battlefield-2042

[magic bloom]

I mean mines just a beast it weighs 40 god damn pounds but its played every game I put in it on max graphics

[strange crag]

Is there a lore reason why the vault weapons are ass

[spiral folio]

They wont give em more attachments

[scenic badger]

their attachments were lost to the annals of time

[spiral folio]

So no AP ammo or extendeds limited scope options etc

[dapper river]

they handle exactly the same way they handled in their respective games (aka LIKE SHIT)

[spiral folio]

They're meant ti be nostalgia i guess not real main weapons

[solid imp]

I get XP for Smoke Assists and Heals/Revives in Smoke all the time.. is one of the weeklies to get assists that way?

[hybrid totem]

This is why I pay for the Micro Center replacement plan. Every two years I upgrade

[royal swan]

Guessing the update will be next week

[spiral folio]

What specifically defines a smoke assist

[magic bloom]

smoking a revive

[solid imp]

I've (anecdotally) observed I get that XP when the enemy is in the smoke and a teammate finishes them off whereas the Revive in Smoke is pretty much what it sounds like

But it's hard to tell how much the enemy is inside the smoke since.. ya know.. I can't see them as well to observe the actual event lol

[arctic grove]

Easiest way to complete the “Damage inflicted to enemy vehicles”?

[solid imp]

Is it possible that the answer to that question is LCMG with AP rounds and an ammo box, if you assume your goal is just to complete the weekly and not to tangibly affect the battle?

[clever marlin]

its probably with any vehicle

[remote kiln]

this is the answer

[hybrid totem]

This also works with the thermal smoke many vehicles run

[verbal barn]

Is there a way to turn off the in game profanity filter

Hate seeing the **** in chat

[spiral folio]

Do damage
But to vehicles

Vehicles are bigger than people and often have wheels so theyre easy to tell apart from people

Some require special weapons to damage

[cyan trout]

I always have a tough time telling them apart

[wide shore]

Exposure is somehow worse in BT than conquest.

This map sucks

DICE cannot convince me that they extensively playtest stuff. Cause I cannot believe that anybody would play this version of Exposure BT and go “yeah this is a fair and fun experience”

[spiral folio]

Exposure is too wide for 32v32

Especially sector 2

Likentake 1 and 2 falls cause even if you leave 10 people there its awful to defend

Either flag is

Just enough defenses to slow them down to where one flag falls the other is taken

[dapper river]

it's fun up until the final set of objectives

same with kaleidoscope

[spiral folio]

Yea then the final is awful

[wide shore]

I’d argue it isn’t fun at all

[spiral folio]

It goes from open with some cqc to like clusterfuck on an elevated platform

I dont think theyll change the last sector but infigure theyll snake the map to shorten the sectors

Like what they did to orbital

[wide shore]

It’s just wide fucking open. Then you gotta cross the caverns which are wide open, but the fun caveat of being shot by people on the cliffs on every side

[spiral folio]

Oh im mixing exposure and breakaway cause the names are exactly backwards

Yea i hate the new sectors on breakaway

Especially the last

If I'm offense i just get a sniper and plug shots into the server room constantly

It a units goal was take data from that server room it would be massively failed

[wide shore]

Exposure sucks in every gamemode I’ve played it in. It may be my least favorite map just based on the fact that it always pops up for me. I don’t want to play it. But if I don’t play it then I probably won’t play the game at all.

[spiral folio]

All the bombs and emp nades

If there's still a single file in that server after that fight

[wide shore]

It’s like DICE knows I can’t stand it. So in turn it’s the only map I can get matchmade into

[spiral folio]

I hate maps that end like that

Clusterfucks that you cant take cause its just bad

I saw an enemy use the elevator with dozers and a gdamn firing line which you'd think would be devastating. Nah incursion ended fast

Like fao fortress is a good example of a good last stand where you can strategize and take it

Kaleidoscope or exposure are just impossible clusterfucks you can't dig all the bees out even with your bare fuckin hands

[hollow iris]

Wait which one was exposure

[spiral folio]

Breakaway is the antarctic map

Exposure is the earthquake cliff map

[hollow iris]

I FUCKING LOVE EXPOSURE

[spiral folio]

I liked it before they changed BTs sectors

Now its just a meat grinder last sector. Bad design

[rocky kraken]

Exposure if for rock campers

It’s pretty ass

[spiral folio]

You know whatd be cool if any pc could handle it is if the earthquake happened during the attack

[hollow iris]

Which side? Don't they both have huge flanks and parachute routes

[spiral folio]

You're fighting in a tunnelnand everything shakes and part of the tunnel collapses away to daylight

[hollow iris]

Giant crack splits down the middle so tanks aren't a stick in the mud half of the game

[spiral folio]

I hate the bottom sectors on BT and i hate the last sector. It was way better before

[grand barn]

if you think bringing up legit concerns with the new 3.2 gadgets is dogshit, then I'm sorry, but you just don't have a clue

All of those gadgets being added further compound existing issues in the game, and you will see that when they release.

[royal swan]

how the fuck did you find that

[eager spire]

with his eyes

[spiral folio]

Deadposting a reply from a day ago though

[royal swan]

Yeah

But I'll still stand by my claim that claymores are overrated

The dart gun is just another soflam

[eager spire]

also the search function exists

[spiral folio]

What'd he search

[royal swan]

Javelin, nothing wrong with the jav

[eager spire]

his name, presumably.

because he knows his reputation.

[spiral folio]

Yea .... and searching all that

[royal swan]

Eod bot, nothing interesting

[spiral folio]

Mew've gotta be kitten me

[royal swan]

Most of these equipments will just be the old regular. No problems will arise.

[rocky kraken]

Well

What if javelin is over powered

[cedar nexus]

[royal swan]

The jav needs a lock on

It's the jav from portal

[rocky kraken]

Wait are claymores even in portal

[spiral folio]

How could it be op!

The devs tested it
-slaps papers-

[royal swan]

Yeah

[rocky kraken]

Hm

Never seen it

[grand barn]

my discord is weird, thank them

[eager spire]

Implying DICE tests anything

[spiral folio]

-slapping papers intensifies-

[royal swan]

It's always weird

[cedar nexus]

This bad boy can nuke the game

[acoustic seal]

the old regular, ie. cementing the terrible playstyles that are already in the game

[spiral folio]

Lando "they told me they fixed it!
...
I trusted them!
... it isnt my fault!"

[royal swan]

Bf3 claymores, which from what I heard only detonate by running

[acoustic seal]

laughing out loud at people who think javelin will do anything other than further encourage irish aps camping

[royal swan]

Irish is a true God fr

Legit problem

[spiral folio]

Javs will just be APS food anyway cause unless i hear about some nerf to APS they'll just be everywhere

Like limited uses or less effective

[royal swan]

Lis was APS food

[spiral folio]

Rather than just instantly delete

[royal swan]

Irish can justify the addition of mortars

[acoustic seal]

how about we don't use instant win mechanics to justify adding other instant win mechanics?

[cedar nexus]

Irish eats 60mm mortars doe

[royal swan]

Mortars in bf2042 won't be an instant win

[edgy oriole]

https://tenor.com/view/drdisrespect-2x-rage-desk-slam-slam-gif-21938477

[spiral folio]

I meant in like a "phoenix wright" way

[solid imp]

Rao hack Jav missile in flight to send it to the nearest enemy vehicle

[edgy oriole]

really

[spiral folio]

Rao hax missile headed for tank
Cartoon screeching to a halt
Gloved hand comes out with a sign that says
"Now he tells me"

[edgy oriole]

that would be dope actually

[rocky kraken]

Bro

Damn

[edgy oriole]

that would be the coolest feature id ever seen

[rocky kraken]

EOD bot

😉

[royal swan]

Eod bot will just be a fun equipment

Nothing competitive

[cedar nexus]

I doubt it'll even control right

[solid imp]

I'll just put my EOD bot on top of a Condor

[spiral folio]

I think if APS kills a missle they should replace the missiles final path with basically a shotgun blast

[royal swan]

Just a small explosion that doesn't fully kill players

[solid imp]

Or a bunch of colorful confetti and you hear a chorus of "hooray!!"

[royal swan]

Yeah

I like that

[spiral folio]

Well cause of newtons law of motion

[royal swan]

😴

BORING

[spiral folio]

Like the point of aps is it predetonates a shaped charge so the missile still hits a target. Just too early to cause damage

[solid imp]

ah you want to turn the sub into the path of the torpedo 😉

[spiral folio]

What

[solid imp]

Hunt for Red October man... turn into the torpedo before it can arm itself

[spiral folio]

Nah just make it so the missile doesnt just vanish. Have the particles impact after the missile destroyed

[wide shore]

I’m gonna miss the motion sensor ball man. It’s unlikely I’ll be playing a lot of recon. But this thing is just the best.

What am I supposed to use, a normal grenade like some sort of caveman?

[spiral folio]

Who would

[royal swan]

You can use smoke like a good little player

[spiral folio]

Unless the next recon has some op new gadget why would ya

[wide shore]

Smoke? What is this 1915? It’s the 21st century gosh darn it

[spiral folio]

Yea make it scifi hexagon smoke

[royal swan]

You would make quite a handful of players happy

Especially medics

[wide shore]

Every lobby I play in is full of smoke constantly. I’m good

That already gets spammed enough

[calm bison]

Operation Underground

More like operation high school boy’s restroom

[wide shore]

I love that map

[stray hedge]

are there friends want dice to add new maps for next updates like me ?:)

[drowsy nebula]

I always run that smoke and just wild man it to downed homies haha

[stray hedge]

cause we could not see these for now

[spiral folio]

I use smoke for ninja vanish

[drowsy shuttle]

I use ninja for vanish smoke

Sorry was stronger than me

[topaz field]

Man the power of google now : Okay google can you tell me the name of this song 🥳

[edgy oriole]

what was it

if i was a game dev id use hells march for everything

[topaz field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQathcQM2Wg

holy shit rao hacking tool big upgrade RIP to asheBF and his 100+ kills in heli lmao

[spiral folio]

What does it go from totally worthless to long range and worthless

[topaz field]

wym ?

[spiral folio]

Raos thing atm is like a slightly longer range emp grenade

[topaz field]

yeah its not useless

[spiral folio]

For a sniper it is

[arctic grove]

I'm guessing the update is coming out on the last day of January?

[topaz field]

31st i believe

[spiral folio]

Hopefully last day of january 2030

[topaz field]

i already requested my day off

[spiral folio]

Yike

[arctic grove]

I gotta go to the conscription office on 31st

[topaz field]

i believe rao update his hacking tool now locks to target like the soflam

[spiral folio]

Doesnt it..

[edgy oriole]

Tuesday is a weird day for me to ask off since im off friday/sat so i gotta wait it out

plus im pretty much retired from 2042 atm so it doesnt matter to me much anyways

[autumn harness]

If this Rao buff is true, game is dead for vehicle players.

[spiral folio]

If thsts a "big buff"... a "different color pipboy" would be a buff too

[topaz field]

🙂

[edgy oriole]

itll take vehicle mains like a week if even to get used to any changes

[topaz field]

vehicle mains are going to prob still dominate cuz people refuse to use teamwork ahah

[autumn harness]

Rao will auto paint them, pretty much anyone with rpg can lock on to you

[edgy oriole]

are they buffing rocket damage with the vehicle class?

[autumn harness]

EU is full of rao players, it will be hell out there

[stiff echo]

@exotic mango

[ebon pilot]

lmao

[stray hedge]

As long as you're all satisfied with everything and don't criticize them, ea&dice won't do shit in the next update. Keep up the same crappy maps unfortunately...

[edgy oriole]

i stole a bolte kill from a squad mate with a emp before

[arctic grove]

Uh oh

[edgy oriole]

next update is a literal change to the game what are you on about. theyve heard quite a bit of criticize since launch.

[stray hedge]

ı hope

actually all they do is sit in their office and grow their asses

[arctic grove]

(Insider comment)

[arctic grove]

When did they add this little guy

I approve

[magic bloom]

That’s fuckin epic is what it is

[edgy oriole]

either a really bad reddit troll or someone that hasnt played the game at all

[arctic grove]

Probably both

[magic bloom]

Probably both

Ay man stop sharing my battlefield brain cell

[arctic grove]

I was gonna say he probably spawned on the subreddit but I didn’t want him to scapegoat it and say “HUR SO YOURE SAYING GENUINE CRITICISM EQUALS BAD”

[arctic grove]

[edgy oriole]

[magic bloom]

[topaz field]

read my son read

maybe im not a boomer like some of you guys but i enjoy 2042

[arctic grove]

A lot of people do, there’s just a lot more who like to jump on bandwagons

Say shet with no source for it or just quip stuff

[magic bloom]

Mass copy pasting

[topaz field]

i remember when ii first got bf1 as a christmas gift i hated it cuz i did not want to play old ww1/2 style game. I tried it a 2nd time mannn i fell in love with that game lol

[stray hedge]

I think I got a little too gushed. No more bad insult, sorry.

[arctic grove]

I’m just talking in general

[topaz field]

i think all the bf games were good its just that everyone has their own opinion etc

[magic bloom]

I remember I got bf1 cause of the trailer

[stray hedge]

i m happy that i m not alone , there's one more a boomer here

ı gotta be honest, enjoy too

but when i saw old bf episodes, our expectatioıns got raised

[arctic grove]

Nobody wanted or expected them to jump backwards but aye

They did

So now we must feel pain

[stray hedge]

you can be sure we feelin 🙂

just wanna see they concide

[magic bloom]

One thing you can never doubt dice for is their ability to make trailers they’re always hype

[stray hedge]

consider our screams

[arctic grove]

Change has to happen otherwise a franchise becomes stale and then you get “REEEEESKIIIIIINNNN” but some things shouldn’t change

That’s my critically acclaimed take

[magic bloom]

This battlefield did a bunch of nice things

I want the plus system to stay

[stray hedge]

i 'm join ....like tabu? for example gameplay? they changed bf settings look em call of duty

that's ridicoulşus

[hearty flame]

i think the only great thing 2042 added was the plus system

[arctic grove]

128 and plus menu >

[stray hedge]

(Sorry my keyboards ...)

[arctic grove]

Nah you’re good man

[magic bloom]

Yes

[stray hedge]

thnks your understanding

[quaint vector]

@stray hedge Need help with something.?

[stray hedge]

did you realise a lot of game company recently follow real defence industry so they add new weapon systems their games?

[edgy oriole]

plus system is pog. they could def do some changes thaat make it betterr and smooth but its pog

[stray hedge]

nope.just ignore my previous mistake

[arctic grove]

Yknow what though, I’d be fine with plus system being removed if we got… a gunsmith

[stray hedge]

about bad and banned words

sory

[magic bloom]

I require boins mr sir

[edgy oriole]

roblox x 2042 when

[hearty flame]

isnt that just battlebit (but thats more bf general than 2042)

[edgy oriole]

nah battlebit is more squad. imo

[quaint vector]

Take some 👐

[snow badge]

The recent direct communication post gave me a heart attack lmao I thought the aksu was getting disabled

[magic bloom]

Thank you window man

[copper fulcrum]

Battlebit is more like a mix of Squad and Insurgency

[edgy oriole]

i already know my strat imma use for battlebit

m240 until i unlock vector

then its game over

imma eat these pixel gamers alive

[crimson basin]

Plus system will prob go away

DICE adds something new and removes it in the next game

[edgy oriole]

only thing they need to do to the plus system that involved removing is attachments from the plus menu

idk why they dont like us removing stuff from things like attachments or the playercard badges

[fiery solar]

I really really hope that art for the rapid dominace bundle is the new hourglass in season 4

[arctic grove]

This must become a feature

[edgy oriole]

alex knows we talked to him about it in here a couple months back

only thing is idk if theyll do it

[arctic grove]

Yea I heard they were looking into those things a little bit ago

[edgy oriole]

they also missing out on cosmetics for the ranger imo

[magic bloom]

Bro if I could make the ranger say “goodest boy” I’d buy it

[rocky kraken]

ranger should be able to carry meds and ammo

[edgy oriole]

true

meds, ammo, repair tool variants of the ranger

[crimson basin]

rangers get no love. no ranger skins apart from that black one

[edgy oriole]

imagine a nice pink ranger destroying the opposition

https://tenor.com/view/gun-pink-gun-shoot-girly-gun-gif-25395477

[rocky kraken]

maybe even making the ranger with different guns, aa capability etc...

the drone section is just

empty

[edgy oriole]

shotgun ranger would be the death of me

[rocky kraken]

rpg ranger

🙂

also

why are all the portal weapons res so low

the m98b looks so bad

[arctic grove]

I read they’re ported over directly from their original games

[rocky kraken]

damn

acwr looks trash

m98b ass

svd

....

[quaint vector]

They look pretty fine to me.

[rocky kraken]

maybe my entire game is bugged

[arctic grove]

Try restart

[magic bloom]

AA Mine Ranger

[rocky kraken]

ranger that poops mines

geniuus

[magic bloom]

No no the AA mine

From BF4

It’s just a sit it and forget it stinger that shot at any aircraft that came by

[hybrid totem]

Hacker ranger

EMP grenade ranger

[rocky kraken]

guys

we must pitch this

the game will be good

[low timber]

Why does it all have to be Ranger?
Ranger is just one Drone type

[edgy oriole]

ammo/health RC would be cool too

tbh they couldve done a lot of support AI

[copper fulcrum]

Melee Ranger, it just runs at you and stabs you with a knife

[arctic grove]

British Ranger

[snow badge]

More drones will probably come eventually

There’s an entire section dedicated to ‘em, would be dumb not to use it

[zenith void]

are there any break action guns

dont feel like waiting 5 minutes for the game to load to check

sad

break action is my favorite

[hexed mango]

*British Ranger

[rocky kraken]

so

how come portal weapons that are coming out still have trash animations

[hexed mango]

cause they haven’t touched them since S2

[rocky kraken]

not sure why they cant make them good

[hexed mango]

what

[rocky kraken]

....

wel

thats not about poral guns is it

[hexed mango]

i don’t know how to respond to that

you ok?

have you tried having sex with humans? no? that’s what i expected

[kindred flint]

my cringe sense went off...oh thats why

[rocky kraken]

IM 8

[hexed mango]

ur welcome

[rocky kraken]

why is kaleidoscope still so barren

all they had to do

was spam craters and trash

:/

[hybrid totem]

Maybe a collapsed building. Or a building we can collapse

Like they did, oh, ten years ago

[fluid marsh]

Why are people who kill me constantly t bagging me, is the ballistic shield guy really that hated?

[arctic grove]

Furries in 2042 server???

[solid imp]

Dozer is fun 🙂

[arctic grove]

We need Broken Dozer Shield

[solid imp]

Dozer customizable shield skins

[arctic grove]

It used to deflect tank rounds

[solid imp]

Dozer shield polished to a mirror finish so he can reflect the Eye of Sauron tower on Renewal and blind people

[zenith void]

what is your guys favorite map

i like exposure

[fluid marsh]

The snow map with the big platform is prob my favorite

[solid imp]

Reworked Orbital is great

[edgy oriole]

128 bt manifest and discarded were my fav maps. now it will prolly only be exposure

[hybrid totem]

They're all good and I would probably choose exposure if not for that week of season conquest

Except stranded. Stranded can suck a fat one

[ebon pilot]

furries? in my discord? it's more likely than you think

[cosmic sequoia]

are they ever going to add more equipment to the super hokum/apache? any buffs? anything?

[pine roost]

I’d expect everything will be getting a bit of an overhaul

[royal swan]

Some portal equipment

Vault weapons

The new map rework

[tough folio]

bro wtf, i wont let me play again. i just loaded up a few matches of hazard zone and now it wont connect

smh

[royal swan]

Gotta pay attention to the shit the devs talk about man

[solid imp]

Just saw an S872...

[royal swan]

Pov, you seen a soulless human being

[pine roost]

They could buff the Apache gunner and give it an ammo count rather than overheat

Then there’s downtime

[cosmic sequoia]

yeah i'd rather shit glass

XD

[pine roost]

Cause the issue is that it’s possible to fire continuously at the moment, which has been balanced to be fairly weak. But fast fire can’t last too long or else that continuous fire would be even stronger

But let’s see what they do

[cosmic sequoia]

i mean they add stuff like the rail gun tank. mind boggling

it actually blows my mind, like completely bamboozles me why they would add a tank like that.

[royal swan]

Then I guess you can watch some YouTuber with a weird sounding voice

[ebon pilot]

it bamboozles you?

[cosmic sequoia]

yes, you can read

XD

[royal swan]

[ebon pilot]

i'd think it'd befuddle you

[cosmic sequoia]

they just sit in base and shoot across map.

who?

[pine roost]

Low risk, high reward really

[royal swan]

Then meme them with an eod bot

That will be added

[cosmic sequoia]

in my helicopter?

when i spawn and die?

[ebon pilot]

get out of the heli

[cosmic sequoia]

good solution

[pine roost]

Considering the complaints about tanks that were incentivised to hang back and snipe in v it’s a surprise they’d add one where that’s it’s soul purpose

[royal swan]

Ok, the railgun as a angle they can't go over

[cosmic sequoia]

seriously

[royal swan]

Just abuse them while being on top of them

[cosmic sequoia]

the tank gameplay was actually good in 5 though

[pine roost]

But at least they put in the effort to come up with some balance solutions

[cosmic sequoia]

my brother in christ, they can literally shoot you as you spawn

you spawn, 1 second later, literally, you are dead

[royal swan]

Skill

[cosmic sequoia]

factys

[royal swan]

Issue

[cosmic sequoia]

its like they fired the entire QA team

[edgy oriole]

sounds like you need some teamwork

[cosmic sequoia]

what

[royal swan]

Let me guess, the tanker is a Irish specialist

[ebon pilot]

They need to make it not a 1 shot kill at like 1,000 meters away

[cosmic sequoia]

they need to remove it

[pine roost]

It is true though. It’s essentially hitscan, oneshot to all aircraft. Not sure what you can realistically do against that

[copper fulcrum]

It's definitely not to all aircraft lol

[royal swan]

Never going to happen,

[cosmic sequoia]

type in chat "PLEASE KILL THE SPAWN CAMPING TANK!#$@!#!"

so nerf the fuc out of it

[edgy oriole]

yes. kill the tanks

[pine roost]

Excluding the tanky ones of course, nothing oneshots those

[cosmic sequoia]

like any decent game company does

[ebon pilot]

but they're hanging out in their spawn

[copper fulcrum]

Three C5 to any vehicle blows it up, and it sucks shit against infantry

[cosmic sequoia]

"oh, we added something that has a major gameplay flaw, let's fix it!"

[royal swan]

Stop with this remove content ideology, you know the devs can nerf it to the ground like what they did with the k30

[cosmic sequoia]

ok

where nerf?

[copper fulcrum]

K30 is still viable

[pine roost]

The turret slowdown is your best option for counterplay

[cosmic sequoia]

the super hind if still better than the condor in almost every way

[pine roost]

Fly low, fly sporadically and try to make it to the tank at a higher angle

[cosmic sequoia]

still havent changed that

[copper fulcrum]

The TOR isn't anything special really, just good anti-vehicle

[royal swan]

They nerfed the railgun damage to vehicles

[edgy oriole]

c5 drone. itll just be slow. plus lis rockets. if there is a trophy system shoot it

[royal swan]

Heavily

Last update

[ebon pilot]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/850376380822323230/1064398973500133376/anger.mp4

[cosmic sequoia]

oo

v nice

[royal swan]

I'm talking about the railgun gun btw

[copper fulcrum]

Flying in a straight line lol

[pine roost]

Doesn’t have aoe which is a tradeoff

[royal swan]

Not the tank

[cosmic sequoia]

any good tank player knows how to drastically shift their angle by moving oinly a few feet

its not hard

[copper fulcrum]

Yeah it's only good against vehicles

[ebon pilot]

I didn't know he was there until he killed me from the opposite side of the map

[cosmic sequoia]

i've been shot at when I was almost right above the tank

[copper fulcrum]

The TOR also can't really aim up high at all unless it uses a hill to do that

[royal swan]

That's on you for flying perfectly straight

[copper fulcrum]

Air Vehicles obviously move faster than ground vehicles

[royal swan]

Dumb bitch

[pine roost]

So if we assume it has the angle still, all that’s left is to maintain a high strafe speed

[edgy oriole]

[ebon pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/scott-the-woz-die-caption-xbox-gif-23216993

[copper fulcrum]

If you're above a tank and you got shot from that tank, it's likely a flak pod

Because not even the Wildcat or a Minigun seat can aim that high

[cosmic sequoia]

bro its not hard

its simple geometry

[copper fulcrum]

I know this because I fuckin' use them

[cosmic sequoia]

you just move the tank back down a hill

[copper fulcrum]

And a tank on a hill makes it harder to move

[cosmic sequoia]

got some real thinkers in here 2night

[edgy oriole]

im all for helos getting a taste of their own medicine. they been a menace since release

[royal swan]

Guess I'm dead now

[copper fulcrum]

It's usually the transport pilot's fault if it get destroyed by a TOR

[cosmic sequoia]

someone doesnt read the patch notes or fly at all

[pine roost]

They could easily make some changes to them to make them more fun while being balanced

[cosmic sequoia]

there was like a series of 5 updates where they were nerfed

[edgy oriole]

someone just misses when they were able to spawn camp people and vehicles and ruin games

[copper fulcrum]

Thank God the 50mm cannon doesn't do everything anymore

Literally made the 40mm GL useless

[pine roost]

I don’t want spawn camping, that’s bad. I just want something with depth that rewards skill. The launch helis didn’t accomplish that as they were to darn easy to use

[cosmic sequoia]

what

you clearly have no idea wtf youre talking about

[copper fulcrum]

Now most pilots use the 40mm GL since the 50mm can't do much against infantry unless the gunner has some good aim, and that's relying on someone else's aim to work in your favor

[edgy oriole]

yep zero idea

[cosmic sequoia]

there's like 15 ways to bring down a helicopter

always has been

[edgy oriole]

yep heard it all before

[copper fulcrum]

Just like there's many ways to take down literally everything lol

[edgy oriole]

skill issue i get it

[cosmic sequoia]

post your stats then buddy

how many hours do you have logged as a pilot

[edgy oriole]

yeah super bad your right

[cosmic sequoia]

ill wait

[copper fulcrum]

Kinda the point of a Sandbox Shooter, right? Many ways to complete the task?

[edgy oriole]

silly me i forgot air are only allowed to go 120-0

[cosmic sequoia]

how many hours do you have logged as a pilot

you have no clue what you're talking about

[pine roost]

Only if the pilot is skilled enough

[cosmic sequoia]

yet you sit here and preach

[edgy oriole]

zero idea i agree with you

[copper fulcrum]

You could also try to go against what you're complaining about

Work Smarter

[edgy oriole]

ive never seen air vehicle in my life

[cosmic sequoia]

what

its simple

[edgy oriole]

in fact. ive never been spawn camped by helos before

[cosmic sequoia]

how many hours do you have logged in the air vehicles

[royal swan]

Ok Mr Nonsense

[copper fulcrum]

Only once have I had that happened and that was the Retribution mode, thankfully Mackay and C5 exists lmao

[cosmic sequoia]

literally

bro rn

[ebon pilot]

Mackay + C5 : the solution to all problems

[pine roost]

Well the devs have proven to actually be aware of issues that the game faces right now so I’d assume if the tor was a big issue they’d know about it already

[copper fulcrum]

I think most of the the fights a Hind or a Condor goes against a TOR, the Transport Chopper usually wins since it just flies too high for the TOR to aim and orbits in that height, raining down 50mm cannons or infantry that have C5 and the balls to take it down

[ebon pilot]

Tor isn't really a big issue, it's just really fucking annoying to be on the other side of it

[pine roost]

Man’s on a mission

[copper fulcrum]

Ya know, ironically if the Rao would've completed his hack that tank would've survived

[cosmic sequoia]

whats wrong with flight assist

[pine roost]

It’s always on even if you turn it off

[copper fulcrum]

You can't detonate C5 if you're hacked or EMPd

[pine roost]

Does Rao still do the thing where killing someone yoive hacked spots nearby enemies?

[copper fulcrum]

I think so? But hacking infantry spots every enemy around them so like

[pine roost]

Ah, they must have removed that extra step at one point

[copper fulcrum]

Also Rao has a very weak version of Paik's scanner when you pull up his arm thingy, everyone around you in like 10m is spotted just for you in like a 10th of a second

It also doesn't pulse often

[inner roost]

Next patch Rao bout to be super good

Soflam on hack is big

[pine roost]

Kinda

We were talking about this on a different server, it’s no different to having a stinger targeting you

The main problem is the team wide spot

[edgy oriole]

where is the notes?

[inner roost]

Next week

[ebon pilot]

on a dice server somewhere

[edgy oriole]

if its the podcast im 1000% not listening to that

[pine roost]

Since only engie’s have launchers now, I reckon about 25% of them will have stingers instead. So a live paint wouldn’t be quite as meaningful as it was before. So one specialist allowing for those engies to turn them into a stinger that can still be flared kind of works out alright

[pine roost]

The podcast is actually really good

[inner roost]

Much much longer

[edgy oriole]

for video games i like to read straight to the point not listen to people take forever to get to a point and get side tracked

[inner roost]

Dart gun + Rao will be interesting

[ebon pilot]

SOFLAM is double range on Rao's hack I think? Specifically for vehicles?

[pine roost]

Well I can sit down and watch a 2 hour long video on a game so it’s perfect for me

[kindred flint]

yeah 400m on soflam

[edgy oriole]

2 HOURS

[arctic grove]

[edgy oriole]

i complain about the 3 minute videos you send me

[arctic grove]

It’s worthy content

[ebon pilot]

I can watch a 3 and a half hour long video about Deus Ex, but that's watching. Podcasts are mostly unedited audio experiences. It's hard to keep engaged with it

[pine roost]

Easily. Heck today alone I watched 2x 1 hour long video essays by Veritas, a 1:30 video on the last of us 2 and another 1 hour long one on stalker gamma

[edgy oriole]

gahhhhh damn

[pine roost]

I finished my coursework in the morning so I let myself chill out for the day :)

[edgy oriole]

i can watch walkthroughs or gameplays but nothing like that.

[pine roost]

I get what you mean about podcasts though

Since it’s not visual it’s easier to miss what’s been said

But I just sat down and started some art practise and had it on in the background

They did bring up some really important stuff though. A lot about their balancing decisions

For example, the carl Gustav being the most picked gadget out of all the other gadgets combined, seconded by the ammo crate

And how assaults are now the only way to use armour, because they understand how armour introduces inconsistencies which they now regret

[ebon pilot]

I can't do that sadly because I program. I can't listen to someone talk in the background while programming, they're both language processing.

It's how I ignore all my meetings and get away with it

[pine roost]

Don’t think so

I couldn’t do it while programming either, that needs focus so I’d make sure to do the opposite and ensure the task I’m doing requires little focus so I can actually pay attention to the audio

When I was working on my coursework I just had the Minecraft soundtrack playing on repeat for 9 hours straight…

[edgy oriole]

im slacking on learning C#

[pine roost]

I was doing vectorisation in C and this one question had me stuck for an exceedingly long time

[ebon pilot]

I should probably be writing some Go right now

But I hate Go. I want to write Rust

[pine roost]

I’ll admit I’ve never heard of those languages before

[edgy oriole]

im in the basic of the basics of learning rn

real bottom of the barrel learning

[ebon pilot]

what languages have y'all heard of then

[edgy oriole]

java, c, c++, C#, python

[pine roost]

The ones that I’ve actually used are Java, C#, C, C++ (barely), Assembly, Visual Basic, and the web based ones. Html etc

But I’ve heard of a few more but have just never used them

[ebon pilot]

ackthually html is not a language

[pine roost]

Yeah I wasn’t so sure on how you’d define it

It’s just text with tags really

[ebon pilot]

Yeah, it's markup

like Markdown

god that's confusing now that I think about it

[pine roost]

This course I’m on is a games spec so eventually we’ll be using this knowledge in game engines which will be fun.

Overall it’s enjoyable, just a lot to take in

[ebon pilot]

oh boy corporate c++

[next onyx]

What ever they have planned for armour I hope it'll be less of a future issue.

[pine roost]

Most AAA job positions ask for knowledge in c++. I had a look at dice’s openings at one point and they said you needed experience in c++, so is that what most big games use?

[ebon pilot]

every major engine is written in c++

depressingly

c++ sucks most of the time

I should know, I get paid to write it

[hexed mango]

fr

[pine roost]

We’ve barely touched on c++ but I’ll probably do some research in my own time and figure out how they all differ

[hexed mango]

speaking facts

[ebon pilot]

i pray every day that management will let us explore rewriting our big c++ in rust instead because holy fuck, this language gives me extreme depression

[hexed mango]

lel

i still need to start learning rust for shits n giggles

[pine roost]

Well I need to get some sleep

Has been fun chatting, have a good one

[hexed mango]

i just dont know what to use it for

[ebon pilot]

goodnight

use it for whatever you'd use c++ for

[pine roost]

I thought ya’ll were talking about the game 💀

[hexed mango]

yeah ive barely used c++ outside of minor unreal stuff

and ive traditionally used c# for unity

[ebon pilot]

this whole time???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)

[hexed mango]

any simple starter project ideas

[ebon pilot]

Yes

Too Many Linked Lists
https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/

[hexed mango]

aye aye

[white geyser]

IDK how long I haven't use this crossbow and I better go back to use it again.

[spiral folio]

It's ok

Very situational

[arctic grove]

I’ve never touched it

For a little bit the shit annoyed me because it one shot but I barely see it now

[spiral folio]

The explosive bolts are rhe main reason to

[arctic grove]

I think that’s what people used

I love being killed by someone who didn’t put the effort in for kill shots

[hexed mango]

why the fuck does your Rorsch look like that

[edgy oriole]

flamethrower confirmed

[arctic grove]

why doesn’t your rorsch look like that

[hexed mango]

cause im normal

[arctic grove]

why

be not normal

[edgy oriole]

i havent turned battlefield on in so long

i played like 10 minutes when i put my 4070ti in

[arctic grove]

Me either, I just missed ANOTHER weekly bonus challenge

[white geyser]

I wish the explosive bolts can do damage on tanks

[arctic grove]

nopls

[spiral folio]

They "can"

Not worth it

If i do crossbow its like stranded but i won't after the class nerf

Ammo levels are so low its not worth it

[white geyser]

Just wish they fix the crossbow

[royal swan]

You snooze you lose

[arctic grove]

no

Give free points dice

[royal swan]

Nah you snoozed

[next onyx]

Angle does it again.

[royal swan]

I want that back

Give that voice line back

[next onyx]

Think a lot of people are just waiting for 3.2 to come out.

And are giving the game a break due to burnout.

[arctic grove]

[royal swan]

Like we got anything else to do

[eternal storm]

Or because…it’s shit

[royal swan]

It's more mid

[arctic grove]

Literally the best battlefield ever

You must be mistaken

[royal swan]

Oh shit I was wrong, it's not mid, it's fantastic

Best battlefield ever

0 problems

[eternal storm]

I applaud the devs for their hard work trying to improve it, but it’ll never be ‘good’ due to foundation already set. Hope they cut it loose soon and get another game out

[arctic grove]

LOL

[edgy oriole]

bfv pacific is the best battlefield ever

[royal swan]

I smell delusion. Do you smell delusion?

[arctic grove]

The only foundation I think is fucked is Specialists

All jokes aside

The rest I can deal with

[copper fulcrum]

Season 4 is pretty soon

[eternal storm]

Maps are crap

[arctic grove]

In fact at its core that’s like really the only thing that I really dislike anyways

[royal swan]

Maps are the best, hourglass is the best map out there

[arctic grove]

Pre reworks sure but post rework versions are fine

[royal swan]

[copper fulcrum]

Breakaway looks like a good rework

[royal swan]

Can't wait for that

[copper fulcrum]

Might turn from my least favorite to one of my favorites in the series

[royal swan]

But nothing beats hourglass

[edgy oriole]

imo 128bt was great except for sector B that made the whole map shit for me

for breakaway

[arctic grove]

I smellllll

CTRL C CTRL V

I’d be rich if I had a dollar every time I saw that comment worded the same exact way it is online

[next onyx]

I remember why I disliked 128p bt during the event.

[royal swan]

[edgy oriole]

they at a 128bt event? with the og maps?

[arctic grove]

yea tbh 128bt isn’t functionally good but like

I lowkey need it to stay in the game

[next onyx]

I had some fun during the event mind you, got the 8 man spray which didn't record reeee.

[copper fulcrum]

Ha!

[arctic grove]

Only on spearhead which kills me

[royal swan]

Oh I just realized I just dumped 40 kills last game LMAO

[edgy oriole]

wtf. yeah i bet thaat was ass

[royal swan]

Just a casual game

[next onyx]

The 128p event. I thought it ran well on manifest of all maps.

[copper fulcrum]

Breakthrough should just be in portal

[next onyx]

Dunno why it isn't.

[edgy oriole]

if they add BT to portal id only play portal

thats literally all i wanted so i could not play certain maps

[arctic grove]

If they add 128 to solo co-op I’ll be happy

Even if it’s just conquest, I don’t like 64p as much for this game

tired of “fixes” that just neuter stuff or completely take it away

[edgy oriole]

24/7 128 BT Manifest, Discarded and exposure. gah damn i can taste it now.

[arctic grove]

They could gank the XP for 128 in solo-co op/portal for all I care

I just want the actual ability to be able to play it for casual or late night games that aren’t one lobby on Stranded

[wide shore]

Better late than never I suppose

[sharp marten]

Nice

[magic bloom]

you finally got it frosty welcome to the club

[wide shore]

[arctic grove]

im 30 tiers behind the club

[next onyx]

[arctic grove]

Send help

[wide shore]

This emote is glorious

[quaint vector]

[next onyx]

Yeah Crafter shared it.

[clever marlin]

is anyone else geting EAC failed to authenticate messages after getting booted?

[sharp marten]

You guys know world war z has a pvp mode now

[arctic grove]

I like how we all just gravitated to this emoji

[sharp marten]

Im ngl it’s a pretty slapping emoji

[rocky kraken]

scar h in portal must have been animated by someone else

shits fire

[next onyx]

It resuses the same animations.

[arctic grove]

post cleep

[next onyx]

Or vice versa.

[rocky kraken]

oh

i had hope

L(

well

pp 2000 is

a mystery

kinda like a roblox phantom forces pistol reload

🙂

[dapper river]

boblox 💀

[onyx mica]

[arctic grove]

Roblox is the best game

Minecraft a close second

think about it think about it

[tough folio]

so when will my issue fix, because i currently am unable to play a game i paid for

[warped pulsar]

which issue?

[solar obsidian]

skill issue

[ornate hazel]

Anyone know why I'm stuck at the 'connecting to online services' screen?

[upbeat sand]

Minecraft dosent have unpaid child work

[cinder apex]

I love unpaid child labor

[royal swan]

Forget how utter useless the am40 was

Mid gun

Anyways I hope to God they fix the loading bug and the false error match bug

It's seriously pissing me off

Why isn't this shit talked about

That stupid loading bug has been around since launch

[rocky kraken]

CAUSE

gamer

[royal swan]

That's it I'm playing DRG, I'm so sick of that bug

[copper fulcrum]

It's probably one of the better guns in the game, wtf

[royal swan]

Nah, complete flop

Cringe gun

[copper fulcrum]

I don't know how you perform badly with an AM40

It's kinda like doing shit with a K30 or an M5A3

[royal swan]

Nah

I just don't see it doing well compared to the guns I use

[hexed mango]

back day at le gym

🥹

[royal swan]

Who uses le

[hexed mango]

french people

[solar obsidian]

this was sponsored by my adidas shoes

[hexed mango]

• apple

[royal swan]

I haven't seen that since troll face memes in 2014

[hexed mango]

[royal swan]

🤢

[hexed mango]

fr

[solar obsidian]

le skill issue

[cinder apex]

Le epic 9gag trolling montage funny moments

[solar obsidian]

i never used 9gag

[hexed mango]

es un issue habilidad de tu

[solar obsidian]

okay det forstår jeg intet af

[hexed mango]

ok

[royal swan]

Gtg, DRG needs me

[hexed mango]

ich bin ein got

[solar obsidian]

they adding fake frames to hitman thursday

[rocky kraken]

would adding more camera shake to the game make it better

because theres like none

especially when running

[bitter skiff]

boin

[solar obsidian]

just try it lol

[bitter skiff]

hey all. classes here yet?

[rocky kraken]

no

next tuesday

rip

[bitter skiff]

TY

[crimson basin]

Liz pickrate will skyrocket

Imagine being able to use a rocket launcher, mine , repair tool and a grenade launcher all at the same time

[hexed mango]

grenade launcher redundant seeing everyone can use that

[inner roost]

Crawford gonna go wild next update

[hexed mango]

and the con is no javelin, which is a major interest in 3.2, and probably the only reason to play boris or crawford

[inner roost]

People just need to get used to flanking with him, he's real good

[hexed mango]

boris is also getting a major rework.

[vague horizon]

Is liz gonna have the ability to use the m5 n shit now?

[hexed mango]

no

[inner roost]

Did they say this?

[hexed mango]

no rockets for her

[hexed mango]

lead specialist designer (sam) has told me this

[vague horizon]

Cus thats gonna be brokenly op ngl

[hexed mango]

yeah you cant use any 3 of the launchers with lis

[inner roost]

Makes sense that'd break the game

[hexed mango]

the only one available is the tgm

ye, its very reasonable

[vague horizon]

At least rao is getting the buff he needs

[pseudo pecan]

is that in the update/patch notes already? i dont see anything on the pinned update reddit thread

[vague horizon]

I heard about it in the podcast dice did

Something about him being able to soflam vehicles with his hacks

[next onyx]

Rao didn't need a buff but he needed a tweak.

Hacking being an emp is annoying as hell and I hope they reduced its duration and made it a solfam thing only.

[placid echo]

New skin for Lis looks nice at least :v

[wintry valley]

What is better on the Latv 4 recon? The 30mm or 50mm?

[next onyx]

40MM grenade launcher.

[placid echo]

I was gonna say "Depends on what you wanna do with it"

[wintry valley]

I guess vs infantry. So I answered my own question the 30mm. Thanks Ripto.

[sharp marten]

The first skin goes pretty hard

[eternal narwhal]

agreed

[idle lion]

whats the point of soflam if not being able to also disable flares

Gol magnum is G O A T E D

[severe oyster]

when will

this game be fixed?

[next onyx]

To laser designate.

[idle lion]

im talking about raos hack soflam ability

also even so, you do realize lasers dont give a shit about flares

[next onyx]

It's more productive in the end.

[elfin acorn]

Can the battlefield 2042 sound effect be made into Ready Or Not, cod 16, cod 19, battlefield 1, close to the immersive feeling of the movie sound effect?

[idle lion]

yeah it does but in 3.2 it will also soflam you

[elfin acorn]

Battlefield 2042 sound effect is too like animation!

[ornate pecan]

I don't think Rao's hack is overpowered at all...

As a prime example... When we had Breakthrough Chaos a couple weeks ago, I pulled out Rao to counter a Hind that was absolutely decimating us with 40mm grenades and inserting troops... No one had been able to shoot that helo down thus far, and between the Hind and a jeep that was lobbing 30mm over a hill from inside its spawn (absolutely no way to engage it from our side of the map, as it was fully in cover and taking advantage of ballistic arcs), things were going very badly.

I was running Rao with Stingers, in the hope of being able to get some good hits in, knowing personally exactly when its flares would be disabled. My hope was that, with a sizable portion of our team already trying to take down that Hind, I could make the deciding difference. Nope. The most I was able to do was force it to flee for cover much more often (sometimes with as many as 5 Stingers chasing it at once), and make it so it could only use its weapons against the objective that I wasn't defending. It could properly assault that objective, but was limited to making fast paradrop passes on the objective I was at. I quite literally hacked the same helicopter about 150 times in that single match. I got a commendation for disrupting...probably 100 vehicles, and I'd basically never used Rao until that point. That was almost entirely accumulated during that match. At no point were we ever able to shoot it down, but it was still providing an overwhelming force, even without its weapons. It also still had the ability to engage with weapons... They could (and occasionally did) just hover at altitude, outside of hacking and lock-on range, and bombard us from on high.

As annoying as it is to be on the receiving end of Rao, that experience absolutely tells me that Rao shouldn't be Nerfed. Certainly not without significantly improving people's ability to do substantial damage to vehicles.

[next onyx]

If I'm correct.

[ornate pecan]

Pardon the text wall.

[next onyx]

A soflammed target will receive more damage.

Nah it's fine.

Javelin a laser guided rocket will be able to lock onto these hinds and deal massive damage.

[ornate pecan]

I haven't noticed any extra damage directly linked to SOFLAM usage... I'm pretty sure everything (in the game's current state) still does its normal damage, it's just a matter of the fact that the recoilless, for example, deals heavy damage against aircraft if it actually hits. I think that damage is the same with or without a laser.

[next onyx]

I know that on portal the Javelin does extra damage to a designated tank.

And an AT launcher will naturally do more damage against an air vehicle.

[ornate pecan]

I would like to see three changes to the SOFLAM, though. Longer lock-on range (maybe 750 meters), adjustable zoom (can't track nearby vehicles because I have too much magnification), and fixing trees and other small obstructions breaking lock. Heck, parachutes of soldiers jumping from a helicopter will break the lock.

Ah, I've never really touched Portal. Portal was dead on Xbox One, and I only transitioned to Series X a few weeks ago (my crazy friends actually bought me one).

[white geyser]

The next battlefield game after they are done with 2042... they better bring back the bots to fill out the empty maps. Ok if you're wondering about that and before you even think about jump into conclusion, even they bring back the server browser the quick match you'll end up either in a queue or join the empty maps which is not good, most people don't go joining on empty maps just to wait other players to join them and how long you gonna wait sitting on your chair for other players to show up to fill out the empty maps?

[ornate pecan]

Funnily enough, I think the Stinger does massive damage to ground vehicles, though I'm not sure... But the recoilless seems to be the same damage as usual. Is suspect what you might be seeing in Portal is carryover of BF3 mechanics.

[eager spire]

I don't think Rao's hack is overpowered at all

you don't think getting hacked by a single individual person from a significant distance away with barely any indication of where that's happening from is a problem?

[ornate pecan]

The distance isn't as significant as you might think. Like I said, I could only protect one objective. They were free to engage the other objective, and all they had to do was increase altitude, and I was useless.

I could only engage when they did low passes.

[radiant prism]

They wouldn’t know anyways, they don’t play the game and just base stuff off stats/videos they saw apparently

[radiant prism]

Also there’s literally a directional indicator

Next you’re gonna tell me bullet impact indicators barely tell you where you got hit from, right? It’s the same logic.

[eager spire]

Fair enough.

[ornate pecan]

Oh, gosh. You've reminded me of the bugged DMR tracers in BF4, that traveled in reverse. You don't want to know how many times I've been shot at, saw the tracers, and turned my back to the enemy. XD

It still happens, at least on the Xbox... Not sure if it's just a frame rate thing, with refresh rate doing weird things (like how a car wheel looks like it's turning backwards), or what, but...keeps getting me killed whenever I get on BF4.

[charred stag]

Eh Rao isn't really overpowered because he can't help bring a vehicle down. Unless it's ground. I like to use him in breakthrough because when I use it against condors and hinds,they fly away. Essentially I use him to stall the air vehicle,which works as long as I'm alive

[radiant prism]

He can help bring a vehicle down, it’s just extremely rare that he can do it single-handedly.

Disabling a vehicle disables it’s countermeasures and repairs, leaving it extremely vulnerable to damage for a few precious seconds

Timed well it can be the death knell of a vehicle

[charred stag]

Well that's what I mean. Rao can help bring a vehicle down but most of the time players don't lock on,plus the heli can use countermeasures before the effect hits

[radiant prism]

But it’s in no way overpowered considering it lasts a short time and has a cool down between when a vehicle can be hacked

Anyway I’ll add this to the list of things Lycan pretends to know about/have the final say on

[eager spire]

you keep a list?

nice to hear you think so much of me.

[ornate pecan]

I will say, with a very well-coordinated group, they can bring down aircraft. The hack blocks flare deployment, and pulls stealth copters out of stealth. Link that up with a team of stingers, and you can swat down almost anything, but. A key thing to note here is that it requires, and appropriately rewards, teamwork. Rao himself can't pull out a stinger and shoot something down on his own. He can get off one missile just before the hack ends, and the missile may or may not still be intercepted by flares by the time it reaches its target. By the time he's loaded for a second shot, the target is out of range, flaring, or behind cover.

[charred stag]

Yeah that's true. Thing is it also depends on the map imo

I mean,in kaleidoscope it's really difficult bringing down a hind

Same in exposure

[ornate pecan]

Yeah, taking down Hinds on those maps is nearly impossible.

And heck, that match I was talking about, I could only suppress the Hind at the first two sets of objectives. Once we got to the buildings...I was usually too busy running in circles around the buildings to find the thing, plus getting shot at, to keep the thing hacked.

[charred stag]

Also I heard someone in this server say that Rao will be getting a buff where the heli will be vulnerable to lock ons from any missile? Not sure how true it is

[ornate pecan]

Interesting...

[radiant prism]

https://tenor.com/view/laughs-no-seth-meyers-late-night-with-seth-meyers-nope-no-way-gif-14012461

[eager spire]

fair enough, would be weird if you actually did.

[acoustic seal]

rao hack is effectively an instant win button in an infantry vs vehicle interaction, the mere concept of rao hack is overpowered

[ornate pecan]

Not really... It still requires lots of teamwork, which should be rewarded.

It doesn't last that long, and if a vehicle driver retreats, they'll be fine.

The ones that die are the ones that try to stay.

[vague horizon]

Not everyone plays engineer operators, most people tend to stick with assault or support if anything

[acoustic seal]

the vehicle being removed from the game for the duration of rao hack is basically the same as a death in terms of lost damage output and being forced to retreat

[ornate pecan]

Bear in mind, with vehicles having so many seats, so many of them with powerful offensive options, infantry needs a way to approach without dying.

With a good crew, it's very difficult to approach a tank.

[acoustic seal]

that's a problem of vehicles being too powerful and doesn't justify adding an "i win" button

[ornate pecan]

It's a rock-paper-scissors sort of thing... Tanks get new toys, infantry get new toys.

[vague horizon]

Pretty sure the m5 is getting buffed but not entirely sure

Considering engineer class is going to be limited to those

[ornate pecan]

I haven't seen some of the recent stuff... Are the restricting weapon selection, not just gadgets?

[acoustic seal]

i don't know if you've noticed but RPS balancing is incredibly frustrating in a 32v32/64v64 environment, things like irish APS?

[ornate pecan]

RPS?

[acoustic seal]

rock-paper-scissors, the hard counter vs hard counter philosophy

[vague horizon]

Weapons r free choice just all classes get their own weapon proficiency

Depending on the class

However each class gets their own gadget
Ex engineers get the m5, Javelin, AA while support gets the ammo and medic crates

[placid echo]

Each class also always has a certain gadget too (after the update)

Assaults will have a med-pen (just one, can be replenished from health crates)
Engineers will have a repair tool
Supports will have Defibrillators
Recons will have an Insertion Beacon

[ornate pecan]

Uhhh, whoops. I wrote my reply as an edit above. XD

[potent trench]

engineers having a repair tool is a godsend honestly

[still musk]

It's just going to suck that liz won't be able to utilize rockets, I think she should be able to swap her terrible rocket launcher for one of the other ones if she wants

[potent trench]

i rarely see players repair vehicles, on AI

unless it's on helicopter ofc

only*

[still musk]

The problem with repairing vehicles most of the time is people don't sit still long enough, unless you're in a vehicle in the passenger seat with your repair tool out

[ornate pecan]

Oh, right. Derp. Thanks.
There's definitely a lot of frustrating stuff, but...I wholeheartedly believe that Rao's hack is a balanced thing, even as someone who's been in the receiving end many more times than I've used it. It's annoying as heck, but infantry need a chance, and with rockets doing so little damage, plus taking so long to reload, plus vehicles having all the extra weaponized seats... It really seems fine to me. I wouldn't even be terribly upset if Rao's hack had a tiny (and I do mean tiny) bit more range.

Most of my play time has been on Xbox One, only just got a series X, so I'm very familiar with the 64-player servers. I'm also very familiar with how things play when you have a bunch of bots on your team, not coordinating like people can (not that they do very often, but at least they can).

Xbox One is kind of deserted. I'm convinced there's only one match of any given type active at one time. If you stay in the menu fiddling with loadouts instead of immediately queuing after a match, you're stuck waiting 15 minutes for a match to end...

Ahh, thanks, @vague horizon and @placid echo. Heh. I keep forgetting the recoilless is called the M5. They really shouldn't have put two weapons called the M5 in one game. I was thinking about the rifle, and got concerned that the actual guns were being restricted.

[still musk]

As far as repairing ground vehicles go if you're not in the vehicle they won't stay still for you

It's just not worth it

It doesn't tell a vehicle driver that they're being repaired actively so they don't realize and they just drive off

[potent trench]

this is true

even I, as a driver, sometimes drives off when an AI is repairing me, but then Is topped

[ornate pecan]

I still find myself trying to ping vehicles to tell them I'm repairing them, like in BF4... If an engineer pinged a vehicle, instead of requesting a ride, it would call out, "Let me fix you!" I'd like to see that return, with a very clear UI indicator for the driver.

I still ping them in the hope they might guess what I'm doing, or at least stop to pick me up, then be pleasantly surprised when I repair instead.

[ornate pecan]

It does... It says "Repaired by so-and-so," but it's in fine print that's not very attention-gettint, and I think it only pings it occasionally, alongside the distribution of points to the person repairing, so it can be easy to miss, especially when someone first starts repairing.

Also, I've only seen that "repair assist" thing, where it gives a repairer points when a vehicle gets a kill, work one time. Do you know how many points I would be getting if that actually worked consistently?!

Still, we need people to actually bother trying to repair... Last I checked, I'm in the top 1% in the world for repairs on BFV, and I think I only just got my silver dog tag for that. Don't have my gold one yet, and I was in the top 1% long before I got the silver tag... Different game, but same basic behavior patterns among the players.

[pseudo pecan]

dumb question but how do you repair in this game? im not noticing a repair tool selection

[ornate pecan]

Great question! It's a gadget you have to equip in your loadout. Pull it out and just use that torch. It damages enemy vehicles, too.

You have to sacrifice carrying ammo, rockets, spawn beacon, etc.

[pseudo pecan]

ah ok ty

[hexed mango]

after 3.2 any engineer classed character (Lis, Crawford, Boris) will have the repair tool as a class associated gadget, meaning you can have any of the other available gadgets in addition to the repair tool. Meaning you could still take an engineer gadget (like EOD Bot, mines, or launchers if you're not Lis) and still always have the repair tool

[topaz field]

Is it Tuesday yet 😫

[arctic grove]

Yup

[still musk]

I will probably never use the repair tool as an engineer anyway since I usually run MAV and I can heal myself in that

I'm either playing in the MAV, or I'm running into the back line placing mines down at the enemy's spawn like a menace

[hard geyser]

Do y'all think they're adding the update this week or next

[patent path]

friday

source: me

[hard geyser]

It has to be announced today I think if we get it Thursday

But idk lol

[white geyser]

Tuesday is almost done in US time zone

[chilly jacinth]

its Wednesday

[pine roost]

My dudes

[rain blaze]

Update next week. Probably Tuesday as it's the last day of January.

or tomorrow....

[upbeat sand]

@next onyx drown the sim

[twin ledge]

Will they ever fix the mismatch icons for sundance and irish?

[pearl ridge]

The houses in Valparaiso are bugged so that if the walls are shot out they can still block your movement

Jesus the M5’s hipfire crosshair has zero bearing on the actual trajectory

I managed to miss a whole tank at point blank!

[pine roost]

well it has it's spread clearly visible by the crosshair

the crosshair shows it's innacuracy

but if it isn't going to get a no zoom scope they aught to make it more accurate. Would make it easier to use on the fly and against aircraft especially

[celest osprey]

How do I attract players to a hosted experience from someone else? I'm hosting a popular experience where it isn't hosted today, or not in the right region. Im hosting it but im utterly alone for 1 hour

[shy latch]

I noticed that as well a couple of days ago

Portal maps are bugged btw and on Valparaiso and Caspian Border some plants/bushes have a sort of invisible wall for bullets; what I guess is that probably they have been "converted" with AI (similar on what Rockstar did with GTA Trilogy) and not been made from scratch to save time, that's why there are bugs that are not present on 2042 maps

[pearl ridge]

I’m doing way better with the AKS-74 than I could’ve reasonably expected

It’s weird.

Like it doesn’t feel particularly powerful but it’s working

[upper socket]

Is it worth coming back haven’t properly played in months

[pine roost]

could be the recoil fix

[shy latch]

depends what you mean by "worth", what was the reason you stopped to play?

[upper socket]

Idk just to have some chill fun

[shy latch]

then I cannot give you an exact answer

from my point of view has always been fun from the beginning, even tho there were tons of bugs

compared to last year the game itself is in a much better states from a lot points of view

[upper socket]

True

I started shortly after launch it is much better even when I last played(beginning of s2)

[shy latch]

I'm just (still) worried about update 3.2 though....not sure about class system yet

[pine roost]

class system aside there are so many other changes i'm looking forward to

[shy latch]

like what?

[pearl ridge]

Spawned literally in front of a tank.

[ancient peak]

The tank APS will be nice

[pearl ridge]

Who the hell coded the spawn logic in this game

[shy latch]

oh yeah, those vehicles changes

like turret speed as well

[shy latch]

BF4 had the best spawn system ever imo

[chilly jacinth]

getting base camped was epic

truly innovative

[upper socket]

A dog

[chilly jacinth]

that would be the worlds smartest dog

[halcyon bear]

how do you medpen yourself?

nvm medpen isn't the same as falck's medgun

[quaint vector]

[arctic grove]

https://tenor.com/view/battlefield-battlefield2042-call-of-duty-activision-ea-gif-22679078

best

[patent path]

[quaint vector]

[patent path]

[quaint vector]

[patent path]

[quaint vector]

I like it, but BF2042 chat..

[patent path]

[twin ledge]

Locked https://imgur.com/a/CDzwQMb

bruh

[void gorge]

Good morning, does anyone know if in the next update the dice/ea will fix the rotation of maps? because sometimes I leave a game on the exhibition map and in the next game it crashes again, it's discouraging

[stoic ferry]

time for t1 on TOR

[arctic grove]

oh well here we go again

need to grind after the ban

i swear people are so soft i cant imagine in 20 years from now

[arctic grove]

anyways when is the next double xp weekend

is it every weekend?

[fickle bison]

It was last weekend lol

[arctic grove]

i said the next

jeez

[spiral folio]

Isnt the last xp unlock like lvl50

[fickle bison]

yeah bruh I guess they don't have a timetable for that, it's most likely more spontaneous

And since it was last weekend, there won't be any soon

[spiral folio]

Just look for the next long weekend

[arctic grove]

typical el cringe EA moment

first a ban now no xp boost

[spiral folio]

Stop cheating

[arctic grove]

cheating?

last time i checked "Hateful Conduct" is not cheating

im not a beta male

[stoic ferry]

they do seem to ban fast for 1 week for small things like that., but not greefing

1885 on the TOR. soon t1

[fickle bison]

Does anyone have issues joining tdm? After timer runs out and the loading screen begins it just gets to a black screen and I can hear the normal start menu sound

[stoic ferry]

try joing another game mode one time, and play that., then head back. might work better then

[fickle bison]

already tried, breakthrough works but tdm still gets me blackscreen

[remote meteor]

60 ntw 50

[spiral folio]

Yea any levels beyond that really doesnt matter

Maybe for battlepass progress but even then like 1 at a time woo

And long as you got the good stuff you wanted then whatever

[hexed mango]

welp no #direct-communication news about 3.2… looking like the worst is plausible- the update might be next week

[tribal zenith]

or it gets delayed and be released in february

or they will announce tomororw that the update is this friday

[clever marlin]

I suspect that’s the case

3.2 won’t get delayed if I’m gonna be honest since we already have a realize window and they are pretty punctual about important dates

[calm bison]

Either we get patch notes at 11 EST or we get them on Monday

[hexed mango]

doubt, seeing again how next monday is already planned to be a podcast episode detailing everything released in 3.2, and they wouldn’t delay it out of the month seeing as its kinda already finished

[topaz field]

i've noticee alot of new players think that solo /co-op mode is multiplayer

i think this should be renamed as "Test Range"

[royal swan]

But it's not a test range

Gotta be smarter than that

Roa is getting a buff nice