Enjoying the game so far. too long.
On PC.
I’ve had the bugs others have had, rounds not ending properly, revives stopping to work, unable to spawn back in and needing to alt+f4 the game.
UI
This needs to refinement. The spawning in and adjusting your class in game needs to be improved. I should be able to adjust my class on the squad spawn screen, as well as select points to spawn in at. When selecting a new weapon or gadjet in game, it shouldn’t take me to a whole new page, it slows things down and is pointless. Give me a drop down list or something.
Assignments need to be adjusting ingame, it sucks having to leave a good match because you completed some assignments and want to add some new ones.
If I click under a game mode tile and go to the server browser from that, it resets my region filter. A server browser more similar to BF4 would be much better and quicker to use.
Also the server browser is broken for some modes. I can’t find TDM unless I go through the server browser listed under the infintry tile on the main MP screen.
The UI for calling in reinforcements as squad leader, sometimes it selects something with out be choosing.
Spawning in on team mates
Far too often I spawn in and instantly am killed by an enemy. Yet there’s other times I want to spawn in on a team mate, they’re in cover, not being attacked but it says “in combat.”
Guns
I’m sticking with the same few funs for now, the Medic guns aren’t great except in close quarters. They need something more long range. They’re useless on open maps. Also looking at the states, why would I ever use one besides the Sten?
Grand Operations
I really like this mode, what would make it even better is if different stages had a few different alternatives. One game a plant a bomb stage might be capture, then the next capture is plant a bomb, vary it up.
Teams
I’m not quite sure if this is just chance, but I literally am always the same team or a map. So for instance, I al always Axis on Hamada. I am always Allied on Rotterdam, always Allied in Narvik, Always Axis on Airfield etc.. Similar in grand operations. It’s just odd, since I noticed it, it has been confirmed everytime. Always the same team on set maps.
Assignments
Some of mine don’t track. Then suddenly they do. I have never got the basic medic or recon to track. The current daily order for burning people isn’t tracking.
I also have one which has shoot down planes as allied in airborn. Never once been allied in airborn, or seen which map that’s even possible in. Which is annoying.
Game Code
Game runs smooth, but a few times I have been locked out of actions in the moments before I die. I see someone, aim to shoot and nothing happens. Then I die. Similar to movements, getting to cover. I once saw enemies, jumped off a ledge, died on top of it. It seems there’s a delay sometimes where I’m dead but don’t know it. Only sometimes.
I think some animations are set to finish before you can do another action. Go to meelee someone, can’t switch to pistol or cancel that action. Maybe also with reloading. I understand why this may be a thing, but it’s frustrating when you can’t do what you want and then die.
Sometimes you get killed and you are looking right in the direction and saw nothing coming. Bullets, or even the big cannons.
Genral Comments
I like the game, but I feel this will go the way of BF1 for me. I played a lot the first few weeks, and it trailed of over the next month or two. Unlike BC2, BF3, BF4 which I never got bored of playing. I hope the frontlines brings excitement because I don’t think this game currently has long term appeal to me. I will see, but I already am starting to find it a bit repetitive.
It definately needs some more maps asap. The long match times means you spend a lot of time with each map which adds to the repetitive feeling of the game. I’d also love some classic WWII locations, nothing actually makes this feel like a WWII game.
The Grand Operation in france is just a tease that there’s no Paris map. Constantly mentioning Paris but we can’t go there.
D-Day landings would be amazing!
I wasn’t going to mention this section, but BF1 brought out content too late, myself and my mates had all stopped played. I think this game will go in a similar direction unless lots of stuff is injected sooner, rather than later.
BF3 for instance, that game was made once Back to Karkand was added. It just added enough maps and diversity that the game could be played endless. Currently this game doesn’t have that.
Customisation
Kind of limited so far. I don’t want over the top stuff, but it’s all generally just greyish stuff. Change the colours and it looks basicly the same. I know you want ranks, and the inevitable micro transactions for customisation, but I think it should have more basic default options. Or a wider pool and maybe you can select a couple of different things. The rest you have to unlock with progress.
In game awareness
Sometimes I am suddenly taken surprise that someones got right to me. There should be louder footsteps or something. Sometimes I hear them and have no idea which direction.
Also Tanks often seem to be stealth until they shoot at you. I feel you should have some in game awareness a tank has just rocked up.
