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Battlefield 6

As long as they don't screw with it like they did with Firestorm it will be great. I even liked the TDM version, which focused heavily on the destructible town near that one objective. On Conquest with more vehicles (than the default) it was excellent. They need 2 tank and 2 IFV by default at the default spawns. At the minimum.
 
Still didn't see anything regarding when.. That's ok though, no rush.

Have any of you finished the recon challenge of "Spot 300 enemies at objectives with recon gadgets"? I've been using the drone, the proximity grenade, and the spotter like crazy and playing recon almost exclusively for weeks and only have 50 something. Almost seems bugged.
 
w35t said:
"Spot 300 enemies at objectives with recon gadgets"?
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There's hidden restrictions regarding those quests, someone once posted on the sub about them. Something like spotting the same opponent only counts once per your life, only counts once per gadget, and only counts once per their life.

So for eg if you spot a player, then he dies and runs back and you spot him again it won't count. Or if you spot a player and you die and he doesn't and you spot him again it won't count. Or if you spot a player with one gadget, spotting him with another gadget wont count unless you both died and respawned. I could be mis-remembering it a bit as this post was a while back but basically don't waste your time trying to get dozens of spots in one go as most won't count. Grab maybe 10 spots and keep playing normally for a bit, then after a while grab another 10 or so, and so on.
 
Can't even get a game going in my region. Yet can jump in on COD BO7 anytime of day. Dammit!
 
w35t said:
Still didn't see anything regarding when.. That's ok though, no rush.

Have any of you finished the recon challenge of "Spot 300 enemies at objectives with recon gadgets"? I've been using the drone, the proximity grenade, and the spotter like crazy and playing recon almost exclusively for weeks and only have 50 something. Almost seems bugged.
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Select the map in the junkyard at dusk (don't recall the name), select Team Deathmatch game mode. Select Recon class. Use the recon drone, fly above the bus in the middle of the map. You'll be spotting everyone as they spawn. I've completed those ones in a matter of minutes. Not sure which challenge requires 300 though, but you should be able to get 20-30 per match easily, even if you just hover around in the drone the whole match spotting enemies.

I apologize if I am thinking of the wrong gadget.
 
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w35t said:
Still didn't see anything regarding when.. That's ok though, no rush.

Have any of you finished the recon challenge of "Spot 300 enemies at objectives with recon gadgets"? I've been using the drone, the proximity grenade, and the spotter like crazy and playing recon almost exclusively for weeks and only have 50 something. Almost seems bugged.
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Go breakthrough on liberation peak, mirak valley or eastwood. It is easier on offense, but just make sure you fly high and as far away from the site as possible when you spot. Typically you get 25-50 spots per map, sometimes more.
 
evhvis said:
Go breakthrough on liberation peak, mirak valley or eastwood. It is easier on offense, but just make sure you fly high and as far away from the site as possible when you spot. Typically you get 25-50 spots per map, sometimes more.
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This right here is what I did, just played breakthrough and sent out my drone after every death, was pretty easy to get 30+ spots in a match that way.
 
FearTheCow said:
I'm starting to think they changed console aim assist, seeing a lot more console players at the top of leaderboards and feels like I'm dying to console players through smoke a lot lately
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Ya one of the most annoying things about the game. Basically playing against aim bots.
 
How is the state of Portal these days? My Gamepass is coming to an end in March so trying to figure what if anything I will do for gaming since playing BLOPS scratches enough of the itch I get occasionally to play a FPS.
 
I've recently played this game. Yeah like the older ones but with wayyy more blackies and women 😐
 
TangledThornz said:
I miss the big three (USA, China, and Russian) factions. Big thing that is missing imho is naval combat but I'm hoping it'll be added someday.
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They are probably worried about offending someone, so it is better with a generic enemy, better for EA's wallets that is.............
 
New map seems like it will be medium sized, smaller than Eastwood. I don't think that is what people were asking for. Golmud will be 128 players... I also don't think that is what people were asking for. More smaller funneled maps is not what players wanted, but they also did not want BF 2042 sized 128 player maps. They just need to do a 1:1 remake of Golmud with more vehicles, 3 tanks, 2 IFVs per side. New gun list looks solid.

They're going to need to spend more effort on making the maps better (not too funneled, not 2042 large) in terms of size/flow, and make more of them. Without a doubt I think that is the biggest complaint of most players.
 
killroy67 said:
So I've been reading about season 2 and it is just one map, possibly large, and later in the season the addition of a BF4 map Golmud Railway. They really drag this out to the point you just lose interest in the game and move on to something else.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6-season-2/
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Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to check BF4 out again... I love that game still. I haven't played it for a few months, but hopefully the servers have population now.
 
GoldenTiger said:
Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to check BF4 out again... I love that game still. I haven't played it for a few months, but hopefully the servers have population now.
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As much as I loved BF4 I can't go back because I prefer the gameplay style and improved graphics in BF6. It would be nice if they would migrate much of the BF4 elements (eg maps, naval combat) to BF 6 though. But yeah, BF6 needs moar content ASAP!
 
GoldenTiger said:
Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to check BF4 out again... I love that game still. I haven't played it for a few months, but hopefully the servers have population now.
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I tried recently and kept getting kicked out of games. There is something you have to do to get punkbustr to work on modern systems. I think the default version is outdated and gets you booted so you have to manually update it. Just an FYI

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/601911716272568126/
 
TangledThornz said:
As much as I loved BF4 I can't go back because I prefer the gameplay style and improved graphics in BF6. It would be nice if they would migrate much of the BF4 elements (eg maps, naval combat) to BF 6 though. But yeah, BF6 needs moar content ASAP!
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The Golmud Railway map is designed for BF6 so I'm interested to see that one, supposedly this new map may be large and designed for tank and air warfare, we'll know more tomorrow with the release of the gameplay trailer.

ivandagiant said:
I tried recently and kept getting kicked out of games. There is something you have to do to get punkbustr to work on modern systems. I think the default version is outdated and gets you booted so you have to manually update it. Just an FYI

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/601911716272568126/
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Punkbuster is largely defunct, I don't think they even update it anymore, it's still works just no new updates.
 
killroy67 said:
So I've been reading about season 2 and it is just one map, possibly large, and later in the season the addition of a BF4 map Golmud Railway. They really drag this out to the point you just lose interest in the game and move on to something else.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6-season-2/
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The game does need more maps. I know they don't need dozens upon dozens, but they should have at least a few maps coming over the next month or so. Then they can slowly drip some new maps, but now that is the biggest shortcoming.
 
ivandagiant said:
I tried recently and kept getting kicked out of games. There is something you have to do to get punkbustr to work on modern systems. I think the default version is outdated and gets you booted so you have to manually update it. Just an FYI

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/601911716272568126/
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After the BF6 demo last Summer I reinstalled BF4 on my newly built gaming PC and didn't have to deal with Punkbuster nor had any other issues. Maybe something else going on?

Also, I highly recommend True Born Gaming's servers for BF4 if they're still around.
 
I just watched the new gameplay trailer, nothing struck me as it being anywhere near a large map and the other one is just a small high intensity shit show. There was no mention of the BF4 map Golmud Railway, but maybe that'll come later. I'll follow the comments and see what you guys think.
 
killroy67 said:
I just watched the new gameplay trailer, nothing struck me as it being anywhere near a large map and the other one is just a small high intensity shit show. There was no mention of the BF4 map Golmud Railway, but maybe that'll come later. I'll follow the comments and see what you guys think.
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Golmud is coming later in the season. They need to get more maps out quickly, IMO. They can slow drip them once they get another 4 good maps in rotation.
 
How many are using EA app? Anyone who bought 3rd party is using that, and lets be honest, who buys full price games on Steam these days? I wouldn't get too worried yet. I never expected BF to be as popular as the mainstream e-sports games. It seems like it is dropping to regular BF player counts. A bit concerning sure, but I assume a large number of players were for the freebie mode and those people went back to Fortnite/Arc/Overwatch.
 
Yeah I think Arc Raiders has a lot to do with it.

I’m still having fun with it and am looking forward to S2.
 
ppl in this thread keep saying golmund railway is in S2. it is not. it's not even confirmed for S3.

Every single time EA mentions it, they specifically say it isnt in S2, and it will be in some "later seasons" which makes me think 4-5.
 
Flogger23m said:
How many are using EA app? Anyone who bought 3rd party is using that, and lets be honest, who buys full price games on Steam these days? I wouldn't get too worried yet. I never expected BF to be as popular as the mainstream e-sports games. It seems like it is dropping to regular BF player counts. A bit concerning sure, but I assume a large number of players were for the freebie mode and those people went back to Fortnite/Arc/Overwatch.
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Honestly I think if anything more people buy on Steam nowadays than before. Having the ability to refund games and access to features like steam remote play, big picture mode etc. is huge.

We've also seen increased awareness of the shady nature of sites like G2A and other key sites. Me and the people I know never use those sites anymore; it is basically steam for everything or humble bundle.

I'm glad I didn't end up buying BF6. It seems really repetitive infantry churning. A lot of these games are more fun too with a bigger are more diverse playerbase. Unfortunately I did end up buying ARC and I was not a fan of that game at all (ABMM will usually turn the game into either PvE lobbies or KoS PVP lobbies. Game is weak in both regards). Oh well.
 
It also doesn't matter because other games are also on those other platforms, so looking at Steam stats is a good as it gets.

It's not the total number of actual players... but the number can be compared to that of most other games, very few titles are Steam exclusive and not multi-platform nowadays.

Anyway it's pretty clear to me the game has lost a lot of steam by now, I actually don't know anyone who still plays it among my friends/relatives. And what the devs are saying doesn't make me want to come back at all. I'd check Golmud on a free week-end, but that's in many months from now.
 
The big problem is that DICE is DICE. Basically balancing the game with a sledgehammer and creating more bugs than they fix. The winter update was pretty bad IMO and the patch they released before taking a long Christmas vacation left the game in the worst state it has been in since release.

Team balancing has been horrendous since late November or so, which reduces the fun by a lot. There also a lot of hit reg inconsistencies in the last December patch. The netcode and hit reg has been meh since the beta, but the December patch had way more WTF moments than any other patch.

Breakthrough was pretty much an automatic win for offense on the December patches. It was fairly balanced at launch, outside of some capture points being a bit too difficult to attack. They then added tons of armor to offense and increased some of the harder capture points areas to comical size. Basically defense had to have lots of engineers and defend the points so far out that it became "how many tickets will offense lose" rather than "which side will win".

Eastwood is pretty good, but Blackwell Fields is one of the most boring maps I have ever played. Getting 2 maps in season 1 would have been OK if both were good, but we essentially only got 1 map. Season 2 has 1 map next week and 1 more map 4 weeks after that. Both of them need to be good, along with the first patch fixing a lot of the issues they created during the winter offensive, if they want players to return and stay. My guess is a lot of players will try it again when season 2 launches, but if the patch is bad then current player numbers is probably best case scenario.
 
Well I guess It is what it is, no sense in complaining anymore, gamers including myself purchased the Phantom edition, Dice made billions and here we are, we deserve what we get. We haven't learned our lesson from previous Battlefields, why start now.
 
Flogger23m said:
How many are using EA app?
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A lot. Way higher ratio than other games thanks to EA forcing BF3 and BF4 exclusivity to their app forcing a very significant section of the BF playerbase over. Even though that was over a decade ago it solidified a large % of the BF playerbase to the EA app. Yeah for sure some moved back to Steam but the "steam : other" ratio with the BF series is not close to other games.
 
killroy67 said:
I hate to say it but the game is cooked, hardly anyone playing it, it already was in a downward spiral since release, a slight bump up with season one, than basically down to almost flat lining.
https://steamdb.info/app/2807960/charts/#max
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Yeah, I mean battlefield is still an "old" game mode. People flock to extraction and BR shooters for the adrenaline they provide, you can't get that level of thrill from battlefield and no matter how many maps or how good they are it won't get the player counts that more exciting games have which is why I'm surprised they aren't putting a ton of effort into redsec.
 
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