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How Will Horses Work in Battlefield 1 Multiplayer?

Everything you need to know about horses in Battlefield 1.

scottypops3186d ago

funny, but a lot of specifics are in the post

Kleptic3185d ago (Edited 3185d ago )

Haven't read it yet so tell me how off I am:

Horses will have more health than your player

Horses will have weapons inherent to them; like in their saddles or something so you can use extra special stuff while riding one

Horses will be able to be repaired with a wrench.

Horses can survive direct hits from tanks as can occupants/riders.

Horses won't be disabled by damage like typical vehicles, but will become harder to ride (i.e. pissed off) after a certain threshold. This mechanic will have nothing to do with 'war', but only damage.

Horses will be able to be forced off clifs, able to make all kinds of awesome 'funny moments' montages with jumps and tricks, and have absolutely no problem with things exploding everywhere right in their faces.

Horses will be faster than planes.

Horses will be the key to countless complex easter eggs that have more development man hours than critical mechanics like player syncing, renderer stability, and consistency within the damage models.

Xfactor will hate horses.

Levelcap will love horses.

Jackfrags will spend more time looking for easter eggs.

Horses will continue the idiotic push towards 'dino mode' since 2011.

Horses will have some labels like 'support for teammates; give 'em supplies and shit' but really be best for 'even funnier moments' like ghosting a horse that's been impregnated with explosives to blow up tanks, buildings, etc.

Horses will somehow be able to destroy zeppelins.

So...did I get any right?

sullynathan3185d ago

DICE is treating them like vehicles instead of animals. From the videos I've seen, these things can take an entire mag to the body and still run plus its an instant kill when you hit someone just like a vehicle which is stupid. Put proper horse riding mechanics à la red dead redemption.

81BX3185d ago

Game bro!..... its a game.

RegorL3185d ago

How many bullets can a human take to the body and continue running?

It is for balance, you need to hit with several shots not just a lucky one.

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sullynathan3185d ago (Edited 3185d ago )

That's battlefields fault for not having a better damage model. If red dead, which had a greater focus on horses could do it, why not this game?

RegorL3185d ago

"a better damage model" - like?

shot in foot - no longer run
shot in arm - no more two handed weapons
shot in head - no more spotting

or?

sullynathan3185d ago

sure, if that's your idea

bamillington3185d ago

Bit like motorbikes from previous games maybe but bit slower

Kinger89383185d ago

surely its the motorbike from bf4 with a horse skin, hope they removed the engine noises :D

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DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 1 In The Next Game

For DICE to succeed with its next game, it has to return to the roots of the franchise. Atmospheric map design, clear and defined class-based gameplay, attention to detail, and total chaos. Battlefield 1 feels like every rock, every glint on your sniper rifle, every falling brick from a collapsing church, has been painstakingly considered. So much care went into the design of the game, from its soundtrack to its costume department. To stand a chance alongside the behemoths of Treyarch and Infinity Ward, DICE needs to recapture what made their old games so brilliant, otherwise it’s all over.

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LordoftheCritics916d ago

"DICE Needs To Recapture The Magic Of Battlefield 3 In The Next Game"

/Fixed

...on a serious note, DICE needs to remove the Battlefield name.

isarai916d ago

Eh, bfbc2 was the peak for me, only ad dogfighting and the accommodations that come with it. Every BF after that was such an unsatisfying progression system for weapons and gear for the classes, 90% of the guns feel exactly the same when you unlock them, just felt boring in comparison. Not to mention the gimped destruction as the series progressed

Sciurus_vulgaris916d ago

I found Battlefield 1 to be overrated. The gameplay was simpler and less strategic than its predecessors. Battlefield 1 did have a woo-factor, but the gameplay got repetitive faster than Battlefield 4 in my opinion.

porkChop915d ago

If DICE needs to return to the roots of the franchise then why would they look at Battlefield 1? BF1 is overly simplified and streamlined. What DICE should focus on is Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2. Those two games were the pinnacle of the franchise.

TheEnigma313915d ago

BC2 was the best. they need to get back to that.

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Battlefield 1, Hardline, BF4 Servers Are Being Taken Offline by Cheaters; EA Silent on Issue

Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.

-Foxtrot1146d ago

Course they are silent, they are hoping people flock to 2042

gamesftw2501145d ago

Maybe it was a inside job then haha.

jeromeface1144d ago

wouldnt be the first time, titanfall 1+2 anyone?

PapaBop1145d ago

Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.

Inverno1145d ago

I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them

XiNatsuDragnel1146d ago

They want people to go on 2042. My theory

excaliburps1145d ago

Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.

Pudge1028881145d ago (Edited 1145d ago )

EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here

pr33k331145d ago

if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.

Pudge1028881145d ago

Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.

FPS_D3TH1145d ago

Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect

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Xbox Store Weekly Game Sale Features Deep Discounts On Many X360 Games & DLCs

Daily Video Game writes: "This week’s weekly digital game sale on Xbox Store features deep discounts on many popular AAA Xbox 360 games that are backwards compatible for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, including Gears of War, Fable, Max Payne, Saints Row, Bully, Catherine, and lots more!"

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MadLad1214d ago

Grabbed Panzer Dragoon, the Darkness, Conker Reloaded, Burnout Revenge, Time Splitters 2, Fight Night Champions, and Stuntman Ignition.

Essentially some of the classics that I can't get on PC, now that I have a Series S.