Spoting & Fun

[sabootheshaman]

@ragnarok013

@LOLGotYerTags

Spotting was a plague…

I would be happy for its complete removal, even when a player is suppressed.

Bf has never been about deeply tactical gameplay, There are too many casual characteristics to have it be on the same level as other tactical shooters, you’ll want the Arma series or the upcoming hell let loose for that kind of play really.

I’ll disagree with you here on spotting being a plague LOLGotYerTags. Spotting was meant to simulate squad and “team” communication relaying spotting reports to one another in a game where the vast majority of players do not use VOIP in game. In that regard it was quite successful. Removing spotting has had the net negative result of players being largely unaware of the tactical situation in their current locale leading to more and more frustration at dying from seemingly invisible prone enemies. Add the net code woes and we have a recipe for frustration from new and casual players. Let’s face it that spotting was never “abused” in previous entries as a few people continue to imply since people complained incessantly on the forums and on social media that “blueberries never spot” but now here in BF5 it was somehow a crutch.

“Simulate” - That must of been some magical vision they had back then. How in any way are Doritos/3d spotting any more sim like than the current system which says “I saw him here last”. What you are describing means someone was able to see and describe the enemies movements down to the centimetre to his squad constantly.

You’re dreaming bunj!