These are only proposed changes and there’s a possibility they will not make it to retail. I for one think it’s stupid how the most requests are on snipers & shotties specifically, when you can abuse aim assist with Medic rifles that have high ttk’s such as 8.35, RSC & the 1906, same goes for automaticos and high TTK MG’s which have crazy snap on. So I highly doubt they’re going to be messing with the AA.. but you never know..
I play on PC, and performance with so many of the guns boils down to mouse precision.
I really can’t wrap my head around having the same balance patches across all platforms while having both game pads and snap-on aiming on two platforms and M&K on another.
You can see the results in many weapon complaint threads, with some of the users complaining about a gun being OP and others saying “OP? That gun sucks. I hardly ever see it used!”
I don’t see how anyone can use AA anyhow. It’s more a hindrance than it seems to help. I suppose it’s a good thing if it’s really effecting gameplay like some people assume it is, but I’m not sure that’s the case.
I think what we see happening here is Stockholm make the game for the masses, then Dice LA start fine tuning it for the fps crowd once all the hype has died down.
That would actually be a pretty reasonable change.
Previous BF games didn’t have 3rd-person view for tanks (and it was even taken away in BF3’s “classic” mode), which was important for infantry-vehicle balance. When infantry’s tools for damaging vehicles rely on sneaking up on them, it’s silly to give vehicles an overhead view of their surroundings. Piloting a big, tough, tank should come with a drawback of having less situational awareness than an infantryman, not MORE.
But… terrain-vehicle interaction has always been wonky in BF games. Disregarding weapon balance, 3rd person view is a real quality of life improvement that helps tank drivers avoid getting stuck on a small rock or tree branch.
Keeping 3rd person for navigation but forcing 1st person for killin’ folks might be a good compromise.
Yup, I seemed to glare over that little fact that these were only PROPOSED changes.. I’ve edited the post accordingly.
I don’t want them to mess with the assist, it’s good as it is now
Edit @boutneus what gets more easy mode than having a 16 kd in vehicles? Honestly… You talking about anything infantry is irrelevant because you don’t play infantry and when you do it seems to be poorly..
I hope they tone it down some…didn’t it used to have a bit of adjustment for the auto rotate on consoles? I can’t seem to find anything but off and on now.
Look at this vid…at the end i couldn’t track or get my sights on the guy right in front of me because the aim assist wanted to track the enemies in the background. AA is ok with 1 vs 1…but really sucks for 1 vs many.
It’s not abuse. Every single person on console has access to it. Use it…that’s what it’s there for!!! Not using it is an individual decision.
That’s not to say that i understand why it’s in the game. Really doesn’t make nuch sense seeing as consoles are a level playing field. We don’t compete against pc so, it is basically irrelevant.
Slowdown is enough, snap on needs to go. I don’t understand why Dice wants to shorten the firefights with this mechanic. If it’s so hard to aim and hit lower players health instead and let us do the aiming
That’s because these particular weapons make the biggest impact with aim assist. Shotties can OHK, couple that with aim assist and it’s broken. In most cases all you have to do is aim down sights if your reticle is near your target and you will get a OHK. Most infantry rifles have a sweet spot and some can OHK in that spot. You reduce AA’s effectiveness with these two types of weapons and this forces the user to rely purely on aim and not a mechanic that guarantees either a OHK or massive damage by just pressing two triggers.
Yes AA is there for all weapons except sniper scopes, so why only shotguns and infantry rifles? Well, aim assist snaps on for your first shot, after that it tries to keep you on target but you still need to manually aim a bit. So for other weapons, aim assist benefits players with poor target acquisition and those who have trouble staying on target. It does not auto aim every bullet fired for you.
If you don’t agree, test it. Regardless of platform, they all have aim assist if you use a controller. Try using something like the SMLE infantry and focus on doing nothing but quickscope kills without aiming at all. Then use any other weapon, try quickscoping and keep shooting at that target without aiming. Chances are you wont get any where near the amount of kills you get with the SMLE unless you are lucky enough to go against targets that all stand still.
I for one welcome this change and have been asking for AA adjustments for these two types of weapons. I don’t want the change because I die to them, I want the change because it’s really cheap. I use them myself and feel they are much too powerful coupled with aim assist. If they do change it, I can’t wait to hear all the crying from the so-called “non aim assist” users who come here wondering why they can no longer use their beloved weapons as effectively.
