Battlefield 1 general discussion

Korvanica

When a squad member requests an order (and there is no active squad order), the requesting player is added to the want-to-be-leader queue for that squad and a 60 seconds timer starts (the timer is not reset if there are other squad members waiting in the queue already).

When the 60 seconds pass, the first member in the squad queue (the one who requested order earliest) is promoted as a squad leader. If there are other members in the queue after him, the timer is automatically reset to 60 seconds and if the new leader doesn't give orders over that period either, then the next waiting in line is promoted and so on.

If the current squad leader issues an order, then the queue for the squad is cleared.

Awesome !

SpannerMonkey

SeantheMan wrote: »

Looks like attackers are gettin a boost in Operation



Update patch notes

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/58616/battlefield-1-fall-update-notes-11152016#latest

what the hell is this the same team that did BF4 :eek:

this looks to be an excellent balance patch and fix ,nothing too heavy handed . well done

The Specialist

Support has definitely gotten a buff, the accuracy is much better now. MG15 N.A seems to be downing guys in 3 shots now, kind of unfair for the enemy when it has a bipod and 200 round magazine

Edit: Just finished a conquest round of the new Suez there, 2 thumbs up Dice! Really good flow to the map now instead of a 3 point meat grinder

iLikeWaffles

That's a long ass list.


•Squad XP boost has been added, you may receive this item when opening a Battlepack.
•Squads are no longer auto locked if less than three players join a server as a party.
•Adding an option to filter the kill log in the HUD. You can now choose to show all, squad, self or nearby. Next Patch or is it in this patch? Nearby would be very useful! Too useful perhaps.


•Mortars have had a balance pass. Players now have to pick more clearly between slow, accurate fire, and rapid, inaccurate fire.
•Mortars now require a time after deploy before they are fully accurate.
•Increased the inaccuracy penalty for firing multiple mortar rounds quickly.
•Reduced the max damage radius of Support Airburst mortars. Mortars will need to land closer to do their full 65 damage.
•The minimap targeting function of Mortars now shows the current accuracy level of the strike. The red dot only appears when the strike is at maximum accuracy
•Both Support Mortars can now fire 2 smoke rounds in addition to their default round. A Hint has been added to explain the feature.
•The HE Mortar now correctly has the same range as the Airburst Mortar.


•Added non-gamepad Joystick support.

•Fortress Gun does greater damage against vehicles and has a bigger lethal area against infantry.
•Vehicle deployed mines can now have up to 6 mines alive in the world at one time (was 3).

•Fixed an issue where the soldier would enter the AA gun from the wrong direction


•Fixed issue where players were not being placed in the same squad when joining on friend that is in a full squad or not in a squad at all. That's good news!

iLikeWaffles

New driver on GeForce too for BF1. Are they just game optimizations?

Civ VI, The division and Steep beta as well.

Noxin

Dying to try this out but might have to wait until tomorrow. Stupid brothers birthday. Some people are so selfish :mad:

The Specialist

Anybody figure out how the squad xp boosts work yet? I got one in a battlepack (100% for 1 hr) but can't activate it. The game mentions using it in the squad screen but there's no button prompt for it when I go there.

Caillte

Itching to get on this tonight. Looking forward to the squad leader promotions. Should actually make a better and fun game.

ktulu123

Squad leader promotions is the best thing for me. I hate not having squad orders.

Wonda-Boy

tigger123 wrote: »

Each to their own, and everyone enjoys it differently and that's cool, but I'll never understand the fun in playing as a sniper, I just don't get it. Its so remote and removed from the action.

Am much happier taking objectives and running the risk of getting killed at the same time.

Yeah but look at it from the other point of view that some people hate run and gun or twitch shooters, or just are not good at it. I am not a huge fan of run and gun games in general or twitch shooters and these BF game border both of them with a bit less frantic pace.

Thats the good thing about the BF games it has something for everyone, I knew 2 lads that did absolutely nothing in previous BF games other then TANK and fly JETS/CHOPPERS and I am talking nothing else. That to me was borderline insane the monotony of it. But they absolutely THRIVED on it.....

Sniping depending on the mood as I have found out can be great fun, but if you in a bit of a mood its extremely frustrating getting killed alot.

cursai

Cant connect. Anyone else?

Shlippery

cursai wrote: »

Cant connect. Anyone else?

Dying for a game and can't even open Origin. Bollocks.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

When the 60 seconds pass, the first member in the squad queue (the one who requested order earliest) is promoted as a squad leader. If there are other members in the queue after him, the timer is automatically reset to 60 seconds and if the new leader doesn't give orders over that period either, then the next waiting in line is promoted and so on.

Oh hurray, hello free xp

dreamers75

BAR 18 got a nice buff, really feels meaty now.

Maximus Alexander

Holy crap I suck as a scout. I'd say half my shots miss and the ones that hit only do 70-80 damage. :pac:

Wonda-Boy

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Holy crap I suck as a scout. I'd say half my shots miss and the ones that hit only do 70-80 damage. :pac:

Stick with it m8, if enemy is running lead the shot a fraction. Try to aim for at worse upper torso but head is best as you already know.

If enemy is medium to close range, really try to get into the habit of shooting one round from sniper and change to handgun real quick to finish them off. As you said most damage done without a kill is 70-90% so two quick shots from hand gun and they brown bread!

Maximus Alexander

Ah I know how to do it, I just mechanically can't. I used to be a fairly handy recon in BFBC2 and BF3, but my skills have deserted me. It might be time to do away with the cushion as a mouse pad and use a solid surface. A gaming mouse might be a worthwhile investment too. :pac:

heebusjeebus

The BF1 Companion app is still re-setting my load outs. Pain in the hoop!

Benzino

Really wish you could change individual button mappings on console, I've a terrible habit of pushing the R3 button while aiming mid battle.

gimli2112

Benzino wrote: »

Really wish you could change individual button mappings on console, I've a terrible habit of pushing the R3 button while aiming mid battle.

I'm generally happy once you can push R3 to crouch / go prone. Can do it here but it drives me crazy when you can't.

Korvanica

Kinda silly that noone else can use my mortar anymore when I put it down. Its a bloody mortar, once its down its separate from the player.

Are they gonna make it so other people can be shot when behind the sniper cover too? (Not that anyone uses it)

Dohnjoe

Korvanica wrote: »

Kinda silly that noone else can use my mortar anymore when I put it down. Its a bloody mortar, once its down its separate from the player.

Gameplay balance, players can and will abuse anything like that.. easier just to leave it attached to the support player who placed it only

The game has to look, feel and sound authentic - but gameplay is separate from that. It conforms more to balance than realism for common sense reasons.

EoinHef

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Gameplay balance, players can and will abuse anything like that.. easier just to leave it attached to the support player who placed it only

The game has to look, feel and sound authentic - but gameplay is separate from that. It conforms more to balance than realism for common sense reasons.

How does allowing another player use someone elses mortar create an imbalance though?

Unless theres some exploit im missing here?

iLikeWaffles

Benzino wrote: »

Really wish you could change individual button mappings on console, I've a terrible habit of pushing the R3 button while aiming mid battle.

This works on pc not sure about console if you have keybinds in the options menu it should. Go into control options and see if there is a custom option for solider layout. If there is select custom layout and go back to keybinds, you should be able to override.

At the very least you can choose between different controller schemes.

Dcully

tigger123 wrote: »

Each to their own, and everyone enjoys it differently and that's cool, but I'll never understand the fun in playing as a sniper, I just don't get it. Its so remote and removed from the action.

Am much happier taking objectives and running the risk of getting killed at the same time.

Your doing it wrong then and this is the stereotype we consistently see in gaming but you simply cant generalize like this.

Sniper is my most played class,let me explain.
No I don't lie prone as a sniper miles away [I'm never prone], anyone that ever played with me will see me in the thick of the action as an aggressive sniper.

Nothing comes close to this style of play in terms of difficulty and satisfaction.
You cannot beat close quarters sniper action or better still I run with no scopes and just ironsight with bolt actions.

Try it and get good at it and enjoy, cant recommend it enough.

The Moldy Gowl

Such a change from old school cod at times and I need to fix my muscle memory.

My sweaty cod tactics don't work on bf.

Used to love running into someone and immediately going to prone and shooting at the same time.
You can't shoot at the same time in bf.

jonski

Dcully wrote: »

Your doing it wrong then and this is the stereotype we consistently see in gaming but you simply cant generalize like this.

Sniper is my most played class,let me explain.
No I don't lie prone as a sniper miles away [I'm never prone], anyone that ever played with me will see me in the think of the action as an aggressive sniper.

Nothing comes close to this style of play in terms of difficulty and satisfaction.
You cannot beat close quarters sniper action or better still I run with no scopes and just ironsight with bolt actions.

Try it and get good at it and enjoy, cant recommend it enough.

Sooo much satisfaction from a 'no scope' kill with a sniper rifle

IvoryTower

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Used to love running into someone and immediately going to prone and shooting at the same time.

Was one of the most annoying things about cod, that and the sniping glitch thing.

Dcully

Just played noobcore there and had some craic killing all the pathetic prone snipers miles from the action ,the ones on my team that is haha,only reason id play such a **** mode.
I used to love marking them with that marker gun in BC2 for the enemy to see and lock on their laser guided rockets.

dreamers75

Dcully wrote: »

Just played noobcore there and had some craic killing all the pathetic prone snipers miles from the action ,the ones on my team that is haha,only reason id play such a **** mode.
I used to love marking them with that marker gun in BC2 for the enemy to see and lock on their laser guided rockets.

Awesome I can stop playing with the "elite" players who prefer health regen, minimap spotting and unlimited snipers.

Odd what I call Noobcore is the opposite of what you call Noobcore.