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14 May

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by dmans218

I just tried to play a game of solos. The queue was down to 1:15. Which is good. I got into the hangar quick, but I sat there for 30 min. people are leaving before it hits 32 players. I left as well.

u/PartWelsh, I highly recommend you revert this change.

If we find that this is a behaviour that is true across everyone’s experience then it’s possibly something that we might do. The belief is that this will improve things, though it just might take a few more days to see fully kick in.

We are conscious that this is a new behaviour that folks will need to adapt too as this was a backend change that isn’t accompanied with any front end stuff that helps educate folks to sit tight and wait for the lobby to fill.

There’s a further backend change coming tomorrow that may also tweak this behaviour so let’s give this some time and see what happens.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by johgru

Sorry for going off topic /u/PartWelsh but you mentioned that you would shed some light on the max level situation early this week. Is that still the case?

I’ve set myself a personal deadline of tomorrow to come back and at least help explain where we are with it - even if that means just saying that we will post a full update at the end of this week.

I was chatting to the team this morning and the current delay is understanding when we can implement what it is we have in development.

If it’s coming soon, we will be in a good place to into more detail. If it’s coming later, we may hold back some of that detail as we are conscious that we could change things around before it makes it to a live build.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by johgru

Sorry for going off topic /u/PartWelsh but you mentioned that you would shed some light on the max level situation early this week. Is that still the case?

We’re still ironing some things out.

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by phunkysox

Im glad you have been reading all these comments and thats what you choose to reply to. Lets ignore the fact duo players dont want to play 2 vs 4. If the point is to populate sqauds its not working. Duo players are quitting the game!

"Its a crappy update for me" Yeah becuase dice took away the only way many people enjoyed playing. It lacks players we dont have 3 friends to play with!

We are expecting someone from dice to tell us they are going to fight for us to get duos back! Its not like rush or grind. Without duos people will leave to play other games! We want solutions today not down the road, we waited long enough. Not to sound rude to you personally but if i worked for dice id get off my ass and fight for the community. Stop reading post and do something. It pisses me off im planning on playing cod tonight! lol

Atleast with blackout i canshare that experience with a friend.

Not looking to ignore or cherry pick specific comments - just looking to comment where I can add something of substance to the conversation without repeating myself, or instead commenting on the same question with different responses, and just confusing matters.

I’m not ignorant of whats wanted from Duos fans, and how you (and others) feel about not having other suitable options with which you can play Firestorm and Battlefield.

Jeff and I are sharing the feedback, and we are informing the decision makers on the effects of their decisions.

My responsibility back to you is to keep you updated on what happens next, and when I have updates, I’ll post them broadly across the usual places. If there’s no updates though, there’s not going to be any value to me speaking up as it can set some false expectations.

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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There are. Next patch is in testing and once we get a lock we will have notes to share. We don’t like talking about what’s fixed/not fixed until we’ve gone through that process as some folks end up with half the story and miss any updates we end up sharing.

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by Pulseamm0

u/PartWelsh Does Dice have a plan to revitalise the firestorm community long term? There's a constant flood of requests for various things on the sub, but it seems to me that none of them matter - the live service model can't work if there aren't players playing the game to make all of these additions make sense financially (the game sure does have a heck of a lot of potential).

Firestorm map tweaks and gun rotations etc are nice, but they only matter for retaining playerbase, I don't think those features make enough noise on their own to get new blood into the mode.

Will we get some kind of announcement about how dice plan tackle the real issue which seems to me to be long term player count?

Yeah I can understand why you (and others) feel that way. Couple things that I can help to answer and clear up from what you’ve asked.

There’s a full development plan for Firestorm’s long term support - same as with all other aspects of BFV.

In terms of feedback - everything that we see posted across all platforms gets fed through to the gang responsible for all the changes and future for the mode, but as with all things, we like to show what we have, when we have it, rather than theorise alongside folks as this often leads to bad expectations being set.

The good news is that you’ll find at EA Play that you’re going to get a good look at the direction we are moving on with Firestorm.

To your final point, the present issue isn’t on player count, it’s just that transition from moving active development over from the team at Criterion who built the mode, to DICE who are taking it to where it goes next. It for sure must feel slow if you’re keen to s...

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This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by Everyonedies-

Can you push for a change in the assignment for gold camos?

I have. The team is looking at it. But I don't have any information or updates to share.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by mntblnk

u/Braddock512

So we're not getting vehicle class customisation. That's totally fine. But please, pretty please change the existing vehicle class characters to resemble someone that would fly a plane or drive a tank in WW2

Where does it say we're not getting vehicle class customization? (Like body customization?)

I've asked about the pilot/tanker customization, and was previously told that there's no immediate plans for it - but I'll keep pushing.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by HUNjozsi

Yeah I am glad about that, but the previous "This Week in Battlefield V" post said it was coming yesterday

Either way, I am excited :)

This Week posts focus on that specific week. The Weekly Debrief mentions upcoming items, but we don’t put a date on them until the following Monday.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by R181Ben

Fix the vehicle spawn bug and airplane resupply bug. Both are practically gamebreaking bugs that make me want to drop your game indefinitely when they occur.

The airplane resupply bug is being tracked for an upcoming update.

Can you clarify the vehicle spawn bug you’re referring to?

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by 6StringAddict

I'm not gonna spew the same bullshit as other people already do, but I do wonder about one thing. If you guys have the data that shows duos clearly wasn't as popular as everyone here makes it, why don't you guys just show us the numbers?

It's something that isn't done across any EA title.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by MadMan04

I feel awful for the spot you're in man, but appreciative of the fact that you let us know whatever you can when you can. This is just crazy frustrating.

Maybe pass along to the team that next time they should hold back some of the gas masks and goggles for emergencies like this week.

I literally mentioned that 5K is 1/14 - 1/18 of a tank skin. 1/3 of a Rare Soldier set, 1/2 of a rare weapon set. I recommended 25K. I guess we’ll have to see how the week pans out and take the data and make adjustments.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by HUNjozsi

Wasn't the Fortress mode supposed to be released yesterday? :c

Thursday, 5/16/2019

Fortress Mode Comes to Battlefield V

It comes Thursday.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by MadMan04

...won't they be earning at least 5K in CC just by playing the week's TOW assignments?

You don't think they'd rather have literally anything other than CC they can earn a million other ways, not to mention CC that is next to useless at this point anyway?

This is wild.

I know. I raised this concern to the team. Unfortunately, it is what it is.

This Week in Battlefield V - May 13th Edition

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Originally posted by everymansic

i honestly think that for week 8, all the players should just simply not play. this would be to protest the horrible 5k cc they are giving us.

thats an insult to the player base who put hours into the game who have a crap ton of cc already.

But what about the players that don't have a crap ton of CC?

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by Fieryhotsauce

Awesome! I'll post to /r/firestorm we'll be happy! Does this mean we might end up loading into games with only 32 players though? This is what happened with Blackout on PC with 40-50 player games happening regularly but it actually made the game fairly boring because you could go 15 minutes without seeing another player.

We're looking into other things that would address that. Soon as we know if its absolutely possible and can prove it out, I'll come back and show you what that is.

I get it though. The games played best when the plane is full.

Relaaa Hacks Finally Exposed

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That'll be a 2/10 for this montage.

  • Font used was not hardcore and dramatic enough (maybe u can add some blood splatters)
  • Looped audio did not have any pitch changes to destroy my eardrums

Frags were pretty good though.

Server Side Update: Firestorm Matchmaking

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Originally posted by phunkysox

Please bring duos back asap. Its not fun playing 2 vs 4.... This ruined bfv for me and many others. Fix other issues dont punish players who dont have 3 friends to play with. Ive moved onto other games until return of duo. I really miss firestorm.... Please address asap! Stop being so silent so many people are voicing concern yet dice isnt listening to the community!

If we're ever in a position to return Duo to the mix, we will (same as with all the other time limited modes we've had like Grind and Rush). Similarly, we'll be here to tell you when that's going to happen and we'll be asking that question on your behalf every week. For now, it's gone.

It's a crappy update for you, I know. Neither me, Jeff or anyone on the team are insensitive to how popular the mode was with those who chose to play it.

Welcome the newest addition to the moderation team.

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Originally posted by Stakeboulder

*Note: Ban u/DANNYonPC

See, fits right in.

Welcome the newest addition to the moderation team.

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Originally posted by DANNYonPC

NUHHH, Leave the memes alone!

(Especially mine)

Better step up your meme game then. ;)




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