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Battlefield 1 |OT| Make War Great Again
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DeadlyParasite
Member
In retrospect it's kinda funny how when this game was leaked to be in the world war 1 setting everyone was saying that this time period would be boring and we'd be doing nothing but sitting in a trench. Fast forward to today and we now we have this game which is possibly the most intense and cinematic battlefield game yet.
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
It's because the game is sped up and everyone runs at 200 mph. Also, notice how there aren't that many trenches? They chose to represent areas which wouldn't be boring to play.
Are there no custom servers that run only certain maps? I don't want to join a server with Argonne Forest or Suez in the rotation. Big maps only plz for conquest.
Is the new conquest now just old conquest but with the counter running in the opposite direction now? Hah.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
By a metric fuck ton I do. Dumper with medium range is how I roll.
Went 54-0 in a heavy tank on St. Quentin Scar conquest mode. I expect tanks will get nerfed fairly hard at some point. They can be taken down for sure (more often than not somebody gets me before I can complete that kind of massacre) but a lot of players obviously have no answer for them right now.
The funny part is that my team still barely won. We won by about 20 points and at one point the other team nearly tied it late in the game. I spent the entire game trying to hold flags D through F, and occasionally C.
The funny part is that my team still barely won. We won by about 20 points and at one point the other team nearly tied it late in the game. I spent the entire game trying to hold flags D through F, and occasionally C.
DeadlyParasite
Member
Almost all the maps have trenches or fortified positions surrounded by bunkers and pillboxes. Argonne forest, Ballroom Blitz, St. Quentin Scar, Fao Fortress...
Hell people are enjoying Operations so much because it's an intense "take the hill and storm the trenches" back and forth gametype.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
That's my play style too. I like to play the objective hard and constantly moving closer to the enemy as opposed to taking shots from afar. People are hyping the mondragon up as being op and while I can do good with it I don't enjoy using it for some reason. So what exact model are you using and is seblaster the correct name?
CarbonFire
Member
Not quite. BF1 Conquest is Domination really, but now kills add to your score. It's still not a great system compared to OG conquest, but at least medics are worth using to keep your team's deaths from adding to the enemies score.
And yeah, while I initially liked Argonne Forest, it has one too many choke points for my liking. The map needs to be just a little wider, and it would play great.
Dr Duncan Steel
Member
Just the first model. Haven't really jumped THAT deep into DMRs.
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
Isn't the difference between conquest domination and conquest only the fact that flags cap in like 6 seconds or less and you can't spawn on them? I'm not sure what you mean. Even conquest domination had ticket bleed in BF3 from what I remember. My understanding of the current conquest is that holding more than half the flags causes the score to run up instead of run down, no?
TheContact
Member
Oh. But that would be too easy, Spaceman Spiff...
I would start with EA.
Oh my God I just played with one of the worst teams I have ever had in BF.
Operation Desert maps. Almost every single teammate was a sniper. All the squads were locked. They all went horribly negative. No squadmates team spawned. Didn't get revived once in an hour long match. Received ammo once after spamming this guy with the comma rose. No one... NO ONE was on a flag at any point. I was quite literally soloing it as a medic/assault to destroy tanks and heal myself when we got swarms of blueberry enemies coming by.
The noobs are here... that was one of the most frustrating matches I have ever played.
Operation Desert maps. Almost every single teammate was a sniper. All the squads were locked. They all went horribly negative. No squadmates team spawned. Didn't get revived once in an hour long match. Received ammo once after spamming this guy with the comma rose. No one... NO ONE was on a flag at any point. I was quite literally soloing it as a medic/assault to destroy tanks and heal myself when we got swarms of blueberry enemies coming by.
The noobs are here... that was one of the most frustrating matches I have ever played.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
TimeEffect
Member
There are way too many filters for Operations
You can select your operation set, and number ofp players, and thag probably splits the player base way too much
You can select your operation set, and number ofp players, and thag probably splits the player base way too much
-hadouken
Member
Yup - technically beautiful, though BF1 is hard on the eyes. The blinding fog (even inside sealed houses!) the vaseline blur (storm on Empire), the sand storms, the gas, the smoke, the faux glare. The game is literally giving me eye strain. Unless it's toned down and made less frequent, I'll be moving back to BF4.
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
I actually like the simple progression system, a la BF2/2142. Keep it simple and I don't want to have to unlock optics and laser sights for all 6000 guns over and over.
CarbonFire
Member
In classic conquest, there is "ticket bleed" when one team holds the appropriate amount of flags on a given map. During this time, the team holding more flags loses no tickets, except when one of their players dies. The team with fewer flags starts to lose tickets in addition to each death that team suffers.
Ideally this is motivation for teams to always strive to hold more points, because forcing the ticket bleed is the number one way to win conquest games. And the more flags you hold, the faster the bleed. In older BF games (before mandated uncappable "bases"), if one team capped all the points, the game would basically instantly end.
Neither system is perfect. This one is a little more fair, if boring, but it does little to encourage miraculous comebacks in the same way the other system did (though counting kills DOES help). Amazing come-from behind victories and last minute holds are more commonplace in Classic Conquest, but so are one-sided stomps. But at least in Classic Conquest, one-sided stomps are over relatively quickly. Most games in BF1 Conquest seem to last a similar length of time, with little regard for how lopsided the teams are skill-wise (assuming the team counts aren't horribly unbalanced as well).
What's the issue?
DeadlyParasite
Member
Which is equally useless.
M.W.
Gold Member
Not if you're playing TDM!
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
Conquest Assault has been basically dead since BF3. Does holding more than half the points not accelerate the score in BF1?
Also I notice that people aren't really playing all that differently in this conquest vs the old one. I still see the normal game flow and pepper trying to hold the entire map
CarbonFire
Member
Your team's score goes up slightly faster, but the other team's score still goes up as well assuming they hold at least one flag (regardless of kills). It's just much harder to catch up to a team that gets ahead early in this game, as they can coast far longer than you used to be able to in older versions of conquest. Assuming relatively even teams, if your team has a 100-ish point lead when they hit 900, the game is basically over unless your team just stop playing.
And yeah, I was honestly never the biggest fan of Conquest Assault. It's great in theory, but requires too much teamwork and thinking for the typical pub match.
boredofcanada
Member
Dynamite is amazing. The explosions in this game are something else.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/bloodbathnbyond/video/22658662##t=0
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Forerunner
Member
Yeah, it's really basic. I have almost 2k war bonds and nothing to really do with them.
I'm going to have to try this.
Forerunner
Member
My last game was pretty funny. I was watching the feed and nine people got ban before the game finally ended. It makes me wonder how many aren't getting ban.
Art Vandilay
Member
"Them devils ain't so tough. Us boys will knock out those fortifications easy."
Some of this dialogue and voice acting is cringe worthy. Still having a great time though.
Some of this dialogue and voice acting is cringe worthy. Still having a great time though.
User 479360
Banned
If I didn't enjoy the multiplayer in Battlefield 3, 4 or Hardline, will this likely change my mind?
I want to play through the campaign -- which I've heard is only five hours long -- so I will be playing it sometime. I'm just debating whether to wait for the library to get it in, or buy a copy, play it for a week then return it. (Assuming I won't like the multiplayer.)
I want to play through the campaign -- which I've heard is only five hours long -- so I will be playing it sometime. I'm just debating whether to wait for the library to get it in, or buy a copy, play it for a week then return it. (Assuming I won't like the multiplayer.)
Fahzgoolin
Banned
agreed, this unlock system will keep me playing.
So...
I just spent about 3 hours with the BF1 trial.
I die instantly in about half of my spawns. Commonly from spawning right on top of enemy infantry. It's also often a sniper or a tank.
If I try to spawn in a safer location I spend a couple minutes running across the map only to get sniped.
It's really fun if I manage to find some good cover, but I almost always die instantly from someone who got the jump on me.
I want to like this game, but my desire to keep playing is rapidly diminishing...
I just spent about 3 hours with the BF1 trial.
I die instantly in about half of my spawns. Commonly from spawning right on top of enemy infantry. It's also often a sniper or a tank.
If I try to spawn in a safer location I spend a couple minutes running across the map only to get sniped.
It's really fun if I manage to find some good cover, but I almost always die instantly from someone who got the jump on me.
I want to like this game, but my desire to keep playing is rapidly diminishing...
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
I wouldnt recommend the game. Its still the same battlefield type MP. SP is just an extra addition IMO. You should buy a battlefield game because of the MP.
Its the SP.
Trojan
Member
Thanks, that's where I'll start so good enough
ComputerBlue
Member
I really hate that you can't get out of prone or crouch by pressing the sprint button like previous games.
Dieing randomly is a part of Battlefield MP (and also war).
In saying that you will get better at surviving the more you play. Use cover between each time you spring and move in zig zag. Also prone when you are getting hit (as long as it's not in the open)
Playing with increased FOV certainly helps me and let's you keep scanning people getting behind you.
The biggest thing you can do is not run into areas people expect. Spend the extra 30 seconds flanking and getting the drop on your enemies.
Also, maybe try other game modes and see if they fit you better.