almost 5 years ago - /u/PartWelsh - Direct link

Hi folks,

Wanted to provide you with some new insight on the release of our upcoming update and the start of Chapter 4.

Our intention was to kick off Chapter 4 with the release of Al Sundan, a brand new map that’s brought from the War Story ‘Under no Flag’. Testing of the update has revealed that when playing the map on Conquest, there are instances of crashing that we’re not happy with.

We’ve made the decision today to hold back the release of Al Sundan on Conquest whilst we investigate and fix this.

For those of us who caught some of the early looks at Al Sundan during EA Play a few weeks back, the best experience on this map is found in large scale, classic Battlefield vehicle warfare. If we can't provide the best possible version of that, our preference is to keep working on it until we can deliver the best performance.

Our teams are presently stress testing smaller modes like Squad Conquest to make sure that we can still make part of the experience available to you next week, and we’ll have on update on Monday for you all regarding this.

Update 4.0 will still be deployed next week, ahead of the start of Chapter 4. Tomorrow we’ll be here to talk about what's coming in this update, and to give you an early look at some of the changes and issues that we’ve addressed for this patch.

We’ll be back on Monday with more news for you.

Freeman and the team at EA DICE

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almost 5 years ago - /u/manimal_prime - Direct link

Originally posted by [deleted]

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Not at all true.

Constructive criticism is 100% welcome here.

Personal attacks, toxic dissent and bad behavior is not.

almost 5 years ago - /u/PartWelsh - Direct link

Originally posted by TacoMasters

If it's anything like last time, I hope the delay is only for a day. I'll rather have it bug-free, though.

I can't provide any exact timelines today - this will all be dependant on what we hear back from the team. It's unquestionably a priority for us to deliver this as soon as possible.

almost 5 years ago - /u/PartWelsh - Direct link

Originally posted by SethJew

We would rather you hold it back and make it right, than to release it anyways and have the community freak out about how unstable it is.

You guys made the right call, thanks for the communication!

EDIT grammar

Kind of you to say. It's a frustrating discovery for us all on the team - we had a blast showing it to folks through EA Play and we would have loved nothing more to jump in with everyone next week on it.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by GlintSteel

Are we getting the new soundtrack set for this map?

Mercury got same ost set as narvik, hoping this one will get new soundtrack for al sundan and not using aerodrome or hamada ost.

And one thing are you guys still producing new ost even we don't have dlc now?

I'm working on getting more tracks added to our SoundCloud page. Once it's updated, I'll let you know.
Currently have 5 Firestorm files they're working on to add to the page.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by AtomicVGZ

Is English not your native tongue? Because that still doesn't mean the whole chapter is being held back, only the map.

"Our intention was" means that had we not encountered this issue, we'd have kicked off Chapter 4 WITH Al-Sundan. We're still starting Chapter 4 on June 27, with or without Al-Sundan. If without (which is a worst-case scenario), we'll adjust the ToW storyline. As u/PartWlelsh mentioned, we'll have more info tomorrow/Monday.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by redditforcash

Thanks for the clarification Braddock!

For sure. I can totally understand where you're coming from. And our goal is to be as clear and transparent as possible, even when it's not the best news.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by redditforcash

Not here to shoot the messenger. You guys are awesome!

I'm excited to dig into these patch notes once they go live. I'm assuming that will be your update on Monday?

Once we confirm Cert with 1st party, we’ll drop the notes and the Update Availability Schedule. (Currently looking at Monday)

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by SirFappington007

You think there's a chance that the other modes are okay and be able to be released if conquest isn't ready yet? If so a smaller game mode rotation like we had on mercury could be a tasty kickoff

That’s what we’re hoping. More details to come as soon as we get them from the Dev team.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Braddock512 - Direct link

Originally posted by Mrdontknowy

Do you have a link to your BF soundcloud page?