[2019] Battlefield V - Update 4.2.1

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

Hi folks,

Following last weeks 4.2 deployment, we're deploying a small update tomorrow, Tuesday 30th July, that will enable Marita, and set live our two new Elites. This update contains no other fixes, or changes to Battlefield V.

These updates are anticipated to clock in at around the 500MB mark on Xbox One, and 300MB on PC. I'll update this post tomorrow confirming anticipated sizes for PlayStation 4.

Deployment for this update will start in line with our usual schedule:

PC - 1AM PT // 4AM ET // 9AM BST // 10AM CEST
PS4 - 2AM PT // 5AM ET // 10AM BST // 11AM CEST
Xbox - 3AM PT // 6AM ET // 11AM BST // 12PM CEST

There will be no general downtime for this update, and once it's available for your platform you're encouraged to close any active session that you have, and attempt to relaunch the game in order to start downloading and installing. Servers with players connected who are running the older version will be able to complete their matches, and new servers on the newer version will be spun up as folks queue via Quickplay Matchmaking.

Marita will then go live at 12PM CEST on all Platforms, and we will activate a Marita only playlist at this time. The playlist will rotate between 1 Round of Conquest, and 2 Rounds of Breakthrough (Attack/Defend) on this Map only. Marita will otherwise be included in the full rotations of Conquest, Breakthrough, and Team Deathmatch (appearing after Arras in Conquest, after Devastation in Breakthrough, and after Al Sundan on TDM) at this same time.

Two hours after the map rotations are available, we'll set both Ilse and Kingsley live in the store.

Starting on August 8th, we'll have a newer Marita playlist live for 32 Player modes that switches between Domination, Frontlines, and TDM.

Known Issue - Through testing on Marita, we've discovered a minor issue whilst certain Weapon Skins are equipped in the Receiver slot. Under certain circumstances, an overly bright reflection from the Sun can cause an unintentional Glare effect that's present with Aiming Down Sight. This is most prominent when a reflective skin is applied (e.g. Gold Plated, White Tiger, Blued etc.), and can be lessened by switching to a different skin in your Receiver slot.

Examples of the most extreme instances of this are shown below (under both of the maps weather conditions).

Marita - When played in it's normal state

Marita - When played during it's Weather State

Thanks otherwise for your feedback last week on the 4.2 Update. We're pleased to see that there are less instances of the Invisible Soldier issue, though we want to reduce this back down to a flat zero as soon as we're able too. Over the next few weeks I'll be working with the teams to identify and talk to you all some more about what else to expect in our 4.4 Update, and bring you back more information about Al Sundan on Conquest. Getting content out to you in a healthy state remains an important priority for us and as soon as I know more, I'll be back to talk with you all about it.

A final note that we're really appreciative for all of the feedback you've provided to us on this updated version of Rush. It will be replaced tomorrow by the Marita only rotation, and we can now start to explore where we take the mode next. We were very keen to stick to the same three maps for this second outing, but with the heavily refreshed ruleset and newer behaviors vs. sticking with the way the mode was and just adding new maps. I'll be linking in with Kenturrac once he's back from his Vacation to share your feedback and talk about what extra changes we might want to make so that we can see about planing some more expansion to the mode. In August we'll be looking to reintroduce both Grind and Fortress in a similar fashion.

Enjoy Marita!

Adam Freeman // Battlefield Community Manager // Twitter: @PartWelsh

Update - Initially, we were seeing some odd behaviour resulting in players on PC being sent to servers out of region. This issue has now been resolved and we're confident that the Matchmaking service is working as expected. Sorry for the initial confusions and thanks for your patience whilst we took it out back and had stern words with it

🙃🏏

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

Originally posted by flextv

Thanks for the update, looking forward to the new map. Any update on Sudan?

Updates in the post - TLDR being that there's no new news, but it's still absolutely our intent to add the map into the Conquest rotation as soon as we can remove the Artifact problem.

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

Originally posted by madmav

Marita tomorrow is great, thought we'd have to wait a day or two til ToW.

If that skin issue is the worst ye've found then things should be pretty smooth.

Definitely noticed performance improvements with the last patch too which is great, DX12 playable again (maybe combination of Nvidia Drivers too) - a bit to go still,but definite steps in the right direction.

Rush will be missed though. It's been damn consistently fun.

Same! Twisted Steel has been a joy to play <3

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

Originally posted by 69peasant

Which elites?

Ilse and Norman

Edit - Meet Ilse https://twitter.com/PartWelsh/status/1155871003186204675

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

Originally posted by ANEPICLIE

Last I saw they said it's currently in the hands of a design team or something. I.e. maybe in development, but not as final as the conquest version is (minus the artifacting)

Yeah we've done a few playtests on variants of it over the past month or so. We want to do it, we just need to make sure it's fun first. Same as with other notes about the map on the Thread, as soon as I know more and have hard fast facts to point at, I'll be back with updates.

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

Originally posted by MrPooooopyButthole

Hey at u/partwelsh is there any chance of dropping TDM from the 32 player Marita playlist? I know last time frontlines was brought back in a playlist with TDM there was a lot of feedback that including TDM was unnecessary seeing as TDM is available all the time and people wanted to play frontlines since it was no longer available. I feel the same might happen this time where Frontlines/domination are not available anymore but TDM still is. Other than that this was a great post and a perfect example of what I like seeing!

Worth considering. I'll talk to the team. Would be good to hear from TDM players and what they think. In the past we've increased the frequency of the map on the general TDM playlist, would that be a good alternative or would TDM players still appreciate the higher chance of getting a round in on the new map?

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

Originally posted by Grimmjow500

Can we have pleas more supply stations for tanks on twisted steel in conquest.

If we were to add more, where specifically would you expect to see them?

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

Originally posted by billnyethesuccguy

Just a reminder marita has a drivable tractor

I remember Losssy getting it full Austin Powered' in an Alley Way at EA Play. Took half the server to get it out without destroying it

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

Originally posted by ANEPICLIE

Thanks for the info! I still think you should aim to have breakthrough on maps when they launch, but I'm glad to know you are currently working on it.

An aside, from what you've and Braddock have been saying, it seems 4.4 is going to be a big update? 4.2 was a bit underwhelming.

The development cycle for the patch ends next week so that it can enter it's testing and polish phase. Next week is when I should have a good idea of what to expect. For now the headline features are very much the new maps and the rank increase to 500

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

Originally posted by WolfhoundCid

A moustache with a man hiding behind it and psycho mantis from mgs.

😂

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

Originally posted by Al_Sunday

u/PartWelsh, are you guys going to restore the TDM Devastation map to it's former glory? :(

I understand the mindset of having maps of varying sizes, but the Arras - Devastation - Hamada TDM triple rotation was my personal favorite to play (Arras and Hamada are still good). If not, I'd ask that you guys at least keep the future map sizes a bit more varied than Mercury or current Devastation.

It's not that fun to be spawned in a corner that your team can't break out of.

Thanks for everything!

Slide into my Reddit DM's (or Twitter if you prefer) with some notes about what you feel we could change with Devastation on TDM (or if 'Go Back' is simply the answer) and I'll see that it gets through to the right person. We don't get a lot of feedback from TDM players as they're often chased out of town by everyone else so I'm well up for hearing more from you!

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

Originally posted by aqeelramzi

They really shouldn't. No matter how frustrated you are with bf5. I'm really frustrated with bf5 but I dont bash the developers and community managers cus they are people as well. Treat them with respect. I'd treat them how I'd want to be treated if I'm the community manager of bf5. So sad to see people have descended to this level.

I understand it to some extent. It's my job to be hear and talk to you and fairly, some folks are frustrated right now. I understand that this gets directed at me and I can appreciate it for what it is vs. being an attack of any kind.

I'll volunteer that when I'm playing in servers, Chats usually pretty respectful and decent toward me. I quite enjoy having the chat on most rounds (until the usual bizarros appear and earn themselves a few reports)

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

Originally posted by aqeelramzi

I'm just so excited you replied to my comment haha.

I have a weird question tho, if and when those bizaros you mentioned pop in, is it like the standard reporting we all do for toxic behavior or is it like you get up from your desk in office and shoot out "YO FOUND ANOTHER BIZARO" and a guy pops his head around the wall and says "IM LISTENING" and you go "XXpussyslayer6969xX" and he goes "YEAH PERMA BAN LETS GO!"

In all seriousness, it's sad people have to resort to such behavior to get a point across. Ruins the name of the community to such an extent.

I report them via the same method as any one else - in extreme cases I've pinged it directly to the team to put it higher up the queue (in instances where the player is actively breaking various parts of the TOS and disrupting all players experiences).

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

Originally posted by [deleted]

Id like to see mercury included in the marita 24/7 playlist!!

For at least the first 2 days we'll keep it to Marita only. We could maybe change it up later on in the week, but I think folks best appreciate the chance to jump in and play new content right away vs. playing the Server Browser game.

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

Originally posted by JumpyLioncat

So I had to free up space on my ps4. I needed 57 GB to download the update... Total size: 551.6 MB

SERIOUSLY? I get that some extra size is needed to overwrite, decompress etc. But a hundred times over!?

This is how the PS4 behaves with all game updates, for all games. It clones the existing full install of the game to modify it and then removes the other.

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