Battlefield 1 general discussion

BlitzKrieg

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Is anyone else horrifically bad at this game?

it took me most of the 7 hours I've played to get back into the rhythm of things. There were also a lot of things like my mouse sensitivity that I needed to tweak over and over to get feeling right.

So yeah for a period I sucked really badly

BlitzKrieg

On a side note

Operations appear to be working again. But its the Ottomon campaign now.

Which is longer and more insane (the british get a battleship ffs!)

Wonda-Boy

How are you still playing this man, I ate up my time in just over one night lol.

iLikeWaffles

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

How are you still playing this man, I ate up my time in just over one night lol.

Still have 8 hours left me!

dreamers75

Does the server browser actually work for anyone?

Only ever shows 2 servers with players and hundreds of empty servers.

BlitzKrieg

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

How are you still playing this man, I ate up my time in just over one night lol.

I started a new job just this week so I could only give 2-3 hours a night. Tonight is my last night. It says I have less then 15 minutes left.

But it also says I've only played 7 hours

So someone has stolen 2 hours from me.

bloody EA!!!


Ottomon operation is pretty mental. The first map massively favours the british with the dreadnought being insanely powerful as a behemoth and the ottomon not getting any gunboats to do torpedo runs on it.


but Seuz is a clusterf*ck of insane fun. Much better then its conquest variant.

Lots of trenches again. the 2nd stage of that level is all mad trenchrunning and diving into them with the armoured train shelling you from the side.

excellent fun.


Also I love the field guns in this game, they are the perfect mix of visually satisfying (that reload) and effective (hit hard and the fact that we can rotate them makes them better then pretty much every other gun emplacement in the game or BF3/BF4 except AAA)

BlitzKrieg

wtf Origin!!!!

dunworth1

BlitzKrieg wrote:

wtf Origin!!!!

Start a chat with ea might get some free hours

tripperman

Was in the middle of a great conquest battle when my time ran out and I got returned to home screen on my Xbox, how do you mark someone you spotted for someone else to take out, or is that not possible

BlitzKrieg

I'm pretty sure by tomorrow everyone will have used up all their trial time and the servers will be empty til monday night

iLikeWaffles

dreamers75 wrote: »

Does the server browser actually work for anyone?

Only ever shows 2 servers with players and hundreds of empty servers.

Server searching is completely broken doesn't even show Irish servers if they are up and running yet that is.

BlitzKrieg

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Server searching is completely broken doesn't even show Irish servers if they are up and running yet that is.

It oddly kept the custom settings I had set up from the beta (but not my custom controls ) when I launched the server browser, so perhaps check in case some element of that is interfering. I had no problem finding european (irish and Dutch) servers (though I did run into that getting kicked out of operations bug)

MiskyBoyy

iLikeWaffles wrote:

Server searching is completely broken doesn't even show Irish servers if they are up and running yet that is.

Working fine for me on XB1. All I can see is Irish servers for Europe, no Dutch ones this time around.

iLikeWaffles

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

It oddly kept the custom settings I had set up from the beta (but not my custom controls ) when I launched the server browser, so perhaps check in case some element of that is interfering. I had no problem finding european (irish and Dutch) servers (though I did run into that getting kicked out of operations bug)

Is there a preference file I can delete that might reset it. Its kept the beta saved filter I set up too. But it may be from bf4 don't know.

BlitzKrieg

iLikeWaffles wrote: »

Is there a preference file I can delete that might reset it. Its kept the beta saved filter I set up too. But it may be from bf4 don't know.

dont know sorry

The Specialist

Preload has now started on PS4, 47GB.

DeSelby83

What's the general consensus on BF1 now that people have played it. Worth picking up day 1 or should we wait a while for the inevitable patches and let things settle?

Wonda-Boy

Deffo a day one purchase, every thing about the game from the UI to the war tapes sounds of guns etc is exceptional. Its a very well put together game on a game engine that at this stage is very well optimised. There are far far worse so called AAA titles that are in ****e and people fall over themselves praising them, you will get months of playtime from this, no doubt there will be a few server issues etc on launch but overall .... I love it.

BlitzKrieg

DeSelby83 wrote: »

What's the general consensus on BF1 now that people have played it. Worth picking up day 1 or should we wait a while for the inevitable patches and let things settle?

There's some really choppy cutscenes and some optimisation in terms of framerate (which seems to be primarily caused by other software, you need to kill shadowplay, Xboxdvr [if windows 10] etc to get the framerate boost) and the operations mode being buggy to get into a match (but once in its fine).

But the game runs fine. A big step up from battlefield 4's state at launch. I'd say most of the issues above will be resolved on launch with a nivida/amd patch to resolve some (dont know how the game runs on console) and hopefully the operations issue is more of a server fix then anything and will be ready by tomorrow night.


Balance wise

Seuz canal on conquest is the worst map so far, but its great in operations.

In conquest once the turks push the British pass the 2nd flag they'll autowin, the first british flag is really hard to hold and once its gone it gives the turks a fortified defensive position to pin the british into their spawn.

But in Operations because its one sided push, this is less of an issue and also the direction is shifted so its just as hectic but less cramped, there is more of a sense of space between the sectors.


Class balance at the moment seems to really be down to 2 issues

1. The over abundance of snipers. The effectiveness of sniper rifles means they are popular and make up usually anywhere from a quarter to over half of a team and in terms of killing they are effective. It can get sometimes annoying if you get picked off by the same sniper over and over. Personnally though once you get used to a map they're effectiveness drops. I get more annoyed that I cant play sniper as I always feel there are too many and I want to contribute.

2. More pressing the effectiveness of the Airburst Morter has been raised. Quick to be reloaded and very accurate this thing when used in numbers can turn certain points of the map into an inferno of explosions and death. If anything is being day 1 patched it'll be these.


Everything else initially feels fine. Because the weapons have such a stark difference it's easier to see how and why you died and it rarely feels like someone is running with a cheap guns. Sniper rifles are powerful but also unwieldy compared to pretty much every other gun. I've only seen one hero class rampage in my playthrough, most usually die after 2-3 kills (myself included) and are easy to spot and focus down and each have obvious weaknesses (Sentry cant put on gas mask, flamethrower has no range, tank hunter has to go prone to use weapon)

Behemoths have had a big health boost so they are a lot stronger in terms of durability but dont seem to dominate on most maps, really much more providing support on a constant basis. They are also very prone to player stupidity (train driver not moving the train to the objective etc)

Again Operations might be the exception where the British Battleship Behemoth felt stupidly powerful on one map due to the turks not getting any torpedo boats to attack it so had to rely on air which is really hard since the ship has AAA. In conquest both teams get torpedo boats so it is a lot easier to deal with the battleship that way (but it still takes a lot of damage)

Overall I've had the most fun in battlefield with this one since 3. Between the beta and this trial I've been grinning ear to ear. And I expect the same from the full title.

hell I even enjoyed the single player. Its very varied and polished, but I do recommend playing it on hard as on medium it felt very easy.

dreamers75

Its a yesterday purchase for me.

Only issue is the browser not working properly (everyone moaned about battlelog but it worked).

Its probably the best looking game out at the moment (everything Ultra).

Balance wise im sure there will be tweaks, have yet to see anyone turnaround a match with the behemoth tho.

BlitzKrieg

Balance wise im sure there will be tweaks, have yet to see anyone turnaround a match with the behemoth tho.

Fao Fortress in operations

When the british pull out that dreadnought things go sour for the turks really quickly.

I'm not kidding, by the end we were making suicide runs from out of the underground bunker in the fortress trying to retake points inbetween the rounds of the dreadnought shelling the fortress.

Looked awesome

but the match went from us holding the british on the first point in the first round to being wiped in the second.

But I think the balance is that its the first of 3 maps and the british only get 3 chances across all the maps so losing one on Fao makes it very hard to take both Seuz and Sinai.

iLikeWaffles

Even on medium settings this game is beautiful and the sound, Christ who ever mixed that is a genius, awards will be won! Game of the year IMO, for the next 3 years.

Worth every cent you will pay for it a lot of people are saying you will easily get 200 hours out of it that's €0.54/hr ultimate, €0.40/hr deluxe, €0.30/hr standard when you break it down without any discounts. You'll definitely get way more than 9 full days play from it though!

dreamers75

Have yet to get into a game of operations.

BlitzKrieg

gameplay of the last four maps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twthWgkYCQ

austria hungary vs Italy in the first one. Massive cannon emplacements in this one. Let's hope you can use them to shoot down the zepplin.

My timer is finally up for the trial. after 8 hours it booted me out

FAILSAFE 00

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

My timer is finally up for the trial. after 8 hours it booted me out

EA.

YOU....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJeATp31dw

Dcully

Considering operations rarely worked surely we should get extended time for the trials.

BlitzKrieg

response on my 8 hour time frame:

I was able to check this for you. To be honest with you, some of the players are also experiencing the same problem as yours and we are actually aware of the problem. This is currently being investigated by the Studio. Unfortunately we don't have a timeframe for a fix at the moment

Wonda-Boy

Yeah it will be released well before you get sorted lol.....

SpannerMonkey

how do you get in early ? on pc ?

J Mysterio

Annoying this is released same day as Civ VI.
Ive pre-ordered both.