DICE Backtracks on Battlefield V Time to Kill Changes Following Players’ Outrage

EA DICE is doing a full 180 degrees turn on the Battlefield V Time To Kill changes implemented a week ago, effective tomorrow on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

[Majin-vegeta]

https://youtu.be/dh7tw01AHz...

[PeaSFor]

It's like DICE/EA was a kid who smeared some pasta onto walls, ate them up and awaiting for parents' applause.

Btw lol at fools who literally have Stockholm Syndrome and will praise DICE for anything, including reverting the game back to the state that we paid money for.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Dang

[2pacalypsenow]

"It’s important to acknowledge that we have a challenge bringing new players into Battlefield V and onboard them to become more experienced Battlefield players. "

So they dumbed down the game for new players?

Also could someone explain what (Time To Kill) is? Is it a game mode, or how long it takes to kill someone?

[Abriael]

how long it takes to kill someone. Basically, they made it longer so that new players wouldn't die so quickly.

[2pacalypsenow]

Ohhh, gotcha.

I snipe so it's always a 2 shot kill unless it's a headshot, so I never noticed.

[PapaBop]

Please tell me Battlefield hasn't turned into Battlefront 2 where the progression system is clearly designed around giving those who play the game a distinctive advantage over new players? Hopefully you mean new players who treat Battlefield like the mindless shooters they're used to and are dying quickly because they're playing stupid.

[sbprost]

@PapaBop The starting weapons are every bit as powerful as late game weapons. The only big difference would be in tanks and planes. They get a huge increase in utility as you level them up and unlock new specializations.

[Majin-vegeta]

Yea for a week but as of today the TTK is going back to how it was.iin other words the game is how it was at launch.no more spongy enemies

[veicht]

Older battlefield games had longer time to kill (and in general I tend to find longer time to kill games favoring the more skilled, not universally of course), so no I wouldn't say they dumbed it down. But yes, the change was made with the stated purpose of aiding the new player experience.

[CorndogBurglar]

Did they? Battlefield 2 and 2142 had pretty quick TTK.

[andibandit]

Yeah, but I get their point. I would introduce my wife to the game, but I know she would hate it after a day of just constantly dying, so theres no point in bothering.

[letsa_go]

The shitshow surrounding this game is more entertaining than the game itself!

[UltraNova]

As someone who spend hundreds of hours on BF1 alone I have to admit you are correct...I stayed away from BFV, reluctantly might I add, but the more time goes by the worse it gets so no harm done in my case. Like I said I'll wait for the sequel, hopefully it will be set in modern setting.

[boing1]

Idk, man. For me V already plays much better than BF1 ever did.

[KillaJamm]

I held off as well as someone who played loads of BF1 and 4, got sucked into all the bad publicity and thought ill wait for a price drop, well I got it dirt cheap on black friday and tbh its the best battlefield game this gen imo, and i LOVED bf1. Its alot 'grittier' then the trailers lead you to believe and feels great to play as battlefield always has, I just think whoever handled their PR had a nightmare and nearly buried it before release, but if your a long time fan of the series like i am your deffo missing out so if you see a deal i think its worth a punt.

[UltraNova]

Boing nad Killa,

Now you all made me feel bad...

Unfortunately it has to wait since I'm already struggling to find time playing Blackout and RDR2 (both SP and MP)...

[zackeroniii]

indeed it is! what a colossal, humongous, elephantine, brobdingnagian flop this game is! surely is entertaining!

[boing1]

You haven't played it, hm?

[Rikimaru1977]

i'm glad i didn't purchase this game. Hopefully they learn from this and make the next BF better.

[JEECE]

Maybe you are referring to other issues, but this article is about DICE responding to player feedback and making changes. I know EA=bad, but other than that I'm lost as to how being responsive like this is bad.

[BoneMagnus]

I agree - in this particular instance, they made a change; it didn’t work, so they changed it back. No harm, no foul.

They can’t afford to not be responsive with all the drama around this game. I still can’t believe they didn’t learn their lesson after the Battlefront fiasco.

My hope is the BFV, like Battlefront 2, will eventually become a good online shooter.

[jc12]

It has been messy, I agree. But at least they are trying to get this right.

[kevnb]

They dont get what the problem is, and they probably will just say we are evil right wingers for wanting a game that works right. It takes a while to kill people, but often you dont notice you are being shot at until you are dead. Seems like a netcode issue to me.

[PapaBop]

Nah you're a sexist pig trying to keep women down /s

[Thundercat77]

Wow. It normally takes a lot a bullets to kill someone in BF. This game was supposed to be a big hit and it has fell so hard.

[iofhua]

Dumpster fire.

That is all.