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jisforjosh
Jun 6, 2006

"It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"
If anyone wants a BF1 key here - GKEW-YR7Z-5D32-LRJ3-RHPA

Just let me know when its claimed

Claimed by Shrimp or Shrimps

jisforjosh fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Jul 22, 2021

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eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Kazinsal posted:

The worst part about the way that Warzone does it is that you can't do custom loadouts with new guns if you don't buy the whole drat new game. Of course, the meta guns are all the new ones, so if you bought MW2019 but not Cold War, Actiblizz says you can get hosed.

the only thing Activision Blizzard likes loving harder than their players are their female employees

Shrimp or Shrimps
Feb 14, 2012


jisforjosh posted:

If anyone wants a BF1 key here - GKEW-YR7Z-5D32-LRJ3-RHPA

Just let me know when its claimed

I claimed this, thank you very much!!

afkmacro
Mar 29, 2009



I always had this idea about an fps where you could just select different theaters of war and jump between 1942, vietnam, coldwar, and present day but I never imagined somebody would do it and then actually mix everything up. That's kind of beyond anything I was expecting from dice.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
I'd be happy if they kept building on this over the course of another couple games also

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!
Melman v2

The Kins posted:

They've explicitly called out that 1942 content is in, all remade with polycounts above 10 and destruction and stuff.

Personally, I'm curious to see what we'll see in post-release updates? 2042 Titans? That one village map from that F2P cartoon game? BF1 stuff to compliment the 1942 stuff? There's a lot of toys for them to drop in the toolbox.
Yes, the maps they mentioned are from 1942, but all the WW2 assets we saw were reused from BFV. If I had to guess they probably had some half-finished remakes of those maps already in the oven when they stopped work on BFV due to covid and that's why we're getting them now.

This doesn't mean we won't get any Vietnam era stuff, but guaranteed it will be based on the Bad Company 2 Vietnam assets.

Which is too bad because we're all going to miss the choplifting air pirates.

Au Revoir Shosanna
Feb 17, 2011

i support this government and/or service
There's always the chance each new season could bring a new game into the roster, so we're starting off with 1942, BC2 and BF3, but Season 2 could bring BF2, then Vietnam with S3, then BF1, etc.

Symetrique
Jan 2, 2013




Au Revoir Shosanna posted:

There's always the chance each new season could bring a new game into the roster, so we're starting off with 1942, BC2 and BF3, but Season 2 could bring BF2, then Vietnam with S3, then BF1, etc.

Its the perfect season pass content for them. Just keep bringing back old BF content for more fan service/insanity

Au Revoir Shosanna
Feb 17, 2011

i support this government and/or service

Symetrique posted:

Its the perfect season pass content for them. Just keep bringing back old BF content for more fan service/insanity

hell im on board

Orv
May 4, 2011
Something like this is actually more enticing here, honestly. Battlefield is a game with like 3-5 year tails on them, as opposed to CODs one or F2P titles that revamp everything constantly. By the time the next game comes out, Portal will be pretty packed.

Symetrique
Jan 2, 2013




Theres a real nostalgia element to being able to play a pseudo BC2 again with modern movement and visuals, but with the old BC2 balance and TTK.

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

:dice: and all but if they get this even half-way right, it'll be a lot of fun.

Tenchrono
Jun 2, 2011


Please dice PLEASE let spitfires and BF-109s dogfight around titans while walkers battle Tigers.

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

Wasn’t the BC2 TTK pretty high? Compared to recent shooters anyway.

Orv
May 4, 2011
Higher than some but headshots counted for a ton.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Symetrique posted:

Its the perfect season pass content for them. Just keep bringing back old BF content for more fan service/insanity

I seriously think they could make Battlefield Portal huge if they could make it last a few games.

anyway the Quality vs Quantity game mode looks really awesome

sbaldrick
Jul 19, 2006
Driven by Hate
I better get Martin-Henry/Deagle/C4 load out

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Oh poo poo, I realized you could probably do all 2042 except BC3 classes, so it'd be no specialists. I know a lot of people griped about that

would that actually work?

Orv
May 4, 2011

eonwe posted:

Oh poo poo, I realized you could probably do all 2042 except BC3 classes, so it'd be no specialists. I know a lot of people griped about that

They used the word faction in a way that makes me think weapon options will be tied to whatever team you're on, so WW2 or WW2 Germany vs BF3 kind of things. Could totally be wrong though, the 2042 dude in the trailer just had all of them, much as trailers matter for such things.


From the RPS article;

RPS posted:

There are some limitations, however. You can't have soldiers from multiple eras on one team, for example. You can't have a gang of disparate US soldiers from throughout history fighting a crowd of Russians from various eras.

To me that says weapons are probably limited to their originating faction but :shrug:

Orv fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Jul 23, 2021

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!
Melman v2

Blue Raider posted:

Wasn’t the BC2 TTK pretty high? Compared to recent shooters anyway.
BC2 PC without magnum ammo was the highest in the series, IIRC

rap music
Mar 11, 2006

i seem to remember reading somewhere that 2042 was getting a longer life cycle than previous releases so we're probably looking at a few years of content here

Cyks
Mar 17, 2008

The trenches of IT can scar a muppet for life

Orv posted:

They used the word faction in a way that makes me think weapon options will be tied to whatever team you're on, so WW2 or WW2 Germany vs BF3 kind of things. Could totally be wrong though, the 2042 dude in the trailer just had all of them, much as trailers matter for such things.


From the RPS article;

To me that says weapons are probably limited to their originating faction but :shrug:

During the EA Play Live one of the questions the host asked regarding custom game modes was "what about a gun game with shotty & snipers from throughout history" and the answer was yes, so it's implied that weapons are not faction limited. Although you may even be able to just disable specialist abilities in portal.

There's 100% going to be servers running near day one for those boring people who want regular soldiers.

Julius CSAR
Oct 3, 2007

by sebmojo

BIG DRYWALL MAN posted:

Please dice PLEASE let spitfires and BF-109s dogfight around titans while walkers battle Tigers.

Oh hell fuckin yeah

Orv
May 4, 2011

Cyks posted:

During the EA Play Live one of the questions the host asked regarding custom game modes was "what about a gun game with shotty & snipers from throughout history" and the answer was yes, so it's implied that weapons are not faction limited. Although you may even be able to just disable specialist abilities in portal.

There's 100% going to be servers running near day one for those boring people who want regular soldiers.

Ah okay, cool.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Judging from BFV it seems unlikely that weapons will be faction limited anymore due to the added difficulty of balancing the faction with others.

Blue Raider
Sep 2, 2006

rap music posted:

i seem to remember reading somewhere that 2042 was getting a longer life cycle than previous releases so we're probably looking at a few years of content here

All BF games have been getting a few years cycle since at least 4 (5 excepted). The problem is the DLCs came out so slow that a lot of people lost interest halfway through the games’ lifespans.

SolarFire2
Oct 16, 2001

"You're awefully cute, but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat." - Meat And Sarcasm Guy!

Symetrique posted:

Theres a real nostalgia element to being able to play a pseudo BC2 again with modern movement and visuals, but with the old BC2 balance and TTK.

I pray at least the BC2 'No Prone' rule becomes popular.

Propaganda Hour
Aug 25, 2008



after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

priznat posted:

Judging from BFV it seems unlikely that weapons will be faction limited anymore due to the added difficulty of balancing the faction with others.

BFV just had a weird bug (?) where it would sometimes swap your combat role if there was a faction change. You'd play one map as a nazi with a panzerfaust and then the next map be in the japanese army with the Fliegerfaust. Extremely annoying. I guess gently caress me for using the combat roles apparently.

Hopper
Dec 28, 2004

BOOING! BOOING!
Grimey Drawer
I wonder how much fun it is to go through 3 billion different servers with custom modes to find one that is actually fun. After all, filtering the servers in the other games to get rid of "24/7 what have you" ones was already a pain.

One thing I noticed about that trailer is whacky poo poo galore but not a single female soldier, or did I miss one? I guess they decided to keep their head down to not enrage the "gamers" anymore I guess, cowards.

Bring back female soldiers and custom LGBTQ emblems, it was the funniest poo poo to see all the people get sooooo mad at us.

henpod
Mar 7, 2008

Sir, we have located the Bioweapon.
College Slice
This all looks amazing. And it comes out just as my first kid does, and I can't tell which i'm more excited about.

nightwisher
Dec 24, 2004
64v64 jets only

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004

Hopper posted:

One thing I noticed about that trailer is whacky poo poo galore but not a single female soldier, or did I miss one? I guess they decided to keep their head down to not enrage the "gamers" anymore I guess, cowards.

Bring back female soldiers and custom LGBTQ emblems, it was the funniest poo poo to see all the people get sooooo mad at us.
The main BF2042 game has female specialists (only one's been revealed so far, but I'd be surprised if she was alone). The other Portal factions look to be very heavily referencing the character models from their original games, so they'll probably remain sausagefests unless BFV stuff gets integrated.

Inspector Hound
Jul 14, 2003

Until I got used to all the character models, I kind of assumed they randomized them every time you spawned/joined. They should just do that, or let you make one that just gets different outfits depending on your class

e and pink urban camo should be integrated into uniforms, weapons and vehicles

henpod
Mar 7, 2008

Sir, we have located the Bioweapon.
College Slice

nightwisher posted:

64v64 jets only

I was thinking last night what chaos 128 choppers would bring. But, I imagine there would be limits to vehicles especially otherwise framerates would poo poo the bed.

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
64 knives vs 64 knives

K N I F E F I G H T

And maybe some C4, too. Just a lil’ bit.

Alkydere
Jun 7, 2010
Capitol: A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets.
Capital: A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.



I'm fine with them not including 2142. I understand the technical difficulties, they have more important things to do at the moment, etc. etc. Also as a 2142 fan I'm used to disappointment.

So now I'm just hoping that if/when (probably more on the "if" side) they do 2142 in the portal they give it a proper cinematic intro. Something like soldiers of different eras creeping through the dark and fog, hearing various futuristic sounds like some sort of horror movie before one of the walkers comes charging out.

Propaganda Hour
Aug 25, 2008



after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"
I wouldn't be surprised if 2142 is a Season 2 plan for Battlefield Portal.

StevoMcQueen
Dec 29, 2007

Inspector Hound posted:

e and pink urban camo should be integrated into uniforms, weapons and vehicles

Ala BF4, give me tiger force, or give me death!

https://youtu.be/fAS45cw8bB4

Chronojam
Feb 20, 2006

This is me on vacation in Amsterdam :)
Never be afraid of being yourself!


So they definitely understand that "fun" was the missing piece in their sandbox war game but still they might gently caress up any number of things even if the beta goes well.

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henpod
Mar 7, 2008

Sir, we have located the Bioweapon.
College Slice
The optimist in me says that the minor flop of BFV, plus COD/Warzone being the big FPS boi at the moment gave them real motivation to pull all the stops out.

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