Stormsinger wrote on Mar 8, 2018, 19:22:

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 8, 2018, 18:03:

bigspender wrote on Mar 8, 2018, 17:51:
I mean it's good about the compensation, but at the same time they're kind of admitting that they monitor when you are using your hardware....

That is plainly spelled out in the TOS.

...and it's an absolute show stopper for anyone even slightly concerned about security and privacy. They have offered not a single decent reason for the invasive practices they've chosen to implement.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 27, 2016, 17:11:

maddog wrote on Sep 27, 2016, 15:18:
So canned missions?!?!

No true offline\coop mode against AI? Ugh.

@Jdreyer - Thanks. Checking that out now.

I was playing AIX 2.0 mod for BF2 last night. Man, I would love a version of that in Frostbite. I was thinking about what made it so much fun. Yes, it's got that classic BF gameplay, but also there's a puzzle element to it: what and how do I make a difference such that we capture enough control points to win the game? Is it better for me to take to the skies in an A-10 and knock out armor so that my AI has an easier time capturing control points? Or should I lone wolf it to the enemy airbase, capture it, and deny the enemy air assets for a few minutes (until they roll up in a tank, kill me, and recapture it).
I like that combination of tactical thinking combined with action game play. And so many toys in that mod.

sauron wrote on Sep 26, 2016, 16:04:
Apparently this includes the full game - can anyone confirm?

They also have BF2 listed as included - does the download include that as well?

Thanks for any info.

Slick wrote on Sep 20, 2016, 22:36:

thecakeisalie wrote on Sep 20, 2016, 22:24:

RaZ0r! wrote on Sep 20, 2016, 20:34:
Nothing has matched Rush in Bad Company 2 to date for me. BF3 and BF4 both had it but it just wasn't the same and I'm not really sure why.

Bad Company 2 was, by far, my favorite Battlefield. You earned everything. There was no "I'm too lazy to just play the game" cash shop and no obnoxious "Season Pass" bullshit. I couldn't get into BF3 and I gave BF4 a miss completely.

Loving something like a grown up requires recognizing what was good and bad about them. No prone-ing, no strafing while sprinting, servers capped at 32 players, there was a lot that the Bad Company series left to be desired if you're being honest.

And furthermore, do you actually know a single human being who's actually purchased a weapons upgrade pack? I don't. And If I did I wouldn't hate them for it, just feel bad for them that they obviously don't have enough time to enjoy unlocking things as per normal. Either way, it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game one bit.

And BC2 kinda sucked because it only had one DLC, it was a GREAT one however, but only 4 maps. I had a lot of love for BC2, and would have wished that they'd support it with additional content. After BC2 Vietnam got stale, there was a void in my FPS playtime that wasn't really being filled with anything.

Supporting a game with extra content isn't a bad thing, I know this is a crazy notion. It's giving the people who love the game more stuff to love. And if you don't love the game, then you're not missing out. How is there still a discussion about this? People act like the 3-4 times that console games included DLC on the vanilla game-disc is the norm, and that any additional maps were just "cut" from the vanilla game. It's a strawman argument. Expansion packs have been around for literally decades.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 15, 2016, 04:10:

<Electric-Spock> wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 22:20:
Oddly enough, all the BF1 beta did for me was to remind myself that I own BF4. And while I won't know until release, after playing BF4 a few times over the last week, I have a feeling BF4 will probably be the better game and will satisfy my battlefield playstyle needs when in the mood.

Also shortly into the beta, I was reminded of how awesome it would be to have mod tools for the community. It seems like so much could be done with the Frostbite engine and there is so much wasted potential.

I would love to see a more PC oriented battlefield. Nothing really grabbed me with the BF1 beta, gameplay wise, it felt rather casual.

ArmA 3 too much for ya?

Slick wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 21:29:

<Electric-Spock> wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 20:52:

jdreyer wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 16:25:

The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 16:03:
PLEASE be 2143.

It would be cool if it was, but I'm just so soured on what this franchise has become after BF2.

I thought BC2 was pretty solid, but I agree, once EA fully bought out DICE, downhill for sure.

Also, if they want to get into the competitive community, they better keep focusing on the netcode. Only with the latest patch with them upping the tickrate server option(60HZ),and whatever algorithm tweaks they've been working on for hit detection is it starting to feel decent.

If the underlying core foundation is broken for an FPS, I don't see much Esport stuff around BF.

BF used to have a very active competition community, it actually predated the term "e-sport".

and I played those old BF games, I competed in them. and trust me they were way more broken than the current iterations. Anyone who still has the rose-tinted glasses should look at some BF2 footage. That game was positively broken. just a few highlights:

-the RNG cone-of-fire weapons
-the insta-prone
-not being able to sprint and strafe
-view distance of 150m
-questionable ballistics model
-spawn camping airfields, and spawn camping in general (always makes me lul when i get called a spawn camper blowing up a tank in BF3/BF4 which had just exited it's uncap's insta-death zone for me)
-getting stuck on everything
-hilarious low tic rate

compared to the advances of the later battlefield are no small feat

-arguably best looking/optimized engine on the planet
-dynamic water mesh
-dynamic lighting
-dynamic weather
-ridiculously good looking hybrid animations (keyframe+ragdoll)
-guns that feel very solid, accurate, and effective at range
-max viewdistance is now the whole map and beyond, 10km at least
-pro tic-rates (better late than never, but there are 144hz tic servers in the wild right now)
-battlelog (some claim as a contentious issue, but I welcome the ability to browse servers, manage a 100 person friendlist, in HTML)
-vehicles with weight, with punch

I'd love for someone to offer some evidence for the downfall of the series since BF2, when every DICE game I've played has gotten progressively better since. please, show me some fact-based evidence, and I'll eat my foot.

jdreyer wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 16:25:

The Half Elf wrote on Dec 13, 2015, 16:03:
PLEASE be 2143.

It would be cool if it was, but I'm just so soured on what this franchise has become after BF2.