about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Let’s see what’s going on this week.

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(This is the current schedule for this week. Please note, items could shift, be added, or be moved around, so check back daily for updates on the calendar, links, etc.)

Monday, March 30, 2020

  • This Week in Battlefield V - An overview of this week's news, blogs, content, and more. As items are added or shifted, this will be updated. Keep an eye on it through the week for redirect links!

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020

  • Chapter 6: Week 9 Mission Begins
  • The Pacific War Playlist will remain throughout Chapter 6.
  • BCIW & EA PLAY 2019 Emblem Giveaways  - We'll be posting 200 codes on Reddit and Forums (each) throughout the day for you to grab. Link will be updated on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Good luck!

Friday, April 3, 2020

NOTES AND ADDENDUMS

  • Battlefield V in Pictures Screenshot Contest is currently accepting submissions. RULES
  • Our global teams on all franchises continue to work to keep games going, per EA Update on the Coronavirus Situation.
  • Stay Home. Play Together - We’ll be popping into random streams and dropping game codes for folks, as well as giveaways on our official Battlefield channels.
  • Community Broadcast - An Update on Updates DETAILS
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about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by Beta1548

I'm talking more about the lack of any sort of events or anything to get people to log on while we're all stuck at home

The team is working on it - we had something planned for last week but after testing the user flow, it didn’t work correctly (meaning you couldn’t tell if you got the thing or not). There’s talks going on about more playlists, login rewards - but we want it to work.

As soon as it’s locked, tested, and tested again and ready to roll, we’ll let you know. I definitely understand what you mean and totally agree.

Re: 2XP, it just doesn’t work for BFV (even though we had it for the last 4 BF games). If that changes, I’m one of the first folks to say “Let’s have some crazy XP boost.” I mean, we do have 500 ranks, right?

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by [deleted]

That's a good point. I personally think a good solution would be to add Outpost, Grind, Rush & Frontlines to the game for the remainder of Chapter 6. That won't take any effort from developers but will keep players happy & content will feel fresh.

u/Braddock512 is this possible?

You’re gonna hate this answer, and I’m sorry: The UI is limited by the number of playlists that can be in the UI. Therefore, if we added those 4 modes, we’d have to remove 4 things - and honestly, the team isn’t moving in that direction. Check my above reply on more playlists - it’s definitely something we’re exploring.

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by junkerz88

When you say, “it doesn’t work for BFV” what do you mean specifically? Like the technology isn’t there to make it work or that DICE doesn’t want it to work that way?

From what I’ve been told, the tech isn’t there for it. They’re looking at options, but I don’t have any further details yet.

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by Phroggo

Hey u/Braddock512, thanks for the update! I was wondering if the uniform change will also take into account the texture of the clothing, as I found it to look quite more like a woven cloth than the wool that was actually used. Although I don't know a lot about these uniforms on a more technical level, I've noticed from photos that the real uniforms are much smoother than in game, and I think it hurts the overall "believably" of the outfits.

To illustrate this, I created a short Imgur album comparing this detail in material. I'd appreciate it if you could take a quick look, thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/zLt8nnJ

Cool. Thanks. I’ll share that with the team.

about 4 years ago - /u/PartWelsh - Direct link

Originally posted by salt_and_pepper-xx

Can we South Africans please get answers on news we have received regarding our servers being retired??. There was a post made by the community manager Adam Freeman stating this but alot of us aren't sure if this is real or fake. In addition to this we as South Africans love battlefield, our facebook group for Ps4 has a new post every single day sometimes more which proves theres an active player base in SA. Your data states that more SA players play on EU servers through your automatic matchmaking system which is complete BS. We have atleast 3 SOUTH AFRICAN servers running most nights,even more now during this lockdown period (this is just PS4). Your EU servers have 0 lenient latancy which is unplayable compared to every other online game out there why would we even think to play on EU servers. If you go and read the post made on facebook you'll see it has almost 400 comments on how we have been dealt an unfair hand. Yes we're a small community, we paid the money and most of us paid the preorder price even though 2 weeks later you had a 50% discount on the game. Through all the shit your game has put the entire global community from the ingame bugs and ttk changes to the server connection problems most of us have stayed loyal where if this was any other game mostbof the community would have given up. We deserve the same benefits every other country gets with regards to servers. The clan that i am part of(Dogs of War) along side Battlebros host tournaments on your SA servers that last about a month at a time, in the last 4 months we've taken part in 2 tournaments which we can only do with a healthy player base .We have a community of over 2000 players and thats just PS4 alone. I personally do not want to see this community disappear because of your decision based on data i believe to be untrue. I beg you to reconsider this decision, from all of us In South Africa we love this game too much to see our servers being taken away from us. I urge you to go onto Battlefield South Africa ps4 and read the comments and post for yourselves.

Regards SA bf player

Hey /u/salt_and_pepper-xx

The message shared with the SA community was indeed posted by myself and I've verified that over on Answers HQ.

We're collecting all feedback on the topic here, at the link below.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Battlefield-V-ZA-Servers/m-p/8898411/highlight/false#M22994

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by hayzooos1

But...the tech is there. You literally sell an XP booster. You take the 20% XP that people would buy, change it to 50% or 100% (if we're really doing double XP) and you apply it to all players.

I'm not trying to shoot the messenger here, but that reasoning is completely false and a flat out lie.

Worst case is you put an announcement on the first page (which has been done before) that we can go 'buy' (make it 1CC or something if it HAS to cost something) this booster.

EDIT: If the current booster is only applicable to ToW rewards, fine, apply it towards that then. Little late in the Chapter for it to do anything, but at least we could get some boins out of it? That would be better than nothing

The 20% XP booster that's bundled in the Chapter Pack is for Chapter XP. It would actually require dev work to have an XP boost for Soldier XP - it's not a simple variable swap. And we'd also have to have it tested on INT and PROD to ensure it works. It's not a quick "flip switch".

That being said, I've escalated the feedback from the community as I agree it's something we should be doing for the players - especially right now.

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by Beta1548

The tech isn't there? You get XP bonuses in booster packs.

Just be honest and say it is a decision made by the accountants.

You get Chapter XP boosts in the Booster Packs. It doesn't boost Soldier XP.

That's where the issue is. I have been chatting with the team since Monday regarding what work needs to be done to make it in the game - there is some dev work needed, so when I have an update on the status, I'll let y'all know.

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by Rudi-Brudi

Sorry, i don't understand this stamement. There already were XP Boosts you could buy with Boins in BF5. (source: i bought them)

Chapter XP boosts - not Soldier XP. The Chapter XP Boost just helps you earn more Chapter XP, but it doesn't rank up your soldier like previous titles.

That's where the issue is. I have escalated this to various teams and they're looking at the amount of dev work needed and timeline to see what can be done. When I have an update, I'll share it.

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by volig

Guys, some progression unlocks for my characters remain locked even though i have passed the required level. How to fix it?

The team at EA Help should be able to verify and assist with those unlocks.

So I can escalate this internally, can you provide some examples of what’s missing?

about 4 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by BigWillfred

So, where is BCIW & EA PLAY 2019 Emblem Giveaways ?