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about 5 years ago - /u/Kenturrac - Direct link

Hey, As I just wrote in the Narvik night thread, we currently having conversation about this. A bit to my personal surprise, the night version of Panzerstorm resonated really well with the community. I actually almost wanted to cancel it when I worked on the Operation since some internal feedback suggested that it might be too dark and we learned with BF1 that night maps are extremely unpopular (both night maps had the lowest win rate in the map voting system of BF1 by a massive margin). So I am super happy that you want to see more of it. For Panzerstorm during the Battle of Hannut only parts of the map got setup to work correctly in a night time setting. This means we first have to see what work is required and if we can do it without diverting resources (people/manhours) away from the new maps that are currently in development.

For some more context I gonna copy the text I wrote in the Narvik night thread here: When we change the time of day on a map, a lot of elements need to be adjusted. We need to evaluate visibility, ambient audio and vfx have to changes and we need to make sure that the lighting works correctly in houses (with and without destruction). There are lots of parameters to adjust and people from different development departments need to do their work and approve on it.

So yeah, we are looking into it, but I can't make promises. It might not happen and if so, please be aware that the man-hours are instead spend on new maps. So either way you win. :)

Keep the cool suggestions coming. <3