Anubis, you have made some great points!
Your point about the games you have already bought is well said. I have been buying EA Battlefield series for years. I started gaming back in the 90’s. Currently I own Battlefield 1942, 2142, Battlefield 3, Bad Company 2, Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1, the Star Wars Series, as well as the Medal of Honor series, among other non fps /multiplayer games bought for my kids, and about 40 other fps games and other game types from various franchises. Translation, I have spent literally thousands on games and gaming rigs both bought and built. Enough to know that I am no longer wasting my money on games that favor Hackers.
The Battlefield 1 game had amazing maps but spending a Premium ( which I have always bought) only to spawn and be killed within steps repeatedly was not something I was interested in. Same issue was in StarWars, while it did improve some, with the Battlefront II, it was right back to hacker city not to mention the micro purchases of which i had no desire to feed.
Playing on Killem & Chillem, we have such great games and amazing times because we actually play the game, the way it was designed and teach others to do the same. Hackers as you know are not welcome and escorted promptly out. To even consider owning another game that will favor the hacker because the anti cheat third party programs will not be available, to me not only would be a waste of my time and money, but simply stupid. It effectively kills the Battlefield franchise as we have come to know and love. Most players are not millennials. Most are serious Battlefield players from way back. killing that Community will cost us all. Programs like “24/7 Fairplay” , “pb Screens”, “iStats”, and “Metabans” to name a few have been so very helpful are needed and do a great job! Why reinvent the wheel? Yes they were not perfect, but that’s why we needed them all.
No One program will have all the information. All are needed to give the complete picture. Even EA’s own Battlefield 4 stats couldn’t keep up and needs constant refreshing to get the semi-current picture of a player. How a single program like BF4db is going to try to keep up is beyond me. While they have some great guys involved, the sheer size of this community requires a collaboration of all these programs to be effective.
My guess, the only reason to limit anti cheat 3rd party programs, would be to promote the hackers. EA really doesn’t understand, control the hacks - sell more games… MANY MORE games, because there are MANY MANY MORE gamers who want GOOD GAME play than hackers.
And , of course the best way to monitor even more is by allowing Privately controlled ranked servers, that have 3rd Party anti- cheat programs to draw from, like we pay for and have access to now. Taking that away in BATTLEFIELD V is a huge mistake!
I am not spending any more money on games that I can not play and enjoy. Spawn and die, spawn and die, spawn and die,
is NOT fun, and NOT something I will pay for again. EA PLEASE WAKE UP !! THE REAL MONEY LIES WITHIN THE BATTLEFIELD COMMUNITY THAT HAS SUPPORTED THIS SERIES FOR YEARS! we teach the younger to continue the legacy not destroy it.
Multi-player private servers have supported this game series for years. It can only increase!!
Take it away, your game will inevitably die.
FYI in case you EA were not aware… there are several promising games on the horizon that WILL BE giving private servers.
As a hard core Battlefield player for many years, not eager to go elsewhere, but if you don’t offer what we have now, then there is no reason to stay. Judging from the many players I have personally spoken with over the past month… clearly I am not alone in this thought. Now is the time to make this fix… WE are your consumers, we pay you for the games WE like to play, and WE are NOT interested in some game that takes away the uniqueness that has made this game great.