Battlefield V

grambo said:
Are people using DX11 or DX12 these days? I think I am still on DX11 due to launch issues but was reading some stuff on Reddit that supported DX12 and disabling forward frame rendering if you have a rig to drive a high/consistent frame rate. May give that a try tonight.

Sounds like the new patch/TTK changes are causing an uproar though.
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Did some testing over the weekend. In DX12 with future frame rendering off I get 125-160ish fps, and while it looks great, I get stutter/hitching maybe once every 10-15 seconds. This is with my display in either 144 or 165Hz with GSync on. DX11 is 80-110ish fps but no stuttering ever so I am sticking with DX11.

Re: the new patch. The TTK changes suck but I think the reddit reaction is overblown. It's still a fun game to play and if you play tactically it's not an issue. The spotting mechanics are stupid though IMO. You end up being able to see people in smoke or behind fences if they have been spotted by a flare, air support etc.

Game is absolutely still fun and worth playing, I am really enjoying the Frontlines mode, it's like Rush/Conquest combined in the best way. Not as choke-pointy as pure Rush yet it forces people to PTFO more than Conquest. Good back and forth feel to the games.
 
People giving up on this game after the terrible TTK patch? Wake Island is pretty damn fun, played a couple hours of Conquest and Breakthrough last night. Feels balanced between air/vehicles/infantry. Good pilots can definitely cause problems but luckily the stationary AA is pretty powerful and it's easy to pick off bombers that fly low.
 
grambo said:
People giving up on this game after the terrible TTK patch? Wake Island is pretty damn fun, played a couple hours of Conquest and Breakthrough last night. Feels balanced between air/vehicles/infantry. Good pilots can definitely cause problems but luckily the stationary AA is pretty powerful and it's easy to pick off bombers that fly low.
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Hah, some buddies and I played last night too. Seemed pretty good honestly.
 
theres a ttk hotfix coming to revert some of the changes. so I think they are trying to find a middle ground. I guess they are trying to appeal to the players who aren't playing cod mw because of its super fast ttk.
 
I dunno who the fuck they're trying to appeal to because it just seems like they accomplished nothing but dumbing down the game.
 
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Do they have wake only servers? Ive been looking forward to wake which is my favorite map ever.
 
socK said:
I dunno who the fuck they're trying to appeal to because it just seems like they accomplished nothing but dumbing down the game.
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they are trying to increase the skill ceiling by making people go for headshots. rewarding people with good aim. the faster ttk was still way slower than cod so I still dont really see the point of the change.

played wake for a couple hours today. doesn't feel like wake island very much. theres too much clutter. too many buildings, trenches. not enough elevation. the original was raised up more from the ocean. they changed it too much.
 
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Game is still pretty much trash, I rage quit after a higher ping pilot was taking little to no damage all round and was wrecking everybody.
 
Anyone know how it is possible for an enemy plane to shoot bullets sideways on wake island? Player with a ping of 183 just did that to me.
 
FearTheCow said:
Anyone know how it is possible for an enemy plane to shoot bullets sideways on wake island? Player with a ping of 183 just did that to me.
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probably cause of the ping. planes are always glitchy for me when I watch them fly. and my ping is 55.
 
When Dice nerfs planes to a reasonable level and bluffs AA I might try this dumpster fire again, every match I have been in the last couple days has a plane with a 25+ to 1 K/D ratio and is by far the highest scoring player.

I am actually about to buy COD for the first time in my life with how bad EA/DICE has fucked the battlefield series over.
 
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FearTheCow said:
When Dice nerfs planes to a reasonable level and bluffs AA I might try this dumpster fire again, every match I have been in the last couple days has a plane with a 25+ to 1 K/D ratio and is by far the highest scoring player.

I am actually about to buy COD for the first time in my life with how bad EA/DICE has fucked the battlefield series over.
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planes are easy to take down with the rocket thing assault class gets. if you're good at flying, you should be able to get a good score. its been like that for every bf game.
 
FearTheCow said:
When Dice nerfs planes to a reasonable level and bluffs AA I might try this dumpster fire again, every match I have been in the last couple days has a plane with a 25+ to 1 K/D ratio and is by far the highest scoring player.

I am actually about to buy COD for the first time in my life with how bad EA/DICE has fucked the battlefield series over.
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It's not a dUmPsTeR fIrE just because you can't be bothered to pick up a Fliegerfaust.

BF is not CoD.
 
Gabe3 said:
planes are easy to take down with the rocket thing assault class gets. if you're good at flying, you should be able to get a good score. its been like that for every bf game.
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They are not easy to take down when they are able to fly high enough to keep ground AA from being effective. Planes have more survivability than tanks in the game, and that's pathetic.

odditory said:
It's not a dUmPsTeR fIrE just because you can't be bothered to pick up a Fliegerfaust.

BF is not CoD.
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You're right, CoD is actually more fun sadly.
 
FearTheCow said:
They are not easy to take down when they are able to fly high enough to keep ground AA from being effective. Planes have more survivability than tanks in the game, and that's pathetic.



You're right, CoD is actually more fun sadly.
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planes still have to come down in order to kill you, thats when you kill them. not hard. the amount of times I've been killed by planes pales in comparison to tanks.

edit: ok they did nerf that flougerfaust rocket thing. I tried flying for the first time for real with my joystick tonight. I only got to try the jap plane, man that thing feels heavy. nothing like the one in 1942. maybe I have to upgrade it? it felt like I was at a huge disadvantage, was getting owned by the american plane.

this game is close to dead. 4 servers playing wake island conquest. and only 1 is east coast.
 
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Planes are massively OP right now in terms of survivability, mostly because of horrible stationary AA placement on maps (especially Wake). The Filgerfaust is only effective for bad pilots that dive very low for strafing runs.

Tanks are also OP against infantry IMO. Piat/Panzer need a minor buff. Two assault working together should be able to force tanks to retreat for full repair, that is not the case now. If a tank has a single support repairing it and stays slightly back from front line it's basically invincible especially medium/heavy tanks (and I say this as a tank user).
 
grambo said:
Planes are massively OP right now in terms of survivability, mostly because of horrible stationary AA placement on maps (especially Wake). The Filgerfaust is only effective for bad pilots that dive very low for strafing runs.

Tanks are also OP against infantry IMO. Piat/Panzer need a minor buff. Two assault working together should be able to force tanks to retreat for full repair, that is not the case now. If a tank has a single support repairing it and stays slightly back from front line it's basically invincible especially medium/heavy tanks (and I say this as a tank user).
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the panzer is a joke. its a inaccurate weapon so even when aiming it you may end up getting a glancing blow and the crosshair for it, well there is none so you can't be very accurate anyway.
 
Would you guys recommend this as being worth a try for someone who hasn't played shooters in awhile?

Loved BF1942 and BF2 waay back in the day. Skipped 3 and 4 and haven't played shooters in a long while.

I bought BF5 awhile back and now that we are stuck at home, was thinking of giving it a go. I own the basic version of it and I'm asking mainly from a 'is it worth my time' POV. That's subjective, I know, but for those who enjoy this genre, I'd like to get your thoughts.

Thanks.
 
I think you’re far better off judging for yourself I’d you like it since you have the game than asking complete strangers who don’t know a thing about you.
 
Jesus.

OK, let's try that again.

Are folks enjoying this? I had read that it had a troubled development and wondered if it is in a fun/playable state.
 
peppergomez said:
Jesus.

OK, let's try that again.

Are folks enjoying this? I had read that it had a troubled development and wondered if it is in a fun/playable state.
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I would say yes. but it was just announced the last update for BF5 is coming in the summer. its probably the most casual shooter out there so I think you'd enjoy it. I paid $50 for it near release and feel like I got my moneys worth, but sadly they moved in a strange direction with this game. strange enough to where it will probably hurt future sales of the next BF game.

 
I hate the server browser. Seems like it is hard to find any of the new maps and TDM hardcore is dead to. Still alive on BF4...

Wanted to try the Japanese maps but couldn't find any hosted last time I tried. And unlocking weapons is such a pain that I just give up each time I get into the game. They pushed the grinding too far, and I'm not interested in using 3-4 guns over and over again. Don't like the vehicles either. I understand why they did limited ammo but not a fan of vehicles spawn locations and whatnot.

Each time I try to get into it, the lackluster server browser and weapon grind just kills it for me.
 
Hoping BF6 is a return to sanity with a modern setting .. even if they just combined the best BF3 and BF4 maps plus some new ones and threw it on the latest Frostbite, I's be thrilled.

Part of me worries that the heydey of this type of game is past, and the genre isn't sustainable because there's been a generational shift in games. And so I wonder how much they'll have to distort what made BF2/3/4 great to appeal to younger demographic -- free to play, battle royale, dance emojis and spiderman costumes etc
 
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peppergomez said:
Jesus.

OK, let's try that again.

Are folks enjoying this? I had read that it had a troubled development and wondered if it is in a fun/playable state.
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really though. Why not try it since you have it? You’ve literally already spent more time asking than it would have taken to play
 
odditory said:
Part of me worries that the heydey of this type of game is past, and the business model isn't sustainable because there's been a generational shift in games. And so I wonder how much they'll have to distort what made BF2/3/4 great to appeal to younger demographic -- free to play, battle royale, dance emojis and spiderman costumes etc
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I am worried about that to. BF4 added a lot of customization in terms of uniforms, but they kept it mostly in theme. All but a few camos looked perfectly normal. I think the days of an authentic looking military online shooter has come to pass from the mainstream. Even if the gameplay is the same we'll likely have people and vehicles that look like something out of Mad Max or Fornite. Which is a shame as game diversity is certainly a casualty. But we have no one to blame but gamers for supporting that type of crappy cosmetics, battle royale and whatnot.
 
I picked it up last week since it was on sale. Had a lot of fun playing with some friends over the weekend, but good games kept getting ruined by cheaters. The same player kept showing up on multiple servers. Eventually everyone would quit and move to a different server, then he'd show up again.
 
They should just remaster BF2 and call it a day. If they can remaster Tony Hawk 1&2 why won't they remaster BF2 and BF: BC2, the two best BF games of all time. Remember when they used to actually make quality BF games that didn't come out every year.
 
Hulk said:
They should just remaster BF2 and call it a day. If they can remaster Tony Hawk 1&2 why won't they remaster BF2 and BF: BC2, the two best BF games of all time. Remember when they used to actually make quality BF games that didn't come out every year.
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they still don't come out every year and they aren't good quality lol.
 
Hulk said:
They should just remaster BF2 and call it a day. If they can remaster Tony Hawk 1&2 why won't they remaster BF2 and BF: BC2, the two best BF games of all time. Remember when they used to actually make quality BF games that didn't come out every year.
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I think BC2 is what started BFs downhill trend personally BC2 itself was decent enough but i feel that the success of the new game mode (Rush) caused the deva to move attention away from conquest and into even more game modes, thus hurting the overall BF experience.
 
Hulk said:
They should just remaster BF2 and call it a day. If they can remaster Tony Hawk 1&2 why won't they remaster BF2 and BF: BC2, the two best BF games of all time. Remember when they used to actually make quality BF games that didn't come out every year.
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BF2's weapon and vehicle handling was terrible. Even back then, many games did it better. To go back to that stuff in 2020 would be horrific.
 
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