Originally posted by Antaeus1212

Don't revert the TTK please. Game plays much smoother, less instant deaths. Don't pander to the Reddit mob who can't give constructive feedback. People are complaining over very little changes. Yes some guns need to be looked at and adjusted but other than that this is blown way out of proportion.

Originally posted by rivey188

How about the issue where the games won’t start unless there is a full server?

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Originally posted by omay33

Thanks for clarifying this, and I’m disappointed that this is the choice they are going, this is obviously a time consuming fix, one patch won’t fix it. I don’t see why they can’t revert, work on changes and test it over a weekend to see how it plays and what the community thinks. I don’t want to keep playing with broken gunplay.

Originally posted by nkonrad

In all honesty, a ttk change of some kind probably wouldn't have gone over this poorly if it had been handled better. 5.2 feels like very little thought and planning went into it. As a lot of people have pointed out, Wake Island's selling point is that it's bigger than it ever was before, but many of the guns are now useless beyond point blank range.

This also doesn't exist in a vacuum. 5v5 was cancelled, Firestorm is abandoned, Combined Arms is a joke, Al Sundan was essentially delayed 3 months, tank body customization is still not present over a year after launch, CC cosmetics are taken out of the store and then re-added for Boins, last years equally poorly received TTK change, updates that consistently break the game and hurt the core experience, team balance doesn't work, anti-cheat doesn't work, etc.

With such a consistent pattern of disappointment, it's hard to really trust that any fix you guys come up with will actually change things in the long run. Even if the TTK is fully reverted, as some people are asking for, it's hard to trust that something equally bad isn't around the corner with the next update. Maybe the next patch will bring back the epilepsy camera when spawning on a teammate, or maybe Wake Island will have a bug in its skybox and get held back until February.

I hope this doesn't come across as too mean-spirited. I'm not mad at you, or Partwelsh, or even the programmers who implemented the patch. I'm just frustrated, like a lot of people here apparently are, because we care about the game, and it's not as fun for us anymore. I'd love to have a more positive outlook on things, but I feel like we're still in the same cycle of one step forward, two steps back that this game's live service has always been.

I appreciate that you guys at Dice are taking the time to listen to feedback, even if it's pretty negative and frustrated (like this comment), and I'm also glad that a lot of other players want this game to succeed as much as I do, even if the current situation is disappointing and the reaction can be overly passionate sometimes.

Originally posted by marmite22

I've played quite a few rounds with the new patch and I'm actually not hating it entirely. Some weapons got way over nerfed but the slower TTK has allowed for a lot more interesting skirmishes - every encounter doesn't just end with one person dead after half a second - some times you can fall back, regroup, call out their position to your squad which all adds to the gameplay.

My biggest issue is with predictability and that falls into two parts:

1) the passive spotting means I get shot WAY more when I think I'm either concealed or hidden. Dunno if it's just bugs or what but I basically hate it. I do quite like the health bars in theory but not if they give people away when they are in smoke etc.

2) the guns doing different amounts of damage at different ranges. It makes it super hard to build up a 'feel' for how much damage you are gonna do/are doing when there is such a big variety in damage dealt. I honestly think increasing the ttk slightly wasn't a terrible idea but changing damage by range doesn't feel like the right way to do it. I'd rather just have huge bullet drop and bigger spread at range than damage drop off.

Originally posted by angryoldgamer18

Thanks Jeff. Any news on a backend fix or a hot fix for the EOR “could not fetch report” issue? We’re hearing that new players can’t unlock guns, not a good way for the Xmas noobs to spend the holidays.

Originally posted by Long-Pianist

Is there something wrong with the community games? or is this it? Is the only option going to be choose map rotation?

What about letting us change damage? Turn off minimaps? Turn off third person for vehicles? Set standard issue rifles and/or turn off specific gadgets? Pistol only servers? Bolt Action/Ironsight only servers?

C'mon man, why is it that every new Battlefield seems to have less than the last?

Originally posted by HelmutKahlid

Can you go over what some of the plans are to fix it with us first and let the community have a say before you do make any changes? It seems as if Dice would have done that first before 5.2 went live, we wouldn't be at this juncture. I would like for Dice to be more proactive when it comes to listening to feedback rather than reactive. You said the team spoke this morning so what did Dice actually have to say today during the meeting?

Originally posted by OrranVoriel

Are you also going to let us earn Tides of War experience in community games? Because if you stay steadfast on refusing to let us earn ToW experience in private games, no one is going to play them because it will mean playing on private servers is a waste of time.

I know I won't touch 'community games' if I can't get ToW experience in them. What do I stand to gain by playing a private game if I can't progress my Chapter Rank? I have all my classes at rank 20 now and all weapons unlocked. The only motive I have to play at this point is to try and get all the ToW Chapter rewards.

Originally posted by SkySweeper656

Unless you're planning on reverting the weapon rebalancing and the spotting changes, I am afraid this is the end for battlefield V and its veteran players.

Originally posted by SupaaaFlyy

Is there a reason the “we are not reverting the ttk” comment by the CM was deleted? Causing too much flame? Or did he delete it himself?

I understand deleting threatening comments, but to delete an unpopular comment by a dev is not a good look on the mods part. Just looking for clarification is all.

Originally posted by SupaaaFlyy

Alright thanks for clarifying, I had no idea the automod would delete heavily downvoted comments.

Originally posted by omay33

I think you and PartWelsh do a great job but we are at a point where the lead developers need to straight up talk to the community. Honestly speak to us on what the changes are and how they believe it will affect the game. Take questions and answer honestly. You and PartWelsh can take the questions and ask them for us.

Originally posted by Helloimoffmymeds

I see people attacking Dice with Facts and Logic. Not threats.

Would prefer if you dont act like we're all monsters here thanks.

Originally posted by WldFyre94

Just to add onto this since I haven't seen anyone mention it, the throwing knives for the Japanese faction are also locked for me since the change to make them Kukri (sp?) knives.

Thanks for being so involved and positive here, seems like it's never easy being in your position throughout the Battlefield games.

Originally posted by angryoldgamer18

Excellent, thanks for the update Jeff.

Originally posted by Edgelands

This new spotting is the main thing that makes me not want to play. I turn on the game and play for 5 minutes and turn it off, I'm not having a good time at all. BF games are the ONLY games I play, so I'm not saying, "I'm going to go play something else," I just don't play at all because it's not enjoyable. I've stuck through all the other terrible moments this game has gone through from the beta til now, but this is the first time where I'm just not bothering to even turn it back on til this spotting thing is reverted and the TTK is fixed much closer to what it used to be. The only change I liked from 5.2 was getting points for destroying flares. I don't want to know I'm spotted, the enemy shouldn't know they're spotted either. I shouldn't know which way enemies are facing on the minimap. I shouldn't be able to see enemies through smoke. I shouldn't automatically spot them just by passively looking at them, it's just bad. I see, "you are spotted," and I just turn the game off.

Originally posted by Kittensblitzed

Are the community game options going to be expanded on more than just conquest and breakthrough? Was really disappointed on not being able to play rush again 😣

Originally posted by Thats-bk

Surprising they wouldnt have a CM in on a conference call or something...

Originally posted by Roy57on

> Changes attrition.
> Many promised features are either delayed from a few months up to (and over) a year after release, or outright cancelled.
> Changes TTK after the community set a precedent for not wanting it a year ago.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the original state of the game, but even I find myself thinking that, honestly, I won't be shocked if pre-orders for the next Battlefield game are at an all-time low. DICE have given the community more reasons to distrust them than to trust them in what they "promise" to deliver. Any promise DICE makes pre-release is subject to be changed after the game's release or just not added at all, as proven here.

2018 -> DICE: "Attrition."
2019 -> DICE: "Too much rampant, random death. Better make it easier for the player base."

Originally posted by Hey_You_Asked

Braddock, get the team to wisen up. This is ridiculous, revert and be done with it, so your gamers keep playing. Nobody is buying the game for a more casual experience. This post is you doing your job to show you communicated, now go actually do the WAY more important shit you should be doing to fix this mess y'all created.

Originally posted by InfiniteVergil

I gave my serious and constructive feedback in the survey and I can only beg the rest of the community to do it in a polite way, too. The things discussed are still no reason to be full of hatred for hard working people. Or people in general, really

Originally posted by JollyJustice

Should I go "rough someone up"?

No need to go that far. But I think a few office pranks are definitely in order.

Originally posted by hantu548

Thanks, this is the first confirmation I've seen that this is acknowledged or even being worked on. Will future updates on the fix for this be posted in this comment thread? Or should we look elsewhere?

Originally posted by C4Edgez

Does anyone have experience on this subreddit on getting a refund for this game on Origin?

Originally posted by IggyWon

Dude, I had this discussion with YOU right after the 5.2 announcement. I told you this would be a bad idea and you assured me I was being irrational.

Originally posted by WiseFuzzball403

u/Braddock512 is the EoR error on server side or client? It would be nice to get this fixed ASAP, rather than having to wait for a full patch fix to drop.

Originally posted by OtherAcctWasBanned11

That’s true. The last few weeks have seen an increase in the trolls around here. One in particular springs to mind that should have been banned weeks ago.

Originally posted by r3dienhcs

OH LOOK... still nothing about the bug where many players can't unlock stuff nor the missing report

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Originally posted by Call_me_ET

Hey, /u/Braddock512 !

Just wondering, has there been any update on the Armour Rotation from the dev team? You mentioned last week that you were looking into getting some news about why it's taken so long to rotate through some newer cosmetics and such.

Originally posted by HelmutKahlid

I don't understand why they won't let you share ideas or even let you say even the smallest of details as long as you say that it's not 100 percent in stone as a disclaimer. We would like to hear what kind of ideas are being talked about and we could chime in on them. If for some reason it doesn't work out, fill us in. Let us help you.