# \*\* (HotFix incoming) You are spotted for 5 seconds when you get a kill **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020 "2018-11-29T17:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![theONEFORCE](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/theoneforce/32/103797_2.png) [@theONEFORCE](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/theONEFORCE)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/161 "2018-12-07T00:49:00Z")
> [@Huntbang](#): > > Yeah the bug explains a lot of bs. No idea why this bug isn’t #1 priority. I was hooked on the game but I had a lot of “there was no way he knew I was there” moments. It really makes me want to stop playing until it’s fixed. Bipod issues, climbing over obstacles issues, setting down boxe issues. I’ve been defending battlefield this whole time but all these bugs and inconveniences are ridiculous. The stupid thing is that it doesn’t even need to be a priority because its just flipping a switch. ---
**Author:** ![1984rage](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1984rage](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/1984rage)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/162 "2018-12-07T01:43:00Z")
> [@theONEFORCE](#): > > > [@Huntbang](#): > > > > Yeah the bug explains a lot of bs. No idea why this bug isn’t #1 priority. I was hooked on the game but I had a lot of “there was no way he knew I was there” moments. It really makes me want to stop playing until it’s fixed. Bipod issues, climbing over obstacles issues, setting down boxe issues. I’ve been defending battlefield this whole time but all these bugs and inconveniences are ridiculous. > > The stupid thing is that it doesn’t even need to be a priority because its just flipping a switch. It needs to be certified by Sony, the Xbox gang for it to be released I’ve heard. But seems like a simple fix to turn that sillyness off. ---
**Author:** ![Loki\_Deezie](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/loki_deezie/32/106890_2.png) [@Loki\_Deezie](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Loki_Deezie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/163 "2018-12-07T01:45:00Z")
> [@1984rage](#): > > > [@theONEFORCE](#): > > > > > [@Huntbang](#): > > > > > > Yeah the bug explains a lot of bs. No idea why this bug isn’t #1 priority. I was hooked on the game but I had a lot of “there was no way he knew I was there” moments. It really makes me want to stop playing until it’s fixed. Bipod issues, climbing over obstacles issues, setting down boxe issues. I’ve been defending battlefield this whole time but all these bugs and inconveniences are ridiculous. > > > > The stupid thing is that it doesn’t even need to be a priority because its just flipping a switch. > > It needs to be certified by Sony, the Xbox gang for it to be released I’ve heard. But seems like a simple fix to turn that sillyness off. I agree it needs to go but the over exaggeration is unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/m1k3ol)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/164 "2018-12-07T04:12:00Z")
ok, looks like no one read the full thread with Drunkkz3, here’s the confirmed bug video, which I posted on the same twitter thread: [![Video: BF5 Spotting Bug](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/f/5/f589bdebd1c7727f6decd2d722d013a86d88ac3f.jpeg "BF5 Spotting Bug") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Y57MsOOlE) (sorry for quality on second clip, Shadowplay was acting on…) Ok, so, there’s 2 type of spotting, active and passive, active is when getting enemies suppressed or with a spot flare, the big hollowed red icon as 3d spotting, then it’s passive spotting, which is a 5 second ping in the enemies last position (it doesn’t follow the enemy), which recons can do by delivering any kind of damage with weapons First clip is regular spotting by recon damage, which is a class perk, you can see how someone gets killed with fire from down the hill and doesn’t gets spotted since he doesn’t got damaged, you can hear the gunshots exchange and people being soft spotted by it to the right Second clip, well, it’s pretty descriptive by itself Basically, you only get soft spotted if you get damaged, not just by killing, it’s pretty common because, well, there’s lots of fire exchange in the game and it’s a bit easy to get damaged while also downing enemies… Damage percentage is not well known yet, but in my experience is around 50% damage dealt to trigger it when getting killed Anyways, good thing it’s already fixed, just waiting to be deployed… ---
**Author:** ![BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/baronvongoon/32/100934_2.png) [@BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BaronVonGoon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/165 "2018-12-07T13:04:00Z")
Good news! We won’t have to wait much longer apparently Florian says this will be via HotFix within the next few days: [![Video: THE SPOTTING BUG IS BEING FIXED - Battlefield 5 (BF5 Spotted After Kills Bug Hotfix)](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/0/d/0deb5e4d86bc6bfb82cfeea6ef04bcee76280f89.jpeg "THE SPOTTING BUG IS BEING FIXED - Battlefield 5 (BF5 Spotted After Kills Bug Hotfix)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqWi0lmeG4) ---
**Author:** ![pineneedle147](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pineneedle147](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/pineneedle147)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/166 "2018-12-07T13:35:00Z")
we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. ---
**Author:** ![Hawxxeye](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/hawxxeye/32/101036_2.png) [@Hawxxeye](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Hawxxeye)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/167 "2018-12-07T13:58:00Z")
> [@pineneedle147](#): > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. the more of this we can do the better [![Video: dynamite backdoor](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/3/d/3d3ec36b409f16f72d86cf716af47c0d480696a3.jpeg "dynamite backdoor") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hacf8uyWmFA) ---
**Author:** ![BL4CK\_W4LL](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bl4ck_w4ll/32/101352_2.png) [@BL4CK\_W4LL](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BL4CK_W4LL)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/168 "2018-12-07T14:05:00Z")
> [@pineneedle147](#): > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. I hear footsteps just fine ---
**Author:** ![CPTN-Cr4ptastic](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@CPTN-Cr4ptastic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CPTN-Cr4ptastic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/169 "2018-12-07T14:10:00Z")
> [@BL4CK\_W4LL\_](#): > > > [@pineneedle147](#): > > > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. > > I hear footsteps just fine I can hear them all myself. You have to have your audio set to 7.1 surround. ---
**Author:** ![TEKNOCODE](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/teknocode/32/103723_2.png) [@TEKNOCODE](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TEKNOCODE)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/170 "2018-12-07T14:11:00Z")
> [@BL4CK\_W4LL\_](#): > > > [@pineneedle147](#): > > > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. > > I hear footsteps just fine > [@CPTN-Cr4ptastic](#): > > > [@BL4CK\_W4LL\_](#): > > > > > [@pineneedle147](#): > > > > > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. > > > > I hear footsteps just fine > > I can hear them all myself. You have to have your audio set to 7.1 surround. It’s a bug that has been acknowledged by dice. It doesn’t affect everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Mrcleanjeans](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/mrcleanjeans/32/106976_2.png) [@Mrcleanjeans](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Mrcleanjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/171 "2018-12-07T14:16:00Z")
> [@Aerros11](#): > > This needed to be a priority.. I don’t understand how it wasn’t. How would you? ---
**Author:** ![pineneedle147](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@pineneedle147](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/pineneedle147)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/172 "2018-12-07T14:47:00Z")
> [@CPTN-Cr4ptastic](#): > > > [@BL4CK\_W4LL\_](#): > > > > > [@pineneedle147](#): > > > > > > we will be blind as bat. No red dot, no footstep. stealthy game, here i come. It will benefit for my playstyle anyway lol. > > > > I hear footsteps just fine > > I can hear them all myself. You have to have your audio set to 7.1 surround. Yeah, i hear it about 50% of time very clear but another 50% i dont hear footstep at all. sometime i don’t even hear explosion going off right next to me if i am not facing toward it. Hopefully, fix is coming soon. TTD and footstep fix and i will be be happy that i spent 80 bucks on this game. ---
**Author:** ![zePokar1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zePokar1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/zePokar1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/173 "2018-12-07T15:12:00Z")
> [@BaronVonGoon](#): > > Good news! > > We won’t have to wait much longer apparently Florian says this will be via HotFix within the next few days: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqWi0lmeG4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqWi0lmeG4) Great news. Was afraid it was intenteded and meant to stay. ---
**Author:** ![BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/baronvongoon/32/100934_2.png) [@BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BaronVonGoon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/174 "2018-12-07T15:46:00Z")
![fm8Mcx0.png](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/c/e/cef01f963962bfbe37183d94ce0f8f5f8272928d.jpeg)… ---
**Author:** ![Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/skitelz7/32/103511_2.png) [@Skitelz7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Skitelz7)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/175 "2018-12-07T16:28:00Z")
> [@BaronVonGoon](#): > > Good news! > > We won’t have to wait much longer apparently Florian says this will be via HotFix within the next few days: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqWi0lmeG4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqWi0lmeG4) Thank you lord! I’m glad they’re fixing this soon. It really messes up the gameplay flow. ---
**Author:** ![theONEFORCE](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/theoneforce/32/103797_2.png) [@theONEFORCE](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/theONEFORCE)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/176 "2018-12-07T19:11:00Z")
Too bad for all the “It’s not a big deal” guys in this thread that were probably only getting kills by playing a Pac man simulator chasing the dots. ---
**Author:** ![TheGM86](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/thegm86/32/103781_2.png) [@TheGM86](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TheGM86)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/177 "2018-12-07T21:57:00Z")
I can’t tell if the people defending it are actual jabrones or Contrarian Carls. either way they should exit the simulation. ---
**Author:** ![BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/baronvongoon/32/100934_2.png) [@BaronVonGoon](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BaronVonGoon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/178 "2018-12-07T22:05:00Z")
> [@TheGM86](#): > > I can’t tell if the people defending it are actual jabrones or **Contrarian Carls**. either way they should exit the simulation. Lol We have a few of them. Don’t be surprised if one day you see one arguing FOR the flat earth theory. Good thing in this thread though it’s almost unanimous. Feels like 95% support immediate removal of this annoying feature. ---
**Author:** ![TropicPoison](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/tropicpoison/32/103892_2.png) [@TropicPoison](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TropicPoison)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/179 "2018-12-07T22:10:00Z")
They can fix something like this not game breaking at all, but can’t fix a damn infinite loading screen that forces you to restart the whole game? I’m done with this . ---
**Author:** ![HardAimedKid](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/hardaimedkid/32/102174_2.png) [@HardAimedKid](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/HardAimedKid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020/180 "2018-12-07T22:46:00Z")
So it “may” get fixed now? I don’t get the point of removing spotting and then sneaking a mechanic in that auto spots. Seems very counter productive. Typical lol. [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020.md?page=8) [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/hotfix-incoming-you-are-spotted-for-5-seconds-when-you-get-a-kill/106020.md?page=10)