Battlefield V

Battlefield V Dev Tracker




10 Jun

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Originally posted by Dogg_Speed

Hi Braddock,

Just following up on your reply last week. For a bit more context (which you may already be aware of), much of the frustration on this issue comes from the confusing and tedious cheater reporting process combined with frustration with the inefficacy of the reporting system (see e.g. the BFV forums or r/firestorm).

From my personal experience on PS4, this is doubly frustrating given the absence of the Origin system and when the official EA instructions for reporting cheating players (referring to this) makes reference to navigating through the scoreboard (which does n...

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Absolutely. The in-game reporting process for cheating/abuse doesn't work for Firestorm due to the fact that there's no leaderboard for Firestorm.
And the alternative way to report - create a ticket at EA Help that gets escalated to the TOS team then to the anti-cheat team - it's too clunky, not intuitive, and honestly, most folks can't be bothered by it.

I do agree that teaming up in a solo mode to imbalance the match against players that are playing legit is, at best, griefing (TOS violation). At worst, it's outright cheating. I've hit up Sean, our Anti-Cheat Dev, on the best way to address this - via reporting and taking action. I'm waiting for a reply, then will share with you all what the team tells me.

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Originally posted by Tech-52

So the salty pilot that i shot down with my Flakpanzer 4 three times in a row and then getting the assault class with max explosives and searching my tank and shitting it full with explosives only to tbag me again and again and then writing im 'a camping Noob' is completely fine? Lol nice one Braddock

No, it's not fine and you should report them.

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Hi.

The last time I checked with the team, they have no intentions of locking Elites to particular theaters/factions. I have no indication that this will change.

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Originally posted by Sharkbite9204

They're not going to do it. They made it clear their minds aren't going to be changed and basically told us to f**k off. I want them locked too, but I learned to just stop asking.

If people really don't like seeing Misaki on European maps, or German elites in the Pacific, then I can really only make two suggestions:

  • The passive approach: If they're in your squad, then politely ask them to switch to a faction accurate elite or normal solider. If they refuse, then kick them.

  • The zero tolerance approach: Do not let them in your squad, do not give them ammo, do not heal/revive them. Get the point across that they're butchering the immersion and need to switch their character or leave the game.

Is the second suggestion toxic as f**k? Absolutely. It's basically griefing and in any other game, I would never condone that kind of behavior. But seeing as just how many people are complaining about seeing Misaki and the other elites...

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The passive approach: If they're in your squad, then politely ask them to switch to a faction accurate elite or normal solider. If they refuse, then kick them.

The zero tolerance approach: Do not let them in your squad, do not give them ammo, do not heal/revive them. Get the point across that they're butchering the immersion and need to switch their character or leave the game.

Just a heads-up.The second option is actually a violation of the Terms of Service regarding harassment, griefing, and abuse of other players. (And we have a zero tolerance policy on that. I'm not trying to threaten you or whatever. Just giving you a heads-up.)

Now, if you feel it's so terrible, you can create a solo squad or only squad with your friends who feel like you. Alternately, create a Custom Game and when you tell people about it, let them know that they will be expected to use "appropriate" customization/Elites based on your map choices. But to ...

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Originally posted by kidmenot

Report it to /u/partwelsh and /u/braddock512, it's best if you do it via Twitter. Jeff himself noticed a tweet with a BF4 recording of some racist scum verbally abusing a player, he asked for the platform and username. Worth a shot.

To be super clear - the best way to ever report incidents is via this link below.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment

Our team are able to investigate and action faster when you report directly via the systems that we have in place to manage these things.

We always have the facility to do entirely manual investigation, but if we have it direct from a player, in relation to an incident that you've encountered with another player, our systems allow us to properly match and present this to us so that it can be ...

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ICYMI - https://twitter.com/PartWelsh/status/1270648083836272646

This is last weeks cancelled mission, reactivated for 24 hours. Tomorrow, the new mission will start, and new missions will continue to run Thursday - Thursday as normal from that point.

We were able to complete our repair work earlier than expected following discovery of the issue last week and so given the option, we elected to activate the remainder of the mission today in case folks want a chance to earn a few extra coins or swing for the Boins


09 Jun


06 Jun

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Originally posted by Koala_Confused

Hi u/Braddock512 You previously asked for my platform for BF1 and I have been trying to get you unsuccessfully.

I am ok if there isn’t any for me because it is definitely your decision to make. Just wanted at least a response cause I am seeing you replying others. I have been polite and appreciative in all my replies so I am not sure if I have been ignored and if so why.

Thank you.

I’m sorry of I missed you message. I’ll check the history and send you a code next week.


05 Jun

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Originally posted by SecretSquirrel43

Hey u/Braddock512 and u/PartWelsh this has been happening for the last several days on PC, and multiple people have been saying it has been happening to them. This is concerning as while they haven't been saying anything very vulgar, they could type anything and get us falsely reported.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

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Originally posted by Amarokyt

I don’t think they permanently removed the UK from these maps. I think the Allied factions are on a rotation. Sometimes it’s UK, other times it’s US.

We set up 2 new Conquest playlists that support this but needed to revert them whilst we fixed some localisation issues and string text display problems.

In its place, we put the original CQ rotation which still has commands to execute the old setups - we'll update it to fix it next week.

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Originally posted by Mattnifico

u/Braddock512 idk if this is the right spot to do this, but my canadian friend is DYING to play this new update and would love a code for the game

Platform?

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is it bad that i saw the 'rn' in the title and thought it was an 'm'?

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Originally posted by strategic_thinking

well shit, i said in a previous comment that if the chauchat was added i’d come back to get full gold for it so i guess it’s time to redownload

I remember. ;)

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Originally posted by DJ_Rhoomba

u/Braddock512 Will there possibly be any more opportunities/contests to win a BFV art book?

I've held off on the competitions/giveaways for now because it is sometimes difficult to get approval to go to the office - they are all closed and we're working from home. I am still working on getting a time to head down to the LA office to ship out the last contest prizes.

But I do have plans to have some more giveaways/contests in the coming months and will definitely let everyone know ahead of time. (I have a ton of books left, so I want to get them into people's hands.)

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Originally posted by RitziLauda

u/PartWelsh u/Braddock512 I came across the strange bug earlier today. I believe my squadmate who was near the German spawn got killed by the Calliope and somehow I had to die too. As you can see the vehicle is unharmed and my other squad mate was not affected.

(I don’t have Twitter to report it to Jaqub, so I’m posting it here)

Edit: removed some strange autocorrect.

Did you happen to get a recording? If not, that's okay. What platform are you on?

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Originally posted by AWU_Hades

u/PartWelsh

Minor issue but the M1 Garand is missing in the firing range

Thanks, will investigate.

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Originally posted by Drocell

What's with this m on my screen constantly? It uses the same custom color as my crosshair.

https://i.imgur.com/rS825qI.jpg

It's a bug. We need to investigate the cause and remove it.


04 Jun

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Originally posted by [deleted]

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We won't be adding that

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Originally posted by Pyke64

Thank you for your clear communication. This was a very informative read.

I do have a single question: can we get a official playlist of the two new maps on Breakthrough?

Something like:

- Provence Breakthrough

- Al Marj Breakthrough

- Provence Conquest

- Al Marj Conquest

Could also be an option.

Thanks.

Not this week. Next week we'll have a pure Al Marj playlist, CQ, and BT.