Battlefield 1 general discussion

That's the thing, and I'm not sure if it was because WWII was bad, but I didn't feel this engaged in any of the previous Battlefield games, even 4 (which is also a really good FPS). I preferred the combat in CoD all along, and went against the grain insofar as I wasn't a fan of the Treyarch stuff, but Sledgehammer and Infinity Ward ones were good (we don't include Ghosts, ever!). But WWII got is so wrong imo. And going from that to the awesomeness of BF1 was made a lot easier.

I had another moment last night where I somehow managed to avoid being shot by about 12 infantry, a tank and a plane. They all should have killed me, but so much happened in the space of about 15 seconds I managed to escape. Their tank got blown up just as it was about to shoot me, the plane was shot down and took out some infantry, and the rest of the infantry got decimated in the confusion. Edge of my seat stuff, heart pounding and fully convinced I was in the game!

I'm currently running a Turtlebeach XP510 and using 'War tapes' for the audio. That would be the best for sound, correct?

BF1 Incursions is out now on pc and consoles.

I've only given it one or two games and it's certainly a different experience compared with the main title

I think it did have the potential to be a good competitive title, but I don't see it getting the player base required to make it worth playing. And the player base for the regular BF1 has collapsed recently with peak players down by almost 40% since January and most of the game modes essentially dead. I haven't been able to find a frontlines server with any players on Xbox in over a month, which is a real shame as that was my favourite mode.

Anyone experiencing particularly bad lagging on the Xbox in recent months playing Battlefield?
Never seen it so bad. It's practically unplayable. Wondering is it my virgin broadband or is it the BF networks that's the problem?
Cheers

dealhunter1985 wrote: »

Anyone experiencing particularly bad lagging on the Xbox in recent months playing Battlefield?
Never seen it so bad. It's practically unplayable. Wondering is it my virgin broadband or is it the BF networks that's the problem?
Cheers

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

(seriously) Plug out the xbox, leave it off for a few minutes, plug it back in and restart it. This is how you clear the cache on xb1.

I was having awful problems with lag and this fixed it.

Sinai Desert and Monte Grappa probably the best sniper maps. Probably best to do it on frontlines or operations mode where there are lots of infantry players focused on one objective and they can be picked off from a distance.

In the Iron Walls operation on Monte Grappa, sector 5 in particular is great for sniping, you get defending players coming down the mountain and there are a couple of choke points where they tend to gather. Plus there are lots of other snipers so you can go counter sniping.

BTW, I'm an awful sniper, I hardly ever play scout class, but even I was able to get enough kills here to unlock some guns and get some of the achievements

Thecageyone wrote: »

I'm not really into online gaming with this type of game, as I'm atrocious at them and would be a handicap to any team I join. But wondering what the SP mode is like? Have seen BF1 on some sites for as little as €3, worth a shot?

I didn't play it myself but i heard good things i think it goes into the story of the Harlem Hell Fighters and stuff like that.

Homelander wrote: »

Honestly I thought the SP in BF1 and BFV were fairly weak, but for €3 you'll at least get your moneys worth and a WW1 themed campaign is a bit unique as well.

BF1 is an amazing online game though, everything is really well balanced, great maps, and really nice game design.

BFV was a major step-back in pretty much every possible way.

If you like campaigns you could get EA Access? I think it's €25 for the year, then you'd have access to Bad Company 2, BF3, BF4, BF1, BF: Hardline, BFV, Battlefront 2....as well as lots of other EA games.

They all have campaigns and all are much the same quality wise.

I'll have a look into EA cheers, I already have the other usuals - XBL Game pass, Steam and Epic so one more won't hurt

Dcully wrote: »

BF1 is great fun, too many silly features like horses, noobie sniper sweetspot mechanic [ie no need for headshots to 1 shot] is a bit lame, elite units are annoying and fun depending whether your on receiving end or not :P
A lot of the maps are poor imo but it has 4-5 classic maps that you could play forever.
Gunplay ,netcode,hitreg etc are fantastic and it still looks incredible to this day.

I just can't understand how they went from that to BFV.

I installed Battlefield 1 this weekend after a long break away from it..
Struggling to find a game though.
I keep ending up in maps by myself.
Any tips on how to get a game going?
When i used to play last year, I typically played Domination..
On the xbox if that makes any diff. thanks