While playing BF earlier today, I mistakenly joined a Hardcore Mode server.
Now, I play Regular Mode a great majority of the time because I feel spotting is what makes Battlefield a Battlefield game. But I decided to stay in the Hardcore server anyway since I was already in.
After playing for several hours, here’s what I learned:
There are a LOT of camping snipers. I suppose the perfect storm of No Kill Cam, greater weapon lethality, and No Spotting makes for a sniper-friendly gaming environment.
There are a LOT of team killers. I suppose the enabling of friendly fire makes for the perfect griefing environment for some gamers who are probably socially maladjusted or simply bad to the core. Someone takes a vehicle that you wanted? Teamkill her. Someone walks in front of you? Team kill him. Someone looks at you funny? Team kill the lot of them.
The pace is slower and more suspenseful. Probably because of the aforementioned factors. You never know when a camping sniper will one-shot kill you. You never know when a team member will kill you for no good reason.
In spite of these factors, I have to admit that playing Hardcore mode is fun. The suspense and greater weapon lethality makes finding cover important. Try to play Rambo and you’ll find yourself staring at the respawn screen quite often.
Now, if only someone could do something about all these social maladjusted gamers who enjoy teamkilling.
Think of it as a middle ground between the two - Classic Mode is closer to a standard Battlefield 2 match with its settings.
For example, all indicators are present like in regular mode, but you got no triangles on enemies when you spot them, you can only spawn on your squad leader when playing with a squad, health on infantries and vehicles doesn’t regenerate over time, etc…
I usually rotate between the three game mode types depending on my mood, but I’m really unsure if all three of them will make it to Battlefield 1.
I almost exclusively play on hardcore servers in BF4. Yes, sometimes almost half the team plays as sniper class and there are not many medics around but I still enjoy the possibility of using suppressed weapons and crossing the entire map undetected. An experience you wont have on other servers.
What I am trying to say is, if the devs manage to make the hc mode in BF1 even only half as fun as in BF4, I will defenitely play hardcore most of the time.
@El-FaMa
Yes, it was definitely an experience to roam the battlefield undetected (as infantry).
It was also quite the experience learning quickly how to use cover or else end up getting one-shot killed by a camping sniper.
And I didn’t bother using a silencer, as there’s no minimap to worry about my showing up in.
But I suppose that Recons HAVE to play camping sniper, since their Recon tools (motion detectors, TUGS, spotting the enemy) are useless in Hardcore Mode (no minimap).
Well the could go for direct aim assist with the soflam etc. And explosives work just as well in hc mode as in any other. ^^ But I get your point.
Its just for the feeling Althou I never even botherd to use suppresed weapons in normal mode since it only puts you at a disatvantage (in my opinion). The 3D spotting system just made them obsolete I think…
I would say a lot of them do know about it but its just not practical, if your under fire. And I wanted to add that the silencers keep you hidden from enemy mortar spam.
Yep, I really hope so too. It was added to BF4 way too late in a patch, so it never gained much popularity. Hell, I’m sure 90% of the players don’t even know it exists!
Not really the case at all - as someone who plays a lot of Hardcore (prefer classic but there are never any servers, I just hate spotting and minimaps) and literally only plays Recon with BASRs.
I slap a 3.4x, laser, and silencer on my rifles and run around like I have an assault rifle in my hands. Not too rare that I end up around the top of the scoreboard doing so as well. There’s little more that’s key to victory in Hardcore than a Recon with good spawn beacon placement (allowing their squad to quickly access multiple objectives) and effective C4’ing of enemy armor on objectives. I have nearly 1,000 C4 kills and all of them were while using the Recon class.
Most people in Hardcore that use sniper rifles and camp are completely worthless and not a threat at all - because the main reason they’re camping is because their overall accuracy and effectiveness with said rifles is nearly non-existent.
Althou I never even botherd to use suppresed weapons in normal mode since it only puts you at a disatvantage (in my opinion). The 3D spotting system just made them obsolete I think…