battlefield-2042

[viscid bone]

#direct-communication is for all the things taking place in regards to updates, service status, behind the scenes etc. And yes, I do use game-news when it makes sense to do so 🙂 Both can be followed, click the button at the top of the channel and you're good to go.

The bot, as I stated earlier for direct communication was down and is now back up with fresh hamsters in it.

Going forward you can expect a lot more direct-to-discord too.

Same with #battlefield-labs-news 🙂

[vital quail]

What happened to the old hampters 🤨

[viscid bone]

Stew.

[grim timber]

where do we do self promo at?

[vital quail]

#streams-and-videos

Check the community creations category in channels & roles

[tulip lance]

I wonder why there is still no leak about the new BF, I mean it's under NDA but not even a word?

[remote kiln]

because they've not started yet that's why

they have already said it would take place in the following weeks

[tulip lance]

I heard the latest test was in 18-20 of this month

or they tested something else idk

[west storm]

Ngl might have to grind BF

Legendary weapon skin

For free

[stone cradle]

[west storm]

That's just me

[stone cradle]

Ok those rewards look pretty good ngl, just checked

maybe I might hop on again since S7 in July

[plush echo]

Lemme guess a medic didn’t heal you

[autumn scroll]

what a...

i set 0.666 as headshot multiplier and it forces 12.7 minigun to deal headshot damage exactly equal body damage
but sniper rifles... they have more headshot damage i guess.
intersting whats happening with SMGs and ARs...

huron/yanngbal has 30mm cannon pod weapon.
interesting fact that EBAA Wildcat has 30mm cannons too.
one hit from EBAA cannon deal 7 damage to soldier. same as HURON.
But EBAA deal 4 shots per second, instead HURON deal only one (yes, theres splash damage but 8-10 hits to kill a soldier?)...
Strange bug 12.7mm minigun deal 5x bigger damage than 30mm cannon

[remote kiln]

yes what's the problem

[autumn scroll]

You have some problems i guess, am sharing facts

[remote kiln]

the reason the helicopter takes more is because splash damage is much more powerful from the air, rather than the wildcats (from ground)

[blissful plaza]

on the suscribe form for irish skin

[remote kiln]

it back in the day used to be possible to kill people with 3 to 4 shots with the 30mm at almost any range and that's where the complaints started

it became all of a sudden more advantageous to sit at the skybox limit and just kill everything on the ground, including the wildcat which could do absolutely nothing

so instead they made that way overpowered to compensate for the power of the 30mm, and then that suddenly became a anti tank killer, which is why they tuned it all back

it also bypasses* geometry if you understand how the range impact works meaning you can forget about most forms of cover

[fringe quarry]

What optics do you guys use on ARs?
I can't hardly see the faded red dot on the stock reddot

[remote kiln]

use the colour blind settings, they will help a lot with this

[rain violet]

1x red dot is the only optic I use really.

[remote kiln]

alternatively just change the cross hair colours entirely

[frozen loom]

Why not holo sight?

Thermal sights are all I use.

Idc if it's cheap.

[fringe quarry]

is it possible to change the color of the dot in the optic?

[remote kiln]

yes

[next onyx]

Is it?

[tranquil jetty]

The Bradley is a beast just hit for 32 with it

[fringe quarry]

And how is that?

[remote kiln]

oh wait you mean the actual reticle

[fringe quarry]

Yes

[remote kiln]

no you can't for that

[fringe quarry]

Figured.

[remote kiln]

general advice is to clean up and remove a lot of the UI garbage bloat which will make the red dot more clear

the main reason it's hard to see is revive icons etc use a 100% opacity value and are huge meaning they take over the view of the reticle

[fringe quarry]

Yeah it's literally that the dot is too dim and no other reason

[autumn scroll]

am telling that 30mm AA gun that should be weak vs infantry is not the same as helicopter 30mm air-ground gun that useless vs anything except infantry

[next onyx]

Was hoping colourblind settings have some input.

[fringe quarry]

no impact

[next onyx]

Yeah I know

Sadly

[next onyx]

Balance.

[restive plaza]

Just me or has the marchmaking absolutly sucked recently? One side all noobs, the other all hardcore sweats. And for some reason i got put on the noob side nearly every time.

[autumn scroll]

instead it looks like EBAA that can disappear infantry in single spread is equal by damage helicopter that need to succesful 10 hits to kill one stinger soldier

[fringe quarry]

balance in 2042 is crap. they "Balance" the game by making everything weak.

[autumn scroll]

i dont think so

with 2nd part

idea of "the game" is possibility to make mistake once.

if we set overall damage to 1000% the server becomes troll gaming

actually nowadays armor can HOLD even .338 lapua magnum

idea to one hit kill has nothing shared with "realism"

is idiotism

[next onyx]

The wildcats aren't really that powerful against infantry due to spread.

Up close they hurt a lot but their ttk is rather weak.

[autumn scroll]

yep, ebaa should be weak vs infantry

but installing to huron one EBAA cannon with splash

with same damage just with splash effect

[next onyx]

And you're making no sense.

[autumn scroll]

and after that 12.7 hmg on any jeep deal 5x damage from it

[next onyx]

You need to word this stuff better.

[autumn scroll]

whats the problem with 😄

[restive plaza]

Pff. Personaly i perfer bf2042 over any cod game, but its kinda infuriating when it feels like im the only one on my team who has played fps before. Wish this game would gain more popularity

[next onyx]

30mm explosive is drastically different and is meant for infantry.

It barely hurts vehicles and is realistically meant to annoy.

Which is why the bombs exist.

[autumn scroll]

@next onyx btw 12.7 miniguns on huron deal a lot more damage to soldier without splash damage, and 30mm cannon seems a replacement, not buff

[next onyx]

They're hmgs. Not miniguns.

[autumn scroll]

instead 7.62 vulcan being replaced with 12.7 kord - its 3x buff

[next onyx]

30 mils are way easier to get a ground effect on infantry.

I don't get the complaint now.

They both go hand in hand.

[autumn scroll]

one equipment is a buff over others.

[next onyx]

Hmgs are primarily made for air to air combat and is good on a skilled pilot for infantry.

30 mills are easy to use infantry farmers.

[autumn scroll]

it seems like "one vehicle is balanced in demo mode" - balanced for be replacement of the same items

others is balanced like "you really research something strong"

so one vehicles becomes different from level up

the others becomes stronger

[next onyx]

I really don't even know what you're on about now.

[autumn scroll]

just compare with nightbird with that 20mm gunpair. flying imba vs huron with that 30mm

[vital quail]

A certified bf discord classic

[next onyx]

Yeah what about the night bird.

[autumn scroll]

huron needs skill and experience. littlebird needs bottle of the bier

[next onyx]

Pfft

Stealth choppers and skill alright dude.

[autumn scroll]

thats the complaint

one vehicles designed to be fun

second - to be skill dependent

[next onyx]

Nightbird ironically does require skill.

[autumn scroll]

it makes harder-to-use vehicles useless

nightbird with skill - is flying daemon

unstoppable

[next onyx]

I've gotten both the Huron and the Hannibal to tier 1 and I'll let you know they're the easiest helicopters I've ever flown in a battlefield game.

[autumn scroll]

huron with skill - is a just helicopter

[next onyx]

Stealth choppers are specialised helis.

I thought I rambled a lot goddamn

[autumn scroll]

you sad something unexpected.
i played when all-out superiority was an option
and playing with littlebird was a fun. instead playing with huron was angry hating

its not about personal feelings or personal preferences. its because littlebird owns, huron's just beauty icon

[next onyx]

What

[autumn scroll]

image of destroyer vs real destroyer

[next onyx]

Stealth choppers aren't meant for air to air combat primarily?

They're ground support helicopters.

Of course they get destroyed by the night bird.

[autumn scroll]

if primary goal of huron is air-to-air combat, why it should be destroyed with littlebird

otherwise if primary goal of huron is infantry hunting, why littlebird does it better

if primary goal of huron is vehicle hunting - why auto-guided rockets installed on apache instead

this helicopter is about "it can be stealth". ah, ok, let it be.

at least one purpose would be if stealth can be defensive ability - you want to evade enemy EBAA underfire - just become stealth for 10 seconds.
but even here designed some conditions
tech can be enabled in safe mode and can be disabled by enemy when he wants...
so stealth stuff is one time toy that gives first strike protection. its too weak to compensate weaker guns and abilities.

skilled littlebird can destroy ebaa alone. just fly circles around and continue to hit with 20mm guns pair.
instead, this "huron" prefer doesnt hear the word EBAA

[vital quail]

Bruh

[autumn scroll]

huron gameplay would be great if latest equipment be TV-missile, and primary gun should be TORs railgun only 😄
then you can be in safe place and do damage, once you detected you plug-in your stealth and evade.
instead this "bomber" plays like kamikaze drone -)

[arctic grove]

what

[tender swallow]

bruh

[next onyx]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't understand this dude.

[rain violet]

Battlefield players spent ages deciphering riddles, Morse code, and various other puzzles to trigger easter eggs and even they're completely clueless about what he's talking about.

[brittle wind]

When Labs starts we will see people streaming it day 1. Which means it's not started yet. Not even sure if they even chose the testers.

[brittle wind]

You can't change red dot color, I would if I could

[brittle wind]

Use smart holo or K8, smart holo has a blue reticle and K8 has black lines too, I always have smart holo as a backup on my T menu because of desert maps, ADS speed reduction is either non-existent or really minor like 5-10 ms, I haven't noticed any difference with it

[frozen loom]

https://youtu.be/ru-DhX3ZTEU?si=JOBY-_7pBZ2c10vV

[stray imp]

Hello Guys

Im new here

[brittle wind]

Hi new here

[azure basalt]

hello new here

[grand barn]

[azure basalt]

no way

[rain violet]

[stable magnet]

Do NOT pre order 🤣

[brittle wind]

DO pre order

[plush echo]

Oh dude you’re here. I see your battlefield vids sometimes

[azure zenith]

Uh oh it's enders

Everyone get ready to get beamed

[chilly jacinth]

Beamed by a stream of complaints

[azure zenith]

I'm not too fond of him but he knows his shyt.

[grand barn]

[azure basalt]

[brittle wind]

I hope Enders is selected for BF Labs and gives feedback to make next BF a movement shooter Too many people will say ''remove slide, remove jumping, remove hipfiring'' etc. anyways so someone needs to equalize them.

[rotund ridge]

YouTubers saying what ea wanted is part of the reason bf is in the state it’s in.

[rotund ridge]

That isn’t what battlefield is about. That is part of the problem.

[azure basalt]

[azure zenith]

Not just Battlefield it's COD too. Creator input really damaged the whole shooting game scene. They messed up. That's why COD won't budge on SBMM. It to pander to the casual player. Which I get. But look at Delta Force their SBMM is awful.

[brittle wind]

Battlefield is about dolphin diving and shooting just like BF2 days 🧓

[azure basalt]

[naive ember]

Nobody cares about bf2 anymore

[umbral adder]

Ender would be perfect because he has no filter. I know he's 100% correct - and I agree with him - but I can't help but chuckle at how mad he gets. Especially back when the net code was sucking on 2042. 😂😂🤣

[next onyx]

My dude its literally the thing giving them money. They don't give a fuck about creators.

Enders getting lost in the moment is frustrating to witness since it goes into full abuse territory when otherwise he has some pretty alright opinions.

[radiant kettle]

anything changed about netcode of 2042?

i think its still awful

[vivid rune]

Double XP weekend?

[pine roost]

Don’t worry, that’ll be my job

[gaunt timber]

I hope we get actual Battlefield content creators this time, not Westie and Jackfrags. No offense to either, they do their thing, but they're FPS game CC, not BF.

[vocal tusk]

WTF is an "actual Battlefield content creator"?

I swear people only watch one or 2 of JackFrags videos and label him some kind of marketing shill...when they, out of everyone has consistently released up to date videos on BF giving their opinions on the games, their state...what they want improved, ETC.

I guess you need to release 5 BF videos per week cryplaining about BF to be considered an "actual Battlefield content creator" these days

[gaunt timber]

I've seen JackFrags from BF3 days. I don't blame people like him or AKA-ART leaving the franchise because it was pretty dead. What I mean by BF content creators is people like Squid G, Enders, Dame, GetGoodGuy who kept playing BF despite the low content and poor reception.

MattiAceGaming too. There are people who stream and make videos every day or almost every day with just BF. It's not viable I think to stick to just one franchise or game, but they can manage it. They should be heard AS WELL as the more casual and people who branch to other FPS.

[vocal tusk]

I mean, Jack Frags didnt leave or abandon Battlefield. Other creators like Westie did, but Jack uploads Battlefield content all the time.

[gaunt timber]

Not totally no. And again nothign wrong stepping back from it with no new content. But people who are farming every day should be there, not the former Youtube stars.

[vocal tusk]

12 videos on Battlefield in the last 4/5 weeks is not enough to quality for the "actual Battlefield content creator" award?

[chilly jacinth]

Upload only battlefield or perish

[vocal tusk]

Enders has released less videos on BF in the same time BTW.

[gaunt timber]

Coming back when the iron is hot is nice. Playing old games, cool.

[vocal tusk]

But I guess streaming the game and releasing the same video 45 times in a row qualifies them

[gaunt timber]

2042 was dead and Delta Force was new, of course.

[vocal tusk]

Just say you dont watch JackFrags mate, its fine. they regularly upload BF content

8 BF videos the month before, 9 the month before that...I could go on, but wont

[gaunt timber]

I watch almost every of his video. I'm not parading against him. I'm trying to say rise up those who have spent every day trying to make something of the mess.

[vocal tusk]

I'm not parading against him

I mean, you did single them out as not a battlefield creator, so you did

[gaunt timber]

He's branching to other games which is good. He's not a BF creator.

[vocal tusk]

Wild to consider the channel with by far the biggest audience out of all people covering BF not a BF creator. You can cover other games and still be a BF creator haha

[remote kiln]

you are preaching to the choir anyways tiggr literally talked to enders himself

[vocal tusk]

Are Enders, Ghost or CAD Woman not BF creators cos they went and covered other games?

[gaunt timber]

Look at Matimi0, he's playing a different game every day, streaming it. It's great. LevelCap moved to make games himself and having a nice podcast. You need to branch out.

[vocal tusk]

Matimio doesnt play BF at all anymore, and Levelcap doesnt even make his own videos

[gaunt timber]

Considering the amount of content people make, how they follow news from different sources daily, yeah they are more BF than some.

[vocal tusk]

Lossy made level caps videos for a long time

[gaunt timber]

Said it before, we need more Enders, GhostGaming, even Squid G. Not ONLY the former BF stars.

[vocal tusk]

But id still consider LevelCap a BF creator. they just diversified

[gaunt timber]

Fan of BF but creator, nah.

[vocal tusk]

Of course, new creators are needced 100%. But anyone who covers a game at leangth is a BF creator. Just cos you diversify to grow and not stagnate/place all your eggs in the Battlefield basket...doesnt stop you being a BF creator.

Had other channels stuck with BF alone, they would be stagnant, or dead.

[gaunt timber]

Opinions differ.

[vocal tusk]

The above is factual. Lossy quit YT cos Battlefield alone was not enough to maintain a channel.

You can see that even really good BF only, or BF primary game channels do not have a lot of growth

[gaunt timber]

Not even Call of Duty is enough to focus on just one thing.

[elfin void]

I guess this title is earned by being known for the game

Certain people get associated with the franchise

[vocal tusk]

I would say more people associate JackFrags with BF, than even know who Enders is

[pine roost]

all I watch nowadays is focus, Zena and Brekk1e anyways. Can't blame em for moving on, but bf is something i'd play over watch in the end

[elfin void]

Well, a huge amount of BF players seem to have a dislike for the insanely skilled players that fry every lobby

[fickle wharf]

muh pros

casual player base always

[pine roost]

both. both are good

[elfin void]

Me personally, I'm not gonna watch a video of someone getting 150 kills on Redacted with a purple/pink HUD

But I don't hate the juiced players either

[pine roost]

it's good to appreciate bf for the more aesthetic and atmospheric reasons, but also for competition

[vocal tusk]

I dont think players dislike good players. Players (And me) dislike players who want to push the skill gap in games to a point that they can abuse for advantage

[elfin void]

They definitely dislike a certain kind of good player

[vocal tusk]

Its less the player, and more the attitudes I dont like

[elfin void]

The one that makes use of all the things the game gives you, and "abuses" it

[vocal tusk]

Like you can be a good player, and still have tact

[elfin void]

As long as they're not cocky, and don't spam chat post game with easy farm etc

[vocal tusk]

From this perspective, I am talking about players who wish for future games to include abusive mechanics the casual player wont be able to properly use.

Players who want crazy sliding while shooting, air strafing, bunny hopping, ETC

[fickle wharf]

only people i despise is airmains

[elfin void]

Ankle breakers

I did in BF4, but in 2042 it seems easier to take them out

[vocal tusk]

I dont even have a problem with a player wanting those mechanics TBH. I dont want them myself...but I hate people who ask for them, and only want them so they can nuke lobbies for clips

[elfin void]

And then those clips get 50 views

Whooptiedoo

[pine roost]

understandable tbh. From my perspective it's always been the case that they dislike those players because the focus needed to play against them shifts the focus of the gameplay from enjoying the atmosphere to competing, which I know many don't like

[elfin void]

Someone solo capping a flag whilst making use of the terrain and outsmarting people is much more fun to watch than a guy who fires his LMG down a flank and kills 10 unsuspecting players

[vocal tusk]

I havent ever had personal issue with any player ive met, even with the most abusive mechanics in BF. I just dont want 5% of the playerbase to shred the other 95%...and then gradually 10% of that 95% of players will slowly stop playing the game.

[elfin void]

Problem is that people will always find things

[vocal tusk]

Oh for sure.

[elfin void]

I think in BF4 who's movement isn't anything crazy, there's still certain moves that make your hit box weird

Plus the AEK being incredibly dominant

[pine roost]

will say, playing bf1 where everyone is on the same footing is somewhat relaxing. it's purely positioning based, so it's more even

[chilly jacinth]

Simply just jumping in that game makes your hitbox weird

even vaulting over objects

[elfin void]

That also creates huge problems with people proning in random spots with their LMG

[fickle wharf]

crazy shit you can do in 4
abusing the dog ass game code

[elfin void]

Yeah it's pretty crazy

[vocal tusk]

Its a pity gas grenades and masks stopped being a thing after BF1

It was annoying at times, but it was far more interesting for gameplay than smoke spam

Maybe pity is the wrong word. haha

[fickle wharf]

Didnt hardline have teargas?

[azure meteor]

Hardline was before 1

It went 4 > HL > 1

[rapid quest]

What are you guyses prefered setup on mcs-880?

[woeful sable]

do anything to get that spread down, do not take the flachette rounds. and u should be fine, its a noob tube that even after nerfs will consistently 1 tap people from 1000000km away

[winged zenith]

Nvidia dropped new drivers my game actually works after that no more directx errors

[rapid quest]

Any use for slugs?

[woeful sable]

eh, i have them in the + menu but u dont rlly need to use them. since the guns only really viable on one map which is redacted and basically anwhere on that map u will one tap someone. so just run buck shot, i think theres 2 options for buck just toy around with them agaisnt ai and find which one u want to use

and id run for maximum brain damage of ur opponents id run dozer with the mcs noob tube with the shotty pistol and the sph noob tube grenade launcher and probs an incindiary grenade

ive just given u the formula to mean messages in the all chat

[rapid quest]

ahahaha

[woeful sable]

i think i need to start clipping my game play to. like man every game i atleast get 1 heli snipe with an rpg. its so sensational to. they fly close or near and the rpg actually has some fast velocity (unlike bf4's rpg) and its basically point and click

and any heli except transports are one taps so just run crawford and abuse the extra rpg shot

[naive ember]

I have hundreds of them it's just psn is a pain to let me upload

[rain violet]

Good players ask for mechanics that add skill gaps to FPS which make a game more appealing, water is wet, news at 11.

[vocal tusk]

Good players shouldnt need mechanics that can be abused to be good.

👍

[twilit burrow]

Bien

[rain violet]

So if you strip out every possible skill gap that exists in FPS then what makes a player good anymore?

[vocal tusk]

They will, by default be better players regardless of said mechanics. But they instead want to make others time less enjoyable, so theirs can be better

Youre missign the part that specifically mentions abusable mechanics also. Im entirely for games having mechanics that extend the gap in skill to an extent

[rain violet]

You think bhopping is abusive, and also think casuals can't somehow time hitting jump when contacting a surface.

[vocal tusk]

Over extension (See current COD/WZ) of this gap alienates your most important players, the day to day casual.

[rain violet]

Not to mention bhopping already has a decay that loses a lot of momentum quickly.

Who's alienated in CoD? There's barely any skill gaps in that game with the aimbot tier rotational aim assist. Even the worst Timmy Two Thumbs can track any movement better than seasoned M&K players.

[vocal tusk]

The casual player, who has left. Look at their hemoraging player base since BO6 and its WZ integration

Is this your first day?

[rain violet]

They've lost a number of players but it has nothing to do with skill gaps, everyone at the top end of the playerbase is well aware the game's skill floor and ceiling are damn near touching.

If you really believe otherwise I have a bridge to sell you.

[vocal tusk]

It absolutely does. An over extended skill gap, and a bloated game

[rain violet]

So you're just deluded then, got it. Carry on.

[vocal tusk]

My source is myself, and all my friends who refuse to play the game...due to it requiring too much sweatiness to play. It is no longer an enjoyable experience.

[rain violet]

Whoopie anecdotal evidence.

[vocal tusk]

You can say all you wish, but this (As with everything said here) is my opinion. You shant change it

[rain violet]

I know I won't, I've already established you're delusional why would I attempt further?

[elfin void]

Devils advocate here: Aim, situational awareness, making use of cover, executing flanks etc

[rain violet]

Aim is an incredibly small part of BF as it is, even moreso with modern controller having significant recoil adjustments, rotational assist, snap assist, and slowdown on analog. Execution of flanks usually requires some aspect of movement to do well to deal with timings. Moreover once you've actually flanked you still have to deal with enemies usually in a larger number and if you have no mechanical advantage to leverage then again you will simply fold.

No one's asking for BF4 broken tech movement, but sliding and bhopping are not at all exploitative or so incredibly advantageous that it poses an immediate advantage.

[elfin void]

I dont know shit about controllers :D

[neat latch]

A friend of a friend got banned, but the person who was banned says they didn’t use any cheats and that the ban happened because of the number of reports against them. In other words, they played really well and ended up getting reported over 400 times, which led to their account being banned.

Is this actually possible? Can someone get banned just for being reported, without using any kind of cheat?

[rain violet]

Doubtful, but not implausible either with the modern landscape of gaming and many aspects being offloaded to AI/false positives existing.

I know I get a lot of accusations and reports but I haven't received any bans in any games.

[fickle wharf]

always the "i din du nuthing" tale

[vocal tusk]

the more likely thing is your friend was actually cheating. Match making is random in 2042...so I doubt he played against the same players so many times they started a crusade against him.

What is their username. Its relatively easy to see in stats if a player is obviously cheating

Regarding your second question. You can also get banned for breaking TOS, the EA fair play charter, or for in game abuse/harrasment.

[rain violet]

I'd be more inclined to believe the latter, getting into shouting matches at the people hackusating and getting banned over a false positive from multiple reports.

[wooden mica]

Dusting suck so much

So many of my rockets have hit and the server ignores it

[rotund ridge]

The servers are garbage. Stopped playing 2042 due to desync or what ever the hell is going on.
Dusting or dying a meter plus into cover was a regular occurence. Add to that people becoming bullet spounges and absorbing half a clip just to watch them run off around a corner to heal.

[static olive]

Guys I open server very hardcore no any one join why no hud no team (maybe mice to all player ) no respowne flag or team its ok ++damage its good ?

[foggy hazel]

server name?

[static olive]

Very hardcore

[foggy hazel]

ok i join

[static olive]

Ok

[foggy hazel]

say when run

[static olive]

Ok

I run

[foggy hazel]

hm i not found

[static olive]

I am sorry

I will set up agile

[foggy hazel]

ok

[static olive]

Agine

[foggy hazel]

your region europe?

i not found:(

[static olive]

it’s all good in server

No iam in Middle East

All setting good it’s over do it again

some setting it’s hard I turn off (hud) all

[obsidian tide]

Some UI rendering bugs have been found, but it is not worthwhile to mention them.

[silent perch]

surely just go play cod for that mess??

[vocal tusk]

COD is a joke these days. Players want an alternative.

[silent perch]

thats why ive been playing bf for a couple years now.. cod went woke, and lost its roots.. tried to be 3 different games which all sucked ass (imo) bf for me now is like cod was a decade ago..

when devs cater for the -10% thats the player base number they end up with

[chilly jacinth]

XDefiant

[obsidian tide]

It also exists in BF with the right games, Classes, specialist characters, and attachments.

[silent perch]

how do you bunny hop (repeatedly) and air strafe? thats not a thing surely

[rain violet]

CoD 100% caters to the casual audience are you kidding? It's literally the most popular casual shooter on the market lol.

[silent perch]

declining player base suggests they are heading the wrong way.

also cod has not been fun for about 5 years or more

unless you are about 12 years old or have no functioning senses. imo.

[obsidian tide]

Jump, crouchslide, jump, possibly with Mackay or other SMG-friendly operator.

[obsidian tide]

Rember that MW19 and MW19 Warzone defined a generation during the COVID times, though.

[rain violet]

I'm not arguing they're losing playerbase, and for good reason, but CoD is designed wholeheartedly to be a casual game top to bottom. Their matchmaking algorithms, the rotational aim assist, the battlepasses and cosmetics all exist to farm retention of the most casual players.

[glad whale]

Jump, crouch slide, jump also makes you run slightly faster.

[silent perch]

cod caters for the bottom 10%..

[glad whale]

I really hope the next game has crouch running and reverse prone.

[silent perch]

by casual you mean the unskilled kids that have 2 left thumbs lol they litereally nerf good players or accuracy real time to give noobs a chance rather than the old days when you played good players to improve.. not get wrapped in cotton wool so you never improve..

[rain violet]

Yes, exactly. Casual playerbases benefit the most from things like rotational aim assist because it removes an element of skill. That's why CoD is a casual game designed for the majority of playerbase.

[silent perch]

catering for 2 left thumbs timmy will kill any game as cod is proving

[chilly jacinth]

cod still raking in billions

[obsidian tide]

Figured out part of it, While running, hold Shift, Tap Ctrl to start Slide, then tap Space to jump out of the slide.

To you/the one performing this, you never moved much in the slide and jump phases, and your gun is back up to hipfire in about half a second. To others/in-world, you may have done the slide animation for a longer time period than what actually happened.

[chilly jacinth]

If you're Mackay you can bhop

if you use the grappling hook on flat ground

[obsidian tide]

And due to his passive perk of moving faster when ADS, meaning momentum isn't as lost if you snap to aiming.

[rain violet]

I'm not disagreeing with that they've lost their core players, it's the same with Apex. Problem is financially casual players are all too happy just dropping money over for BP and cosmetics as long as they get a good experience, and if they're the majority of the playerbase it makes sense why CoD financially pursues and designs a game to strictly be casual oriented.

[obsidian tide]

Do not forget Game Ownership Completionists as well.

[rain violet]

I don't agree with it, but it's 100% a casual game and has been since like 2019

[chilly jacinth]

I'd say it started with og mw2

and only got more casual from there

[obsidian tide]

Another generation-defining game after COD4.

[rain violet]

CoD definitely leaned towards a casual side for sure but we're talking 2000s casuals to 2020 casuals they're a whole different beast.

[chilly jacinth]

Really? what sets them apart?

[rain violet]

Early casuals still played games to a reasonable quantity, they had an interest in games but weren't investing in getting good at them but you still get some aspect of passive growth by just doing over a prolonged period of time.

Later casuals had no previous interest or investment in gaming and were basically starting fresh and just came into the growing trend at the height of its marketing.

[silent perch]

you cant do that constantly tho like older cods

[silent perch]

its this that ruined cod, pay to win.

greed

[rain violet]

That's why we've seen such drastic pushes in mechanical and infrastructure related changes towards retention of those large albeit new players. They're easier to lose because they have no handle on gaming as a whole, so you tweak matchmaking to protect their experiences and remove barriers of mechanical entry like aiming.

[tranquil jetty]

I can't put the Bradley down she a beast

@rain violet it's hard to start newb and also restart from level 1 there's should be no problem if a level 1 wants better equipment let him pay for it It would give the new player a better experience

[chilly jacinth]

New equipment shouldn't be simply better

It should be different to what you have available

not just a straight upgrade

[silent perch]

yup, and lose the long term players (who are likely to be employed) the casuals are kids relying on daddys money.. a weekly spending cap which is minimal compared to someone earning their own cash

[vocal tusk]

Its a pretty standard practice to make the new thing a bit OP delberately. Not saying its right to do, but its common

[chilly jacinth]

I know

[rain violet]

Problem is the little Timmies outnumber the whale 1000:1 so even 10 bucks every season for a battlepass is more lucrative.

[chilly jacinth]

In cod it's a well oiled machine

with the battlepass having the broken gun in it

or some cosmetic bundle that you can buy that unlocks it

[rain violet]

Yup, CoD is the ultimate machine in being the most bland and repetitive but incredibly consistent engagement farming machine to the general masses.

There's a reason why they don't give a shit about the core playerbase getting pissed off and leaving because they're making bank and don't care about the long term reputation.

[merry heart]

[obsidian tide]

And since each Season is enough to keep people coming with the right skins and metas.

[dapper river]

yeah, pretty much

[neat latch]

I sent his account name in your private chat.

To me, he's a hacker. I came here mainly to confirm that it’s impossible for someone to get banned just for being reported a lot as a cheater. In other words, if you don’t cheat and 1,000 people report you as a cheater, nothing should happen to your account.

That’s what I believe, but I’m not 100% sure.

[chilly jacinth]

I reported a guy like last week ish and he got banned

[neat latch]

So he was using cheating

[chilly jacinth]

Yes

Blatant aimbot

[neat latch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTw43HxTrio&t

[chilly jacinth]

Saw that video when he posted it

[rain violet]

Lucky, I've been seeing one player lately and he has an 83% HS accuracy average lol

[neat latch]

Pathetic people love to cheat, and it will always be that way!

[rain violet]

Guy's got such good RGB slippers he has 97% HS accuracy on the bow which doesn't need a headshot to kill in one shot anyway. Truly epic gamer.

[vocal tusk]

Both are probably hacking TBH. They set their account to private on the 2nd account so its less obvious to those he kills.

[neat latch]

Yes, we can only see the stats on the banned account, but when you analyze them, do you notice anything unusual?

[rain violet]

Send me a link I'll take a quick peek

[vocal tusk]

Yes, their 62% headshot rate with the M44.

[chilly jacinth]

Eh that's not sus

[proud field]

Hey I know this prob isn't the place to ask but I've been trying to solve an issue with booting the game and it's a black screen, I can still use the console and type in commands. I've tried everything online with firewall settings, running a scan on my drives, and the other stuff on the forums. My dxdiag looks clean

[rain violet]

Yeah I have a 61% HS acc on the m44 lol

[chilly jacinth]

If you aren't headshotting with it what are you even doing

[dreamy mason]

turn all backprograms off

[proud field]

Did a clean boot

This game is beyond broke

[neat latch]

I sent it to you

[dreamy mason]

S0 bf2042

[proud field]

I'm not entirely sure tbh

[vocal tusk]

His other stats dont look all that bad.

[proud field]

My pc is awake and runs just fine

[vocal tusk]

So its just a fullscreen black screen with nothing?

[proud field]

Full-screen, borderless, even windowed

Changed it all in the profile text file

I might just boot into safe mode with networking but the issue with that is the EA app won't open in safe mode

Talk about a crappy launcher

[dreamy mason]

Try going to Documents ,remove battlefield 2042 folder

It will make new one when game boots up

[proud field]

I could try that as a last ditch effort

[dreamy mason]

or format 🙂

[proud field]

Tried that 😦

[olive stag]

but settings gone then

[dreamy mason]

jthay will ,but ,it mighte work

[olive stag]

maybe

[proud field]

Nope :/

Guess I'll just put the game down since EA isn't gonna fix it

Paid $60 for a game with 700 hours i can't even play and steam won't refund it

[olive stag]

u bought a licence to use it but u dont own it

[proud field]

I'm aware but still people spending full price for a game should be guaranteed for the game to work, especially for a AAA studio

Shouldn't be issues like this

[olive stag]

3-4 weeks ago ,since the patch we had randomly black screens, Blue screen .Different machines .we couldnt fix it too.u have full party with friends and often 1 crashed.... gg

for me it seems in general games will be released in Beta Status , for return of invest.Earn money. If not many buy the Game they can stop in Beta ....

or look at Hardware releases. RTX 5000 series.... a shitshow aswell

they spend more money into influencer and marketing than fix the problems

[vocal tusk]

Can you explain exactly what happens when you launch? where you are launching from, ETC?

then what your PC hardware is

[karmic oasis]

this is why we need the squad reward system from back back, it at least encouraged folks to do their class job for points.

right now, juts a bunch of clowns running around

[naive ember]

You tired of running yet?

[brittle wind]

I personally dislike people who wants to get rid of those mechanics and wants an exact copy of BF3 or BF4(without it's air strafes) movement. BF3 movement just won't cut it in 2025 especially since BF wants Warzone or Apex audience now. I'm not even asking for stuff like Titanfall bhopping, I want movement that's been in the series with V or 2042. Like jumpshotting, sliding, crouch running, rolling, mantling etc.

[vocal tusk]

I also want updated movement in the next game. Not what we had in BF3 or 4. That movement is not suitable for a modern FPS game.

[haughty monolith]

Dude

ea is fucking shit

[vocal tusk]

I just dont want shit like slide shots, slide cancelling, or bunny hopping, ETC

[haughty monolith]

I have game pass right

for xbox pc

Trying to link my ea to it

oh can't even post pics

is there like

a help channel

[vocal tusk]

Nope, this is not a support server

Help is on the forums.

[haughty monolith]

i can't even play bf2042

let alone install it

[vocal tusk]

Im not saying not to ask for help. Just that noone from EA support is here, or will help you

[haughty monolith]

I just wish bf wasn't associated with ea

the ea app is utter trash

I remember I used to run into so many issues with fifa as well

Oh well

[chilly jacinth]

Use the website

it's easier

[brittle wind]

Headshot multipliers of marksman rifles(1.1x) in BO6 are lower than SMGs(1.5x) of 2042

[vocal tusk]

I just dont buy any games through EA app. I had a bunch of issues booting games directly, but never seem to have issues running through steam

[dreamy mason]

So what Gpu You got ?

[olive stag]

good to know ,thnx

[rain violet]

Yeah CoD has really tried to shy away from headshot damage. I think even back as far as BO4 the HS multi is basically worthless. Makes sense because RAA is going to keep someone centre of mass anyways

[vocal tusk]

Also...not sure if this is a common issue for everyone. But whenever I launch EA app...it forgets my bloody email and password all the time. Again, an issue that never happens when loading via steam

[pine roost]

Whenever I close a game it sets me back to online even after setting it to invisible before. While also forgetting the password lol

So it’s not just you

[vocal tusk]

Used to happen with origin also. So I just stopped buying games difectly there where could be helped

[pine roost]

Also whenever you uninstall a game the taskbar tab shows the origin icon for the uninstall window which is funny

[vocal tusk]

Ea must think im the most forgetful person, the amount i previously needed to reset my passwords 😄

I wonder if EA will abandon Ea app for the next BF game, like it did for the last Dragon Age. The sheer amount of issues I see players have with EA app would make me wish for that

Probably not as they rely on EA App for social features

[pine roost]

Can’t wait for them to overhaul it again and give it another name that has us confuse it with another ea product

[vocal tusk]

Well they needed to do something, as Origin was 32bit, and those are obsolete now/soon

EA app is complete crap tho. It looks OK, but it has so many technical issues

[brittle wind]

It just doesn't feel rewarding for MKB players honestly. We don't have the aim assist to keep up with sliding and flying enemies anyways. Only advantage of PC is accuracy and specifically headshot accuracy yet it's worthless.

[pine roost]

I’m amazed profile status still doesn’t work properly

[rain violet]

Yeah, there's so much visual clutter and shit that disproportionately affects raw aim, you're throwing if you play CoD as M&K if you're also not top 1% mechanically for tracking.

[vocal tusk]

EA App friend list service down? Guess you cant play with your friends in Battlefield. Genius idea TBH

[rain violet]

And even then you're still statistically worse than average top 100 roller for accuracy

[zealous loom]

CD

[kindred flint]

oh my..this new mode is freaking awful

played 2 matches of it so far and after like 3 mins on arica harbor we full capped and just spawn camped them... next match match it rolled us into renewal and we full capped in about the same time then the enemy just camps in the hills for the next 10 minutes

super boring..but i suppose teams really cant do much to push out once they get spawn trapped in such a small area

[hushed lark]

yeah it's awful, it's like redacted but 10 times smaller

maps are the same size or smaller than tdm but with more players and spawns closer together

[kindred flint]

shit youre right that does seem like a tdm layout lol

[wraith vortex]

[kindred flint]

although i feel like the arica map layout ive played on another special event, but i dont think it had 32 people?

[uneven ibex]

Posted

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🎬 @​wovnHD

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[hushed lark]

I rarely play the events or tdm so I'm not sure. it's mostly the size that reminds me of tdm

[umbral cradle]

SVK with a 4X Thermal scope with a record of 454m kill

Am happy with that

[naive ember]

These events the past few months destroyed this game

[kindred flint]

hard to destroy a game in maintenance mode

[kindred flint]

flashpoint 128
my team already 800 pts when i join
enemy 1300
spawn in transport flying on the ground hovering up near E.. then flying backwards for no reason???
die parachuting out
leave server

[naive ember]

cod

[latent jasper]

who thought an invisible jet that you cant lock onto with guns would be a good idea

[naive ember]

Same dudes running the events ever since s7 ended

I can see why they got left behind while the big boys dev the new game

[proud field]

7800xt

[spiral stratus]

The game is in horroble state and no replies in the forum from EA or Dice on all threats about it. C´mon. Is it already over?

[mellow kelp]

Battle field v owns the new battle field

[kindred flint]

https://tenor.com/view/rock_solid-gif-27701931

[main vale]

Bro Six day time out for Making a noise is crazy

[latent jasper]

omg i never realized how good the g36 was

as long as u got good recoil control or tap fire it slaps

[vital quail]

So... just like it is with most guns

[rain violet]

Yeah the GEW is one of the few ARs I use the arcom muzzle on but once you do it's quite good to range.

[kindred flint]

lmao fucking 999 nightbird player..yeah fuck that hourglass is bad enough

[main vale]

We were in the same game, weren't we?

[kindred flint]

no idea, i just left because i dont care enough to try and carry a team that wants to lose most of the caps

[main vale]

Ak5c is the best Stealth AR imo

[rain violet]

Yeah it's one of the few guns worth running subsonic on

Full suppression + masterkey means it's super versatile, just wish the mag was a bit bigger.

[naive ember]

How come we don't get to have ninja turtle skins?

[feral musk]

Somebody from latam?

[last horizon]

Is FNB live yet. I'm looking forward to playing king of the hill

[main vale]

I prefer 40MM ap for tanks

[rain violet]

Yeah if you play regular conquest AP is better, though I'll often just use smoke nades and C5 instead.

[plush echo]

battlefield is not Fortnite yet

[upbeat sand]

origin was what

[main vale]

Im the best ngl

on diddy

[arctic grove]

it reeks like dog sht in here

[naive ember]

[last horizon]

Is FNB live yet? I can't see it

[robust ether]

It should be

[kindred flint]

g428 is still stupid af...omg

[pastel heath]

any 2042 milsim communities ?

[last horizon]

Forgot to look in Portal, cheers

[arctic grove]

it reeks like dog sht in here so bad im vomiting

[jaunty ice]

What's the ping button on PC?

And do custom portal servers have progression?

[frozen loom]

F.

Don't think it does.

[jaunty ice]

Gotcha. It's a grind for helo

[brittle wind]

Yes, I got banned due to mass reports in BFV, I got banned from community servers though, not official servers there is a site called as BFBan that moderates the community bans.

[frozen loom]

Try Breakthrough mode solo.

It is easier to farm unlocks against easy bots.

[jaunty ice]

For helo unlocks?

[frozen loom]

What's helo?

Oh, the hellion?

[tough fjord]

Or go into conquest so you can launch rockets at infantry

[frozen loom]

Seems like a slow process.

[tough fjord]

Not really, get a portal experience so you can just skip the maps

[frozen loom]

[next onyx]

Not gonna lie I wish battlefield players weren't such bad players.

I'm killing and trying to push but no one is actually on my back.

[placid echo]

I had kind of the opposite happen? Except they only pushed up because they saw me push up. Rarely happens though sadly

[tawdry lodge]

Need a 4 man carry, I feel the same way

[next onyx]

Top fragger didn't even hit 20 kills.

[rain violet]

Honestly the standard concept of a good BF player is "super defensive and sits on their stack team firing" pretty much limited players can push, flank, or rotate.

And almost every "good" BF player absolutely crumbles when pushed in close quarters.

[vital quail]

Is this in the grind conquest

[next onyx]

Yep.

[brittle wind]

[vital quail]

I tried it yesterday and saw too many recons

And my squad had 2 boris' on the edge of the map on the wall on renewal doing absolutely nothing

[brittle wind]

Is there a point of using anything other than DMRs and ARs in 2042

[rain violet]

If you like having fun, then yes. But most BF players are allergic to having fun so probably not.

[cobalt wave]

Dfr strife

[brittle wind]

DFR is okay, but it's too inaccurate for an LMG

Doesn't have fast TTK of ARs too

[next onyx]

The only thing keeping me sane is "Everyone loves Raymond" in my fucking head

SOMEHOW

https://youtu.be/eouyn8W0a9A?si=p5JKU_3QsPXCCTEZ

[brittle wind]

What's a good VCAR build?

[next onyx]

Just use short barrel with standard drums.

It's not a ranged DMR by any stretch.

[acoustic seal]

it's a single fire carbine pretending to be a DMR

[dawn garden]

anyone know if there is a set time or date for a play test private or public?

[acoustic seal]

2042 playtest is available all hours of the day, it's been in beta for about 3 years now and they'll finish it someday

[brittle wind]

2042 will get updates and fixes long after BF6 comes out at this rate

[inner wedge]

Im looking to squad up! Anyone interested?

[merry heart]

herpa derpa

[olive monolith]

Finally a good setup for falck

And i racked up so much good kills

[merry heart]

i use short barrel, CQC drum, LWG

[rain violet]

Nice farm

[next onyx]

I'm still not used to the Am40 sadly.

It's been a while since I've used it.

[azure zenith]

Seems like more people are get back on 2042. Guess delta force and bo6 are still garbage. Lol

[next onyx]

It's alright to play for a few days in the week and just forget it exists.

[azure zenith]

Same

I jump on occasionally. Between all the trash out rn.

[rain violet]

It's just a nice game where I get to shoot stuff and don't have to worry about busted support meta in a hero shooter, or frustrating matchmaking.

[raven mural]

Do tell?

[brittle wind]

Lack of SBMM is the reason why I play it otherwise I would've played BO6 or DF lol

[next onyx]

Mechwarrior has been doing a lot for me.

[stray imp]

On which server do you play?

[inner wedge]

Na

[stray imp]

I dont play on that server bro 😅

[merry heart]

man am i the only one experiencing crashes on Breakaway?

[upbeat sand]

@next onyx hi its me

ok bye im gonna dissapear again or check the scoreboard and see a 90-0 on the enemy team

[lost quail]

https://tenor.com/view/if-you-cheat-you-will-win-qotd-qoute-motto-nods-gif-12425147

[radiant kettle]

wrong bhop strat

slide + jump is def worse than jump + slide + jump

[chilly jacinth]

slide+jump is better in cqb

[grizzled hearth]

Yo

[next onyx]

Don't really care. Game isn't really that serious.

[mighty holly]

Fr

[spare quest]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-fail-epic-embed-fail-funny-embed-fail-goose-goose-embed-fail-gif-25175587

[naive ember]

Skill issue

[pearl ridge]

I hate trying to snipe bots. Those little bastards will move in any way but the one you expect

You line up one that’s standing still and it moves just an inch and you miss entirely

Or crouch at complete random

[naive ember]

You got problems if you got bots living rent free bud

[pearl ridge]

Fuck off nobody asked you

Discarded is somehow always the worst map on any given temporary game mode huh

Probably the product of being a flat wasteland with a giant sniper post in the middle of it

[frozen loom]

Discarded is just a map designed for the apache heli nerds to think they're good at the game.

[naive ember]

It's a BT map

Try playing that mode before talking trash about it unless you can't keep up with the big BT boys

[vital quail]

We have seen your gameplay bro

[naive ember]

You actually haven't bro

Most of the stuff I posted was for entertaining content

[chilly jacinth]

Coincidentally BT is filled with the stupidest players

[naive ember]

I have clips of taking down the best players in 2024 when I mained this game, I could post them but that's just gonna piss them off

[chilly jacinth]

Your stats aren't even impressive though

[naive ember]

I always play against good players wym?

Do you like play conquest a lot with ez kills?

[chilly jacinth]

BT is literally a killbox though

[naive ember]

It's full of sweats, hard kills

Get good

Worried about stats amd shit

[chilly jacinth]

[naive ember]

I done did it all kid

[chilly jacinth]

It's filled with the lowest skill players

[naive ember]

Your opinion

[chilly jacinth]

Nope

[vital quail]

I'm sure it takes a lot of skill to place a blasco jammer and tugs and sit in cover

[pine roost]

You not posting clips because it’ll ’annoy them’ is all I need to know

[naive ember]

I'll post them if you want

[vital quail]

There are some of his in #screenshots-and-clips

[pine roost]

Go for it

[naive ember]

Stay tuned then

Hopefully they don't find out

I mean no disrespect

[pine roost]

Disrespect them all you want

We’ve had plenty of people celebrating clips against those who can be a little obnoxious

Oh wait actually we can’t post clips anymore can we

That’s a problem

[naive ember]

Not to brag or anything but I do have the best content in #screenshots-and-clips

Most of the dudes there are playing around in conquest with noobs using sniper rifles and tanks

Rocket launchers

[chilly jacinth]

The vids you've posted aren't anything special

Do you have any impressive clips to share?

[naive ember]

Yeah they're and I have hundreds of clips even better ones

The 1st one I posted was pretty cool

[pine roost]

All I saw was you missing a stationary target, then spamming ads to abuse aim snap with no attempt to aim at all

[naive ember]

Don't worry about that just enjoy the content 😉

It's all entertainment

[pine roost]

Hard to enjoy when it’s painful to watch

[vocal tusk]

ToxicYapper

[naive ember]

Sure bud whatever you say

[pine roost]

But I’ve been dealing with you for a year now, go and do what you want, I don’t care anymore

[umbral adder]

o'rly? thought there was just tumbleweeds in that section

[brittle wind]

VCAR is lowkey better than many SMGs, should I set up a macro for it?

[frozen loom]

It is.

Still my favorite DMR besides the BSV-M.

[next onyx]

Don't be cringe.

This isn't about macros and cheating but use it as a chance to learn and become a better player.

[outer spindle]

Anyone up for LATV4 farm?

[frozen loom]

I just enabled 240Hz on my PC after having a 240Hz monitor for 6 years.

Games are so smooth.

[merry heart]

You saying that you forgot to turn it on or something?

[frozen loom]

Yes. I've had it since 2020 I think.

And I'm about to leave it behind at my folks' home in a few weeks.

My luck.

[merry heart]

[outer spindle]

I had similar thing with my 2k monitor xD
Didnt realize that games dont switch automaticaly to the 2K resolution.. lets just say I was wondering for a few days why my games look weird and stretched

[frozen loom]

I tried to adapt to a 2k monitor, but my eyesight is so bad that the extra resolution hurts my eyes.

[outer spindle]

I also didnt realize that bigger resolution requires more PC power... xD so... yeah.

[chilly jacinth]

Certified bruh moment

[frozen loom]

[west storm]

58/60 ribbons for the skin but work calls

😭

[chilly jacinth]

You can get those in a minute

[naive magnet]

It’d be cool if after every game they had a sum total of your teams stats, all the kills, deaths, assists, revives, etc

[west storm]

I enjoy this game mode they dropped for the week but I can't see my stats

[west storm]

Yeah just want to grind for the free legendary skin

[naive magnet]

I like vehicles too much

[west storm]

I don't blame you.

[outer spindle]

oh absolutely and since my PC isnt a super machine 😄 I have to play game on some mediocre settings sometimes

[latent jasper]

the average redacted conquest game is practically the same thing as hell

[fringe spire]

should I queue up conq 64 or conq 128

I wanna play 64 for the maps that are only on that queue but I wanna get games quick

I play in Europe if that matters

[outer spindle]

If you do cong 64 and get big map its so boring and takes forever to get some action.

[naive ember]

It's boring in general bud

Unless you're role playing with friends or something

[fringe spire]

I played a game of 64 and it was chill

on spearhead

I could easily get the jet

[outer spindle]

If jet is your thing sure..

but spearhead is.. let's say that I would rather get waterboarded from CIA than play Spearhead 64 conquest

[fringe spire]

[zinc marsh]

Hello guys, I've got a quick question

I recently bought bf2042 and don't know what some stuff means

What is a battle pass exactly? Is it something that should be bought? Or is it a game mode?

[outer spindle]

I just despise most of the vehicles since BF3 😄 sorry

[outer spindle]

There is free and paid version. Dont worry about it too much (: Free one gets you all you needs (new guns etc.). The paid version gives you skins.

[fringe spire]

yo conq 64 is fun

the pace is very different from 128

ngl I never played it but it's cool

[dull needle]

@fringe spire yeah it's great! me and my buddy were saying it's a shame 64 isn't an option on rush modes

[naive ember]

We used to have rush xl all the time

The remaining devs don't care anymore and keep giving us poor events

[outer spindle]

We also used to have Metro 24/7.. good old days

I would love some Rush XL right now for some quick leveling

[naive ember]

Even before the last season the devs kept making bad decisions man

[dull needle]

@outer spindle damn metro was a blast, remember being perched on rock with an m249 shouting this is my rock at the tv as i mowed down about 15 guys 😆

[outer spindle]

Oh playing there with MG was so much fun. Biggest problem for me was the Premium at that time. It separeted playerbase too much and I couldnt afford it.

Or just running around with Shotgun. Peak gaming

[dull needle]

bro the amount of moments I had with friends just saying "only in battlefield" I've had some of those moments on 2042 but not half as much as the older titles but yeah premium was rather polarising. shotguns were always a laugh, especially on the flank

[outer spindle]

It brought us one of the best songs ever made.. aka Battlefield 3 - Everyday I'm Javelin

[dull needle]

😆 that it did hahaa

[zinc marsh]

Hmm okay I see, although skins could have been fun too

So but what is a battle pass? I know fortnite has them too but I don't play fortnite either, so I'm not sure what it is

[outer spindle]

It's a separate progression thing. Think about it as another leveling media that is not your account.
Although I am horrible at describing things 😄

[obsidian tide]

Battle Passes exist to offer an extended, delayed-release dosage of content ownership rewards for each "Tier" of it.

You will either need to do a large amount of XP grinding to meet the tiers for it, or to pay money/in-game currency tied to money to skip the tiers if you do not want to put in time cost grinding.

This is the usual meta for them, but know that there is also an initial buy-in price for this Battle Pass, which varies depending on:

1. How many tiers you want available to you to earn.
2. How many tiers you wish to skip up-front before starting grinding.
3. If you also want a special set of items exclusive to the highest tier of the initial buy-in price of the pass.

Battlefield 2042 is among the games with a very unsatisfying Battle Pass grind, if you do not meet the special Mission XP rewards needed for it, or do not pay a high initial buy-in price to avoid most of its hassle.

[untold tendon]

Air superiority is just unplayable, it's sweatlords land

[outer spindle]

The upper sweatlords. The low sweatlords still camp spawns in casual matches

[neat estuary]

Is anyone having issues loading up 2042 and connecting to EA servers?

[still vault]

I can check that

loaded up an connected just fine

[echo coral]

A paid battlepass in a paid game was a terrible decision but EA gonna EA.

[untold tendon]

yes i agree

[echo coral]

Especially with Andrew Wilson at the helm.

Guy looks and acts like a stereotypical corporate head in a cartoon..

[vital quail]

It's not something exclusive to ea games

[echo coral]

No but EA sure was the pioneer or one of the pioneers of all this garbage

EA used to be at the top; their entire PS2-Xbox era games was 👌

[still vault]

How did we get into something as boring as the monetisation of this 3½ year old game?

[echo coral]

When I read this comment

The battlepass system is a scam of a BF "premium" system

[vital quail]

The first bf battlepass was in 2021

Not really a pioneer if it came that late to the trend

[neat estuary]

Thanks. It's been over an hour of troubleshooting and I still cannot get this game to work.

Working for a couple of my boys though.

[still vault]

People don't like the Premium system because it split the community, thus the new maps didn't get played and you didn't get anything for your money

[vital quail]

There's probably some maps for bf1 I've played maybe once because a month after the dlc came out they were dead

[echo coral]

Oh you're talkin about the battlepass, i was just talking about the overmonetization of paid games

EA and Activision started that whole schtick

Chop up a completed game and resell it back to you

[vital quail]

Yes I'm talking about a battlepass because you initially started talking about them...

[echo coral]

Hmm, i just got it when they went on sale tbh

3-1, ended up getting all of em when they went on sales; when that happens those maps get huge influxes of people; so i wouldnt say the dlc maps are dead.
People just wait until there's a sale, whether that's outta spite of EA or just because of money etc.

But you can always find servers with all the dlc maps being full

But at least all the content is there forever for those premiums, 2042's "premium"? That stuff is long gone.

There's no point in buying it.

[echo coral]

Ah i didnt know that, ya didnt make a reply to that comment so thought you were talking about the monetization in general too

[naive ember]

What are you talking about?

[naive magnet]

MP9 or AC9?

[stone cradle]

ac9 goes brrr with much faster rate of fire but mp9 has better range, atleast the last time I played

[echo coral]

Overall? The sad state the game is in

[echo coral]

I mean, even you were too

[naive ember]

Yeah and your point?

[naive magnet]

Until there’s a game that can balance the number of players and include vehicles BF will still be a good game, there’s always stuff to be improved on

I recently started using the MP9 and it’s kinda disgusting, I’m nervous to put attachments on it at this point haha

[rain violet]

AC9 honestly, it's got a pretty controllable burst and only gets a bit wonky on a sustained spray, but arcom tightens that up too.

[naive magnet]

I don’t think AC9 has the same accuracy as even the base MP9

Going brrr is a fair point haha

The MP9 is quick as hell but at least has sustainable recoil

[rain violet]

Accuracy is pretty pointless to chase for SMGs like AC9 since a short burst is all you'd want to commit to out to range before just repositioning to get closer. If you want to pick off at range there's just better options.

[limpid pond]

Ac9 is easily yhe best option over the mp9

[rain violet]

Guns like the PBX and AC9 have fast TTKs within their intended range so it's better to just try and play within that than make the SMG do something it's not purpose built for

[limpid pond]

Yeah if you're running a smg you wanna be up in the mix of it all. You can beam people across the map with a sub but you'll use the whole mag and it's just better and alot more fun to be in the heat of the battle

[naive magnet]

The ADS of the MP9 seems quicker; and when you lay on the trigger you’re not ending up shooting the ceiling

Hipfiring is not for me haha

[limpid pond]

Mp9 is a family low recoil gun in terms of base. The gun struggles a bit at range compared to the ac9

[rain violet]

Just pull down

[naive magnet]

Definitely you cannot hit people consistently above 50m with the MP9

Just graze them and let them know you’re there

[limpid pond]

You can you just gotta memorize the recoil pattern

[naive magnet]

But under 50m is really nice

[zinc marsh]

Thanks for the replay man, appreciate it

[limpid pond]

Yeah honestly past like 30m isn't ideal unless you know recoil patterns

[zinc marsh]

Thank you 🙏

[limpid pond]

But recoil is easy. Go in a custom game and practice recoil control from 15m 30m and 50m

[naive magnet]

Im too far into it at this point, trying to find personal challenges for myself to have fun, so the MP9 and throwing knives are my current goal

[zinc marsh]

Guys what are coins? And how do I gain them ingame?

[naive magnet]

I’m close to T1 with ac9 never finished though, just accidentally switched to it today thinking I was moving a class to AC9, but picked the MP9 by a happy accident

Coins are the in-game currency, they’re not usually earnable unless there’s a very special event

[limpid pond]

Mp9 use yo be a beast when the game was still semi popular. I remember when it was the meta smg

[limpid pond]

Yeah unfortunately you can't earn them at all and no events give them out

All the events now are just reruns

Like the liquidators event I bought the m5 skin now they're giving it out for free

[naive magnet]

I will not complain about earning skins for playing without purchasing a game pass

Did purchase the first couple though

[limpid pond]

1000 bfc down the drain

[naive magnet]

Disappointing that you can’t earn all your coins back if you complete the pass like other games

[limpid pond]

Yeah the only skin I wish I had is the season 1 vector legendary skin. I got to like level 60 on the BP then took a vacation

[zinc marsh]

Ohh okay well that's not great

What do you guys mean by seasons tho?

[limpid pond]

Yeah you just have t9 buy them now but don't. We have no idea if they're transferring to yhe new titles

[limpid pond]

About 3 years ago there were seasons like cod or fortnite with battle passes. About a year ago was the final season so all those skins can no longer be gotten

[zinc marsh]

Unless you pay for them I guess

[limpid pond]

No. The ones I'm the battlepasses are gone forever

There no way to get them ever again

The ones in the store will stay there for purchase

[zinc marsh]

Oh wow

I knew bf2042 had a rough start but I wish they hadn't involved stuff like this too

[rain violet]

That's what they want for BP, the FOMO impact and urgency to make an impulsive purchase

[limpid pond]

Believe it or not even though 2042 had a rough start the overall game is good now. Servers are still pretty dead just due to the super bad rep the game got which was reasonable

[outer spindle]

BF4 tried lootboxes and how did that go

[unreal gate]

How can we get more people to play

[zinc marsh]

Yep, the game looked pretty fun in some recent yt videos so I thought I could give it a try

[rugged badge]

word of mouth is the only way, and even with that people won be easily convinced

[limpid pond]

Honestly it's not gonna happen. People are just gonna wait for the new bf. 2042 has terrible controller support on consoles except for Xbox. They don't really update the game so the 59$ usd price point is unwelcoming and overall it's better to look to the next game

[unreal gate]

https://tenor.com/view/shanties-shooter-mcgavin-happy-gilmore-gif-5690174

[rugged badge]

because even if its changed, 2042 is the bad mark that will never be erased on people's minds

[limpid pond]

Yeah it's great. I play and stream it every day. I'll be playing the new one t9o

Yeah 2042 has a very very rough start that they kinda just ignored and let persist over 3 seasons without any actual fixes

[rain violet]

Not to mention BF2042 still has inherent issues that can't be fixed like the hit reg and mouse input

[naive magnet]

This is still a game I recommend to my friends; they flopped the release so bad that nobody trusts it, but with the announcement of a sequel, they’ve effectively killed any chance of this game blowing up the right way

BF2042 that is

[rugged badge]

yea, which is why nearly all of us are hoping that the new BF is good

[vital quail]

I have a hard time believing people see the full price for the game and think that it never goes on sale

[limpid pond]

Yeah the hit reg is terrible and mouse input effects alot of people

[naive magnet]

This game is free with either the EA Play or Xbox Game Pass, that’s a reasonable audience

[rain violet]

I just love emptying into someone's back standing in place and the first three rounds disappear into Narnia.

Or someone holds a head glitch and the M44 gets a hitmarker but it doesn't count as a headshot for no reason

[limpid pond]

Yeah for me it's normally straight up gunfights.

[rugged badge]

I still wonder why people not play the fixed 2042 while playing the slop known as new gen COD's

[naive magnet]

COD is absolutely the worst game that I play

[unreal gate]

Marketing

[naive magnet]

All the updates and then slider updates, it makes me not want to play COD ever

[unreal gate]

And people know cod

And like it

It’s familiar

[limpid pond]

Cod has a cemented fan base. Battlefield has a fan base more likely to play other games

[rain violet]

Because 99% of people play on roller and CoD plays itself if you use that input

[naive magnet]

I played cod growing up too; if you don’t know the meta you get annihilated though

[rugged badge]

I tried BO6 with gamepass, its absolute dogsh*t

[naive magnet]

The sniper META in COD is dumb as hell

[limpid pond]

Cods kinda been the same for Like 5 years

[naive magnet]

So has BF

[zinc marsh]

Mhm, I just think it's a shame how bf2042 launched, I really like the bf2142

[unreal gate]

What do you dislike about it?

[unreal gate]

When did we get bf 2142?

[limpid pond]

Well you've had mw19 cw vanguard mw2 mw3 and now bo6. All basically had the same movement and same weapons along with remakes maps.

[zinc marsh]

I meant the one that came out after bf2

[unreal gate]

Oh

[limpid pond]

Bf has has bf4 bf1 bfv and 2042. All completely different from guns movement maps and even mechanics

Cod also pumps a new game out every year

[rugged badge]

Lets see, the hitreg is god awful with the Omnimovent, cheaters are rampant, QoL features that were previously introduced were taken away, Servers are still struggling since MW2019, Activision is still publishing bundles after bundles while not fixing the game

[limpid pond]

So instead of waiting 3 years for a new game cod players wait 1

[naive magnet]

BF having diversified weapons and timelines is nice, but I think what makes BF different and better is that they have a robust vehicle/class gameplay

[limpid pond]

Yeah but cod has ground war which was a direct copy of bf.

But I do agree with you

[naive magnet]

It’s a trash copy

[limpid pond]

Yeah it is.

Invasion was their best gamemode

[naive magnet]

Not comparable in my mind; I think the average user preferred modern weapons and vehicles

[rugged badge]

Which never got love and got abandoned

[naive magnet]

For Cod? It’s either Dom or TDM

[limpid pond]

Yeah I feel like tdm hard point snd and Dom carry mp

[naive magnet]

Search is nice, it was my favorite mode on CoD, hardcore specifically

COD has done a very terrible job about making your time worthwhile

[limpid pond]

Yeah I loved search but I never played hard-core unless I was grinding camos

Hardcore is just a camo grind mode

[naive magnet]

That’s shipment or nuke town

Doesn’t matter what mode

Or close quarters combat

[limpid pond]

Shipment and nuke town both are camo grind maps but hard-core is better because 1 shots Longshot multi kills and etc

I remember when mw3 came out and every flew to hardcore for Longshot

Same with vanguard and cw as well as mw19

[naive magnet]

BF needs to hit on this release

Better not be buggy

[limpid pond]

I think they will. I think the downfall may be micro transactions

I think we'll see more bundles to make up for 2042's lost consumer base

[naive magnet]

I think they need to try to find a way to bring players into 2042 for that to happen

[limpid pond]

Alot of people already aren't gonna pre-order the game which will hurt

[naive magnet]

Sell the game for $5 and tout some sort of beta access

[limpid pond]

Yeah they're done with 2042 they don't care about that game

Thar could be smart

[naive magnet]

Shame, cause the game is pretty good now

[limpid pond]

Yeah it's come along way from the start man

Welp I'm about to start stream so I'll catch yall later

[naive magnet]

Good chatting, gl

[indigo barn]

Do you care about bugs or gameplay???

Bugs come and can be fixed

[rugged badge]

from what i heard, after some point 2042 was used as a test bed for the new BF

[indigo barn]

Gameplay cannot be fixed.

[rugged badge]

Unless you redo majority of the game

[indigo barn]

Exactly

[rugged badge]

which the new dev team had to do

for 2042

[naive magnet]

What don’t you like about this game?

As it sits

[indigo barn]

All soldiers look same. That’s stupid for battlefield

[rugged badge]

would you all believe me if i said the main focus of the release 2042 was Hazard Zone?

[indigo barn]

Yeah. I believe you.

[zinc marsh]

I thought people want to play as nameless soldiers in the bf games no?

[rugged badge]

Becase maps are shared, every map is WAY TOO BIG even for Battlefield, Specialist system instead of classess, Scoreboards werent needed because an extraction shooter wouldnt need it

[remote kiln]

it's pretty obvious they're using 2042 as a test bed for the next game

[rugged badge]

yea

[indigo barn]

Yeah

[remote kiln]

the changes made during the LTM were very experimental

[rugged badge]

Lets hope the Labs testing actually bears some fruit

[indigo barn]

I don’t want stupid color schemes for clothes.

[naive magnet]

I like the differences between the characters, but maybe their appearances could be more fun

[indigo barn]

I loved USA VS Russia vs china etc from previous games

[rugged badge]

they are gonna put weird skins for this game. EA will do it because their finances are currently bad

Veilguard didnt sell as they wanted, the FIFA loot boxes caused their stocks to fall hard

[indigo barn]

Why don’t they make all of us dress pink and in skirts then?

[naive magnet]

Lootboxes are not great

[remote kiln]

the skins in 2042 are fine for the most part

[indigo barn]

Come on

[remote kiln]

not sure why everyone cares so much about cosmetics

[naive magnet]

That cash cow of theirs is gonna slow down eventually, only a handful of whales need to exist to make a game worthwhile monetarily

Agreed, cosmetics are secondary to fun

[indigo barn]

Pink and black color schemes for vehicles. I mean for war.

[remote kiln]

?

why do you care about cosmetics in the first place

[indigo barn]

Military clothes are for camouflage

[burnt sedge]

This is Some Shit Uganda would try

[naive magnet]

It’s fun to earn cosmetics

Challenges are nice

[remote kiln]

people whining about cosmetics are reaching the bottom of the barrel at this point

[indigo barn]

We have a COD player in the chat.

[remote kiln]

if that's your priority I think you need to re-evaluate your thinking, heavily

[remote kiln]

what do people suddenly not play other franchises now?

[indigo barn]

I want battlefield as battlefield. Not as a dress party.

[remote kiln]

I want a battlefield that functions correctly

one that doesn't have engine input bugs

[indigo barn]

Bugs can be worked out

[remote kiln]

you need to re-evaluate your priorities lol

[indigo barn]

Bf4 had so many bugs

But it became awesome

[remote kiln]

yeah after 5 years maybe

this franchise doesn't have 5 years left

start thinking properly

[rain violet]

Not always, some bugs are engine level and cannot be fixed eg BF2042 mouse input

[indigo barn]

Bf4 might have more active players than bf2042 today.

[remote kiln]

I am so sick of so called elitists thinking playing other games are bad when they are the damn problem

[naive magnet]

A release needs to be seamless - Nintendo has mastered this haha

No obvious bugs with anything

[robust siren]

if you max settings with 2042 and 5080 at 2k, it's 270 fps

[remote kiln]

thinking you know what this franchise needs when you have an innate reaction of "cod player detected" speaks for itself

[rain violet]

It's easy to scapegoat though when you can just knee jerk any legitimate concern or criticism, even moreso when you want to turn an arcade FPS into another slow and clunky milsim to hide glaring issues with one's own gameplay.

[fluid hatch]

wtf

[remote kiln]

yeah lol

[brittle wind]

AC9

[brittle wind]

Sales aren't indication of playerbase, 2 weeks after sales it will be only base game maps in conquest(at least in 3 or 4).

[rugged badge]

my main concern with the new BF is the gameplay and the anticheat. I dont really gaf to the skins

[remote kiln]

EA anticheat seems to work relatively ok from 1/5/2042 trials, better than easy anticheat at the very minimum

[rugged badge]

yea, but a good anticheat will be important if we want the game to survive more than 3 months

IMO

[remote kiln]

it will be fine probably, but who knows

[rugged badge]

I just dont want this one chance of BF reviving itself be ruined by 12 year old TikTok fame chasing cheaters

[brittle wind]

More disappointing thing is they are expiring.

[naive magnet]

That is terrible news

[rugged badge]

Compared to what is happening on FIFA games(also published by EA), this is not that bad. Sure it is bad, but atleast bot every year you have you gamble for the same characters with same stats and them not transferring to the newer game

[brittle wind]

CoD runs better

[foggy hazel]

any good HC server tonight?

[arctic grove]

it reeks in here

go take a shower

[brittle wind]

Mostly due to CoD I believe. You have Leonardo(from TMNT), Nicki Minaj, Homelander, doll from Squid Game and Terminator running in a team. Although BF never did collabs like CoD there is a chance they will introduce equally ridiculous skins. They already made a bundle with Rambo Mackay and Sarah ConnorLis.

[remote kiln]

simple, because cod and gta are immutable titans of the industry, people will always prefer the established title

and to be quite frank, they don't screw up their launches by making it unplayable day 1

[remote kiln]

yeah I'm aware, it's crazy to start "worrying" when it doesn't exist in this franchise though

Activision has invested tens of millions in research about user retention, they know what their players want, when you play cod you know roughly what to expect

[brittle wind]

CoD has equally 🤡 looking skins without collabs too. Like that skin Sergant Meow or something. Or some of the skins that turns your character into a fish.

[remote kiln]

with this one you've got 6 different games that in no way resemble each other to any degree

3/4/1/5/hardline/2042 are all so different to each other that you can barely identify what battlefield means at this point

[brittle wind]

4 is just 3:2 honestly

[remote kiln]

they do because it makes money, people can start worrying when it's done in a game like this, until then it's just faux pretending to care

[brittle wind]

Well last 3 2042 skin bundles had nothing to do with military aesthetics.

[arctic grove]

it reeks sht in here

gawd damn

[chilly jacinth]

Go take a shower then goofy

[remote kiln]

the first battle pass, had a cowboy Mackay skin, it hasn't since the game came out

[arctic grove]

it Reeks

[remote kiln]

but that's a far cry from crossover territory with the teenage mutant ninja turtles

it's fine as it is and "military only" is dumb

[brittle wind]

True but there is a difference between let's say that futuristic Falck skin with 2142 aesthetics and a Rambo Mackay.

[vital quail]

Season 6 had cyborg Mackay and crawford

[brittle wind]

2142 Falck fits into the game because 2042 is a prequel to 2142

[vital quail]

And casper

[remote kiln]

to what end? you can just as easily say xyz skin is referencing xyz time era

[brittle wind]

I don't remember it's name, collective crusader I think

[echo coral]

That is such an incorrect statement

Even now there's servers that have all maps

Let alone back when the games were in their peak

[arctic grove]

Im on the toilet rn it reeks as hell gawd damn

[remote kiln]

the point is it's arbitrary, and just weird tbh, even if you go back to battlefield 4 half of the camos were themed around seasons of weather

[arctic grove]

It smells bad

It reeks

[echo coral]

Only a handful were

Same as animals

The rest were normal camos

You had naval ones, urban environment ones, forest ones, arctic ones etc.

[remote kiln]

crimson woodland, green underbush, crimson tiger (and more) are all ones outwith the ones actually named the season (winter etc), but have themes associated with seasons in their colour scheme and name, but yes, and they looked cool aswell with urban etc, which is why restrictive categorisations of military only is crazy because unless everyone wants camos to be black and maybe 5 primary colours they can't be done effectively

crimson tiger is both for animal, but the same applies

[arctic grove]

I been shtting in a public toilet for like 1 hrs it reeks sht in here smells like rotten eggs no air duct pure smell

[echo coral]

The first 3 ones are country based ones iirc

[arctic grove]

Air wick help me

[echo coral]

I know theres a good amount of ones that are from specific countries

[arctic grove]

It reeks

Bad

Af