Not entirely opposed to that idea. There are technical restrictions that we can’t immediately overcome relating to how we mix modes (Mix mode playlists must only feature content on the same player scales (16, 32, 64), and the rotations will always start on map and mode 1 in the sequence vs. randomised start) but beyond that, we are open to the concept of doing this type of weekly rotation if we can find a consensus across the community for what that playlist would feature.

Because we haven't given up on Rush. Breakthrough proved through BF1 and so far in BFV that it's a more popular version of Rush, and that we haven't made Rush feel like the powerhouse it used to be in 3, 4 and the staple that it was in BC.

So, we've made changes, and then after folks have played it we'll see about having the next conversation.

I need to check in with the team on what happened after we made changes to the TDM/Frontlines playlist after we made changes.

Initially we put it out there and it went something like TDM/FL/TDM/TDM/FL/TDM/FL.

We caught the early feedback on it and then switched it to TDM/TDM/TDM/TDM/FL/FL/FL and so I'm interested in sitting with the team and figuring out how this affected what we refer to as quit rates (when folks abandon the server and re-queue for something else), and then overall health of the server in the round afterwards (if enough people left, did it cause for things to become onesided and result in everyone else who wanted to stay leaving the server).

If I stick my finger in the air and read the wind, I would imagine that could just be down to the mismatch of game modes, but it's good for us to look at the data and see what happened across the entire playerbase on all platforms.

My personal worry is that when we maintain modes in sequence, it encourages people to only play the bit they want, but I respect completely that we're exposed to similar feedback when we mix things up.

I like the suggestion of what you put up there otherwise. Keen to keep hearing more.

Historically Rush has played best with both 32 (and even 24) players. I think that 64 person objective based content personally works best when there's more than 2 objectives - otherwise it's less tactical and more chaos.

That's not always a bad thing, but I expect the majority of Rush fans are looking for experiences that match up with their expectations vs. playing the madness card.

Not 100% sure on this one. I don't know if the spawn logic would behave itself but it's good for me to know that you're open to the idea of having it do that.

Never say never, but currently there are no plans to do that.

We really want to give the player control and freedom in that matter.

On the matter of tanks being monsters. I think it really depends which one you pick and how you play. The tiger can eat a lot of damage, if facing the threat head on, but yes, its weakness is the back. Through that we add a lot more depth to the dynamic play between infantry and vehicles. Btw, I played BF3 and 4 today. (Still great to go back to them from time to time). In both games, a single engineer could take out any tank. 2 C4 are an instant kill and the engineer carries 6 rockets (BF3). It really all depends on on the players facing each other. :)

Glad you like them. We constantly evaluating existing content and think on how we can change it up a bit or improve it. :)

I think Adam answered the question pretty good in his post: https://www.reddit.com/r/BattlefieldV/comments/cehrxp/community_broadcast_changes_to_rush/eu2tki7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

And honestly, I just love Rush and enjoy the challenge of improvement.

Thanks! <3

I enjoyed writing it up and maybe we can do that again in the future.

Yep. It's an interesting one. TDM players are hardcore. They live and breathe TDM and rarely seem interested in going outside of that and Conquest. Elsewhere, players in other modes rarely dip into TDM.

It's a good first trial of doing a mix like that, and ultimately there won't be any remix that appeals to everyone but I'm happy to work with folks to see what the most attractive playlist (within the right player count) looks like.

Not entirely sure which point you are asking about.

For one we replaced the artillery canon mesh that was used instead of the MCom we had in BF3/4/1. The big one that is used in Airborne just didn't fit to well with the gameplay of 32 player Rush and it was common feedback that people can too easily hide. Those seemed like good reasons.

Then we also removed the artillery call-in when interacting with the canon. This system got introduced with BF1 and while it made a lot of sense back then and at the start of BFV, it seemed a bit out of place now since we have the reinforcement artillery call-in.

Hope that answers the question.

Still have it on my list. I actually have that screenshot attached to it.

Sorry for the wait. :3

Glad you like it. :)

Let's try to keep up this messaging.

I hope I didn't write something wrong here. :O

From what I remember the team adjusted the cam shake and also introduced the cam shake slider. Hope I didn't remember that wrong. If so, my bad.
When we released Rush, we released the Artillery in the same week. So naturally everyone used it all the time and some feedback was that we should just remove it from this mode. I felt like it has a place in this mode. We already removed the V1 call-in since we felt it would be too strong against 16 people defending 1 or 2 stations. The artillery is a way softer version of that and less deadly. So it seems like a fair fit. :)

I should clarify that I am not a weapon or vehicle designer. So I can't really comment on the specifics. I just wanted to share the design philosophy that is laying the ground work here - freedom and choice are in the hands of the player.

I will forward the specific feedback tho. :)

We don't have a proper team balancer in place and even if as much as 10% of the server drops out, it can create a bad experience for the folks that stick around. If the server doesn't then backfill quickly enough, and one team starts getting stomped, the team that's getting stomped starts to quit, and the team doing the stomping follows behind because they were looking forward to the fight.

This is one possible scenario, and largely the worst one. Whilst it's of little impact to the person who hopped out first to get into a fresh game, the next 10-15 minutes for the people left behind become more frustrating and we try to respect peoples time as much as possible.

Edit - Because this comments became a bit of a tourist destination on the tweets, I'll add to this from another comment I posted: Yup. By 'proper' I mean to the standards that many hold us to and expect. There is a balancer but it's not delivering what you like. More than happy to acknowledge that this is a problem, it's something we'd like to see changed

You can still call-in artillery via the squad leader reinforcement menu.

Well, first we would need a base jump map like Damavand Peak which we currently don't have and since the locations of our maps are inspired by real life locations of WW2, it's probably hard to find such places.

Having that said, we all love Damavand Peak. So I am sure, if we ever leave the historical space, we would love to go a bit nuts again. :)

It's needs to be setup, tested and be on quality. The main focus was to first get Rush right and then possibly expand it, if the community likes the direction we are heading. :)

Don't forget, we work on many different things at the same time. Maps, modes, quality of life fixes, bugfixes, etc. So Rush wasn't the only thing we focused on during the last weeks and months. In the meantime you got a map, more really close on the horizon, Frontline changes, Outpost and more to come that we haven't even announced yet. ;)

Any kinda of more detailed feedback would be appreciated. I sadly can't work with that kind of feedback. Could you evaluate what's not to your liking? <3

Rush Damavand Peak is our King.

Also, please accept this /hug

They are for now. Same for Airborne. I will most likely remove them tho. In the moment we introduced reinforcement-call-ins, I should have removed them. The new call-ins work better, are properly indicated to friends and enemies. It's just a better replacement.

I think so far it seems like all first sectors are a bit hard for being first sectors (we normally want the first sector to be attacker favoured and tune up the difficulty over time). I want to wait for telemetry to actually see the win rate. Twisted Steel offers a lot of flanking routes though and the attacker have a tank as well. So right now I think Twisted Steel is mostly okay. Devastation is a difficult one since the lanes are so close, but we have to see how it plays throughout the weekend. The meta normally adjusts. (Pro-tip: as an attacker, build the ladder at the front of the cinema)

Hey, no worries about the tag and thanks for the nice words! <3

In simple terms, you can say that I am the gameplay guy and not the art guy, but I will try to give some information as best as I can explain.

We normally do a lot of research for our ingame worlds and I think compared to others in the industry we have a fairly high expectations on our selfs when it's about delivering worlds as closely to the real places as it can be. This means sometimes not showing the all out war on the horizon if it didn't happen. Take Rotterdam, I have heard a few times that it doesn't portray the grittiness of WW2 and yeah, it probably doesn't convey the typical picture of WW2, but it shows the day the "surprise invasion" happened. There wasn't much bombardment. I think we went way further than what actually happened already.

Devastation then on the other hand shows the scene after the bombing. So comparable this is probably 400% more of what you would expect from WW2.

Again, I am not the art guy, nor was I much involved in any background art discussions other than Devastation, but I hope it paints a bit of the picture on why we went the direction we went to. I am sure that the further we get into the war, the more we draw the typical image of what people believe WW2 looked like. Most of the current maps show first assaults in the war and not days and weeks of grinding over terrain.

Hope this was useful. :)

I would love that. Heck, I hope one day we do base jump maps again, but then again, not always my call. :)