Field of Battle 5 - we "World War 1" now.

Mon May 09, 2016 6:18 am

Bottom post of the previous page:

Based on a positive attitude and low standards for what is fun
If it sucks that'll be a shame but it's kinda hard to fuck up a deathmatch FPS

Lumbermancer · Tue May 10, 2016 6:19 pm

>All the light machine guns were very different. We can create unique gameplay flavours with light machine guns and heavy machine guns, that people probably didn't carry but we will allow them to carry them anyway because it's really cool.

IrishWristWatch0 · Tue May 10, 2016 6:27 pm

An0n3 wrote:The amount of historical fuck ups going on in that one image is historical in and of itself.

You mean capes WEREN'T popular in 1916?

IrishWristWatch0 · Tue May 10, 2016 8:37 pm

unplayable

tedward1337 · Tue May 10, 2016 10:02 pm

Inb4 there's DLC that lets you play as a young Hitler in WW1

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue May 10, 2016 10:06 pm #175552

That would actually both make the game popular with some people, and would be an outrage-causing event that would give them loads of free publicity.

It could happen

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue May 10, 2016 11:51 pm #175581

tedward1337 wrote:Inb4 there's DLC that lets you play as a young Hitler in WW1

Is that before or after all the players already trying to play him?

DrPillzRedux · Wed May 11, 2016 12:38 am

A DLC about how Hitler was a good boy who dindu nuffin until WW1 transformed his mind?

I mean hey it sounds cool.

DrPillzRedux · Wed May 11, 2016 2:33 am

Even Ian is commenting, oh my god.

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Comrade Leo · Post by **Comrade Leo** » Thu May 19, 2016 3:57 pm #177771

Can't wait for the "No British" section of the game, where myself a british spy disguised as a jerry in a hun flamethrower unit, walks through Ypres and wipe out my Great Uncle's light infantry battalion, in the most horrific manner imaginable.

Or the "Help I can't see I'm literally choking on my own blood because of this gas" mission.

Or the QTE to shoot myself in the foot so I can go back home.

Or the Conscientious objector mission were I must maintain my dignity as I'm tied to a post and shot for cowardice, be forgotten by the country for 9 decades until some newspaper and blond haired comedy actress starts a campaign to get the british government to admit it was wrong.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu May 19, 2016 4:10 pm #177778

CosmicScientist wrote:
IrishWristWatch0 wrote:
An0n3 wrote:The amount of historical fuck ups going on in that one image is historical in and of itself.

You mean capes WEREN'T popular in 1916?
Nah it's that his commanding officer isn't pictured sending them to a firing squad for wearing a coat in such an unsightly and undignified manner.

In a starvation-induced haze private Dazzler climbed the trench and leveled his pistol at the opposing lines. For a moment the wind caught the cape he'd been using to stifle his hunger shakes and it billowed majestically behind him.

Then a few hundred bullets ripped across no-man's land and shredded his body into such scraps the men were only able to collect a few of his teeth and knucklebones to send home in a small parcel to be buried.

The End.

One of my major gripes is that, if this is really WW1, the guy on the cover is committing suicide by firing line, yet it's pitched as being really dramatic and heroic. It's so stupid it makes me laugh and reminds me of the Call of Duty 3 cover art where the guy is obviously turned around and firing into his own troops while the guy behind him is like "Dude what the fuck are you doing?!"

Skorvold · Post by **Skorvold** » Thu May 19, 2016 4:34 pm #177789

Do we get to sink the Lusitania if we play as Germans?

IrishWristWatch0 · Thu May 19, 2016 8:00 pm

Skorvold wrote:Do we get to sink the Lusitania if we play as Germans?

or assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand? POWDER KEG PEOPLE POWDER KEG

onleavedontatme · Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:46 am

Beta is out. It's okay.

DrPillzRedux · Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:00 am

I'm enjoying it, even though there are glitches and balance issues. Truly our new PTSD simulator.

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onleavedontatme · Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:05 am

I wish they'd chosen a different map. Gianty empty ones are a fucking awful if you're not in a tank.

Probably a weird complaint considering they're one of the primary selling points of battlefield, but I really hate vehicle combat outside of dense city maps.

Game looks and runs great though.

DrPillzRedux · Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:21 am

>runs great

Yeah I'm getting over 100 fps in high with a 970, but it has a huge memory leak. I mean fucking HUGE.

IrishWristWatch0 · Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:10 am

DrPillzRedux wrote:>runs great

Yeah I'm getting over 100 fps in high with a 970, but it has a huge memory leak. I mean fucking HUGE.

Havent seen a leak yet on my 970. I am getting a ton of rubberbanding and running in place.

onleavedontatme · Wed Aug 31, 2016 4:04 pm

IrishWristWatch0 wrote:
DrPillzRedux wrote:>runs great

Yeah I'm getting over 100 fps in high with a 970, but it has a huge memory leak. I mean fucking HUGE.
Havent seen a leak yet on my 970. I am getting a ton of rubberbanding and running in place.

Odd, this is the smoothest battlefield in years for me network wise. Maybe because I was playing at midnight when few people were on.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:45 am

The best part about this game is sneaking around getting stealth kills. If I get caught I just run into a building and wait with my shotty up.

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onleavedontatme · Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:28 am

These bolt action sniper wars sorta remind of Day of Defeat.

TechnoAlchemist · Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:41 am

Played a healthy amount with some buds - the sniper rifles seem very good, and I think that the good scopes and lack of serious range fall off makes them almost detract from the games feel. I mean it may be just because the one large map we have is very open and favors snipers, but I'd much prefer the game if it focused on mid-close range combat vs the sniper being the end all weapon anywhere except close combat.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:08 pm #207982

If you want an authentic WW1 experience

You're out of luck. Not really available I think.
I mean Verdun exists but they fucked that one up

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:10 am #208109

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Yeah no.

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:12 am #208111

> everyone has automatics
> all those bullets and can't kill anyone

Top game

Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:39 am

An0n3 wrote:[youtube]vlZ53hLUg6o[/youtube]

assistant_saxxes_nukeops_machineguns.mp4

DrPillzRedux · Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:19 am

SMG's and LMG's (unless the bipod is deployed) are hard-coded to suck beyond close range for SMG's and medium range for LMG's. It's to stop people from burst firing SMG's like AR's.

onleavedontatme · Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:24 am

In half those clips his sight isn't even over the guy he's missing anyway.

DrPillzRedux · Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:41 am

I mean literally your iron sights don't matter past the coded ranger after the first shot.

paprika · Post by **paprika** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 4:19 am #208146

Ok germans and british having 1 single white guy as one of the classes is pretty hilarious, even if it's tied into the 'alternate history' campaign it's probably the most hilarious thing about this game, you can put people in stupid arenas and have prototype tanks everywhere but I guess I'm a turbo racist if I find it funny I load into the brits and they have 2 black dudes while the turks are all actually turks.

DrPillzRedux · Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:24 am

Yeah the pandering is full blast. There's that, the main menu, all the ads, and I think the guy on the warbond is black too.

TheColdTurtle · Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:36 am

Wow how racist of you, didn't you know that before the holocaust that 90 percent of Europe was brown? Jeez pillz, revisionist much?

DrPillzRedux · Sat Sep 03, 2016 2:56 am

I can't stop making these.

That one guy who jumps when he see's the flamethrower and has an "oh fuck" moment where he pauses before he starts firing, then runs away on fire screaming gets me.

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tedward1337 · Post by **tedward1337** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:01 am #208369

The horse lit on fire and ran

Top shelf

IrishWristWatch0 · Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:27 am

Everyone add me on origin, RKeleyGoldenRain

InsaneHyena · Post by **InsaneHyena** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:25 pm #208450

DrPillzRedux · Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:47 am

Anti-tank loadout on attack planes give them a tank cannon.

It does 25 damage to a tank.

Meanwhile, you can 1 shot the small planes, 1/2 shot other attack planes, and 2 shot bombers. It's extremely easy to use.

Also, the Tank Hunter loadout on the landship that gives you the big anti-tank rifle? It only does 20 damage to tanks max. Against infantry it's a one-shot kill and is extremely easy to snipe with.

Go Dice.

Also spiked club sounds nasty.

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onleavedontatme · Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:25 am

>watch DrPillz "ptsd" video
>now getting ads for veteran suicide hotlines

EDIT: Speaking of recording, I wish I was doing it sometimes. Just shotgunned a plane with a heavy tank, disabled the engine and had it land right on top of me (without it dying somehow), only to send it flying over several buildings with another point blank shotgun blast to finish it off.

onleavedontatme · Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:27 am

Also yeah, melee is great in this game. Two squads entering a building at the same time and it devolving into a swirling melee is good fun.

J_Madison · Post by **J_Madison** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:01 am #208827

I am now terrified when I'm pushing the desert and I've got scouts plinking at me, heavy tank crawling near my side, and explosions all around.

Also automatico trench is the most hilarious fun ever. Uncontrollable recoil.

DrPillzRedux · Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:55 am

The singleplayer is looking really good. It's focusing on PTSD/War is Hell, and the humanity of soldiers. Literally every cutscene shown so far has all of those.

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DrPillzRedux · Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:50 am

So been playing a bit.

Assault is fine. All support LMG's suck unless they have a bipod and scope. Except maybe the BAR with the grip. It feels like an AR but empties fast. Medic is the current meta as semiauto's are strong as fuck. Scout is, well... scout.

Can't stand any of the desert maps. However, all the Europe ones are good. Especially the forest and city one. They both look and feel great, having really intense battles.

onleavedontatme · Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:36 am

DICE continues to have the best sound in videogames.

Was worried the WW1 setting would feel gimmicky but this is the best battlefield in a long time.

Post by **oranges** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:10 am #220354

Some of the maps are a little onesided if you know which objective points to cap first.

DrPillzRedux · Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:12 am

Here's the issues with it though, and they make the game worse all around.

All of the guns (exclusing snipers) have shitty damage and mag sizes. This means that on all weapons except the Hellriegal and sniper rifles, you'll get 2, SOMETIMES 3 kills before you must reload. In that time you will be killed. It's boring running in, killing 2 people, then dying and doing it all over again.

The spawn system is the worst it's ever been. You can choose to spawn on squad and get assfucked by a tank/flanking enemy, or on a point and run a mile to get to the frontline, where you'll die in 20 seconds.

The "sweet spot" mechanic for snipers is garbage. It's so big that most of the time you'll be getting killed in one shot by the 20 or so snipers on the other team.

They nerfed support so hard since the beta it's practically useless except for being an ammo dispenser. If an LMG doesn't have a bipod or it's not the Bar Storm or Telescopic, it's garbage.

Tanks are more fucking annoying than ever.

This video just sums it all up.

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Post by **oranges** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:41 am #220377

DrPillzRedux wrote:All of the guns (exclusing snipers) have shitty damage and mag sizes. This means that on all weapons except the Hellriegal and sniper rifles, you'll get 2, SOMETIMES 3 kills before you must reload. In that time you will be killed. It's boring running in, killing 2 people, then dying and doing it all over again.

Have you considered you might be doing it wrong by running into a large group of people and trying to kill them all with just one mag

Lumbermancer · Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:00 pm

DrPillzRedux wrote:This means that on all weapons except the Hellriegal and sniper rifles, you'll get 2, SOMETIMES 3 kills before you must reload. In that time you will be killed. It's boring running in, killing 2 people, then dying and doing it all over again.]

wow only 3 kills on one mag just get fucking good lmao

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:23 pm #220450

>WW1
>Your prefered tactic is running in and killing 2-3 dudes before dying

If this actually works then they fucked up the WW1 thing, but then it is Battlefield so I'm pretty sure nobody expected them to do WW1 with any semblance of historical accuracy whatsoever

tedward1337 · Post by **tedward1337** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:33 pm #220455

If there were actual objectives people followed like with what verdun has then yes, this game could resemble somewhat of a WWI atmosphere.
What we have here is BF4: WW1 edition.

onleavedontatme · Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:02 pm

Battlefield has literally never been realistic, not sure why people keep pointing out something we've known for 15 years now.

DrPillzRedux · Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:14 pm

itt: people who haven't played for more than a few hours talk like they know how normies play in it

You can take it slow and you'll still get raped in the side by sniper mcfuckface the 30th.