battlefield-2042

[loud prawn]

At the board meeting they said BF would return to two year cycles.

[shy rapids]

If you're having a battle pass system, free gamemode

[arctic grove]

I mean... Activision knows how to make money. It's pretty clear.

[arctic grove]

I know, which sucks.

[copper fulcrum]

You don't need a free game-mode for a Battle-Pass system.

[shy rapids]

The call they had, yes, but from what I've learned they might change their minds

[shy rapids]

You do?...

[copper fulcrum]

Portal is likely staying

[copper fulcrum]

You don't.

[shy rapids]

Tell me what game isn't free and has a battle pass

[copper fulcrum]

Battlefield V

[shy rapids]

You do.

[copper fulcrum]

Gears has one

[arctic grove]

Master Chief Collection.

Halo 5.

Gears.

[shy rapids]

Which was free. Definitely wasn't paid for

[copper fulcrum]

Still has some kind of Battle-Pass in it

[shy rapids]

Still not really like today's battle passes

[arctic grove]

It's still a paid game. Doesn't matter if it was put on for free or not.

Also MW 2019.

[shy rapids]

Still doesn't count though

[arctic grove]

Absolutely does.

[shy rapids]

MW19, Warzone is free

Absolutely doesn't

[arctic grove]

Paid game with battlepasses is what you were asking for. Halo 5, MCC, Gears, all fit that criteria.

[shy rapids]

Fortnite, is free

[copper fulcrum]

Because my cousin has diarrhea doesn't mean that I will

[shy rapids]

Yes of course... but not BF5

[arctic grove]

It's not a free game though.

[shy rapids]

Ok?...

[shy rapids]

It doesn't really have a battle pass though

[copper fulcrum]

Gears is in it's like 5th season right?

[arctic grove]

What is the question again? I feel like I must have misunderstood something.

[shy rapids]

Did you pay for it? Was it 100 tiers?

[arctic grove]

Oh, it was this. Nah, this is 100% true.

[shy rapids]

A game with battle passes that isn't free

Battle pass with free game modes is what makes money

[arctic grove]

The point was having a free mode isn't a requirement.

[copper fulcrum]

Not destined to happen though

[craggy marten]

Here we go again.

[shy rapids]

Hazard zone will be free though probably

[cobalt verge]

What again

[copper fulcrum]

@craggy marten Is your profile picture a singer?

[shy rapids]

Nothing

[craggy marten]

No

[cobalt verge]

Alright

[copper fulcrum]

He looks familiar lol

[shy rapids]

Actor?

[cobalt verge]

Imma just watch

[copper fulcrum]

Overwatch?

[craggy marten]

Yesnt

[shy rapids]

Still, BF 2042 Hazard Zone will be free

[craggy marten]

Its supposed to be Jax from the recent Mortal Kombat movie

[copper fulcrum]

No one has said yes to that

[shy rapids]

But people say that Portals will be free, which wouldn't make sense

[arctic grove]

Also, what.

[copper fulcrum]

No big heads at DICE/EA said anything will be free

[shy rapids]

It's obvious Hazard will be free

[craggy marten]

But with the face of Steve Harvey

[shy rapids]

Of course they didn't, how else do you think they'll compete from Warzone? They probably learned their lesson from Firestorm

[shy rapids]

Bruh

[shy rapids]

Free games with battle passes, makes money

[craggy marten]

Games, make money.

[shy rapids]

Not CW lol

[craggy marten]

Unlike you

[shy rapids]

Same for you

[copper fulcrum]

CW has made money lol

[craggy marten]

[arctic grove]

A game mode being free will attract more players, sure. I mean that's a given. Look at Fortnite. Battlepasses make money too, that's true.

Biggest cash cow is all the fucking MTX. It dwarfs it all.

[shy rapids]

Barely compared to MW

[copper fulcrum]

Look at how many people are running around as Rambo lmfao

[craggy marten]

I have Rambo

[cobalt verge]

What is this "MTX" ?

[arctic grove]

Microtransactions.

[cobalt verge]

Oo

[shy rapids]

Microtransactions

[copper fulcrum]

Michael Trans-Actions

[craggy marten]

Where the X come from?

[shy rapids]

But why is their an X in MTX?

[cobalt verge]

Alr alr

Thanks

[shy rapids]

I know right lol

Micro trans axion?

[copper fulcrum]

MTT Resort

[arctic grove]

I didn't make the abbreviation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[shy rapids]

MTT?

[copper fulcrum]

Mettaton

[shy rapids]

Then who did??

[arctic grove]

No idear.

[shy rapids]

Crazy

[arctic grove]

Point is, all that shit doesn't make shit for nothing compared to MTX.

[shy rapids]

Like in sales between the game and MTX?

[copper fulcrum]

There probably gonna be an assload of cosmetics for 2042

[arctic grove]

EA makes tens of millions of dollars per month from MTX in...FIFA, I think it was? alone.

[copper fulcrum]

BUY THESE SOCCER PLAYER CARDS

[shy rapids]

People who buy soccer games every year

Are the same people who buy cod every year

[arctic grove]

Might not have been FIFA. For all I know it could have been Rockstar with GTA, but my point is MTX are absurdly lucrative.

Battlepasses don't hold a candle.

[shy rapids]

I just hope to see an M50/S10 gas mask in the game

[shy rapids]

Battle passes do hold a candle...

[copper fulcrum]

I don't understand the point of FIFA Ultimate Team, just play Franchise or... just multiplayer as a regular team lol

[shy rapids]

No no, they hold a LIGHThouse

[arctic grove]

A $10 charge for 3 months of content that not everyone is gunna buy.

[shy rapids]

Yes, but imagine $10 by 100 people

It's not going to be few people buying it

[arctic grove]

Sure, let's pull out the big numbers.

[shy rapids]

Battle passes keep games going

[copper fulcrum]

Considering how many people played as Elites before they were made free in V, I assume a lot of people are going to get the battle-passes

[shy rapids]

And YouTubers make EXE videos of battle passes, more people buy the game, buy the battle passes

MW made TONS with their battle passes, especially since they were really good

But if battle passes are bland, no ones really going to get them

[copper fulcrum]

remember to buy big human jigsaw

[shy rapids]

What's that?

[copper fulcrum]

Jigsaw

[shy rapids]

Also yeah, back 4 blood doesn't seem worth $60 to me

[prime grove]

yeah

[copper fulcrum]

Thankfully it's on Game-Pass

[shy rapids]

Ah yes... the guy from MW

[copper fulcrum]

Jigsaw is getting the Fortnite Treatment but this time it's from MW19

You know the "IT'S THAT GUY FROM FORTNITE"

[shy rapids]

"Hey look!! Its Lebron James from FORTNITE!!"

I remember when it was first John Wick

[copper fulcrum]

Thank goodness my kid actually knows shit and stays away from fortnite and cod now

Oh yeah the discount John Wick and then they later released actual detailed John Wick

[shy rapids]

I mean... the only cod I'll let my kid play is MW19

And minecraft

[prime grove]

ah yes cod: minecraft

[shy rapids]

They did? Lol

[prime grove]

lol

[shy rapids]

Call of Mining

[arctic grove]

#badcompanyforsmashbros

[prime grove]

yo

leaked gameplay looking good asf

why can't they keep anything secret

[shy rapids]

Who?

[copper fulcrum]

Yeah like one of the first seasons had someone that looked like John Wick and then they released an actual licensed John Wick later down the line

[prime grove]

2042

[prime grove]

ea

[shy rapids]

But I mean like who can't keep a secret?

[arctic grove]

Doesn't have bazookas etc though 😥😭

[copper fulcrum]

If you mod Minecraft you can have rocket launchers

[prime grove]

idk the studio ig?

[copper fulcrum]

Fuck, there's whole servers that have wars and shit with modern vehicles

[shy rapids]

Oh, I only remembered John Wick and thought it was only one. I don't really like Fortnite, but I must say the beginning seasons did look good

[copper fulcrum]

I played a bit through Season 1 and it felt nice and refreshing and then it got pretty boring the more I got into it

[shy rapids]

How can they not keep a secret though? They're not leaking the game

[arctic grove]

So last time I checked, the sales of MW 2019 were over 10m, but let's just use 10m as our starting point.

If every single one of those people bought the battlepass every 3 months, that would be a gain of...what...400m a year? That's obviously not the case, however, as not everyone who bought the game is gunna buy the battlepass. Not to mention population decline. Current player count is roughly 2m at the moment (which is actually kind of impressive). Let's say only 50% of people buy the battlepass of those 2m people. That 400m a year? Heh. That's now 40m. A 90% decrease.

When people say that 'if 95% of the entire playerbase of any given game with MTX and only the whales still bought them they'd still keep the lights on', they sure aren't talking about battlepasses.

OMG FORTNITE COPIED BATTLEFIELD HEROES 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[prime grove]

like so many things about the game are getting leaked

[copper fulcrum]

By the time I got bored and started putting down they game they weren't releasing anything really game changing :v

[shy rapids]

I played time to time from seasons what, 4-6? I forgot, how many seasons did Chapter 1 have?

[copper fulcrum]

idfk

Aren't Chapters the Seasons?

[arctic grove]

IKR😱😱

🤯🤯🤯🤯

[shy rapids]

More new people would keep joining though? More people = more battle passes being bought.

[arctic grove]

My point is that's nowhere near the numbers generated by MTX purchases.

[shy rapids]

And yes, the game would still be alive if they kept it alive. The more seasons they did, the more players they gained down the line

[arctic grove]

The squid is back

It's a significant amount, sure, but MTX are, in the eyes of greedy pubs, the greatest invention since the automobile.

[shy rapids]

Like gameplay? That's YouTubers breaking NDA

[prime grove]

so much gameplay

[copper fulcrum]

There's so many YouTubers losing their accounts lmao

[prime grove]

that I've seen

[shy rapids]

Eh... I think the battle pass is the best, especially when they can also make $20 with tier skips

[prime grove]

yessir

[arctic grove]

Wouldn't need to break NDA if people just showed their games and didn't build hype artificially by starving their customers of information. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[shy rapids]

Not DICE fault

[prime grove]

kinda

[shy rapids]

True, but at the same time, eh... people who break NDA aren't cool

[copper fulcrum]

Partially is, they put too much trust in their testers

[prime grove]

yeah

[shy rapids]

They're not leaking it lol

[arctic grove]

I'm not saying they are, I'm saying they wouldn't be necessary if pubs actually showed their shit.

[copper fulcrum]

In the words of Sonic
"That's no good"

[shy rapids]

Well they didn't since they put them on an old playtest and not a better build

[lime surge]

they fully expected the leaks it was the same with BFV and SW squadrons

[shy rapids]

MW19, VW, Vangaurd... games always leaked for the most part

[copper fulcrum]

what's vw?

[lime surge]

I'm only referring to these EA tech tests but yeah

[arctic grove]

The entirety of GTA V leaked before launch. I wanna say every detail of gameplay was known like a year beforehand. I knew damn near everything about the game before I got it at the midnight release.

Still bought the game. Still had fun. Still enjoyed it. My point is this information starvation is a load of bullshit that builds hype artificially by making people blindly purchase at launch instead of making informed decisions due to FOMO and anxiety.

[lime surge]

honestly leaks build hype, so everyone wins

[copper fulcrum]

It really baffles me how many people have decided to base their opinions off of an unfinished playtest build that isn't really meant to show off any gameplay or whatever.

[lime surge]

since they are closed tests, media outlets isnt writing about them, so really isnt any bad press

[copper fulcrum]

The amount of posts on reddit saying "this looks like shit"

No shit man, it ain't meant to look jaw-dropping during a test

[prime grove]

it's 2021

[shy rapids]

They're not smart, we've had someone come in and say "the game doesn't look like Exodus trailer, they're going to downgrade" like what?

[copper fulcrum]

Pffft

[arctic grove]

In fact, I'd say that I was more excited for GTA V on launch than I would have been without knowing the details that were leaked.

[shy rapids]

That's why I don't use reddit and ignore any troll that says so

[copper fulcrum]

Why doesn't my CoD WWII look like the prerendered cutscenes in the campaign Activision!?

[shy rapids]

Eh... I guess so, since leaks make me wonder "will this also be added or not?" I had a blast playing MW19 and didn't even pay attention to leaks, only had watched the trailer and gameplay, waited to see and played beta, had so much fun

[arctic grove]

If pubs are gunna keep being tight-lipped about a damn video game, then I fully support leakers. Not my fault I want to make an informed decision on what I'm purchasing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[untold flame]

^

[shy rapids]

I realized I never paid attention to leaks until MW came into the picture... dang

But I hope there's really great customization in the menu

[arctic grove]

They're (all of them, not targeting anyone in particular) out here acting like they're keeping government secrets or some shit. It's a video game and you shoot bad guys. It's not the nuclear launch codes.

[shy rapids]

So supposedly we maybe will be able to change an AR into an SMG or an AR into a sniper variant of itself.

[untold flame]

Thats because games were quality. They didnt need to generate hype to make sales.

[shy rapids]

Well... it is their money maker

Its funny how GTA is about money, yet Rockstar is the one rolling in money

[shy rapids]

I mean for MW19 lol

[arctic grove]

The players aren't rolling in money because GTA Online has the economy of fucking Germany after they overprinted the Deutschemark.

[shy rapids]

But I like that COD doesn't starve players for content

[prime grove]

hm?

[shy rapids]

And people call BF 2042 marketing great... which to me it's not

[prime grove]

cold war launch was a ghostown

[shy rapids]

They're going to show a trailer tomorrow, and then you wait until like October or November for the game

[median furnace]

the hype train is already on the tracks, cant do much about that

[shy rapids]

Of course... still didn't make players wait forever

[prime grove]

I guess

[copper fulcrum]

Cold War launch was about as popular as when the actual Cold War actually launched

[arctic grove]

we waited half a year for a second zombie map

[copper fulcrum]

yikes

I forgot Cold War even had zombies tbh

[sullen badge]

I like the way you put this

[arctic grove]

cold war was full of shit content

and it was broken

the challenges still dont work

[copper fulcrum]

I can't wait for Sledgehammer to have a mode that is totally broken the moment the game releases

[arctic grove]

I mean it's true. Got a wheelbarrow full of cash but nothing to fucking spend it on because a t-shirt costs 14k.

[copper fulcrum]

Remember when CoD WWII was broken in the first week or so?

[arctic grove]

hahahhah damn that was so messy

and the overhaul took like 6 months

[copper fulcrum]

Launch month wasn't a thing

I was forced to play with bots lmfao

[arctic grove]

lmao

im a huge cod fan but i cant defend the last 6 entries

mw2019 was shit in comparison to the elite games of cod

[distant plume]

How was it shit

Gunplay and animations were amazing

[arctic grove]

it wasnt anything like how cod is supposed to be

[copper fulcrum]

The maps made the gunplay into a mess really

[arctic grove]

gunplay and animations isnt all

animations were top tier yes, but gameplay was bad

[prime grove]

some people take the camping mechanics as a deal breaker

[untold flame]

what?

how was gunplay bad?

[arctic grove]

no map design isbad

[arctic grove]

What do you consider the "elite games"?

[distant plume]

Gunplay was very good too

[copper fulcrum]

It doesn't matter how good the gunplay is, it needs to tie in well with the maps and flow

[prime grove]

I didn't mind that tbh

[copper fulcrum]

If you have shit maps, you have shit gunplay

[arctic grove]

the only good maps were shipment (remaster) and shoot house?

like it was ass

[distant plume]

I liked the maps

[untold flame]

maps were fine

[distant plume]

Except for that bridge map

[arctic grove]

no classic 6v6 maps

[prime grove]

sure

[copper fulcrum]

My son's Halo Forge maps played better than MW19's maps

[arctic grove]

@arctic grove

[distant plume]

So just cuz it was diff its shit?

[prime grove]

what about the gunfight maps

they weren't bad

[copper fulcrum]

Too small though

[arctic grove]

mw2, bo2, mw3 en black ops 1

best maps ever and it was fun

[prime grove]

I mean it's gunfight

[arctic grove]

no sbmm to fuck you over

[copper fulcrum]

They had SBMM

[arctic grove]

what if battlefield only went with 6v6 maps?

Damn. I was hoping you'd pick 4 and WaW. 😄

it just doesnt feel like the game it shouvle been

[copper fulcrum]

4 and WaW felt great

Remember fucking Killhouse?

[arctic grove]

multiplayer wise they were revolutionary, but i'd prefer the rest

[copper fulcrum]

Vacancy is a great map too

[arctic grove]

mw1 was good for its time but it only had 3 killstreaks which made it boring too fast

[untold flame]

CoD hasnt done anything revolutionary...ever

[arctic grove]

ESCUSE ME

[untold flame]

has always been the same

[arctic grove]

I got on WaW before MW 2019 launched, not having played it for years, and I still stomped the entire lobby.

nahhhhhh

[prime grove]

ok

[untold flame]

ok give an example

[arctic grove]

If it had SBMM I'd have gotten bent over.

[arctic grove]

map design, gunplay, killstreaks, perks

[copper fulcrum]

I mean, CoD sorta injected the multiplayer formula into other multiplayer games. Levelling up, progression, calling cards, etc.

[arctic grove]

exactly

[prime grove]

I'm not disagreeing

[distant plume]

Games in general havent done anything revolutionary in awhile

[arctic grove]

it started everything

[prime grove]

idrc about revolutionary features

[arctic grove]

The only thing "revolutionary" nowadays is a game that isn't a fat pile of shit.

[prime grove]

if it's fun

[arctic grove]

no

[copper fulcrum]

"That's hard to do" - Activision

[arctic grove]

a game can be fun but cant age like fine wine

[prime grove]

red dead 2?

[copper fulcrum]

Yeah but that's too time consuming to make

[arctic grove]

If you make a good game you've already beat out 99% of the market of this last decade. You might not beat them out in terms of sales, but quality means something.

[untold flame]

gunplay has always been point and click and the maps that most people consider good are just tiny hold down shift maps. Killstreaks, while fun, in their earliest incarnation were OP af.

[copper fulcrum]

We need a game that can be made in 3 years and is mostly copy and paste

[prime grove]

so

[arctic grove]

cod wasnt point and click

youn had tactical, lethal, attachments

[untold flame]

whait what?

[prime grove]

this isn't an argument

[arctic grove]

you could do a lot more than just point and click

[untold flame]

lol ok

[prime grove]

people enjoy different things

[copper fulcrum]

Stun Grenade, bitch >:D

[arctic grove]

okay every shooter is point and click then

doesnt make sense

[arctic grove]

Pretty awesome game. Can't think of anything it did that revolutionized the industry. Maybe cold horse balls but that's not exactly ground-breaking.

[prime grove]

yes

[arctic grove]

every fighting game is dash and hit

nah

its more than that

[copper fulcrum]

Cold Horse Balls are the reason to get any game

[arctic grove]

but lets be honest

[untold flame]

CSGO,Tarkov, and even APex beg to differ

[arctic grove]

cod is dying and im happy with it

[prime grove]

how about the consistent level of detail with interactions and the voice acting

[copper fulcrum]

CS:GO is pretty hit-scan

[arctic grove]

CSGO IS THE DEFINITION OF POINT AND CLICK

Fortnite killed CoD.

Just gunna let that stew in your minds until it hits you.

[arctic grove]

ouch

[copper fulcrum]

Fortnite has more gameplay variety anyways

[prime grove]

ok

[arctic grove]

actually cod killed itself

[untold flame]

ok give me the name of your dealer cause that is some premium island lady you smokn

[arctic grove]

Keep thinking about it. It'll hit you.

[copper fulcrum]

owie that hurt

[arctic grove]

cyberpunk was the best game ever /s

If you don't wanna let yourself figure it out, without the huge explosion of Fortnite, BR games wouldn't have taken off how they have. Without BR games taking off, we wouldn't have Warzone. Without Warzone, the CoD titles after MW 2019 wouldn't be Warzone fodder.

Fortnite killed CoD.

true

[copper fulcrum]

The most functioning, non-glitchy game ever

[lunar venture]

Uhhhh.... PUBG was here way before fortnite

[arctic grove]

exactly what we wanted!

[arctic grove]

yeah but pubg was dying bc of the bad engine and bad gameplay

it was buggy as hell

[arctic grove]

They both came out in 2017.

Well, no, Fortnite is older, but the BR aspect I mean.

[prime grove]

[lunar venture]

helluva lot better than fortnite, even at its worse

[arctic grove]

yup didnt enjoy fortnite

[untold flame]

Dont think anything will actually kill CoD. It's to easy to just pick up and play.

[arctic grove]

no its not

[lunar venture]

unfortunately

[prime grove]

how so

[granite bolt]

fortnite soon gets a engine upgrade (can't deny the fact that the gameplay itself is upper garbage)

[untold flame]

explain?

[arctic grove]

sweaty lobbies makes most people not even complete a match

sbmm ruined it fr

[prime grove]

lmao this obsession of hating cod in this server

[lunar venture]

it'd be nice if the studios cared more about making a great run and gun shooter again rather than a game riddled with mtx and bs

[arctic grove]

bro i was one of the biggest fan of cod

i still believe in them, its activision fucking them over

[lunar venture]

IW did a solid job with MW19

[prime grove]

yeah

[untold flame]

lol add that to having to know smokes,molies and flashes just to take a site

[arctic grove]

Sure, the game is solid. The SBMM, however, is not.

cant even play with pistol normally to level it up

or get some cool camos

[lunar venture]

i never understood all the bitching about the matchmaking. i never really had issues

[arctic grove]

its frustrating

[arctic grove]

hmm lucky you man

whats your kd?

CoD has always been super casual. SBMM has no place. That's why AW got fucking bonked until they removed it. Unfortunately, MW 2019 didn't fail hard enough because of it for them to remove it, which is a fucking shame.

[lunar venture]

dont suck ass is all i can say

[arctic grove]

Has nothing to do with suckling ass.

[arctic grove]

its not that easy

[untold flame]

Oh I dont hate cod but lets cut the bullshit of it being some insane high skill cap shooter.

[arctic grove]

i dont wanna use meta weapons

Literally has ZERO to do with sucking ass.

[prime grove]

same but I can feel the difficulty instantly increasing, it's weird ig

[arctic grove]

my kd was 4,7 on black ops 2 now its fucking 1,9 on cold war

[prime grove]

never said it was high skill cap

[arctic grove]

or even lower idk

[lunar venture]

CW is straight hot ass

and not hot ass in the good sense

[arctic grove]

sniping was satifsying af on mw2019 tho

[untold flame]

To a point yes. However, the better the opponent the harder it will be to beat them with non meta weapons

[arctic grove]

Same. Black Ops 1 I'd go like 30-5 every single game. MW 2019 I'd be lucky to break 1 KD.

Every match is a sweat fest.

[arctic grove]

you know the graph after every match

the match report

it was always on the same level

Yep.

i didnt feel like im gettin better at the game

there goes progression

[lunar venture]

i thoroughly enjoyed and like MW. i loved the weapon physics and the animations and the attention to detail they put into the guns and attachements

[arctic grove]

that was amazing

Sure, that's all awesome and definitely set a bar for the industry.

The SBMM, however, is trash.

couldnt believe it at first hahaah

[lunar venture]

the campaign was nothing short of fantastic

[arctic grove]

just a little bit short

[umbral scroll]

I mean, CoD’s killstreaks encourage curb stomping way too much

[arctic grove]

but full of adrenaline

[lunar venture]

quality over quantity

[arctic grove]

true

cold war campaign was also good

When 80% of the playerbase are bog standard average players and I suddenly get matched over and over and over with people training for MLG, that's a problem.

loved the psychological shit

[arctic grove]

you know what grinds my gears with the sbmm, my team is full of noobs always

hate that shit

I'm not even god-tier at CoD. I'm only a little above average, frankly.

[lunar venture]

would you rather have a medium amount of good pizza, or would you rather have all you can eat of pretty good pizza?

[arctic grove]

cod will fail this year

Point is, if I can shit on the majority of players in literally every other CoD game without SBMM, why can't I do it when SBMM got cranked to 11?

[prime grove]

medium amount of good pizza

[untold flame]

I think has more to do with people having their MMR artificially boosted both intentionally and unintentionally.

[arctic grove]

Has nothing to do with being bad.

bro the lobbies of my little cousing on mw2019 were so funny

0.3 kd lobby

[untold flame]

nope its because you are playing against people that are as good as you are

[lunar venture]

insert michael scott's THANK YOU gif

[arctic grove]

that shouldnt be in a casual playlist

in ranked fine

Absolutely not. If the people I'm playing against are as good as I am then I must be doing something wrong.

Because they're ALWAYS better than me.

[lunar venture]

simple solution: get gud

[prime grove]

get gub noob

[arctic grove]

Then because of the dumbass way the SBMM works, after getting my shit pushed in for 5 matches, it dumps me in potato lobbies where I just ruin their day, like Neo from The Matrix.

but hey

[prime grove]

lmao when I used a knife in tdm, the next match was people who couldn't aim

[arctic grove]

the hate towards sbmm made other companies transparent about it

[lunar venture]

you coulda just said Neo. im pretty sure 99% of people in here wouldve understood who you were referencing

[arctic grove]

Then after 5 matches of dumping on people that aren't even moving, it's back to regular matches. Then sweats. Then potato. Then regular. Then sweats.

Ad infinitum. There's no variety.

[untold flame]

I do get how that is a pain in the ass but their needs to be some type of "bad" protection. Mainly because "good" players almost never solo qued. Especially during prime time.

[prime grove]

well yeah

[arctic grove]

Literally no game I've ever played checks your skill level on an hourly basis.

[arctic grove]

yeah protect the really bad ones, let the average or better just play in normal matchmaking

It's spread out over time to get an accurate representation of your skill.

[lunar venture]

so what if it is?

[prime grove]

lotta games rank with recent stats, but you don't notice it because it's toned down more

[untold flame]

Honestly I think its because most SBMMs are bassed too much on win/lose ratio. Should be more on individual performance.

[arctic grove]

Like Halo, for example. Halo spreads that shit out. Every match feels roughly the same, but it's the type of same that you'd feel in CoD 4, the type that isn't a problem, because Halo has SBMM that wasn't designed by a monkey with no thumbs.

.

aggressive sbmm is bad

sbmm isnt bad at all

That's what I'm trying to say.

[prime grove]

yeah

[arctic grove]

MW 2019 SBMM is too fucking aggressive.

[arctic grove]

yup

[prime grove]

that's facts

[arctic grove]

shipment was fun af tho

always +60 kills hahahaha

[prime grove]

10v10 shipment

yessir

[arctic grove]

damn i want to download mw2019 but i dont wanna download warzone

[untold flame]

^

[arctic grove]

such bullshit from them

just to say heyyy 100 million people already have warzone installed!

[lunar venture]

wz is ass

[arctic grove]

I'm done with CoD forever at this point. If they can't even figure out file compression, then I'm not gunna bother.

[prime grove]

ok

[lunar venture]

good to know

i guess

[arctic grove]

please devs fix that

There's no reason whatsoever that CoD needs to be 200GB.

[prime grove]

damn this channel is dried up, we got nothing 2042 related to talk about

[lunar venture]

there's obviously a reason. we just dont know it

[arctic grove]

its bc of how their engines work

[pure basin]

Honestly

[prime grove]

g r a p h i c

[arctic grove]

Yeah there's not much to talk about because...gotta starve the community for info! 🙃

[lunar venture]

anyone really hope it's not Irish in MP when you run his specialist?

[pure basin]

Wdym

[untold flame]

Wish there was some actual game play for BF

[arctic grove]

Yeah what do you mean? @ Dollar

how old was the build that leaked actually

[untold flame]

alpha

[arctic grove]

3-4 months.

a leaker mentioned 29 july but idk if thats true

[pure basin]

@lunar venture wdym

[arctic grove]

bc damn some shit looked clunky as hell, which is normal for a test build

[plain drift]

I looked at the cod server and people think Vanguard is going to fail and 2042 will be a success haha even the cod server hates cod

[lunar venture]

you know how they showed off Irish's specialist?

[pure basin]

Yes

[arctic grove]

Not that it makes any difference. The build was designed to be a tech test. Wouldn't matter if it was old build or new build. Shit was gunna be stripped to barebones regardless.

[untold flame]

I want to know what the game looks like at system recommendations and I also want to see the basic mechanics.

[lunar venture]

if 20 people are running the specialist in the lobby, it's just gonna be weird

[plain drift]

They showed gameplay and also I saw armour

[arctic grove]

what you running with

[untold flame]

Maybe even some of the things you can have in loadouts

[pure basin]

That was a worry for some people from the start

[lunar venture]

the beta is in what like two and half weeks

[pure basin]

Idk supposedly customization is deep enough where it shouldn’t be an issue

[untold flame]

Oh im not worried because I have a god rig. 3090 i9900k

[pure basin]

There’s still no official date for beta

[arctic grove]

SHEEESHHHH nice man

[untold flame]

hmm

[lunar venture]

that's literal overkill but hey, more power to ya

[arctic grove]

i have a 3060ti 5600x

[lunar venture]

i got 3070 Ti and i f**king love it

[arctic grove]

its amazing isnt it

dlss is just OOF

[untold flame]

I know. I Upgraded from 970 and some shit CPU

Just dont want to have to upgrade for awhile lol

[lunar venture]

playing far cry 5 right now on ultra settings and hd texture pack and im getting 120-140 fps. it's so nice

[arctic grove]

try doom eternal

rtx and dlss 1440p and i get 240 fps

I'm gunna build myself a PC eventually, but not gunna be doing that shit when the price for parts is inflated due to the chip shortage.

[untold flame]

hope you dont live in the states because that shit is never going down

[arctic grove]

Welp.

At least I got a Series X. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[lunar venture]

i just went to ibuypower and got my pc

[pure basin]

I still need to find one

I’ve already preordered

I’m gonna be pissed if I can’t get an x by beta

[arctic grove]

I kinda feel gypped by last-gen, honestly. The jump from the 360 to the One was nothing compared to the jump from the One to the X|S. Makes me wish both sides would have just waited to release last-gen. No offense to Xbox or PS, but... I mean, Jesus.

this gen was kinda dissapoiting for me

Last-gen should have just been called gen 7.5 instead.

sold my ps5 bc of it

[untold flame]

Get a PC 😎

[arctic grove]

i feel like the 360 to the one was a major step

same for the ps3 to ps4

[arctic grove]

I'm not super big into PC gaming to begin with, honestly. Not to mention I do everything I need a PC to do on my phone. I'm probably the only super power user of a mobile device. 😂

Going sweat mode on a phone because I'm too cheap to buy a PC.

[latent acorn]

Battlefield need Ace Combat fr

[lunar venture]

you are so missing out on PC

playing on console is ass now

[arctic grove]

cant go back

i need the 240 fps and mods

[lunar venture]

Y A S

[arctic grove]

Eh, I been playing video games for 22 years now. The only thing I feel I'm missing out on is mods and X³ because X³ is never coming to console.

[latent acorn]

Sell Kidneys

[arctic grove]

60fps looks like 30 rn

[prime grove]

yo I'm legit used to 30 fps from playing on console lmfao

[pure basin]

Fr

[arctic grove]

Myst is coming to Xbox next week, so that's nice.

[untold flame]

Meh tbh if you were going have a console I think PS is the way just because of the exclusives.

[arctic grove]

Can't wait to play Myst again.

[sand jewel]

So what's the earliest we can possibly play BF2042?

[arctic grove]

yes

but idk i feel like sony is being anti consumer lately

[prime grove]

yeah and if you're broke and want gamepass, get a pc

[fiery solar]

now

[arctic grove]

gamepass is so good tbg

[untold flame]

Main reason is everything you can get on a box you can get on a PC

[arctic grove]

especially for pc players

[untold flame]

anything thats worth I mean

[pure basin]

I don’t feel like switching solely for the reason I’ve had my Xbox account for a decade

[arctic grove]

Game Pass Ultimate is genuinely the greatest deal in gaming history.

[sand jewel]

Because I know with EA Pass Pro or something, you can get to play it much earlier

[pure basin]

!!when

Aw

[arctic grove]

Same. Too many achievements, too much money spent.

Plus I like it.

[pure basin]

Yup

[untold flame]

Yeh I got over that quick lol

[pure basin]

However 2042 does have cross progression

Which is kinda cool

[untold flame]

yeah

[arctic grove]

I mean I own 430 games on Xbox. I'd have to spend the money needed for a down payment on a house to get that all back on PC.

Legally, at least.

[untold flame]

just wish discord voice worked on the consoles

[arctic grove]

Hi

[untold flame]

not even

[untold flame]

most of those games would probably cost under 10$

[arctic grove]

True, I was exaggerating, but still. There's just not enough gain for me to switch over just yet.

[worldly star]

nothing stopping you from keeping the console

[arctic grove]

Nah, I know. I'm just saying.

[worldly star]

i like having consoles and pc

ofc not everyone can afford that but its nice to have options

[wanton mural]

check Eneba

[arctic grove]

True, true. I wanna build a PC eventually, but the market we got now is just a big no for me. I'd want something that's at the bare minimum as powerful as my Series X, and considering I'd have to buy the peripherals as well, I'm looking at a package of probably around 2k all-in.

Because I sure as shit ain't playing PC on a TV.

[untold flame]

Its cheaper to get a pre built atm

[worldly star]

yeah pc gaming is expensive

[wanton mural]

not if you're smart abt it

[untold flame]

true but you save money in the long run vs console

[arctic grove]

True.

[untold flame]

but

[worldly star]

i wouldnt go for prebuilts

[untold flame]

getting that 1st pc

oooooweeeeee

[worldly star]

i like building them myself

[untold flame]

Im just talking about the first one

to easy to fuck up on the first one you build solo

[worldly star]

thats why youtube exists

[wanton mural]

I forgot to plug in the CPu for me so it wasn't that hard

[untold flame]

even then I have seen people mess up

[arctic grove]

PC is more expensive at first but cheaper in the long run, console is the opposite. Cheaper at first, more expensive in the long run. At the same time, however, Game Pass is really off-setting that since I haven't bought a full-price game in...I mean it's been a really long time. There was Cyberpunk but I got a refund. Outside of that, haven't bought a full-price new game in...I wanna say since I got Game Pass Ultimate a couple years ago when it launched.

[wanton mural]

then I made one one and it took me a hour if

[arctic grove]

hi

[untold flame]

and now its cheaper for pre built because of shortage and people price gouging

[azure lodge]

Battlefield 2042 | Release
Releases <t:1634896800:R>

[arctic grove]

:o

[untold flame]

ffs

thats soo long

[arctic grove]

Am I going insane or was that a month and 24 days earlier?

probs gold/ultimate edition

Ah, probably.

[thin rain]

You're not going crazy :) It is shorter for the gold/ultimate pre-orders who get it on the 15th

[arctic grove]

Yep. I forgot about that, honestly.

[worldly star]

no that's standard edition release date

[arctic grove]

If I like the beta I'm gunna get the ultimate edition. Provided I also have the money. Kinda mad broke right now. 😂

[worldly star]

gold/ultimate is less than 2 months away

[torpid shuttle]

I can't wait to play...

[arctic grove]

Should be fine in a couple weeks though. Partner just got a new job. Should be crispy by launch.

[plucky pebble]

whens the open beta september 3rd?

[molten trout]

nobody knows

[plucky pebble]

[thin rain]

Not announced

But most likely somewhere at the start of September yes

[plucky pebble]

the devs know tho

[torpid shuttle]

Open beta in [REDACTED]

[molten trout]

🤓

[arctic grove]

The Insurgency closed beta is still going. It's been weeks now. That's all I can say about that one, but damn, I wish that was the standard.

Do you guys think it’ll only be all out warfare for the beta?

Probably.

[molten trout]

https://tenor.com/view/i-hope-so-kodak-black-hopeful-gif-13096292

[next onyx]

We'll see how it runs

[arctic grove]

In fact I'd bet on it. No way they open Portal and HZ for the beta.

Could be in for a surprise though, you never know.

[lime surge]

1 map 128 player probably, apparently its the desert map

[lost snow]

I wonder if it's worth it to get EA gamepass even if I already own all the games in it.

[arctic grove]

I hope it's that one map with the split biome.

But if not, no biggie. I get to play it and that's all that matters.

[worldly star]

i think we will see the smaller map

in the beta

[arctic grove]

Yeah probably.

[lime surge]

gamepass (not pro) lets you play bf2042 for 10 hours + 10% discount on the game

[plucky pebble]

the one with the wrecked ship?

[lime surge]

https://battlefield.fandom.com/wiki/Renewal

[arctic grove]

Does preordering ultimate edition give you unlimited time (until beta ends)

[edgy ferry]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1428064312715890689

[lime surge]

theres no time limit to beta, with ultimate, you get early access to the full game

[arctic grove]

I'm pretty sure there's gunna be a time limit. Pre-orders get early access to the beta (I think), and Gold/Ult get early access to the game itself. Probably gunna be a few days like all the other betas for BF.

[lime surge]

if you mean beta end date yes, I thought you meant x amount of time to play the beta

[arctic grove]

Ohhhh, I getchu.

[craggy marten]

Man, I really worry that EA might squander the potential of PORTALS.

By maybe cancelling it really fast like how Nintendo does it with Mario Maker after a few updates

Or Battlefront 2.

[tribal tide]

Anyone know if the open betas gonna be the rocket map from the playtest?

[arctic grove]

You know what I think would be a hilarious addition? The M30 Drilling Rifle. Double barrel with single high-power rifle round.

[primal plinth]

Nope

No one except Dice knows

[vapid goblet]

yes

[pearl bobcat]

Ive been thinking about the bf2042 OST

you think they will have that sad song

like bfv had i vow thee to my country

and bf1 had dawn of a new time

[primal plinth]

Bf1 was basically just sad songs. There were a few upbeat ones but for the most part they were just kind of depressing

[pearl bobcat]

i really doubt it do

bf1 and bfv had sad depressing songs cuz they were set in WW1 and WW2

bf4 had some techno songs

[dreamy trench]

I wonder when we will get the ost

probably launch or close to it

[delicate hollow]

soon

[dreamy trench]

ah

[delicate hollow]

we probably get it when the pre load is out

[dreamy trench]

Tru

[urban bluff]

I'm Pre-Ordering Battlefield 2042 tonight! I am getting the most expensive edition so I can have the best experience 😄

[sharp anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/wide-eyes-americas-got-talent-agt-oh-no-omg-gif-22701276

[urban bluff]

I really can't wait for the open beta to come out!

[worldly star]

pog

i cant wait to hear the soundtrack

[next onyx]

mammoth gun

[proven chasm]

🌪

[urban bluff]

I can't wait to experience the storms. I wonder what it will be like to drive/walk through them

[arctic grove]

Do you guys think the storms and tornadoes will be good features or will they get annoying?

[next onyx]

It depends

[granite lotus]

They released the lil snippet of the theme I think

It sounds dope

[next onyx]

They'll be predictable, maybe.

They'll be dead zones for vehicles so

[proven chasm]

I know they have a weather specialist that predicts it .. has to be

It’s real

🌖

[worldly star]

dog

[arctic grove]

siege of shanghai tower destruction was supposed to be this super cool event, now look how everyone hates it

tornadoes will probably be same way

plus they look really cartoony lol. not realistic tornadoes at all

I think they’ll be good as long as they don’t happen the majority of the matches I play

[ionic harbor]

Hey guys, how to play open beta? should I have to preorder BF2042

[urban bluff]

I heard that Battlefield 5 was only still played due to it's Pacific War update. I was like, "That's not true!". But then I realized that it's all I every play.

[worldly star]

i only play tactical conquest

[primal plinth]

Not if they give them like a 10-5% chance of it happening like the snowstorm on Fjell

[urban bluff]

You need to pre-order the $90 or %120 dollar edition in order to gain access to the Beta I think. Either way you still have to pre-order.

$120*

[ionic harbor]

Gold edition?

[primal plinth]

No, you can play the beta without pre-ordering

[ionic harbor]

Really? How?

[primal plinth]

It’s just that people that pre-order get more time

[urban bluff]

Yeah, Gold or Ultimate edition. I' not sure though, it may be the standard as well

Wait really?

[primal plinth]

It’s an open beta, you just download it when it drops

Like the one for BFV

[urban bluff]

It's free?

[primal plinth]

It’s a beta so yeah

Unless it’s closed

[granite lotus]

Google people Google lol

[urban bluff]

Oh ok

[ionic harbor]

Oh, but only on next month?

[primal plinth]

I don’t know

[urban bluff]

Next month, October 11th, the Open Beta is released

[primal plinth]

How do you know there’s not one in September?

[ionic harbor]

I have a doubt. Where should I preorder? Steam, orgin or epic?

[urban bluff]

Next month, October 22nd, the full game is released

[urban bluff]

Because I saw everything that was planned

There may be something in sEPTEMBER

Like maybe a Alpha

[primal plinth]

From where?

[urban bluff]

But i'm not sure

[ionic harbor]

? Can someone tell?

[urban bluff]

Online mainly, I heard quite a lot of people say that the beta will be released on October 11'th

[primal plinth]

Oh, so baseless claims?

Very hard, concrete evidence I see

[urban bluff]

And at the end of one of the trailers it was said that it would be released on the 22nd of October

[arctic grove]

Isn’t that predownload

[primal plinth]

Yes

[ionic harbor]

?

[urban bluff]

No, I saw a lot of people say the same thing

[primal plinth]

Ok

[primal plinth]

No clue

[urban bluff]

Steam takes up less space i'm pretty sure, but I wouldn't know, since my main platform is PS4

I do know that when I installed Epic it was for some reason almost 50 Gigs

Why were you trying so hard to argue with what I said @primal plinth ?

[primal plinth]

Trying so hard to argue?

[worldly star]

steam

[urban bluff]

I was just sharing my knowledge about the games release date and you were trying to counter my information

[worldly star]

or origin

[ionic harbor]

I think beta is next month and full game is october

[worldly star]

its up to you, just avoid epic games

[modest kelp]

buddy this isn't true

[ionic harbor]

Yeah I choose steam because I can refund.

[primal plinth]

By providing actual info, not speculation

[modest kelp]

preorder bonus gets a week early to full game launch

[arctic grove]

whats wrong with epic

[modest kelp]

only for gold and ultimate

[worldly star]

steam doesnt handle refunds for 3rd party stuff like that

[modest kelp]

and the rest get launch a week later

[urban bluff]

The game will also have an open beta which will be available in September to all players, pre-orders will receive early access to the open beta. Battlefield 2042 will be available on October 22 and will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

[modest kelp]

they're not going to have a beta a week before the game launches

[urban bluff]

I found this online

[worldly star]

its epic games

[modest kelp]

which isn't what you said earlier

about beta being october

[arctic grove]

okay?

[urban bluff]

I understand

[primal plinth]

Ugh, I have to get up at 5 am tomorrow. It’s too late to be arguing with people who just learned the beta is open.

[worldly star]

god i cant type

[worldly star]

so stop arguing 👍

[primal plinth]

That’s the plan

[urban bluff]

That's just rude, I just admitted you were all correct

[modest kelp]

i swear people can't google

[urban bluff]

The beta is said to be releasing some time in September

[modest kelp]

they know how to go to discord to ask but can't type the same shit into the google search bar

[worldly star]

good idea

[ionic harbor]

Guys, so should i preorder in steam, The gold edition... Is it the right choice?

[urban bluff]

Release date is still October 22nd though

[primal plinth]

Give them some slack, Google is a bit confusing to use

[urban bluff]

It's not confusing

[astral marsh]

Standard edition gets you early access to the open beta as well

[primal plinth]

Oh my god

[modest kelp]

sarcasm

[ionic harbor]

huhhhhhh

[modest kelp]

maybe you should google that too

[urban bluff]

I was just using information from Youtube and I didn't think to do my own research

I am sorry

[ionic harbor]

ok anyways gold is battlepass for year

[astral marsh]

It’s part of perk for preorder any edition

Preordering

[urban bluff]

I am quite happy I was wrong though, because know I know they open Beta will be sooner than I expected

[urban bluff]

Yes, for 4 seasons, as well as a Season Pass for DLC's I assume

[primal plinth]

Personally, Gold is the best option in my opinion. A full year of content plus the base game and only $20 more

[urban bluff]

I am getting the Ultimate Edition

[astral marsh]

The whole battle pass system stuff is free right

[urban bluff]

I want the best experience you can possibly get from the game

[ionic harbor]

ultimate operator

[primal plinth]

No, it’s paid but only cosmetic

[torpid shuttle]

GOOD

[urban bluff]

No, It incudes the season pass I am sure

[arctic grove]

just preordered gold editon

when s

open beta

?

[urban bluff]

And some cosmetics which are ok I guess

[worldly star]

september

[torpid shuttle]

September

[urban bluff]

I don't really care for them much

[astral marsh]

Oh lol idc about that then if it’s only cosmetics

[primal plinth]

Well, it might be like other battlepasses where some items are free but some are paid

[arctic grove]

is there a specific date or nah

i heard

sep 10

but idk

[worldly star]

nope

no dates

[arctic grove]

oh alr

[torpid shuttle]

Not comfirm

[urban bluff]

No, you get the season pass too

[arctic grove]

ima go sleep then

[torpid shuttle]

Good night bro

[urban bluff]

I wonder if the BP will be for Hazard Zone, or the Base game, or both

[astral marsh]

Isn’t the season pass only cosmetics though?

[urban bluff]

No, DLC's

Like new maps

[astral marsh]

Or just like skins

[urban bluff]

There was even rumors of a Zombies type mode

[primal plinth]

I want to see what the wingsuit person’s special gadget is. The wingsuit itself seems to just be a passive

[urban bluff]

I wouldn't get it only for cosmetics

I'm not that stupids

[torpid shuttle]

I think you can make it in BF Portal

[urban bluff]

That would be cool

[astral marsh]

As long as the new maps are free then I’m good lol

[torpid shuttle]

It's free

Only cosmetic you need to pay with

[urban bluff]

As soon as I heard rumors for Zombies, any interest for Call of Duty Vanguard were gone. I didn't have much interest for it anyways.

[urban bluff]

Hopefully, but maybe not

[next onyx]

Zombies is pretty fun but also standard now

Treyarch taking over it though

[astral marsh]

Yeah that would blow if their not

[wise zodiac]

Zoooombies!

Love me some zombies

[torpid shuttle]

Hope they add RSP after release game.

[urban bluff]

Call of Duty is going to die and it's kinda sad

[torpid shuttle]

But they survive every year...

[urban bluff]

I know, but this year is different

[worldly star]

cod wont die

vanguard is gonna be good

[urban bluff]

This game has had more effort put in than any other. And the devs of the new CoD are starting to pa nic

*Panic

A lot of CoD players are calling it as well

I would be happy if CoD didn't die though

It has potential, they just need to put more effort like they used to

[urban bluff]

That's mainly because people think the next CoD is going to be better than the last, but they end up being wrong

[worldly star]

leaks suggest otherwise

[urban bluff]

AN influencer says the new cod game will be fire and people will be on board with their opinion

[real tinsel]

its the opposite lol its always worse then the last one

[urban bluff]

That's why I put at the end that they ended up being wrong

[worldly star]

game is gonna be similar to mw19

so itll be good

[urban bluff]

Leaks for Vanguard are shit, not going to lie

MW wasn't too good. The campaign was the only interesting part

[worldly star]

mw was good imo

i enjoyed it

[urban bluff]

That's your opinion though

And imo WW2 was good

[worldly star]

just like its your opinion that its bad

[urban bluff]

So was advanced

[worldly star]

seriously, this whole "its your opinion" argument goes both ways

it makes you look stupid

[urban bluff]

How is that?

[flint jay]

I thought MW2019 was pretty good

Overall decent game

[torpid shuttle]

MW2019 is decent game.

[worldly star]

you use it when people have different opinions and completely disregard the fact that your opinion is just an opinion as well

[flint jay]

I also thought the criticism CW got of it being a copy of MW2019 with worse textures was also pretty valid

I didn't enjoy CW too much

[urban bluff]

I am not disregarded my opinions

I understand that games I like are not strongly liked by the community

[urban bluff]

And I understand that me thinking MW19 wasn't good is an opinion

[worldly star]

i dont have the energy for this

[urban bluff]

I was trying to respectfully end the argument, is all

Sorry you misinterpreted it

[worldly star]

"im sorry you feel that way"

[real tinsel]

lol

[urban bluff]

I thought you didn't have energy for this, yet you still use sarcasm

[worldly star]

its 8 pm. past your bed time kiddo

[urban bluff]

It's not past my bedtime

I don't have a bedtime as I don't sleep very often

[worldly star]

edgy

[urban bluff]

I take small naps and that's it

[flint jay]

shibe your being salty dude

[urban bluff]

It wasn't ment to be edgy

[worldly star]

thats my intention

[urban bluff]

I was just saying I don't sleep often, I have a health issue that messes up the way I sleep, causing me to be more tired during the day than I am in the night

I actually have a doctors appointment to get checked out. I am getting my blood drawn and stuff

It is the lack of something neurological in my brain. Forgot what it is called.

[real tinsel]

[urban bluff]

What

I was just explaining my reasoning for my statement

[real tinsel]

[worldly star]

idk why you expect me to be nice to someone whos trying to belittle me and make me feel stupid

[urban bluff]

How am I trying to make you feel stupid

I have treated you with respect multiple times

I don't intend to make you feel stupid. I am sorry

[worldly star]

you didnt but you tried to

[urban bluff]

How?

[arctic grove]

Do we have a verified official release date for ultimate pre-orders? I read somewhere that Oct 15 would be early access to full game launch. Is that information 100% confirmed?

[urban bluff]

I don't understand

[worldly star]

seriously

[mortal prism]

yes

[thin rain]

Yes it is :)

[worldly star]

yes

[arctic grove]

Perfect. Thank you guys.

[mortal prism]

yw

[worldly star]

mhm np

[urban bluff]

Sometime in September is the Beta, and October 22nd is the release date

I wasn't making you feel stupid on purpose

[real tinsel]

[arctic grove]

There is early access to launch prior to the 22nd.

Specifically what I was asking about, I suppose I could have specified.

[mortal prism]

You were more than specific

You mentioned Ultimate . . .

[urban bluff]

I was apologizing that my wording wasn't clear enough to the point were you didn't know I had been being respectful

*Where

That's all my intention was

[mortal prism]

You didn't answer the question

YOu answered what you thought the question was

[urban bluff]

What do you mean

[mortal prism]

Read his question again, then read your answer

to @arctic grove

[hoary lake]

HA!

[arctic grove]

I think he was talking to someone else

Just then

[urban bluff]

Oh, well I am just silly

[mortal prism]

He/she quoted you

[urban bluff]

I read it wrong

I am sorry

[mortal prism]

Forgiven, now lets move on

[arctic grove]

Im mostly looking at the info to put in some PTO, wanted to make sure I had the right dates.

[mortal prism]

Did you pre-order?

[worldly star]

[arctic grove]

mhm. I wanted to have like, 11 days off starting at launch. If the 15th is early access, then that means I get to experience 2 launches ^^ @mortal prism

[urban bluff]

I learned I will be getting the Ultimate Pre-Order tomorrow

[hoary lake]

same

[urban bluff]

I have had much excitement learning the real date of the beta, and an early release of the full game for ultimate pre-orders

gtg

[mortal prism]

I bought gold months ago, but canceled it yesterday.

[worldly star]

whyd you cancel?

[torpid shuttle]

Why bro?

[mortal prism]

I ordered Ultimate

[worldly star]

oh nice

[torpid shuttle]

PERFECT

[thin rain]

Lets goooo HK

welcome to the club

[mortal prism]

😄

[real tinsel]

one day battlefield2042 will be 5$ for the ultimate edition

[hoary lake]

damn right

[arctic grove]

:D

[mortal prism]

I have to build 2 computers before BEta!

[real tinsel]

and thats when i will buy the game😎 even if it takes 5 years

[torpid shuttle]

WOW

[hoary lake]

that tech test tho🤤

i want more

[arctic grove]

One more question actually, do we know anything about crossplay? (or optional crossplay for that matter)? As far as PS5 w/ Xbox, or new gen consoles to PC?

Not asking opinions on it really, just wanting to know if we have any official info on it yet.

[hoary lake]

ps5,xbox series x/s, and pc are together

[next onyx]

The only crossplay we have is xbox one and ps4 / xbx ps5 and pc

[hoary lake]

ps4 and xbo one are together

[arctic grove]

Got it.

[torpid shuttle]

Steam deck?

[upbeat sand]

no

never

[mortal prism]

Check out the FAQ, it answers most of your questions, and more 🙂

[arctic grove]

Cool, will do. Thanks guys!

[mortal prism]

👍

[upbeat sand]

steam deck uses steam os which is PC

so steamdeak will be counted as pc

[torpid shuttle]

Ok thank you

[hoary lake]

will it run origin?

so it can launch battlefield

[worldly star]

steam deck runs custom linux distro

so yes, itll run battlefield

its not steam os

[torpid shuttle]

Well there are only 4 arguments to customize gun (Barrel,magazine,gun sight,stock)
I hope there is more when game release.

[worldly spoke]

Ladies and gentlemen may I present to u this

[worldly star]

there will be under barrel attachments too

[lime surge]

actually I have not seen stock customization

its barrel, mag, sight and underbarrel

[serene spire]

so

sup

[mortal prism]

Sup

So

[torpid shuttle]

My bad.
I hope we will have more customize option.

[lime surge]

with the plus system, there will only be 4 slots for each weapon possible

different class of weapons may have different things for each of the slots however

[torpid shuttle]

That's mean in gun smith (or gun customize menu) will have more arguments to customize.
But plus system is limit to 4 arguments right?

[lime surge]

I think its just 4 slots, gun customization outside the plus system might let you pick what to bring as options for plus, but there wont be additional arguments

[torpid shuttle]

ok

[lost snow]

Wondering if there will be more playtests

[lime surge]

we expect beta date to be announced at gamescom next week

[worldly star]

i don't expect any future battlefields to get playtests in the future

[lime surge]

why b/c leaks? you know it happens every time right

EA doesnt care

[radiant prism]

Technically they do this time, since this stuff is under NDA, meaning legal ramifications

[next onyx]

If they didn't care peoples accounts wouldn't be banned

[lime surge]

every past playtest was like for EA, nobody is going to bother suing

of course they need some enforcement or it will get out of hand, but the main goal of the playtest is to gather feedback and they will keep doing it

[worldly star]

the community hasnt given any feedback

all theyve done is cry about old builds of the game

and leaked stuff

[lime surge]

as long as gameplay with major bugs like stretchy man isnt rampant on youtube its whatever

[mortal prism]

Not true

[next onyx]

Long man was hilarious

[lime surge]

wdym, first theres the tech forums, and also the survey they sent out

[radiant prism]

I dunno, theres really good reason to care. Being a technical test, its not really supposed to represent the game in its final form. Given how rampant leaks have been, people are building likely falsified takes on the state of the game

[lime surge]

only reason why nda even exist is to prevent some bugs or major design flaw being spread around

[radiant prism]

And with the amount of PR hype going around...thats not a good combination

[lime surge]

if ppl want to show off other things, they will just get taken down after a few hours no damage done

I have yet to see a leak thats bad PR so far from the tech test

if anything, its generating more hype for the beta

[lost snow]

leakers have the same need for attention that cheaters have

[lime surge]

as I said, ppl who are watching leaks arent your average player, reddit/discord is not the entire playbase

a media outlet cant make a video highlighting issues/shortcomings, thats a major reason why nda even exist