Battlefield V

Shlippery · 21-03-2019 2:22pm

Also...it sure looks like a good time.

tripperman · 22-03-2019 11:20am

Haven't had time in month's to play, looking forward to getting back playing next few day's, has much changed since start of January

Grumpypants · 22-03-2019 11:41am

tripperman wrote: »

Haven't had time in month's to play, looking forward to getting back playing next few day's, has much changed since start of January

Lots but not enough to radically change it, i think Firestorm is the shot in the arm it needs.

Killinator · 22-03-2019 1:18pm

Has the patch caused anyone else ticket counter on breakthrough/rush to dissappear?
Quite annoying to be playing either and not knowing how close or far you are from winning or losing!

tigger123 · 22-03-2019 1:53pm

I get a bit confused with the ads and updates etc.

Is there new maps coming soon?

I'm still loving it anytime I get an hour or two to get into it.

ktulu123 · 22-03-2019 3:09pm

Firestorm is coming on Monday, it is Battlefields version of Battle Royal. I was very sceptical when I heard they were making it but the gameplay I have seen so far looks good. It will probably hold my interest for a couple weeks then I'll drop off again.

Not big into the BR genre anymore

Grumpypants · 22-03-2019 9:32pm

tigger123 wrote: »

I get a bit confused with the ads and updates etc.

Is there new maps coming soon?

I'm still loving it anytime I get an hour or two to get into it.

New one for Firestorm battle royal, another due in May i think, looks like a beach one.

pegasus1 · 24-03-2019 7:20pm

**World Record attempt**

for the longest time time playing a video game online

Already 48 hours playing time in, he is taking a well earned rest by building up 10 minutes rest time every hour he is attempting to smash the existing record of 135 hours by an Australian playing CoD this time the game is BF V and Northern Ireland

His feed can be watched on twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/ni_oldskool

Give NI_Old Skool support by watching and sharing his feed

Shlippery · 25-03-2019 4:08pm

pegasus1 wrote: »

**World Record attempt**

for the longest time time playing a video game online

Already 48 hours playing time in, he is taking a well earned rest by building up 10 minutes rest time every hour he is attempting to smash the existing record of 135 hours by an Australian playing CoD this time the game is BF V and Northern Ireland

His feed can be watched on twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/ni_oldskool

Give NI_Old Skool support by watching and sharing his feed

Fair play to him...135hrs is some length of time - story with food and drink!?

Also..Firestorm is out! Mostly positive reviews so far! Dying to get home and get stuck into it.

Grumpypants · 25-03-2019 5:32pm

Really enjoying it, it has a feel of the older BF games where you had some time to mess about without getting chucked right into a spray of bullets. Few issues but I'd say one or two patches will sort it.

tigger123 · 25-03-2019 6:00pm

pegasus1 wrote: »

**World Record attempt**

for the longest time time playing a video game online

Already 48 hours playing time in, he is taking a well earned rest by building up 10 minutes rest time every hour he is attempting to smash the existing record of 135 hours by an Australian playing CoD this time the game is BF V and Northern Ireland

His feed can be watched on twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/ni_oldskool

Give NI_Old Skool support by watching and sharing his feed

What a complete and utter waste of time.

Outkast_IRE · 25-03-2019 10:30pm

Firestorm feels alright so far, only played 2 rounds of solo last 7 was the furthest i got.

Not sure on weapon balance, i got an upper torso shot with a sniper rifle on an enemy and it only dented his armour he snuck round me and two bullets from the stg and i was wiped.

Blazer · 25-03-2019 11:33pm

Wasn't impressed with solo mode..but squad mode is a different beast altogether. Absolutely great fun to play and extremely enjoyable.

Outkast_IRE · 25-03-2019 11:36pm

Blazer wrote: »

Wasn't impressed with solo mode..but squad mode is a different beast altogether. Absolutely great fun to play and extremely enjoyable.

Yeah might give that a go tomorrow night

Grumpypants · 25-03-2019 11:43pm

I just love not dying over, and over, and over to the point that dying/respawning is meaningless. I spent 10mins just wandering on an adventure.

The Specialist · 25-03-2019 11:56pm

It has pulled me back in anyway, enjoying it from what I played this evening. The chopper is class

Is it just me or could it do with a bit of intro/outro music? It all seems very subdued, even the match ending screen.

Akrasia · 26-03-2019 12:17am

. Played a couple of rounds. One maddening moment for me. Was down to the last 7, firewall right beside me, i got a flank on an enemy and fired first only for the screen to freeze for about a second, long enough for him to move out of my sights and take me out.

Other than that it was fun.

jonski · 26-03-2019 12:19am

Played a few games of it today , three things that stood out in a negative way for me , the overpowering sound of the firestorm drowning out footsteps ( could use it as a tactic ) , too slow to easily spot what you want from loot ( maybe it will get easier with time ) and the glaring lack of Duos . Other than that I enjoyed it .

Shlippery · 26-03-2019 9:58am

I think the sound is fantastic. Had some holy **** moments last night too trying to outrun the fire in a tank.

Audio set to War Tapes and lack of visibility is fcking epic.. Blindly running through the fire to only to meet an unfortunate demise at the end!

Still gong to take a few more rounds to get the hang of it..an hopefully a bit more stability as it's crashing a lot for me.

km79 · 26-03-2019 11:48am

I might go back for a look so

Will it be fun solo though ?

Grumpypants · 26-03-2019 11:51am

km79 wrote: »

I might go back for a look so

Will it be fun solo though ?

It has some good points, if you play Squads with a bad squad then it is almost impossible to survive as you come up against 3-4 players. But in solos it is more balanced. But if you can play with friends or a good squad, squads is much better.

Shlippery · 26-03-2019 12:15pm

Yea, feel you really need to use the mic with random squads to have any chance of working as a team. Had some funny crews last night. Lookin forward to tryin it with a few mates though.

Will be interesting to see how it develops over time, still seems like an add-on, no progression or incentives to keep playing. But a nice distraction to mix things up all the same.

Lets see how the Tides continue.. Dice still putting lot of works and big updates into Star Wars Battlefront 2 so I feel, they'll look after us in BFV similarly!

Grumpypants · 26-03-2019 1:06pm

Progression is there, it is across the game. So you can keep ranking up and earning company coins.

I'd love to see some other modes tested out. Conquest could be epic.

Shlippery · 26-03-2019 4:22pm

Grumpypants wrote: »

Progression is there, it is across the game. So you can keep ranking up and earning company coins.

I'd love to see some other modes tested out. Conquest could be epic.

Sorry, meant there's no Firestorm specific progression! Rank still ain't budging past 50!

What do you mean other modes tested? Conquest on Halvoy?

:pac:

The Specialist · 26-03-2019 4:44pm

Shlippery wrote: »

Sorry, meant there's no Firestorm specific progression! Rank still ain't budging past 50!

What do you mean other modes tested? Conquest on Halvoy?

:pac:

There is an assignment there specific to Firestorm I think. Don't think Halvoy is in Conquest (it would probably be unplayable because it's so large

). Nice mix of terrain and areas though the centre of the map seems to be complete snow cover.

Grumpypants · 26-03-2019 11:52pm

Yeah Halvoy is only Firestorm but the bfv maps seem to funnel infantry into an endless churn that isnt fun. Having space make Halvoy an adventure. I'd like to see them try it if even just for a week for ****s and giggles.

Outkast_IRE · 27-03-2019 8:55am

My thoughts after playing some firestorm solo and squad .

Solo is enjoyable enough as you are self reliant , to be honest my main problem is I am not familiar enough with the less common weapons to know are they worth swapping for what I currently have. Will prob play the odd round from here on .

Squad . Can be amazing or brutal depending on your sqaud . Had a great round where we got a tank from a bunker , however the driver was not listening to me when I said watch the fuel so we ran out , however I managed to position the tank on a hilltop overlooking the surrounding area, took out most of a squad from that spot however the remainder of my squad went on foot towards them and got wiped by the last guy , didn't last long as a solo then.

Had another round where a pair of lads ran off from the squad doing their own thing so that messed that round up instantly . Lot of guys not listening , sound is very important now with vehicles being heard well before seeing them.

Shlippery · 27-03-2019 11:29am

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

My thoughts after playing some firestorm solo and squad .

Solo is enjoyable enough as you are self reliant , to be honest my main problem is I am not familiar enough with the less common weapons to know are they worth swapping for what I currently have. Will prob play the odd round from here on .

Squad . Can be amazing or brutal depending on your sqaud . Had a great round where we got a tank from a bunker , however the driver was not listening to me when I said watch the fuel so we ran out , however I managed to position the tank on a hilltop overlooking the surrounding area, took out most of a squad from that spot however the remainder of my squad went on foot towards them and got wiped by the last guy , didn't last long as a solo then.

Had another round where a pair of lads ran off from the squad doing their own thing so that messed that round up instantly . Lot of guys not listening , sound is very important now with vehicles being heard well before seeing them.

I've the headphones on and I get spooked by my own footsteps/movements in Solo! So good.

I do enjoy squads, but complete luck of the draw with what you get matched with.

Had good fun last night, four of us being chased across the snow by a sturmtiger, ended up at a small camp where we found panzerfaust and nades and managed to finish it off. They did a great job of making sure tanks aren't unstoppable for a BR!

Outkast_IRE · 27-03-2019 5:52pm

Shlippery wrote: »

I've the headphones on and I get spooked by my own footsteps/movements in Solo! So good.

I do enjoy squads, but complete luck of the draw with what you get matched with.

Had good fun last night, four of us being chased across the snow by a sturmtiger, ended up at a small camp where we found panzerfaust and nades and managed to finish it off. They did a great job of making sure tanks aren't unstoppable for a BR!

Yeah the. Fuel and ammo mechanic for the vehicles stops anybody running riot

ktulu123 · 28-03-2019 11:11am

I saw your squad got destroyed Shlippery in Jack Frags's latest video! Been playing a good few solo games, haven't won one yet. Always get ****ed over near the end haha. Really enjoying it though. What I would love is this huge open map with a conquest game mode thrown in for the craic.

Shlippery · 28-03-2019 11:22am

ktulu123 wrote: »

I saw your squad got destroyed Shlippery in Jack Frags's latest video! Been playing a good few solo games, haven't won one yet. Always get ****ed over near the end haha. Really enjoying it though. What I would love is this huge open map with a conquest game mode thrown in for the craic.

Haha, good eye. I remember his name popping up, said he killed me with a Crocodile tank.. completely wiped us out.

Decided to spectate him in 3rd person view and watched til the end. Happy he got the win, less of a blow to my confidence

I was wondering if he'd be recording so was surreal seeing it in his latest video from his perspective :pac:

The Specialist · 28-03-2019 11:29am

Is the sound of your own characters footsteps completely ****ing with anyone else's heads? Played solo last night with a new headset and literally spent 3 mins running non stop as I thought someone was chasing me, ended up jumping off a rock in to a 180 spin only to find nobody there

Shlippery · 28-03-2019 11:42am

The Specialist wrote: »

Is the sound of your own characters footsteps completely ****ing with anyone else's heads? Played solo last night with a new headset and literally spent 3 mins running non stop as I thought someone was chasing me, ended up jumping off a rock in to a 180 spin only to find nobody there

Upstairs in a house, wooden floor. Crouch, or just spin on the spot.

The paranoia flows through the veins.

Grumpypants · 28-03-2019 2:33pm

My parachute scared the crap outta me, it takes a second to hit the ground when you land so I was up and running and next thing heard something right behind me, pegged it into a shed to hide from nothing :pac:

Outkast_IRE · 28-03-2019 2:53pm

Think I will be playing solo moreso that squads . Had time for one game last night, played squads, we landed and within 2 minutes 2 members of the squad just ran off on their own , with no heads up or anything . They got creamed fairly fast but left us in a very weak position.

TerrorFirmer · 28-03-2019 4:09pm

Is there a simplified comms system like in Apex? That works outrageously well. Looking forward to getting stuck into Firestorm later but I'd be really into squads, not a fan of lone wolf BR.

The Specialist · 28-03-2019 4:29pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Is there a simplified comms system like in Apex? That works outrageously well. Looking forward to getting stuck into Firestorm later but I'd be really into squads, not a fan of lone wolf BR.

I think there is a spotting system in place but not too sure, haven't used it much. Lone wolf BR can be extremely tense compared to squads, just you on your own trying to survive against everyone else, scavenging what you can to keep going. Squad play loses a bit of that, there's less threat when you are strolling around with 3 extra guns on hand.

Shlippery · 28-03-2019 4:55pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Is there a simplified comms system like in Apex? That works outrageously well. Looking forward to getting stuck into Firestorm later but I'd be really into squads, not a fan of lone wolf BR.

Not as good as Apex, missing the voice lines but you can indeed ping things around the place with Q

TerrorFirmer · 28-03-2019 8:49pm

Won my first game and came 2nd in my second. So mad at myself as I was confronted by the last enemy squad head-on in the middle of reloading my MG34.

Grumpypants · 30-03-2019 9:19am

First night in months that we played BfV non stop till 3am. Couldn't get enough of it.

ThumbTaxed · 30-03-2019 11:12pm

Not mad about Firestorm. It is good in some ways but overall I just find the experience dull. It can be tense but there is very little fun in it.

While the map is great in some ways I just think it is too samey and there are no iconic parts on the map.

Camping is the way forward too. 10 minutes into a game I go into a house and a guy pops up behind a chair and kills me. Sad ape. Can't see the fun in that.

Killinator · 31-03-2019 1:14am

ThumbTaxed wrote: »

Not mad about Firestorm. It is good in some ways but overall I just find the experience dull. It can be tense but there is very little fun in it.

While the map is great in some ways I just think it is too samey and there are no iconic parts on the map.

Camping is the way forward too. 10 minutes into a game I go into a house and a guy pops up behind a chair and kills me. Sad ape. Can't see the fun in that.

In fairness he could have arrived to that house a minute before and heard you approaching and decided to ambush you.
Sucks for you but I'm sure he enjoyed it!

Akrasia · 10-05-2019 8:32pm

Well, BFV is really setting the world on fire

No posts in more than a month.

I remember during the BF3 and BF4 years when this forum would be hopping

BFV are bringing in a RSP program but it won't be here until Autumn. I think the lack of clan support is what is really killing the game. People say there's a lack of content, and there is, but that doesn't mean the game can't have a thriving fan base. There hasn't been a new map released for BFBC2 in a decade and there are still loads of people playing on the same few maps.

The difference is that there is practically zero clan support in BFV. There's no way for clans to play on the same server and practise or challenge other clans. There's maximum squads of 5 people and no way to switch teams.

There are a brace of new maps modes and features coming to the game by the end of the year. DICE can still recover this given that BF4 was a shambles for the first 8 months of it's release, but they need to do a lot of marketing and promotion to win back players and recover from the bad reputation that BFV has gotten since it's launch.

I think Firestorm needs to be free to play for everyone regardless of whether they've bought the base game. They're not gonna lose any money cause the game will be on sale for ****e all in a while, and some of the cosmetic packs will cost more than the base game by then.

EA need to redouble their efforts in the same way they did with Battlefront II. Pump in the resources, fix the game, recover its reputation and show commitment to the franchise in order to ensure that there will be any good will left for the next BF game that they launch in 2020.

They also need to provide progression. The levelcap is ****e, Rank 50 only takes a few weeks to reach and then it's just grinding for company coin and tides of war points to unlock guns and skins.
Why don't they have ranked servers, and player rankings!
It should be so easy to do. Have leaderboards for each country, for clans and individuals, for each class, map etc. I'd have no hope of being anywhere near the top, but for the good players, that's what sparks rivalries and builds communities. People would want to join the best clans, clan battles could get recognition in the scoreboards.

Simple stuff really, all it takes is a UI and an updated database to track the stats (which are all tracked already)

The Specialist · 10-05-2019 9:02pm

Akrasia wrote: »

Well, BFV is really setting the world on fire

No posts in more than a month.

I remember during the BF3 and BF4 years when this forum would be hopping

BFV are bringing in a RSP program but it won't be here until Autumn. I think the lack of clan support is what is really killing the game. People say there's a lack of content, and there is, but that doesn't mean the game can't have a thriving fan base. There hasn't been a new map released for BFBC2 in a decade and there are still loads of people playing on the same few maps.

The difference is that there is practically zero clan support in BFV. There's no way for clans to play on the same server and practise or challenge other clans. There's maximum squads of 5 people and no way to switch teams.

There are a brace of new maps modes and features coming to the game by the end of the year. DICE can still recover this given that BF4 was a shambles for the first 8 months of it's release, but they need to do a lot of marketing and promotion to win back players and recover from the bad reputation that BFV has gotten since it's launch.

I think Firestorm needs to be free to play for everyone regardless of whether they've bought the base game. They're not gonna lose any money cause the game will be on sale for ****e all in a while, and some of the cosmetic packs will cost more than the base game by then.

EA need to redouble their efforts in the same way they did with Battlefront II. Pump in the resources, fix the game, recover its reputation and show commitment to the franchise in order to ensure that there will be any good will left for the next BF game that they launch in 2020.

They also need to provide progression. The levelcap is ****e, Rank 50 only takes a few weeks to reach and then it's just grinding for company coin and tides of war points to unlock guns and skins.
Why don't they have ranked servers, and player rankings!
It should be so easy to do. Have leaderboards for each country, for clans and individuals, for each class, map etc. I'd have no hope of being anywhere near the top, but for the good players, that's what sparks rivalries and builds communities. People would want to join the best clans, clan battles could get recognition in the scoreboards.

Simple stuff really, all it takes is a UI and an updated database to track the stats (which are all tracked already)

I said initially that I felt dirty for buying BFV after Soderlunds comments and I was never able to shake that - was a toss up between BFV and BLOPS 4 at Xmas and I backed the wrong one.

Got COD recently in a sale and to be honest (this is something I never thought I would say) but it pisses all over BFV and then some. The maps are good, the gunplay is punchy, the TTK is just right and to top it all off, Blackout is absolutely superior to Firestorm in every way.

As a long time Battlefield fan, the final verdict I can give on this is that they seriously dropped the ball with this one - everything from the prelaunch sjw bull**** to the maps to the gameplay is just a failure. If the next one is a Bad company entry I will certainly be picking it up but anything with an SJW slant or less than modern times and BF can get lost. It’s a really bad sign when you are going back to play BF4 or even Hardline over this, something is seriously wrong in that case

stuff.hunter · 10-05-2019 10:02pm

ive dumped BFV for now, this game just sucks, UK servers are down, cheaters ...
...and switching to Hell Let Loose, WW2 fps quite hardcore

but team / faction orientated game, not arcade like BFV

TerrorFirmer · 11-05-2019 8:28am

I agree they dropped the ball with BFV. They were too afraid to commit properly to a WW2 concept game and we ended up with a wierd hybrid especially with the extremely disappointing maps. Not a bad game at all, but a weak BF game. I'd say it's a toss up between BFV and Hardline for least played for me personally.

BF1 was a much, much better game. Better balance, significantly better maps, more fun. I'd nearly return to that before I'd go back to BFV, but the difference is I already put hundreds of hours into BF1, after about 60 I'd grown tired of BFV.

Firestorm is pretty good in fairness, should've prioritized that over single player for launch that realistically only a fraction of people ever bother with. Think it was Infinite Warfare (which actually has a great SP) where trophy tracking showed only something like 10% of people even finished the campaign.

Hellrazer · 13-05-2019 12:03am

Im kinda glad I didn't drop 60.00 euros on it.
I haven't even used up the free 10hours with ea access yet but I did say I wasn't impressed with it after playing the beta.
Dice / Ea need to get back to Battlefields roots if they want to keep the franchise going.

Lord Nikon · 29-05-2019 10:47am

Does anyone know where I can few the Assignments/Daily Orders, other than exiting out of game, or waiting till round is over. Surely, having a Battlefield app to keep track could have existed, or is there one that I don't know about?

jonski · 29-05-2019 2:30pm

Lord Nikon wrote:

Does anyone know where I can few the Assignments/Daily Orders, other than exiting out of game, or waiting till round is over. Surely, having a Battlefield app to keep track could have existed, or is there one that I don't know about?

On pc ? , In game just press escape and you can see your daily and current assignments .

Shlippery · 29-05-2019 3:55pm

More hardware related q - but what would be best upgrade right now to improve BFV...(knowing that its a stuttering mess right now performance wise, but still ain't getting anywhere near the results i'd expect considering the hardware I have...)

I've currently got an RTX2080 , 16gb DDR4 aaand an i5 8600k

...would an 8700k/9700k be a ludicrous upgrade or would there be any value in the easiest option of adding another 16GB RAM while it's somewhat less expensive? Or would it all be a waste of time and I should just hope that a patch miraculously improves performance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxQp56Lc_kU&feature=youtu.be ( that cpu graph doesnt look healthy)

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