Battlefield Franchise Megathread V2 - 'The Future of Warfare Is in the Past' Edition - Games

I played the BF4 trial for a few hours (I'm surprised EA is so generous nowadays that they give a full week of the ENTIRE base game) and rediscovered my love for Battlefield. I got BF1. I hear classes are screwy right now, so what are some tips for somebody who is getting back in for the first time since the end of BF3?

[QUOTE=Tobin;51255674]Does anyone actually play Operations in Australia? I keep getting empty servers[/QUOTE] That's just the operations matchmaking experience and i'm surprised there aren't more people who are fucking bewildered by it. There's nothing you can do besides retrying over and over again until it tosses you into a proper server, it might take 15 attempts or one.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;51255453]Two players on AA can take down a zeppelin in a few minutes provided they are entirely unharassed but what the fuck are two players going to do against the train? I don't see what combination of items or equipment they can use to destroy it in anything like a reasonable amount of time. You are seriously exaggerating how easy it is to take them down, this coming from someone who goes out of his way to fight behemoths.[/QUOTE] Not really. Get two buddies, both assault with you as Support. One has Rocket and AT nades, the other has mines and dynamite and all of you have light AT nades. A combo of mines and dynamite can immediately damage the entire front end, from there just drop an ammo box and start chucking grenades. It works really well, even against a competent team, if you're in a good spot.

I swear that the game's UI is like, five steps forwards, then three steps back onto caltrops. BF4's customization menu was fucking amazing, why is it so terrible in the new one? Why are options hidden from me until I go into the customize menu? God forbid you're like me and assume that the customize button in vehicle spawn is only for your regular class. Which, by the way, what the fuck is up with that? Okay, sure you can only customize in a match, fine, but why the everloving FUCK are the vehicle menus unavailable when the spawns are used up? What? Who does that? That's so unbelievably backwards it's incredible. I cant even see that menu unless I hog a vehicle spawn

The UI feels like it was designed with aesthetics first and usability second.

the UI is definitely the biggest negative for this game. I dont mind the simplistic font and shit, but the UI itself is pretty bad.

Made the rookie error of thinking my PC BSOD'ing was BF1... Turns out it was my CPU crying for help from a 100c oven. Just installed a water-cooling unit to give it some R&R.

Does anyone else think the Gewher 98 has the best iron-sights amongst the recon-class rifles? The sight picture is so nice, the front sight is needle thin and tapers towards the top making it even easier to get long range head-shots.

the Gewehr 98 definitely has the best sights imo. Idk what it is, but its a lot easier for me to get headshots with them compared to the G95 or SMLE

[media]https://twitter.com/petermooreEA/status/790730545479028736[/media] edit: why did he delete it lol

[QUOTE=Swiket;51256474][media]https://twitter.com/petermooreEA/status/790730545479028736[/media][/QUOTE] This is a joke right?

We managed to get a simultaneous win and loss on Oil of Empires today, it played the voice lines for both endings and then crashed the server :v:

My game played the stripper-clip animation while I was using the magazine-fed auto 8 earlier. it fitted so nicely I almost thought that was a feature. feelsbadman.

[QUOTE=longbe96;51256548]My game played the stripper-clip animation while I was using the magazine-fed auto 8 earlier. it fitted so nicely I almost thought that was a feature. feelsbadman.[/QUOTE] I had a bug before where I was reloading from empty with a G98 and I died, and when I got revived, the animation of putting in a stripper clip and stripping off the rounds played over and over. I just watched it for about 20 seconds before finally swapping weapons to stop it.

So Battlefield 1. Is it worth buying?

[QUOTE=TheBloodyNine;51255636]I love Ballroom Blitz's first defensive line. If both teams aren't retarded and the Americans don't sweep over the Germans it because really fucking gruesome trench warfare. The bunkers are used to great effect, there's gas and smoke everywhere, tanks getting stuck in trenches and pelted by grenades, and constant bayonet charges that end with everyone stumbling around in the smoke trying to find better cover / smashing eachother with whatever they have. It's the most [I]real[/I] the game feels.[/QUOTE] The first stage of st quentin as well. Operations have replaced conquest as my go to Battlefield mode [editline]25th October 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;51256565]So Battlefield 1. Is it worth buying?[/QUOTE] The single player is a bit shit but I can't honestly say I've had more fun with a battlefield game.

Well I already know the single player isn't going to be realistic, is it fun at least? I might drop my birthday money on Battlefield 1 most likely.

[QUOTE=Streecer;51255479]Gas is a pretty quick killer, despite everybody already being able to counter it, and it also provides several other benefits already. It's probably my favourite grenade in the game because it can seriously damage enemy defensive positions.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I use a lot of gas grenades as a support and I still kill a surprising amount of people with it considering everyone has a gas mask. Everyone gets tunnel vision during fights so they don't notice it until it's too late, and even if they do, it means they can't iron sight anymore so they're a lot easier to pick off from outside.

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;51256581]Well I already know the single player isn't going to be realistic, is it fun at least? I might drop my birthday money on Battlefield 1 most likely.[/QUOTE] Probably not realistic, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it. A bunch of different scenarios and narrative perspectives. Loved chapter 2.

[QUOTE=Lamar;51256191]Does anyone else think the Gewher 98 has the best iron-sights amongst the recon-class rifles? The sight picture is so nice, the front sight is needle thin and tapers towards the top making it even easier to get long range head-shots.[/QUOTE] I use the radium sights, but I've set up a kit specifically for that Mauser. The damage spikes at ~70m, so if you are working CQB with an LMG or assault, you can one tap an enemy and they finish them in a single hit - the gun is brilliant. Combined with K-bullets, you can assist an array of vehicles. I've destroyed several heavy tanks with well placed iron-sight K-bullet shots from that gun.

[QUOTE=Water-Marine;51256620]Probably not realistic, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it. A bunch of different scenarios and narrative perspectives. Loved chapter 2.[/QUOTE] The pigeon scene sold me on the singleplayer. This might be the first Battlefield campaign I complete since BC2.

I don't know what it is with this battlefield, but I've just been absolutely wrecking face, maybe the flawed weapons help go hand in hand with my play style.

What are weakspots on the several tanks apart from the rear and tracks? Also suppression Lewis is fucking noice in a defensive role, bipod makes a big difference.

[QUOTE=Araknid;51256717]What are weakspots on the several tanks apart from the rear and tracks? Also suppression Lewis is fucking noice in a defensive role, bipod makes a big difference.[/QUOTE] I aim for the rear on light tanks with K-rounds and generally get disables in 2-3 shots.

Lmao who the fucks buy battlefield 1 for singleplayer

[QUOTE=Swiket;51256474][media]https://twitter.com/petermooreEA/status/790730545479028736[/media] edit: why did he delete it lol[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=AJ10017;51256477]This is a joke right?[/QUOTE] What was it?

[QUOTE=mastermaul;51256830]What was it?[/QUOTE] holy shit [t]https://jii.moe/VyXRIyOkM.png[/t] [t]https://jii.moe/V1iR8yu1z.png[/t] :v: [editline]25th October 2016[/editline] Should post the wayback, you can enjoy the replies [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20161025035106/https:/twitter.com/petermooreEA/status/790730545479028736[/url]

Why is the Attack Plane rear gun the single most fuckin' bonkers weapon. Can't even land hits on the plane before i get shredded.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;51256819]Lmao who the fucks buy battlefield 1 for singleplayer[/QUOTE] They should've just not had a singleplayer, waste of developer resources and takes up a lot of unnecessary hard drive space

[QUOTE=Tobin;51256909]They should've just not had a singleplayer, waste of developer resources and takes up a lot of unnecessary hard drive space[/QUOTE] And then people would complain that there's no singleplayer.