[2019] Introducing Battlefield V: Firestorm Duo Weekend

Originally posted by cylau97

Any chance to be a permanent mode? u/partwelsh

Originally posted by Cristian_9

For 4 days, ok, makes sense. But if we are happy with how duos work, please make it permanent! And fast, don’t wait like another month . 🤞

Originally posted by Another_Farming_Dud

Let me guess, that will also be 50% of the Tides of War as well?

Originally posted by Liquidoodle

Yay! Excited for this as I am finding it rare to be on Firestorm with more than just the one friend and matchmaking two people in squads takes so long we just go in as the two of us. Hoping it is a permanent addition as I am sure it'll be just as much fun as the other two modes. Now I just need you to fix the vehicle controls ignoring my settings :( the rubbish normal controls keep getting me blown up!

Originally posted by AshySamurai

May we have more options to level up in ToW outside of FS, please?

Originally posted by Liquidoodle

I'm on PS4, I have all my vehicle controls set to custom rather than standard/veteran etc. which by the way is a brilliant feature, big thanks to the team for adding a custom mapping option, it's wonderful! Unfortunately in Firestorm whenever I jump into a tank it doesn't use those controls. I noticed it first jumping into a Sturmtiger, I pulled the right trigger to start accelerating and shot the big gun, got very confused thinking I wasn't driving then pushed forwards on the stick for it to lurch forwards so it seems like it is using the default control scheme for some reason. Thanks for replying :) loving the game btw!

Originally posted by G3neral_Tso

The reason it’s a limited time only mode is to make sure a large enough number of players try the mode so the devs can capture enough telemetry data (player attrition, loot availability, etc.) to make sure the game is balanced and working as intended. Leaving it open ended, like the other modes, they won’t capture enough data over that longer period of time.

Also, dividing the shrinking player base over another mode is suboptimal.

If you like it, say so in a constructive manner in the appropriate forums. No reason why Duos can’t be a full time mode, if it’s working well and community likes it.

Originally posted by Telloth

Glad to hear this is being added! I think duos is quite important to have as a permanent game mode for this reason - as a premade squad of two people it takes significantly longer to get into a game of Firestorm squads. Waiting isn't an issue as a solo, a squad of 3, or a squad of 4 (obviously). But as a squad of 2 I would say I'm waiting at least three times as long and on occasion I've just been put into the game as 2 without anyone else joining. I think this could be partly turning people off Firestorm, and the inclusion of duos would fix that.

Interested to see how this mode changes the play and 'meta' of Firestorm!

Originally posted by MetroAtlantaRealtor

Lol why yall wasting so much time on "limited" features?

Originally posted by swanklax

There was a ton of positive feedback about Squad Conquest. It went away and will not reappear until many months after. Do you sincerely think you’ve earned the trust of the community on things of this nature?

Originally posted by loveandmonsters

Squads is frustrating because the three randoms tend to drop where they want to go despite my always quickly pinging a decent spot, then all dying in the first minute, so by the time the first circle is announced I'm 1v4ing the rest of the round. If by miracle we all survive and meet up (or even drop to the same location!) we get stomped by the first premade squad we come across. It was a problem in Apex as well, as premade squads communicating are playing an entirely different game than just 4 randoms who only have a ping-location to work with, yet for some reason we're playing on the same servers.

Solos I've had better luck with (7 wins) but tend to end up in spots 2-12 almost always, my death coming to someone just prone in foliage / crouching in a bush. There's nothing you can do to invisible players, so that's super frustrating when I've got 5+ kills nearing the end and then a bush with a gun and all level 1 weapons/armor shoots me dead.

I don't know if duos will be any different. I imagine it'll be a mix of getting stomped by people working together, and getting surprise-killed by double bushes with guns. At least now I can drop down wherever the random wants to go, try to work together ... can't wait for the first drop and them hoarding all the loot while we're being rushed with shotguns, then they die because I have to back off because I've got nothing, they quit instantly, then I get a lovely message saying f**k you for running away, lousy squadmate ... I can see it all now!

Love Firestorm, hate the players :)

Originally posted by 3ebfan

What data are you looking for on your end?

Originally posted by Telloth

I imagine you'll see most of the people playing duos coming from squads and standard multiplayer (where you might have people who just play BF5 with one other friend and don't fancy Firestorm with two random people). But that's a guess.

Personally I'll be trying duos out for sure, but I play with two other people usually and we're loving the tactical element of the squads mode. When there are just two of us though, duos will be the go to!

Originally posted by Livemas1996

Could you throw us a bone on when Squad Conquest is coming back? It’s a beloved game mode.

Originally posted by WobblyMarmot

Why just a weekend if you don't mind me asking? Even Rush (which should have also been a mainstay in my opinion) was a few weeks if I remember correctly. Thanks for all you guys do

Originally posted by Billxgates

I would be genuinely shocked to see Ben communicating here. I don’t mean that to be a dick either. It just doesn’t seem like he has any of the same interest or passion in being involved with this community like he does with us on the Star Wars side.

Originally posted by Chief81

Came here to read some feedback about Duos (while at work) and found not one single feedback, only complaints that it is online until monday🙈.

Guys I think we get it...we all want this mode to stay forever. Can we just test it know and give feedback. Should be much more constructive and will bring us the permanent Duo mode much sooner.

Just a thought...

Originally posted by PessimisticKarma

Any NEW information regarding the loot and inventory system? It is quite the deal breaker when you have played Apex. On PS4

Originally posted by Billxgates

That’s totally fair and I appreciate you setting me straight on it. I’m only commenting on the activity/involvement i’ve personally seen over the past few months as someone that’s a fan of both franchises and notices his presence in both spaces.

He had the Herculean task of recovering that community after the launch of SWBF2 that I think he absolutely nailed so it’ll be nice to see him more active here as well.

Originally posted by weipeD

I played 4 rounds so far and had more fun than all my other rounds combined, be it solo or squad.

PLEASE KEEP IT

Originally posted by altforinfo

weekend...that's way too long!

Originally posted by INGWR

expect much faster communication

That’s not going to happen. That is objectively, definitively, not going to happen. We saw how much of a buzzword sham Operation Sunrise turned out to be. You literally can’t even say that anything changed as a result of patting yourselves on the back for coming up with the Sunrise name and then not following through.

Look, don’t get people’s hopes up with false promises and then next month, they’re still asking why simple QoL have gone unaddressed since the launch of the game while you and /u/Braddock512 and /u/F8RGE respond “oh yeah we’re gonna circle back with the team on that one!” to the softball AMA questions. You’re intentionally misleading people as it’s been for the past five months.

Stop. You’re doing a poor job of things. Take the hint that Dan Mitre did: stop.

EDIT: In true fashion, /u/PartWelsh ignores the hard-hitters in favor of pretending that all is well and good. It must be hard to support DICE when you don’t have a spine.

Originally posted by TheJackFroster

I love it.

Duo's works so much better than Squads. Vehicles don't feel like deathtraps since 4 players with Panzerfausts can't murder you in a second. I was playing with a friend and we both agreed that it was a huge improvement over playing with 2 randoms in Squads (or just with ourselves in a Squad game since the game loves to just skip searching for players on PS4).

My only complaint with the mode is that it's limited time. I understand the idea behind making it limited time, it's to encourage those who might be on the edge about trying it to give it a go to get more data. I understand. I just hope that DICE understands how it looks and feels to a lot of (vocal) players who feel like making modes that they enjoy (rush, squad conquest) limited time only seems like DICE is playing with them and taking away aspects of the game that they enjoy for no other reason that to keep general player numbers high.

I loved Rush when it was out, it was literally the only mode I played when it was out despite it's flaws in the limited number of maps and questionable m-com placements on some of the maps. When it was removed I didn't start playing other modes to replace my time, I just didn't play BFV for a while. It left a sour taste in my mouth and I fail to see why it wasn't just left in the game whilst other maps for the mode and changes to the existing ones were made.

u/PartWelsh hope this is the kind of feedback you're looking for, thanks for being engaged on this subreddit :)

Originally posted by SKGoon

I believe you will hear this extensively but duos should be a permanent mode. It's safe to say the vast majority of ppl have an easier time getting 1 buddy to play with rather than 3. In today's gaming market, the players want options and this one is a standard in BRs. *Apex is the exception on this as everyone already knows (which is a common request to change in their community) cheers.