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Anti-Hero
Feb 26, 2004
Can anyone give general impressions on how the Battlefield games play on Steam? Specifically friends list, party joining, etc given how Origin still runs in the background. Does it use your Origin friends list or Steam friends list?

I’ve got the other Battlefield titles on Origin but am interested in playing on Steam. My only experience with new EA games on Steam was Jedi Fallen Order, but that’s single player only and I never had to interact with the mini Origin client after booting up.

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codo27
Apr 21, 2008

Fried Watermelon posted:

COD has $10 fee per battlepass but gives you enough cod bucks to purchase the next pass for free if you complete it.

I wouldn't buy the $30 edition for 4 passes if you can pay $10 and play the game to get the next 3 passes for free

Do we know this for sure? Before I drop the equivalent of a 60oz of Jameson and a dozen beer on the gold edition it would be nice to know if I can just manually unlock the shits by playing. I was under the impression gold edition gave expansion packs for the first year rather than battle passes as we know them in BRs

Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 29, 2011

I don't know what this thing is, and I don't care. I'm just tired of seeing your stupid newbie av from 2011.
So what time does this unlock?. The early access beta, I mean

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

kri kri posted:

When is the Open Beta available?
Pre-load begins on October 5 (at 07:00 UTC on all platforms), but not everyone will be able to access the Open Beta at the same time. Early access is available October 6–7 (start playing at 07:00 UTC all platforms on 10/06) for anyone who has pre-ordered Battlefield 2042 or is an EA Play member. General access begins on October 8 (at 07:00 UTC on all platforms), at which point anyone can join the fight.

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/faq

Should be up tomorrow morning (for me in Phila, USA)

Urethane
Dec 21, 2004

Endymion FRS MK1 posted:

So what time does this unlock?. The early access beta, I mean

I think 12am pacific time tomorrow morning.

I can't preload the beta yet either, bought on GMG for origin but the "try it first" thing doesn't add the beta to my library.

dog nougat
Apr 8, 2009
PKP :getin:

Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 29, 2011

I don't know what this thing is, and I don't care. I'm just tired of seeing your stupid newbie av from 2011.

explosivo posted:

Should be up tomorrow morning (for me in Phila, USA)

Thanks! Not playing till tomorrow morning then, drat. I was hoping for midnight

ScootsMcSkirt
Oct 29, 2013

codo27 posted:

Do we know this for sure? Before I drop the equivalent of a 60oz of Jameson and a dozen beer on the gold edition it would be nice to know if I can just manually unlock the shits by playing. I was under the impression gold edition gave expansion packs for the first year rather than battle passes as we know them in BRs

Dice mentioned something about how all the of operators and weapons will be unlockable via normal gameplay and wont need to be payed for, but I cant recall the exact details of that so I dont know if thats changed or not

codo27
Apr 21, 2008

Yeah so gold edition isn't necessary at all. Not worth it to have the game a week early when I'm still in the thick of D2R

kri kri
Jul 18, 2007

Removed wrong timer thing

https://twitter.com/temporyal/status/1445425691395301383

https://twitter.com/temporyal/status/1445433701106688001

https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/1445420803198181379

kri kri fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Oct 5, 2021

Rusty
Sep 28, 2001
Dinosaur Gum
I don't think this is right, 7:00 UTC for me is in 14 hours I believe.

Charles 1998
Sep 27, 2007

by VideoGames

Rusty posted:

I don't think this is right, 7:00 UTC for me is in 14 hours I believe.

It says 7 UTC+3, which is totally wrong. It should be 7 UTC (AKA UTC+0)

Charles 1998
Sep 27, 2007

by VideoGames

codo27 posted:

Yeah so gold edition isn't necessary at all. Not worth it to have the game a week early when I'm still in the thick of D2R



You can also upgrade later on if you change your mind and I think you just pay the difference.

Fart Car '97
Jul 23, 2003

If they specifically mention that you get the specialists along with the gold/ultimate edition battle passes, it makes me think they will use a system similar to siege (and apex) where the specialist drops alongside the battlepass and you can unlock them via an earnable currency (separate from a monetized currency), or you can skip the grindbux by unlocking them via purchasing the battlepass.

Yami Fenrir
Jan 25, 2015

Is it I that is insane... or the rest of the world?

Fart Car '97 posted:

If they specifically mention that you get the specialists along with the gold/ultimate edition battle passes, it makes me think they will use a system similar to siege (and apex) where the specialist drops alongside the battlepass and you can unlock them via an earnable currency (separate from a monetized currency), or you can skip the grindbux by unlocking them via purchasing the battlepass.

I'm mostly certain that that's exactly what's going to happen - I don't remember who said it and where, but there was basically confirmation that battlepass won't have entirely exclusive gameplay features like maps and specialists.

LampkinsMateSteve
Jan 1, 2005

I've really fucked it. Have I fucked it?
I'm all preloaded (through Steam), and the game even launches something. Crashes to desktop with a driver error. I wonder if that's just because the servers are not live, or whether there will be a last minute Nvidia driver. I have the latest WHQL - any rumours about driver requirements?

EDIT: Now it worked, and I got through to the QR code page. Fingers crossed that it goes smoothly tomorrow. Looking at Reddit, there have been problems even getting it to load.

LampkinsMateSteve fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Oct 5, 2021

Sab669
Sep 24, 2009

LampkinsMateSteve posted:

I'm all preloaded (through Steam), and the game even launches something. Crashes to desktop with a driver error. I wonder if that's just because the servers are not live

That's not the case:



You should see some "Play the beta" style screens that will fail to connect to the servers.

LampkinsMateSteve
Jan 1, 2005

I've really fucked it. Have I fucked it?

Sab669 posted:

That's not the case:



You should see some "Play the beta" style screens that will fail to connect to the servers.

Yep, thanks. I got even further than that now.

Sgt. Cosgrove
Mar 16, 2007

How about I bend your body into funny balloon animal shapes?

Yep, current screen just says you need to be EA Play sub or have preorder, i assume that's just the blanket message until servers go live tomorrow morning.

RCarr
Dec 24, 2007

If anyone wants to get in early just preorder from Amazon and cancel it when you get your code.

Tormented
Jan 22, 2004

"And the goat shall bear upon itself all their iniquities unto a solitary place..."

RCarr posted:

If anyone wants to get in early just preorder from Amazon and cancel it when you get your code.

I preordered this morning. How long does it take to get the email?

RCarr
Dec 24, 2007

Tormented posted:

I preordered this morning. How long does it take to get the email?

I got it the day after I preordered

So I redeemed my code for the beta but I don’t see any way to pre-load it…

RCarr fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Oct 5, 2021

kri kri
Jul 18, 2007

https://twitter.com/temporyal/status/1445466898385096710

https://twitter.com/temporyal/status/1445455051183443974

Kind of concerning that the game releases in a month and there has been nothing official on hazard zone. Wonder if that ships next year.

https://twitter.com/PartWelsh/status/1445455618580434944

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

RCarr posted:

I got it the day after I preordered

So I redeemed my code for the beta but I don’t see any way to pre-load it…

Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

To get it to preload on Origin (where I bought it) I had to search for it in the store, and then click the "Try Now" button, and then I was able to add the beta to my library and begin downloading.
I had to follow these steps on the origin website (NOT the origin client) so that the beta client would show up in the origin client game library for pre-loading, separate from the release version

Urethane
Dec 21, 2004

comedyblissoption posted:

I had to follow these steps on the origin website (NOT the origin client) so that the beta client would show up in the origin client game library for pre-loading, separate from the release version

this worked for me too, thanks

afkmacro
Mar 29, 2009



By the way, the new EA app (origin's replacement) is also in open beta. It doesn't do anything better as far as I can tell and you can't run both at the same time. It detects your currently installed games so at least the transition is smooth. You can get the 2042 beta there too.

humpthewind
Jan 8, 2007

Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.
So for PS5 did anyone get a preorder code? How does EA know I pre-ordered? My PSN ID?

Chronojam
Feb 20, 2006

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


Star Wars Squadrons is free on Amazon Prime Gaming btw, this audience might enjoy that

afkmacro
Mar 29, 2009



afkmacro posted:

By the way, the new EA app (origin's replacement) is also in open beta. It doesn't do anything better as far as I can tell and you can't run both at the same time. It detects your currently installed games so at least the transition is smooth. You can get the 2042 beta there too.

it's great you guys should try it.

*launches 2042 beta*

Philman
Jan 20, 2004

The different editions of battlefield have all followed the same path:

Base game
Base game + expansions
Base game + expansions + art and music

There are some skins in there somewhere but basically it's always been like that. Buying the Game + the expansions upfront has generally saved $10 vs waiting and buying them when they come out.

In BF3,4,hardline, 1 it was all basically maps and some pre-order skins.

In BFV they switched to selling DLC as characters and giving maps out free. This is good because everyone can always play and you dont have a bunch of basemap only servers. The characters were obtainable thru a money->boins conversion which put them at around $10 each. They were basically skins but they did have custom voice lines, animations, and melee weapons, which justified their price. I was able to get them all for free as giveaways over the 3 years of BFV's lifespan and they did often get sold in pairs at a sale price. You could also buy them by earning the boins by playing which was more difficult at the beginning of the games lifespan than at the end. Now you can get 100 boins each week by playing and a character is 900. The boins can also be used on gun skins or vehicle skins.

I expect BF2042 to be similar but it sounds like they are now putting abilities on the characters. Perhaps it's like R6 siege where only that character has that special ability or perhaps its more like they combine a few common abilities onto them. Either way i'd expect a money->boins system to pay for cosmetics & operators which can also be earned in-game.

If you would normally buy all the DLC because you play loads of battlefield then you might as well get it now. If you would normally only buy DLC if you were still playing a game then you should wait.

Philman fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Oct 6, 2021

Philman
Jan 20, 2004

afkmacro posted:

By the way, the new EA app (origin's replacement) is also in open beta. It doesn't do anything better as far as I can tell and you can't run both at the same time. It detects your currently installed games so at least the transition is smooth. You can get the 2042 beta there too.

It's only feature is functioning with xbox game pass to let you play EA games using gamepass subscription. Otherwise I would not call it an improvement.

Nash
Aug 1, 2003

Sign my 'Bring Goldberg Back' Petition

Hot Diggity! posted:

The 870 is in this :sickos:

I see you also are a man of taste and refinement. :hfive:

Chronojam
Feb 20, 2006

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


I'm guessing the 870 will be my weapon of choice here

Target Practice
Aug 20, 2004

Shit.

Philman posted:

It's only feature is functioning with xbox game pass to let you play EA games using gamepass subscription. Otherwise I would not call it an improvement.

It seems have less buggy issues for me over Origin so :shrug:

jisforjosh
Jun 6, 2006

"It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Chronojam posted:

I'm guessing the 870 will be my weapon of choice here

Give me slugs or give me death

dog nougat
Apr 8, 2009
Whelp. Decided to pre-order this on ps5. Excited to play some dumb Battlefield shootymans again.

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

afkmacro posted:

By the way, the new EA app (origin's replacement) is also in open beta. It doesn't do anything better as far as I can tell and you can't run both at the same time. It detects your currently installed games so at least the transition is smooth. You can get the 2042 beta there too.

afkmacro posted:

it's great you guys should try it.

*launches 2042 beta*


The new EA Desktop client has no "verify files" feature, unlike Origin, so there is no reason to use it over Origin unless you really like redownloading an entire game when a single file downloads wrong.

micron
Nov 15, 2005


humpthewind posted:

So for PS5 did anyone get a preorder code? How does EA know I pre-ordered? My PSN ID?

It’s actually a separate download. Check the store.

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
So hyped for this. BF4 was so fun to just jump in and kill poo poo, but I missed the launch for it. I love how maps can go from sweat fests to lmao choke point bum rush.

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Raskolnikov2089
Nov 3, 2006

Schizzy to the matic

Philthy posted:

So hyped for this. BF4 was so fun to just jump in and kill poo poo, but I missed the launch for it.

So did everyone who tried to play it at launch.

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