridge]

Yes

[ancient lark]

IMO.. yes

[signal vigil]

and weapon expansions too

[nimble bridge]

Well yeah

[signal vigil]

but cosmetics and maybe even knife kill animations could be paid for

[nimble bridge]

Live service is the better of the two because of that imo, problem is DICE's inability to maintain a good live service has been the issue

2042 was supposed to have 2 maps per season not 1

But they had to fix the base game maps

[ancient lark]

For me.. just have the season unlocks / rank system. With weekly tasks.. I really enjoy that. It is fun to see the whole map going for say... knife kills one day. Everyone working on missions. Made me chuckle

[signal vigil]

hoping they add first person knifing animations again.. they could monetize that too and make a veriety of em

[ancient lark]

I was always after the red badge too, that was a nice challenging goal for the season patch.

[feral garden]

I personally didn't care much for the limited time events/modes. The only thing that brought me back to play was new weapons, maps and weekly mission progress of the battle pass.

[charred geyser]

A question
I did everything for battelfild labs. But I have to get a confirmation email. How long does it take?

[versed token]

Time

[ancient lark]

Same.. give me conquest vanilla please 8) I only did the others due to missions

[signal vigil]

no confirmation email. as long as you did the surveys you're good

[feral garden]

There is no confirmation email. Just fyi

[charred geyser]

Then I can't understand why he won't let me in

[signal vigil]

you just gotta wait bro

[balmy hawk]

Yes, there's only a page confirming your registration

invites will eventually come around but there's no exact date for it

[bold crystal]

I think the only email we will get is the invite when/if you're randomly picked

[balmy hawk]

[signal vigil]

play tests start "next couple weeks"

[signal vigil]

this 💯

[bold crystal]

"couple" = 2 (I hope)

[signal vigil]

same

[balmy hawk]

you should get an odd email from EA and not a promotional one if you're subscribed to their newsletter

[mighty tangle]

is it hard to get a pre-alpha testing! now?

[signal vigil]

its truly gonna be random, but its easy to sign up

[bold crystal]

They say the game is ready in pre-alpha so I imagine they're putting final touches up and getting servers ready, and potentially using AI to sift through the survey looking for people

Although, "sifting through", I imagine everyone put previous BF titles down as one of their options, so I'm not sure how they'd sift though millions of pretty much the same answers, lol. 99.99% of me thinks we'll be randomly selected, with a few exclusive invites for creators

[balmy matrix]

[pulsar shard]

Do we have to change some of our preferences settings to get picked in the alpha test ?

or is it random for everyone?

[bold crystal]

You should have had an email from EA about BF labs. I think it'll be random unless you have a strong social following

[feral garden]

Social following will have nothing to do with being picked, as you wont be allowed to share anything you see

[tepid plinth]

The only potential benefit I can see is it being to create a persona from someone who posts online enough to where they can gauge their interests more specifically than just ‘what games have you played’ and use that to target questions and feedback

[barren fulcrum]

Yes I got an Email that I was accepted 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[rapid fox]

Yeah me too playing right now /s

[feral garden]

No you didnt

[bold crystal]

Everyone will be under NDA, but I feel creators will give more consistent and valuable feedback. The way I see it, the creators are free advertisement - if they lose interest in the game, that's one less advertisement.
From random selection, I'd estimate maybe maximum 40% of those would actually bother giving feedback. Creators are more likely to give feedback - might be a small amount on creators compared to randoms, but like I said, creators advertise the game and they'll have more of an impact on how the game's shaped

[feral garden]

Free advertisement for something you cant post about seems like a genius concept

[bold crystal]

I'm not talking about the playtesting

[feral garden]

Youre not even allowed give your opinon on what you see from playtest on socials

[barren fulcrum]

Ok in my email is another date to play the pre alpha combat test 😳

[feral garden]

Sir, you are in the labs channel discussing playtests. You are talking about it

[bold crystal]

I'm talking about giving feedback

[feral garden]

Creators can give shitty feedback. We had 2 ea creators here last night hoping they allow movement and sliding to be so OP they can exploit it to kill casuals.

So yeah...Thats a no to the idea that creators will give more valuable feedback

Some, sure will give good feedback. But the ratio of good/bad feedback will be the same as from non creators. So just make access be randomly given.

[cedar flax]

By EA creators do you mean employees

[feral garden]

No, EA Creators are streamers/YouTubers who are part of the EA Creator program

[tepid plinth]

Ones in the creator network

[mossy marten]

Lol

[spice bramble]

Mind giving names

Just so I know who to avoid

Or is it against TOS to name

[unreal fjord]

YouTubers and Streamers been killing FPS games across the genre

this ain’t new 😭

[cursive ridge]

They all have the creator role in the side bar.

They are very visible, though, I wouldn't go tagging them.

[spice bramble]

I mean the 2 creators that advocated for super movement

[unreal fjord]

problem for me is them being out of touch

creators out there that wanna just make clips and rack up pub stomping videos

[mossy marten]

I didn't know BFV sliding was that controversial to have
They weren't asking for apex/titanfall movement

[spice bramble]

I just dont want Squid giving any feedback honestly

He'll advocate for wingsuits

[ripe hornet]

being a content creator doesnt make them experts or intelligent human beings. Probably 5% of them care about overall game quality

[mossy marten]

🤝

[unreal fjord]

the only BF creator goats to me are levelcap and maybe jackfrags but I haven’t paid attention to jack for awhile

[spice bramble]

I used to tolerate him but his shilling for 2042 as of late is annoying. Not that it affects me but it paints a general image on what his stance is

[stuck dock]

Jack's okay, he just wants to have fun usually. IIrc he didnt like wingsuits and such that much

[unreal fjord]

at the very least we don’t got creators like cod

that’s the real hellscape for creators

[stuck dock]

Honestly anyone who wants wingsuits and such back should just be flat out ignored, they provide nothing of use

[signal vigil]

just read through this, i think i was involved in that convo lol. i was advocating for immersive and "realistic" movements. i dont like the running and gunning vibes in 2042 and COD. The jumping and shooting and flying all over the place looks silly

if they wanna play like that, play those games. but i want this NEW battlefield to FEEL authentic and unique

[mossy marten]

flips jet upside and exits to zook another jet via rodeoing the jet
launches vehicles with c4
ejects from jet, zooks another jet and gets back in original jet

"authentic and realistic"

[jovial raven]

That is an excellent idea, everyone should be able to run like The Flash with a simple slide

[signal vigil]

okay but that takes hella skill and A LOT cooler than the jump and shoot you see on a regular hehehe

[jovial raven]

(Twitter Blue user sounding ass reply ngl)

[weary mantle]

feel authentic and unique to what though? this is where it gets interesting with expectations and how they corelate to age demographic + when the person first started playing Battlefield. I've been playing since 1942 came out, so my idea of what Battlefield is could be very different from what someone else's is.

[mossy marten]

i don't know why people wouldn't want ways to outplay enemies or escape vehicles bombarding you

Like it's a pvp game, not a story mode

[jovial raven]

Anyways, I hope the vehicles dont feel like plastic toys, you go to BFV and BFV and thr Jets feel completely different in comparing so 2042's jets

[signal vigil]

i see, i guess our best reference to the "feel" would be BF3, BF4, BF1. like the modern battlefields

[jovial raven]

I don't know how they made those feel so sluggish even after the 30 patches they gave.

I'm like- the worst jet player in this server (probably) and even I can feel that difference.

[signal vigil]

im not against this, sorry if i sound like i am. i just want the game to feel uniquely "Battlefield" you know?

[jovial raven]

I'd rather suck in a BF4 jet than a 2042 jet.

[signal vigil]

BF3 and BF3 jets were a lot more fun to use in my opinion. they felt a little simpler? idk i also think i just suck at flying lol

[mossy marten]

It can feel like BF. BFV has a skillful slide mechanic and it feels like Battlefield still

[weary mantle]

modern era was cool. I liked 3/4. V was where I started to not like the direction

[signal vigil]

true

[jovial raven]

If I get accepted into the Labs program (under the assumption Puerto rican players are allowed in since we're still NA), that would be the first thing I get to try out: the vehicles.

All in a big IF.

[signal vigil]

was it the pacing? i felt like things just started to happen so fast. but i did get used to BFV and found that the gameplay was actually a lot of fun. in fact i was playing last night and its not as bad as i remember

[weary mantle]

vehicles used to be way more coveted when there were no weapon attachments or gadgets to use.

[ripe hornet]

you know what one of the major issues is in Battlefield? The level of impact regular assault soldiers have on snipers. you receive hits from across the map because of how imbalanced assault rifles are to sniper rifles. there should be no way assault soldiers can spot and hit snipers from halfway across the map. can't be the only one to have noticed this

[mossy marten]

people complain about sliding (skill oriented), but gladly would use mortars, UCAVs, other cheese gadgets instead

[long trail]

is there a chance for all who regs for labs can play it ?

[weary mantle]

it felt slower which may sound crazy

[jovial raven]

So what would your idea be to fix that? Give the Assault class worse vision as a feature? They see less glint when compared to other classes

[weary mantle]

BFV was more boring to me

[signal vigil]

thats fair man

[jovial raven]

I somehow find BFV better than BF4, GUNPLAY and presentation wise

[signal vigil]

i guess bullet damage fall off after a certain distance

[weary mantle]

one thing i never liked were animations when entering/exiting vehicles

[jovial raven]

You shoot a guy in BFV and the gun doesn't make an outline of bullet holes of your opponent. Direct hits, 42' pushed that WAY too much

[signal vigil]

ahhh you know i actually like that detail. but i understand why you dont. it makes thing feel "slower" and less "snappy"

[weary mantle]

gunplay was nice but it just felt so isolating of an experience if that makes sense. like everyone was out for themselves and K/D. It could also just be a culture change thing.

[ripe hornet]

Probably all remaining classes would need to get adjusted vision so this problem is solved at least a little. or significantly increase bullet spread after a certain distance. Also make flying sniper rounds way less visible. it's easy to track down once you look in the direction of a sniper

[jovial raven]

Should the devs push a rock, paper, scissors dynamic like this when the classes face one another?

[boreal talon]

cant see this being fair, this opens up the ckass to get slaughtered en masss by not only sniper glint but support classes camping with their MGS as well

[jovial raven]

Camping with their WHAT?!!

https://tenor.com/view/ladder-climbing-kojima-konami-solid-snake-gif-27596974

[signal vigil]

i REALLY would like an emphasis on teamwork, PTFO with the squad always felt great in BF4

[jovial raven]

Where each class gets an advantage and disadvantage not just in their equipment.

Like say, Assault can have better movement options,movement flexibility in comparison to Engineer, but they're less capable of seeing Recon folk.

Support gets to see Recon glint better than assault, giving them an advantage to run away and heal others

[boreal talon]

hiding the glint will make recon an assaukts and engineers bane,

[weary mantle]

yea i felt like there was more of that in BF4. that's honestly Battlefield's strength is when people have to acknowledge each other's presence in-game. Whole point behind healing/supplies and everything. The coolest memories I have throughout the last 20 years is when you feel like you're part of some bigger thing that's happening and you're all equally under-equipped but ready to die trying

having limitations on weapon attachments and gadgets forcing everyone to work together

[jovial raven]

Not hiding it, just lower the opacity/glow of the glint.

[boreal talon]

recons good enough they shouldnt be buffed against the fodder classes

[signal vigil]

maybe only for recon classes, they can see the glint always from any distances. but for the other classes, the glint shows in little blips every now and then, or when the sniper scopes in the glints appear momentarly.

[weary mantle]

look at the end of the day, I just wanna know when they're adding submarines back in the game.

[jovial raven]

We don't know how Recon will behave this time around, what tools they'll have with them outside of the usual suspects.

[signal vigil]

1000% agreed man

[jovial raven]

That's gonna get relegated for like 2 maps bruh

They didn't even have boats in 2042, you expect them to pull up submarines

[boreal talon]

this will allow a recon to keep dinking on the lower classes with little consequence, having the glint the way it is now ensures that recon cant just keep hiding and be forced to change position

if thats the direction might aswell make recon the weaker class health wise

[heady thorn]

[signal vigil]

maybe by adding them in like they did with Behemoths in BF1. some maps get a submarine, others get an AC130, others get idk a crazy train or some cool thing to fight over

[gaunt flume]

[signal vigil]

yeah i can see it being a problem

[boreal talon]

recon is a long range class that specializes in sniper and other ranged rifles wherre areas enginner assualt and support arent, bullet drop isnt something they need to consider

[tepid plinth]

Honestly they should give recon the option to run a carbine as an alternative to the sniper, would work well

[boreal talon]

maybe

[signal vigil]

yeah and have them also be like specialized in spotting or targeting

[boreal talon]

similar to 4 maybe allow these classes to have more flexibility

[signal vigil]

carbines were great in bf4

[boreal talon]

yea

[jovial raven]

Should BFV class and vehicle perks come back?

[signal vigil]

i loved my g36c

[boreal talon]

have the 4 classes have a weapon class unique to them then 3 other types thats shared

[boreal talon]

yes but for vehicles

dont know about classes

[tepid plinth]

If they had prox sensors and a spawn beacon still they could be the neutral space cleaners. Like imagine north of the furthers point on Golmud, get them running between the buildings clearing them. Aside from the main fight but not forced to snipe

[heady thorn]

gamer

[signal vigil]

tbh i think the perks should be put into gear. like different types of gear would give you those perk abilities you know?

[jovial raven]

Such as?

[signal vigil]

then you could combine different pieces of gear. and maybe even depending on the class you play, gear can be combined with the innate class abilities. like support can have a gear/perk that expands the range of ammo pick up when they drop an ammo box. things like that

idk if im cooking chat

[hasty crown]

As long as there’s a vanity system I think it could work. End of the day, I’d still like to use any gear I want regardless of abilities if the gear looks nice.
Got a similar gripe with helldivers

[signal vigil]

for sure, that would be tayoled more towards cosmetics though no?

[hasty crown]

I Might’ve mixed up some words but you seem to get the idea

[signal vigil]

ohhh like, how in hell divers, depending on the power level of the "ordinance drop" (i forgot what they're called) it takes up a "slot" or space on you character so as to not combine an OP amount of "gear/perks"

[tepid plinth]

Those who want to customise wouldn’t like gear pieces offering tangible benefits as it goes against the freedom of customising your look

[ripe hornet]

Also I hope there is some shift of focus from environment destruction to vehicle destruction detail. Say, All vehicles have weak spots, and if hit in those, a vehicle can be made entirely useless despite being 100% health before. And of course cause a wide range of effects regarding the handling of damaged vehicles. E.g.:

• damage of front/rear axle = inability to move and/or steer
• damage of suspension = loss of ability to drive efficiently/fast on rough terrain etc.
• damage of wheels = loss of entire wheels and/or axles, flat/ripped of tires
• hitting certain weak spots that cause a "cook-off" or immediate explosion of entire tanks or light armor losing sections or parts, being ripped off upon impact of antiarmor.

[sturdy ivy]

anyone get an email yet

[lost sable]

Depends on how gear is made. Is cosmetic and stats bind together or separate? We have seen both in games in the past

[old anchor]

You might like this game called War Thunder

That definitely does not fit Battlefield imo

[tepid plinth]

In the context of the solution Blue Brawler provides

[viscid berry]

if the game went more realistic it will be boring to be played and the vehicles will be even weaker i don't think it's a good idea to make battlefield becomes a tactical game like squad ....etc

[signal vigil]

seperate would be ideal.

[signal vigil]

this would be cool in my opinion!

[split violet]

In my eyes, Battlefield is at its best when it hits the crossroads between realism and COD. Too much realism makes things clunky and hard to get into, and too much goofiness gets rid of the grit that makes it so appealing

[viscid berry]

it is cool but that's if it becomes a new mode in the game

[viscid berry]

i think this is the right answer more realism = un enjoyable game

[ripe hornet]

I strongly disagree that increasing realism to a certain degree reduces the fun. It would probably be even more fun because it would add another dimension of dynamic to the game when people know they can't entirely rely on vehicles and feel safe in them

[heady thorn]

I wouldn't say realism, i would say authentic tbh

BF has never been realistic, but it has been authenthic.

[signal vigil]

This 😎😎

[feral garden]

Accessible realism is fine by me. Make the game look and sound real, but have easy to use functions like healing, reloading, ammo management, location pinging for squad play, etc.

[pulsar mica]

Sameee but I hope we get the fn 5.7 I love that pistol

[viscid berry]

still the vehicles ain't indestructible it's just you need to push hard to be able to destroy it and bf is never ment to be a tactical game like arma or squad

[split violet]

Sure. I just look at it as getting the expected result as being more important than "is this physically possible". Everyone knows defibs can't heal you from jumping off of Shanghai's tower but we expect the results of a simple revive mechanic and it just makes the game more fun

Makes it its own working thing

[viscid berry]

*accessible realism * refers to make it like arma and squad or to make everything get's destroyed easily through a tactical actions?

[heady thorn]

That is authenticity!

[feral garden]

Arma isn't accessible. You need to load up your gear and make sure you have mags, ammo in those mags, sutures, helmets, armor...the correct boots, etc.

[viscid berry]

but that's a part of real life though lmao

[feral garden]

Read the rest of the sentence and stop concentrating on the work realism

[heady thorn]

It honestly entirely depends on the mode too though, you have default loadouts etc. But as someone who has played Arma a lot, it for sure is a lot more in the realism side than BF 😂

[viscid berry]

i guess being balanced with it would be great maybe the damage should be fixed some kind of weakness for some types of vehicles but it won't be fun to generalize it ! that's my thoughts

[ripe hornet]

And GTA was never meant to be more than a 2D game but games evolve and they have to. It doesn't affect the genre of a game when you crank up the realism to a certain degree. If people don't like it they can still run their custom servers like they always have been. In fact, this is what BF needs alongside many other things to truly be able to make the next step forward

[split violet]

Arma is easily one of the least accessible games I've played and as much as I love playing it, I'd much rather keep both it and Battlefield completely seperate 😂

[heady thorn]

Luckily BF isn't Arma 🙂

[old anchor]

In your opinion

[viscid berry]

thankfully it's not

[weary mantle]

I agree, the milsim people should have their own space away from the main game. Back in 2004-ish we had a mod called Project Reality for Battlefield:2

[heady thorn]

There is a portion of the BF playerbase who loves hardcore and thats fine, Portal exists and can do that well 😄

[viscid berry]

again (i guess being balanced with it would be great maybe the damage should be fixed some kind of weakness for some types of vehicles but it won't be fun to generalize it ! that's my thoughts) so it won't become like arma nor squad but it will be having some how an accessible realism as bsod said

[weary mantle]

tongue and cheek, yea haha. I still mean the mod thing though. allow people to make mods again. It's what led to Desert Combat mod for BF1942, which spawned DICE NY, and the development of Battlefield:2 and tons of other modern FPS games during that era

all started with a mod

[signal vigil]

Like me, I love insurgency sandstorm for example. But I wouldn’t want battlefield to feel like that. I like battlefield for how epic and genuinely fun it can be

[feral garden]

TLDR: The game I want is BF4s combined arms, BF1s atmosphere, a mix of BC2 and BF3s destruction.

All for the above with good maps and map variety. A lot of weapons and vehicles...and to not be an unoptimized buggy mess at launch.

Cherry on top will be server browser, persistent servers and map rotations.

[torn widget]

I really hope the next game installment shows some more battlefield 3-4 vibes. I sunk so many damn hours in those games they were by far the best battlefield experiences I’ve had

Battlefield 1 was also cool, but I’m keen for modern warfare vibes

[viscid berry]

then being able to do mods in the game better than sticking in a standards some people might like it and the others wont

[viscid berry]

this were we all agree about !

[torn widget]

Also additionally a wide selection of weapons would be really cool also
I feel like battlefield 2042 was lacking in the different weapons especially at launch, I know weapons were added but they really just gotta hit hard with this one

[old anchor]

Battlefield 4 Premium weapon variety

[dim temple]

Is it just me or the playtesting website is confusing, i registered for BF Labs and i could still see it as available to sign up in the home page, did the survey again (to double check my answers for more accurate ones), now it's gone from anywhere, i think there should be a clearer way to know if you actually submitted the survey successfully or something

[heady thorn]

If i had to use games as a template...

Tone: Battlefield 3 / Battlefield 1
Destruction: Bad Company 2 (no complete flattening though, have structure skeleton like in BF5) & BF3
Vehicle Play: BF4 with some tweaks
Gunplay: BF4, with less focus on forced micro-bursting
Sound: BF1/BF3
Movement: BF5

Overall, also just improve on what has been done before. There is no need for gimmicks, just a good & polished Battlefield game.

[signal vigil]

It is confusing, but once you did the survey you should be good. (I did it 4 times to be extra sure lol)

[cursive ridge]

If they gave me a modern redo of Vietnam, I would be content.

That's all I want. A radio in my helicopter, and to sling load tanks.

[heady thorn]

I would love another BF Vietnam

[signal vigil]

Fortunate sun blasting 🔊🔊🔊

[balmy hawk]

Hi Torbis

[ripe hornet]

More compact maps like Grand Basar or Seine (bf3) with limited accesibility for big vehicles would add immense atmosphere combined with the level of destruction they are planning to add.

[viscid berry]

i would love to see battlefield in this era

[ancient lark]

While I would too.. gotta hit the masses... Modern Combat is the way

[viscid berry]

playing games in the present would be the real deal not in the past nor the future just the present

[heady thorn]

Hiiiiiii 😄 How are you?!

[signal vigil]

WHAT IF they made a Vietnam expansion like they did with bfbc2? Best of both worlds

[ancient lark]

drools

[signal vigil]

I would cream bruh

[balmy hawk]

This was the best feature in BF vietnam plus you could play music on the tanks loudspeaker

[viscid berry]

lmao

[heady thorn]

Yessssss, omg i forgot about this!

[balmy hawk]

good, its friday. How about you?

[signal vigil]

Oh that’s cool! I never got to play the OG Vietnam

[ancient lark]

You could play music on the little scooters with a buddy on the back!

[balmy hawk]

it was amazing back then

[cursive ridge]

Thats exactly what I want to do.

[balmy hawk]

I still got my original copy of it

[signal vigil]

I bet 🥲

[ancient lark]

Same!

[past furnace]

Same

[cursive ridge]

I miss blasting ride of the valkryie in my chinook

And throwing tanks on people

[past furnace]

I would love to see the return of veteran status, like we had in BFBC2

[heady thorn]

Tired, but awake lol

[ancient lark]

https://imgur.com/a/old-school-bf-titles-ds7wqsL

Since I cannot post pics here

My faves

[signal vigil]

Yes!

[balmy hawk]

Petition for Battlefield Studios to bring back the dogtag system so I can flex my old BF dogtags

[past furnace]

I think I'd be at 15, with this new title.

[signal vigil]

A veteran status that states where you first started playing. I started in BFBC1 on 360. Peak console days

[balmy hawk]

Iam literally promoting elitism

[balmy hawk]

back in BFBC2 was a number next to your profile

the more titles you owned the higher the number IIRC

[signal vigil]

Then I should have had “1” I think?

[balmy hawk]

that number inside the white square

[signal vigil]

Ooooohhh dude I never knew what those meant lolol

[past furnace]

I unfortunately can post pics, even as a server booster. But here.

https://x.com/TheThurston13/status/1886597004966683039?t=RsETygs5RHONszvN9lReKg&s=19

[past furnace]

Beat me to it. 😜

[winter viper]

Cope

[signal vigil]

Still useful

[ancient lark]

How were there 13 titles by BFBC2?

[past furnace]

It had even following titles.

[frigid lava]

Radio chat for the 2 teams too communicate with teammates if Proximity chat can’t be a thing 🥹

[past furnace]

And add ons like vietnam on BFBC2

[ancient lark]

Ahh, okay DLC / XPAC make sense

[finite galleon]

Would you guys like prox chat in bf? im kind of on the fence about it

[ancient lark]

It would be funny, but that's about it

[hasty crown]

guess it depends implementation

[ancient lark]

and introduce trolls having a voice.. so probably not

[frigid lava]

Yes bro I like Milsim games it would be better for immersive gameplay

[high sierra]

did they send out the emails yet

[past furnace]

But, it counted all following titles as well. BF3,BF4, ect. Until it's demise. 🥴

[finite galleon]

dont think so

[frigid lava]

Proximity chat you can hear people talk if your close so if they try and troll they would probably die because they making noise 😆

[hasty crown]

are they supposed to? I expected them to wait a while longer before sending any out

[orchid lagoon]

Hello guys, quick question, did they say, or do you guys know, if we have to sign any form of NDA??

[finite galleon]

Yeah its probably going to be weeks after sign ups when they send out emails

[ancient lark]

Not yet, but if selected we probably will

[finite galleon]

Ppl will leak as well probably lool

[frigid lava]

Whoever selected can they stream it ? Is their rules against that?

[hasty crown]

I mean allegedly theres something next week but that isn't coming from me

[orchid lagoon]

Understandable

[past furnace]

Not really. But I have been suggesting for years, that they have prox chat in vehicles, so you could communicate with those not in your squad. But in your vehicle. That would be awesome.

[balmy hawk]

you know what I have

on my PC

this

[finite galleon]

nah no streaming

[past furnace]

Oooooooh

[finite galleon]

Yeah that'd be cool ngl

[tepid plinth]

You do, when they let you know you’re in

[civic star]

I’ve been playing bf3 again recently and it’s aged so well. Love the game and still provides that nostalgic fun feeling

[past furnace]

Mods ⬆️

[finite galleon]

the playtesting is not online right?

[past furnace]

Like currently? No

[ancient lark]

Oh how I miss 2142. 8)

[signal vigil]

Vibes

[hybrid karma]

Judging by the rumors, next week

[mossy marten]

@winter viper and @past furnace

[civic star]

They need to start asap considering the game is already in a alpha state

[signal vigil]

Just quickly skimmed through these messages, I saw Prox chat mentioned. I would LOVE that to be a thing

[ancient lark]

It is usually toggle-able.. so it's fine if included

[civic star]

Love proximity chat like in arma for example. Makes for some fun and funny moments

[signal vigil]

Yeah toggle it. And even with a radio filter for long distance coms

[balmy hawk]

would love this for the fun of it.

[signal vigil]

It literally turns gamers into voice actors sometimes and it’s a great time

[balmy hawk]

even allow the proximinty chat to be heard by the enemy

imagine the amount of funny clips that would get

[ancient lark]

I have had some fun in CoD (the little I have played it) with that on. I spent one whole night with a thick German accent and it was quite memorable. For me.. and those I vanquished.

[orchid lagoon]

Thank you

[finite galleon]

now that you mention it, imagine voice chat only with people in jets, that'd be sick

[orchid lagoon]

And another thing, they said that this beta can be played on consoles too, but how will that work?? Will they release a closed alpha on consoles??

[signal vigil]

Cooool idea man!

[civic star]

If y’all want to get into a voice chat later and play some bf3 or 4 I’m down. Need some new friends to play with on some battlefield. My buddies don’t want to go back

[signal vigil]

I believe download codes will be distributed. I’m on Series X so I hope so lol

[hybrid karma]

Probably in house testing

[orchid lagoon]

Dammit

[finite galleon]

Do you guys think you'll be selected?

[undone oyster]

whatd i get pinged from

[merry ermine]

I miss teamspeak for the fact that it could do whispers... set up your group in multiple channels with whispers for specific groups (tanks, jets, squad leads, etc)

[signal vigil]

Praying for it tbh

[civic star]

They’ve seen how many people were trying to sign up so this play test has to be big so they can prepare for a successful launch

[hybrid karma]

Have you received the mysterious email yet ?

[finite galleon]

Nope

[signal vigil]

What sort of mysterious email?

[hybrid karma]

Then your chances for next week are pretty slim

[finite galleon]

you're not baiting me

lmao

[hybrid karma]

They’ve been sending emails already

[signal vigil]

Can anyone else confirm?

[undone oyster]

nope

[mossy marten]

someone's 🪤 y'all

[heady trail]

omg guys i got an invite

[spice moat]

if they did surely thats breaking NDA

[hybrid karma]

Not bating or anything. I know that sound even more suspicious lol

[signal vigil]

I just wanted to know if it’s true 🥲

[signal vigil]

It did ngl, but I wanna know if anyone else can confirm that emails are already rolling out

[finite galleon]

if emails start rolling out you'll know

[pallid coral]

if someone confirms it they're probs breaking rules

[finite galleon]

its gonna be on twitter etc

[hybrid karma]

It does for sure, just saying what I’ve heard and seen

[pallid coral]

just remember that BF isn't the only game EA playtests 👀

[cursive ridge]

TeamSpeak was legit

[hasty crown]

I've been confused if people are mentioning different emails lol
because I've had a 2nd one but I've assumed everyone has gotten it

[signal vigil]

True. I’m getting survey questions about marvel characters 💀

[pallid coral]

huh

[cursive ridge]

#battlefield-labs-discussion message

[pallid coral]

idk if talking about other survey is allowed

[orchid lagoon]

You mean they playtest FC too?

[hybrid karma]

Was it the one with dates on it ?

[signal vigil]

You can talk about the surveys, I saw no contracts before doing em

[pallid coral]

ahh i see

[hasty crown]

alright no, only other one was the action required

[hybrid karma]

Sadge

[hasty crown]

first I'm hearing about any dates, so interesting to know

[pallid coral]

what dates do those survey talk about

[signal vigil]

Feb 18-20

[pallid coral]

midweek? thats wild

[orchid lagoon]

Wait, did you guys receive surveys via mail??

[finite galleon]

only email i've gotten was the one with classes percentage

[pallid coral]

i got mine sent to my PO box

[finite galleon]

which btw has bad company 2 classes

[signal vigil]

No, in EA playtest portal

[heady trail]

Congratulations Soldier.

Hi Battlefield Player,

As one of our valued and trusted Battlefield players, we are happy to invite you to participate in the Battlefield 3 Alpha Trial. All the instructions you need to join are printed below.

We are inviting you specifically because we think you have a great interest in the Battlefield series, and because we think you understand the technical issues that might arise this early in a game's development cycle.

The purpose of the Battlefield 3 Alpha Trial is to do a number of server-related tests in preparation for game launch, including load testing our back-end. We are also looking to you to provide us with any feedback on the entire Alpha Trial experience.

Please note that this is not the Open Beta due in September, it's not the Beta promised to buyers of Medal of Honor: Limited Edition and this is not a public demo. This is a highly tech-focused Alpha Trial that does not represent final quality of the game. Performance at this early stage of development will potentially be choppy and far from optimal, and we will bring the servers down at our leisure if needed. There will be periods of downtime and periods when we run tests that will negatively affect the performance on the Alpha Trial servers (leading to lag and rubber banding, etc.).

The available slots are limited, so make sure to redeem your unique Alpha Trial code before they run out (see instructions below).

If you choose to join this Alpha Trial, please do not publicly post information, images, videos or your impressions of it. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave your feedback directly to us at DICE in the closed Alpha Trial forum we have set up specifically for this purpose.

The Battlefield 3 team and I here at DICE are looking forward to your participation.

Cheers,

John dice

[signal vigil]

Yeaaaa it’s an odd schedule

[orchid lagoon]

John Dice

[pallid coral]

is there a way to create support tickets for a question

[hybrid karma]

Master Chief John Dice

[mossy marten]

#how-to-report-and-appeal

[pallid coral]

thanks ❤️

[hybrid karma]

Playtest related? They probably don’t know much about it tan we do

[orchid lagoon]

Oh really?? Did you do the survey on the EA Labs portal too? Just asking if this survey was different

[pallid coral]

nah its something else

[pallid coral]

no its a joke 😭

why would they physically mail me

[orchid lagoon]

I got jebaited

[signal vigil]

Me too

[pallid coral]

id be worried if i got mailed it, like how do they know hwere i live?!

[signal vigil]

So as of now, surveys are only accessible through the EA playtest portal?

[orchid lagoon]

Well, I'm sure Rockstar knows where we all live...

I don't know about EA tho

[signal vigil]

EA knows where we sleep

[orchid lagoon]

Rockstar knows when and how we sleep

[hybrid karma]

Speaking of Rockstar, y’all think we can expect a delay to 2026 or does EA have the balls ?

[mossy marten]

billing address

[finite galleon]

delay

[mossy marten]

2026 for sure

[signal vigil]

I’m expecting delay

[ancient lark]

For BF6? only mentioned date is scheduled for April of 2026

[finite galleon]

Which isnt bad, more time

[ancient lark]

so.. not delayed?

[mossy marten]

they mentioned that it could launch before April 2026 not that it IS April 2026

[signal vigil]

They said “before April 2026”

[orchid lagoon]

Man... I think they're gonna launch the game with the new console generation like they did with 5... so you buy the game on the older ones, then you buy the new console, and buy the game again

[ancient lark]

Right.. so.. not delayed if past 2025

[signal vigil]

Tbh let them cook

[hybrid karma]

… BUT 2026 IS SOOOO FAR AWAY T_T

[signal vigil]

We can all cope together on that

[ancient lark]

Historically they love Oct/Nov.. but let's shoot for spring

[finite galleon]

im sure you'll have plenty of opportunities to play before launch

[long trail]

i hope they back the commmander from bf2

[hybrid karma]

Amma just put myself in Cryosleep or something

[signal vigil]

Playtest, alphas, and betas 🗣️

[ancient lark]

Commander was great.. it also added the assets of artillary and radar to defend/ repair

[ripe hornet]

Gta 6 was confirmed for fall 2025 just yesterday, so literally every gaming company will avoid Fall of 2025, they might push it to next year just because of that and excuse it with "we wanna collect more fan feedback and optimize" 😄

[signal vigil]

Gta6 is gonna be a phenomenon

[hybrid karma]

I know I’m coping but what if you don’t have to if you believe in your product. If it’s good people will buy it

[orchid lagoon]

We gonna see entire cities stop just for the launch of the game. Empty streets cause everyone will be at home playing.

[finite galleon]

normally i'd agree but this is gta 6 we're talking about

whole different breed

[signal vigil]

Me but when BF6 drops

[hybrid karma]

lol

[orchid lagoon]

From what I saw in those few seconds of gameplay for BF6, they seem to have chosen a more Contemporary location this time, I dig it

[tepid plinth]

Annoying for me given I’ve got no interest in gta and would rather play battlefield

[long trail]

gta deffernt game well not effect bf to realse this year both have there player style who enjoy

[signal vigil]

I enjoy both 🥲

[tepid plinth]

In theory, but it still leave a dent

[finite galleon]

yeah it will, it will effect every genre lol

[signal vigil]

Would rather them release separately tbh

[long trail]

how it whould effect ,,

[feral garden]

GTA6 being affirmed to release this year means nothing. They aren't going to announce a delay that will tank their stock 7 months before they need to announce a delay.

[signal vigil]

GTA 6 is gonna affect the entire entertainment market

[heady thorn]

Most stuff releasing around GTA 6 would see some form of impact

[ripe hornet]

Maybe they could've pulled it if we were talking about GTA 5 but it's just too much of a gamble. Millions of dollars depend on the right release day and every action has to be justified in front of investors, too. Just looking at how much hype a single trailer created, you can kinda expect GTA to hit the market like a meteor and wipe out everything around it. Plus people who don't have a console yet, will have to spend extra money just on that rather than a second game. They could aim for christmas with Battlefield but even that just seems highly risky to me.

[feral garden]

Or...run an extended beta for Battlefield, more players on live servers. More time for devs to cook.

[maiden moon]

its gta 6 on big map

[worldly turret]

just run a beta till release updating it every few days or weeks with new features

[twin fractal]

If it gets delayed to 2026 that is probably what will happen.

[worldly turret]

im guessing its releasing early 2026 like February or march cause if they do a release around gta 6 (sep 22 to dec 21st 2025) the game gonna do terrible

[mossy marten]

.... that's just early access at that point

[twin fractal]

Probably April. January-march tend to be dead game months or there's only room in people's post-holiday budgets for 1 game

[spice bramble]

I wish a delay upon GTA 6

[worldly turret]

EA confirmed that they will release the game after april 1st 2025 and before april 1st 2026

[twin fractal]

March 32nd, 2026

[spice moat]

they then said they might be willing to delay the release after giving those dates

[feral garden]

EA says a lot. They basically said it is scheduled to release then, but they may also monitor the market and possibly adjust the release window. It all amounts to a whole lot of nothing

[winter viper]

I don't care about a release date I care about a finished polished product

[worldly turret]

fair enough

[bold fjord]

[worldly turret]

i need motive studio to stop working on this battlefield i want the iron man game first

[winter viper]

Finished product, Premium service (drop live service , It didn't work for V or 2042).
Don't make promises you can't keep or time schedules ( Probably why they went live service in that matter they couldn't be held accountable or they can outright not release said promised content)

[feral garden]

A different studio is making Iron Man

[finite galleon]

they're not gonna drop live service whether we like it or not

[feral garden]

Still motive, but a totally different team

[winter viper]

Oh I know, the all mighty dollar decides

[worldly turret]

yes but i bet they have most of their team working on battlefield

[feral garden]

They built a new team for Battlefield, including members from the now disbanded Ridgeline

They are helping with SP and building MP maps

[worldly turret]

i just want something from the ironman game like just a trailer man

[winter viper]

Spoiler alert Iron Man dies

[past furnace]

Yeah, when you spawn in a chopper and can't call out to you gunner.

[signal vigil]

You might be in luck, surveys I was taking a part of was asking me how much of an iron man fan I am. Maybe they’ll be playtesting it

[worldly turret]

every single playtest survey i do always require a webcam and im too broke and ugly for it plus i got bad anxiety

[signal vigil]

It be like that

[worldly turret]

anyways what battlefield should i download im not in the mood for 2042

[spice moat]

4

[finite galleon]

3

[bold crystal]

I like the idea of Arma's voice chat - different channels if you haven't played it. I don't think BF would need to go with so many, with it being much more fast pased than Arma. But Squad leaders should have the ability to speak to each other, along with air support.

[finite galleon]

good shout

[tepid plinth]

Local voice would just be good no matter what

[worldly turret]

let me talk to the enemy

[tepid plinth]

Actually asking people for heals or pointing out something that isn’t a ping only seen by your squad

Pointing out where enemies are, it’d be fantastic

[bold crystal]

In an ideal world, I'd have Side Chat (for squad leads and pilots), Squad Chat (for squads, duh), and prox chat - open for both teams. There should be no reason for the enemy not to hear you in prox chat

[spice bramble]

Played BF3 right now. Although it looks like utter crap on my PC for whatever reason, I gotta say I love how tanks feel in that game

Wish the new tanks in BF6 would play like that

[old anchor]

Wrong resolution?

Graphics on low?

[tepid plinth]

I’d rather not have the enemy be able to hear my own comms, would kind of defeat the purpose

[spice bramble]

Resolutions right. But everything from foliage toeven the ground shimmers. 1440p max graphics

[old anchor]

Anti aliasing turned off?

[spice bramble]

My damn chat in that game is blurry too

AA is set to MSAA 4

[tepid plinth]

For banter it’s funny I suppose but if I actually want to use it I’d be better of keeping silent to not let them know anything

[spice bramble]

I'm starting to think it's my GPU as it is a reoccuring instance

[worldly turret]

let me yell at the enemys for them throwing a nade at me

[old anchor]

Nvidia?

[spice bramble]

I do have above minimal specs for the playtest but I fear I won't be able to run it

No, AMD

RX 5700XT

[old anchor]

Don't know then lol

[spice bramble]

I dislike the system I have rn

[bold crystal]

only for prox chat - I like realism so I guess it's down to user really 😂

[spice bramble]

Every game has some sort of a graphical issue

[old anchor]

Yeah sounds weird

Maybe it's something with your AMD settings

Idk if it can force upscale

[tepid plinth]

Could have both forms I suppose, but I wouldn’t ever use it to actually request help from people if they could hear it too

[spice bramble]

I actually forgot I can downscale from 4k

I'll have to try that

But gah damn I hope neither the jets or helis play like they do in BF3

[bold crystal]

To be fair, it's a good idea and all but not many people use game chat anymore lol. The most I hear in game chat now is just the distant fan blowing into the mic and the odd cough

[spice bramble]

I think that people make way too big a deal out of VOIP

I barely ever heard anyone on the comms

Proxy would be chaotic though

[heady thorn]

[tepid plinth]

Oh tell me about it, I remember how much we fought for it and in all my years playing 2042 alone have probably had less than 10 people say anything

And half of them were French

Proximity letting you talk to people around you and not the three other people on your squad currently sniping 100m away would be fab

[slate steppe]

Team channel, all channel and a group/friend channel would be great

[civic star]

Bf4 anyone?

[bitter rover]

Not ugly 😅

[hybrid karma]

The last time I took part in a playtest there was a 80 year old grandma, so if she can do it, so can you

[worldly turret]

i blame 5 years of therapy 😂

but hey the good thing that came out of therapy is my messed up sense of humor

[hybrid karma]

You got this bro, I believe in you

[worldly turret]

maybe the next time i get a playtest

[nimble bridge]

All chat isn’t enabled by default 😂

You need to enable it from settings

Most people just run regular settings to be honest

I agree chat is less active than other BF games though

2042 players play it like it’s big map CoD

[edgy adder]

When is the first round of playtests dropping

[mossy marten]

we don't know yet, and probably won't unless something leaks on twitter or YT

dang, no more external emoji perms
I wanted my sip emoji

[winter viper]

[mossy marten]

[worldly turret]

In the coming weeks so most likely next week invites then a week or 2 after that is the test but thats just me guessing

[untold blaze]

Anybody else praying that they fix the helicopters physics?

2042 helis felt terrible

Like you were flying a 5 pound drone

[jovial raven]

I hope the only thing that carries on from 2042 to "Battlefield ?" is being to connect to solo games with bots.

If they bring that for this game and being able to play it offline then it's offerings would be way better than game that will dissappear in X years because all it's servers are online

If they really want to take some COD notes here and there may that NOT be one of those things

I hope that's something that gets tested out in Labs, now that I mention it: private bot lobbies.

[cinder nymph]

Bringing bots in main servers is the ultimate turn to arcad"ism". If they don't want the game to die then just make sure the servers are always full. They can allow bots when its turn is over, or just mod it to not be like 2042.

[pallid coral]

i mean imo bf is already an arcadey shooter

[cinder nymph]

Bf was the game to play tactically with friends. Now the industry has grown, battlefield is way more the run n gun that feels and plays more like cod even if it still stays the same. Players have evolved, they think and act faster, the game needs to slow down in some way if they want to be distinct, otherwise cod and other f2p games will always do the job better. If i want a run n gun game to play solo then I have a ton of other games

[pallid coral]

idk why EA wanted to make BF more like COD

cod legit even tried to become BF with that 100 player gamemode lol

legit people want BF but EAs like nah, you get COD

[cinder nymph]

Battlefield felt the way it felt cause all of us were just way more noobs. The old time to kill doesn't fit the modern era

[pallid coral]

old ttk wasn't even that different tho

[cinder nymph]

It's cause of the huge numbers that the current gen of gamers brought in the industry.

After fortnite and covid all marketing consultants were aiming for those teens. But little did they know, or maybe they even actually managed to get some short term winnings

[pallid coral]

i mean bro those higher ups in companies know jack shit about modern gaming and what we really want. they see COD franchise making bank every year and they're like hmm lets try that formula it should make us more money

[cinder nymph]

The attention span keeps on falling, young people ain't even patient enough to play anything close to the old battlefields, and they won't be patient to play anything more tactical unless they actually get bored of the current trends

[pallid coral]

not all higher ups ofc, but with 1000+ employees theres always gonna be the greedy ones who want money more than their games to be actually good

[pallid coral]

i mean ur not wrong but battlefield has a dedicated fanbase, a LOT of people here don't want to play cod for the same reasons too

EA aren't FINDING players, they literally OWN THOSE PLAYERS, all u gotta do is feed us the game

sure it's not as PEAK as it was like 10y ago but we still want that experience

[cinder nymph]

I feel like whole DICE leaving office can say a lot about what EA wanted from that game back then

[pallid coral]

look at arma reforger, dayz, squad, gzw, tarkov, those are all super slow games and very forgiving

yet so many people are still drawn to those games

[dim ferry]

when do we know if we have gotten the invite or not

[pallid coral]

yeah for sure

[pallid coral]

who knows

[cinder nymph]

Exactly, bf has to go towards that, just not so unforgiving.

[pallid coral]

yeah battlefield was never a hardcore realistic shooter

but it was always bridging the gap between those hardcore realistic shooters and arcade games liek cod

made you feel like u were actually in a war, without the annoying slow bits

cod on the surface dresses u like soldiers just to give u the fast paced hot garbage to play around with

[jolly crest]

I’m having trouble logging in to the battlefield labs

[cinder nymph]

Imo, reduce time to kill, make bullets velocity faster, reduce hit markers, make reviving more tactical. That's the formula

[jolly crest]

Has anyone else signed up

[lofty jay]

Yeah, Seriosuly. Every cod gets faster paced, and with BO6, it’s like playing adderall sim

[cinder nymph]

Also, tracers are nice, but not this huge laser like thing travelling around like a wrecking ball. Firing the gun needs to feel more real, nowdays it's more like playing star wars

Bf was winning a lot cause it always was on the breakthrough. It was bringing innovation in sound, graphics, modes. Once the industry started growing, it had no way to become distinct, cause players usually wanted either something more fast paced or something tactical. And EA lost it in that exact moment. Cause they thought they had to take a side instead of focusing in what it already is

[hallow escarp]

how do you know

no

where did you get that info

can u send a picture

[lofty jay]

First I’ve heard of the 12th

[cinder nymph]

Are they choosing based on something or is it random?

[hallow escarp]

ok

[worldly turret]

He lying?

[hallow escarp]

no

[worldly turret]

W

[lofty jay]

Meanwhile there still isn’t a Playtest in progress showing for me

[worldly turret]

Send me the pic lol

Pls

Nah im good

[hallow escarp]

nvm

[wispy dagger]

If it is the 12th

Probably hear Monday

[worldly turret]

What?

[hallow escarp]

"Play a specific game in your free time for 3 weeks and complete surveys"

but the register takes you to bf labs website

so idk

its real

pretty sure its the correct dates

i have the full translated text though

[vivid bronze]

So you think its real?

[hallow escarp]

you tell me

[vivid bronze]

Hmmmm

Looks like real food

[worldly turret]

Could be a real test but might not be for battlefield labs

[vivid bronze]

Yea could be cause they are saying "games"

[wispy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/charlie-day-gif-18564553

[worldly turret]

Plus the battlefield labs is only for us and eu i dont think it includes canada but idk

[vivid bronze]

North America i think it was

Eu and North America

[worldly turret]

Hmm maybe

[hallow escarp]

yeah pretty sure its real

they said europe and NA

this countrys follow that

US, Canada, UK and Sweden

[lusty surge]

I've followed from Latvia

[hallow escarp]

maybe they will add more countrys from europe in the future?

[vivid bronze]

They say play a specific game in your free time. I dont think they are just talking about BF. Maybe you can test it but the focus is on others

[hallow escarp]

yeah

thats what i think

[thorn vine]

VOTEMAP:

#STRIKETOKARKAND

[hallow escarp]

imo they need to drop a trailer rn

were gonna have leaked gameplay before a trailer drops 😭

[vivid bronze]

Lol

Many people registered for BF labs but as soon as people get a NDA they dont want to do it anymore

[hallow escarp]

there is still going to be leaked gameplay

so many ppl do NOT care about ndas

but they are getting banned for life

[vivid bronze]

Yes and i think they arent accepting all 1 million people. I think they just accept a few thousnd

[hallow escarp]

i think they said 2000 for the first test

then 10000

then more

[lusty surge]

Hope it's just 3/4 with bad ass levolution

And fancy graphycs

[nimble bridge]

Yeah, such as?

[nimble bridge]

''Many'' players, bro Arma Reforger has less players than BF1 at the moment

[pallid coral]

i mean i purposely didn't give numbers, this isnt a comparison game

[woven saffron]

trade offer

i give you: big giant tower falling

u also get: a map that just got objectively worst

[nimble bridge]

Everyone ''dreams'' to play those slow milisim games yet when it comes to actually playing them they are slow and boring 90% of the time

[pallid coral]

i LITERALLY never said BF is a milsim type game

[nimble bridge]

Real life war isn't supposed to be fun

[pallid coral]

u just making shit up bruh

[worldly turret]

yea on steam but its popping off on consoles atm

[pallid coral]

speak for urself, milsim games are fun for me

[nimble bridge]

I'm not specifically saying that to you, but for people who wants to slow down BF to a crawl

[woven saffron]

stalker

(not anomaly)

clear sky sweep

[pallid coral]

no i just want it to come back to its roots

bf was never slow like milsims but never fast paced like cod

but recent years they're tryuing to match cod's pace

[nimble bridge]

BF was arguably more fast paced than many CoDs

[pallid coral]

which one 😭

the movement was always way slower, down to the animation speed

[nimble bridge]

MW3 had limited sprint, BF3 had unlimited sprint

[pallid coral]

ok but cod is literally a tiny map game lol

its designed to be a fast paced game

[nimble bridge]

You can play metro

[pallid coral]

also im not alking about mw3 thats old, im speaking relative

[nimble bridge]

BF3 had an entire DLC dedicated to maps like metro

[pallid coral]

what point are you even trying to make 😭

i cant say shit here without being hard countered we're not arguing here man

[nimble bridge]

Yeah sorry

Just saying it's not like CoD is Quake and BF is Arma, they are more similar than people thinks

[pallid coral]

im just saying BF was always the bridge between arcade shooters like cod and slightly more realistic games (not necessarily hardcore)

[pallid coral]

yeah ur right

they're more similar now, which is what i dont enjoy

[nimble bridge]

They were similar back then too tbh 🤷

[pallid coral]

they were different in design

you can have 2 similar games differently designed to make them different games

they're both dress-up war games where it tries to make u feel like ur in a war

[nimble bridge]

Both BF and CoD had 3 lane maps

Lanes were bigger in BF but still

[pallid coral]

sure

u win, 🎊

[quasi chasm]

do we have any idea when the invites are going out?

[dapper sentinel]

I recon once the people joining for testing dies down they will start sending invites

so maybe a week or two

[nimble bridge]

Don't get your hopes up imo

[dapper sentinel]

Yeah thats for sure

and once they do start, we have no idea how many people are going to get in

[nimble bridge]

I thought 1M people applied but number looks more like 2M or maybe 3M

Flakfire had a 1.2M queue

[dapper sentinel]

When I joined the first day i was over 1M

so we have to be double that by now

[nimble bridge]

Yeah

And they wanted several 1000s of people

So very little chance we will get invited, even if we assume they want like 100K people

[dapper sentinel]

Yes its clear now the response was far greater than expected

[nimble bridge]

People just want a good battlefield lol

[gray wyvern]

but chances are never zero! stay positive my friend 🙂

[dapper sentinel]

no doubt, and something raw and gritty with team work an pacing instead of the COD sweat fest

[nimble bridge]

I agree with raw and gritty part, I hope new terminator and rambo skins in 2042 aren't the future of BF

2042 had good skins for the most part

[dapper sentinel]

I dont think they will do that, they saw the response to that from 2042 and to be fair thats what that game is there for

[nimble bridge]

Yeah, with the santa boris lol

[dapper sentinel]

to capture COD players

yeah dear lord please no hahah

[nimble bridge]

It's less than 5% which isn't like 0 but very close to 0

[gray wyvern]

so negative lol

[dapper sentinel]

its like winning a lotto ticket... but the further along it goes I expect them to ramp up the numbers for server testing

[nimble bridge]

I think so too

At worst we will play the open beta

[dapper sentinel]

and for hardware compatability

right

[wispy dagger]

Brother how do you know the percentage lol

[nimble bridge]

If we assume 2M people applied and they want 100K people at best it's like 5% chance

[woeful sluice]

I just want to see some uncut footage. I don't expect an invite tbh.

[worldly turret]

don't worry some idiot will stream it

[nimble bridge]

[gray wyvern]

well now youre definitely not getting invited lol

[worldly turret]

rip your chances

[nimble bridge]

I doubt mods are even active lol

[wispy dagger]

And we have no idea how many people even applied though

How many people let the queue sit and didn’t sign up

[nimble bridge]

Well true

[worldly turret]

well over 700k is my guess

[wispy dagger]

Maybe

[woeful sluice]

Marketing with leaks is probably more effective than just regular marketing nowadays lol

[past furnace]

If not more. There were still 300k queued 21 hrs after the announcement.

[worldly turret]

yea i was glad i signed up 2 minutes after the announcement

[past furnace]

I was lucky that I was just on the playtest website the day before. Just went to my link in my history and it let me right in. 🥴

[nimble bridge]

I woke up 3 hours after they announced it and had like 170K queue

[worldly turret]

my friends were pissed when they saw the 300k players and i told them should've gone to it when i told them to

[past furnace]

Yeah I was 298k went I was in queue. So saved myself alot of time. But did the re-queue the next day to see if my original registration was still in place. It was.

[nimble bridge]

I waited like 12 hours before I signed up

[past furnace]

🥴

[nimble bridge]

I played FF7 Rebirth in the background

[worldly turret]

yea my friends were playing delta force for like 12 hours waiting to get in

[past furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/waiting-forever-finally-gif-5239554

[woeful sluice]

Such a good game

[tardy lodge]

does anyone know when tehey sending the email s

[tall idol]

Good night, beautiful people

[gray wyvern]

feb 30th i think

[twin fractal]

Will there be an announcement for when the first playtest emails get sent out?

[past furnace]

Doubtful, as its under strict NDA.

[grand cloak]

Should they bring back ucav for bf6

[mossy marten]

absolutely not

[gilded merlin]

Holy Cow 2042 is terrible...

[worldly turret]

well theres a email going around about playing a "specific game" for a certain amount of time going from feb 12th till the 30th so could be battlefield labs or something else

[pallid briar]

apparently the map we see in the 10 second clip from BF Labs could be a remaster of Back to Karkand

[woeful sluice]

Karkand would be soo good. Haven't played it since bf3.

[unborn summit]

someone give me every bit of info since this dropped in once concise message not more than 4 paragraphs and not less than 1 with bullet points highlighting the main topics.

[mossy marten]

Register for BF labs via EA playtest site and hopefully you get picked in the future.
That's all

[unborn summit]

You did not listen to my prompt

[slate steppe]

(I guess no embeds) …we’re not AI?

[woeful plank]

would like to see all the games in one with remasters of every map from every bf game

one map could be fighting in ww1 trenches then next map could be fighting titans in 2142