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No we won't need to do that this time. It'll start as normal.

Hi folks,

This update targets fixes for errant issues identified after the release of Junes mid-month update. This follows the release of a sequence of Hotfixes designed to address stability and performance issues, which continue to be a priority for the team for future updates.

In this update we’ve taken positive steps towards removing instances of the ‘Invisible Soldier’. We believe that the extreme instances of this issue have been stamped out, though we’ll be monitoring for any lingering issues. Further improvements have also been mode to performance, specifically when tanks are firing at infantry which would previously result in performance spikes. 

Alongside that, we’ve also reviewed the performance of the P08 Carbine, and made some changes that should improve the effectiveness of the weapon, coupled with a fix that now allows for Specializations to be reset once players have obtained Weapon Rank 4. Additional fixes have been detailed below in full.

Yeah the existing BT playlist will remain live as normal (all maps) and we'll see if we can do an early insert of Marita onto that playlist at the same time when the second update deploys.

There's no element of 'because corporate' - this is simply how that team wish to operate. As it says in the article:

We are intentionally leaving out some of the key details of our anti-cheat efforts to avoid revealing anything which cheaters and cheat program developers may take advantage of.

The more we open up the conversation, the harder we make their job. It's easy for me to label that as a 'crappy' approach (when viewed from the perspective of someone who loves, and plays Battlefield) because I recognise that if you can't see something happening, you have no reason to believe that it is.

Giving assurances will feel empty and the best action that can be taken is to ensure that the game simply isn't exposed to this behaviour from players.

Provided that you're submitting them using all the correct methods - Yes, they're 100% being investigated.

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

Provided we are indeed able to deploy the update on this date - we'll introduce the Marita playlist here too.

We don't have to wait to Thursday to make these types of changes.

I'm sure that there could be. I recognise that when we look at what other games do around Anti-Cheat, and even what we've done in the past, we're not doing as much on the communication that provides enough assurances that there's indeed plenty of actions taking place on a regular basis.

It's always a super tricky topic though, especially when often times the type of information people are looking for is specific to an individual. Our rules will never change in a way that allows us to discuss the individual circumstances relating to an individuals account. On this topic all we can say is that folks who break the Terms of Service will be actioned and we appreciate all the support people give us by helping to report them.

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We've seen it and collected enough examples to Reproduce the issue. We just need to get a fix in place. I'm led to believe it's not too complicated, but not expected as a fix for 4.2.

No worries. We're keen to do more of the Focused Feedback stuff, and more posts like we had with Rush changes the other week in the mean time.

We'd like to explore that yes - the challenge is often just helping to set fair expectation that x person is well able to talk about y thing, but unlikely to be in a position to discuss issues that they themselves don't work with.

We'd need to get into a better place with everyone first before we could consider doing this. I think it's fair to say that there are bigger questions the community would like to see answered before we put someone more specialised out in front.

Even numbered updates are typically labelled as such for the purpose of delivering new content and balance changes. Odd numbered updates are typically reserved for the deployment of bug fixes.

There are instances where we sometimes roll the fixes made in the odd numbered updates into the even numbered updates.

Hotfixes usually carry the extra .x if we need to use them.

I know it's a crappy answer but we simply do not talk about Anti-Cheat beyond to point folks at the following article: https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-5/news/anti-cheat-in-battlefield-5

Improvements are always targeted across all aspects of the game. Anti-Cheat is included as part of that.

Our intent is 100% to release in July. I can't get more specific than that until I get confirmation from the teams on Monday though.

All I can say today is that we won't see it introduced as a part of 4.2.

The instant that we have new news around when to expect it, I'll share here and broadly across all our usual channels.

There are some fixes for Stuttering in this Update. Will have the full list of fixes tomorrow. I'm told not to expect a total resolution of the problem, however we are starting to make encouraging steps forward.

Ello folks -

Not wanting to sound too ridiculous on this one, but I wanted to hop in on the back of yesterdays post with an update on the 4.2 Update.

It will release this Thursday.

The update will require both Client and Server Updates, meaning that we're expecting some downtime during our usual update window. This is all slightly later that we intended, sorry for the delay on this.

We'll then be back with a second, and much smaller, update next week that has the sole purpose of enabling Marita. As soon as this...

Correct Answer. Entirely separate to Battlefield and personal meme.

I'm desperately hoping that there's more of these.

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.

Thanks for the games, that was fun!