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[Luipadre]

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not feeling it. The maps suck, the performance is bad for how ugly the game is, and the controls feel sluggish compared to BF3/BF4/BF1.

You playing on console? Im on PC and the performance is phenomenal and it feels really snappy and good to control

 

[ValiantInstance]

Cairo might legit be the worst maps they have created in recent entries.
Create a chokepoint on A, C and E and there's nothing you can do, no space to flank, nothing. Just need to spam engineers to stop tanks and supports to heal and revive and that's it, the game won't move at all.
Absolute dogshit map design.

Plays great on breakthrough. That final objective down the long road is a bitch for the attacking team to take.

 

[Ribi]

Something something secure boot. I ain't got time for dat

 

[GudOlRub]

Plays great on breakthrough. That final objective down the long road is a bitch for the attacking team to take.

Haven't played it on breakthrough. I'm exclusively playing closed weapons conquest basically.
I really mean it when I say I hate the concept of open classes so I'm avoiding it like the plague.
But for conquest the map is appalling, even Gibraltar gives more flanking options despite feeling even smaller...

 

[Radical_3d]

Plays great on breakthrough. That final objective down the long road is a bitch for the attacking team to take.

Today I'm playing that. I started on Battlefield 2 which is basically conquest. But Bad Conpany's Gold Rush (basically breakthrough) is the superior game design.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Haven't played it on breakthrough. I'm exclusively playing closed weapons conquest basically.
I really mean it when I say I hate the concept of open classes so I'm avoiding it like the plague.
But for conquest the map is appalling, even Gibraltar gives more flanking options despite feeling even smaller...

I think it's going to be a problem that some maps are designed for specific gamemodes and not for others. Siege of Cairo is absolutely a rush/breakthrough map, in the same way I wouldn't play conquest on Operation Metro.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Plays great on breakthrough. That final objective down the long road is a bitch for the attacking team to take.

Has been my favorite mode and you are right, that final objective is crazy hard to take

Just wonder if changing the spawn beacon to assault will help push teams in cases like this because I don't see many people playing Recon there

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Big mistake to not add at least one big map. These small maps are too COD-ish to win me over.

 

[TonberrysKnife]

The one thing I just realized yesterday is that Battlefield 6 has Cross-Play progression. That's really nice.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Dibils2k]

they need to bring in console only crossplay like Gears Reloaded beta had

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

they need to bring in console only crossplay like Gears Reloaded beta had

Crossplay is on by default and how DICE worded it is even when on they try to keep console players together

"Crossplay is on, we treat it as console preferred crossplay, so we'll try and matchmake you with others playing on console before falling back to full crossplay if we can't find you a match with only/mostly console players."

But you can shut off crossplay

 

[Neofire]

Map designs needs to be made better as it caters to much to sniping, Recon needs to be severely looked and balanced and the rag doll problem after you kill someone needs to be fixed. Other than that, I love the game.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Map designs needs to be made better as it caters to much to sniping, Recon needs to be severely looked and balanced and the rag doll problem after you kill someone needs to be fixed. Other than that, I love the game.

No it's doesn't its fucking hilarious. One dude went flying 10 feet in the air after getting shelled by a tank, landed at my feet and I defibbed him

 

[Neofire]

No it's doesn't its fucking hilarious. One dude went flying 10 feet in the air after getting shelled by a tank, landed at my feet and I defibbed him

Come on man, he got shot a tank of course he should go flying but someone killed by a handgun should be flying through the air like Superman.

 

[winjer]

I reinstalled windows a few months ago, had all properly configured in the uefi. But Windows 11 LTSC for some reason forgot to enable secure boot.
I'm not in the mood to reinstall, so I'll pass on this beta.

Considering the game is already full of cheaters, makes one wonder why Dice bothered with this feature.

 

[Fake]

I reinstalled windows a few months ago, had all properly configured in the uefi. But Windows 11 LTSC for some reason forgot to enable secure boot.
I'm not in the mood to reinstall, so I'll pass on this beta.

Considering the game is already full of cheaters, makes one wonder why Dice bothered with this feature.

Imagine doing all this shit and still the servers are load of cheaters.

I uninstall Windows 11 for like 6 different reasons, one of them being the UWA not working a single one time, the OS came from factory with LENOVO software that not even work.

I gonna say, if someday I would need to do those security steps on my console I would stop playing online forever.

 

[Arachnid]

Played a good 6 hours today. It's been the most I've played in a single day in probably 5 years. gun play is fun, TTK is pretty fast and seems even more so in close quarters. Not much opportunity for outplays in close quarters gun fights, but mid to long range engagements will reward the more skilled player.

The guns definetly have their effective ranges, and you're probably going to have a bad time trying to compete with a weapon outside of its intended range. Shotguns are pretty overpowered right now as well.

Game is great imo though. I've played every BF game since Bad Campany 1 and to me this feels most like a mix between BF3 and BF1, which were two of my favorite titles (along with bad company 2 of course).

For those who find that the game is too crowded and seem to be getting killed from all directions, I'd recommend trying the Breakthrough mode. IMO its a lot less chaotic than Conquest as it has a sense of order in terms of spawns and more of a consistent flow towards the objectives. Just my opinion anyway.

I know im in the minority as Conquest is the battlefield staple but I think Operations/Breakthrough has been the superior mode since it was introduced in BF1. Have never been much of a Conquest player. Always preferred Rush in the older titles.

I'm in the same boat. Breakthrough and Rush are kings for BF. Rush has always been king for me, and Breakthrough is the first real competition it's ever had.

Still love me some conquest just to slow things down and hold down some points, but the above really do it for me. Carrier Assault is better than conquest too.

Lmfao

I have a buddy who went through hell. He couldn't turn on secure boot without messing with UEFI settings and updating bios, and his entire computer crashed to some error he couldn't boot past. Our coding buddy had to walk him through all kinds of potential fixes over phone, and poor dude had no idea what BIOS even was before all that. He was legit seething.

Definitely going to send him that

 

[TwinB242]

128 player maps were dogshit in 2042. BF doesnt need that many players and that map design was absolutely awful

It really wasn't. People have always exaggerated with this.

128p Orbital is leaps and bounds better than any of the BF6 beta maps.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I'm in the same boat. Breakthrough and Rush are kings for BF. Rush has always been king for me, and Breakthrough is the first real competition it's ever had.

Still love me some conquest just to slow things down and hold down some points, but the above really do it for me. Carrier Assault is better than conquest too.

Conquest just doesn't click for me as its just constant rotating and no sense of flow

Then you get on Peaks and seems 1/4 of the team wont leave the hill spawns just to snipe no matter how much you are losing

Lmfao

I have a buddy who went through hell. He couldn't turn on secure boot without messing with UEFI settings and updating bios, and his entire computer crashed to some error he couldn't boot past. Our coding buddy had to walk him through all kinds of potential fixes over phone, and poor dude had no idea what BIOS even was before all that. He was legit seething.

Definitely going to send him that

And people wonder why so many prefer consoles over PCs to game on

 

[Buhaj]

Played on PS5, crossplay off. Game is definitely better than BF2042, but feels worse than BF1, and potentially worse than BFV - didn't play enough to judge the latter yet. I am not particularly a fan of common weapons for all classes, another issue is small maps so far. Conquest felt like TDM in BF1. Doesn't feel like "coming back to roots" which is an empty marketing slogan for years anyway.

Maybe I'm getting older, but the pace was just too high - I suppose that's what CoD must feel like - shoot/die/repeat, no room for thinking how to approach the objective/flank (again, small maps).

I actually felt like downloading BF1/V again to play some operations or other big scale mode.

 

[Thedtrain]

I am having a hard time seeing enemies on that city map. The color palette and smoke everywhere makes it tough...otherwise I kinda had a blast last night.

Finally configured most of the controls to be how I want it, but these default controller settings are horrendous. Who uses vehicles that way?!

 

[Osthyvel]

Played a couple of hours and i love it, there is something i cant put my finger on regarding the gunplay though, but they will fix that in time for sure. I was there on 2042beta until now, and played over 300h of 2042, and thats very much for me, and i love that game, and what they did with that game from start until now is nothing but amazing. BF6 is on another level though, and for me it feels like the game i always wanted, it they manage this well, it might have a very bright future, there is potential. I read that many says it feels more like cod, that is only good for me, cod is my most played serie ever and i have always loved those games, for me mw3 (new one) was peek, i dont play bo6 more and actually dont think i will get bo7...

BF6 is a little bit faster then we are used to regarding Battlefield, but the epic big warfeeling is there along with amazing destruction, knowing what dice did with 2042 and this is only a beta... o boy, we gonna get an epic sp (i hope) mp, br, portal 2.0!

I think gamers are funny sometimes, its either; "oh cod just keep doing the same game over and over again, why dont they do anything new" Dice trying to do something new with Battlefield; "oh why did they not do the game exactly like BF 3 or 4" lol

 

[Kenpachii]

Having a lot of fun with it, wish the performance was a bit better at low settings. But 70 euro's is a hard sell. Hope they change there minds on it and drop it to 50, if not i will wait it out a bit.

 

[Sanepar]

they need to bring in console only crossplay like Gears Reloaded beta had

No they don't. Improve how u play and hackers u not make any diff.

24 hours and people already started to complain about the game. If this game flops I will give up about gamers. You guys deserve purple neon chars and colorful confetti coming out from weapons.

 

[Arachnid]

No they don't. Improve how u play and hackers u not make any diff.

24 hours and people already started to complain about the game. If this game flops I will give up about gamers. You guys deserve purple neon chars and colorful confetti coming out from weapons.

Console only crossplay is absolutely needed lmao

PC players have an insane advantage when it comes to kb+m aiming. There's a reason it's considered cheating to use kb+m converters on competitive games on console like siege. PC can keep them and it's cheaters.

 

[Sanepar]

Console only crossplay is absolutely needed lmao

PC players have an insane advantage when it comes to kb+m aiming. There's a reason it's considered cheating to use kb+m converters on competitive games on console like siege. PC can keep them and it's cheaters.

I play on PC with gamepad, top5 every match with positive K/D this is not true both in COD and recent BFs.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Something something secure boot. I ain't got time for dat

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[wolffy66]

I reinstalled windows a few months ago, had all properly configured in the uefi. But Windows 11 LTSC for some reason forgot to enable secure boot.
I'm not in the mood to reinstall, so I'll pass on this beta.

Considering the game is already full of cheaters, makes one wonder why Dice bothered with this feature.

What shooter isn't full of cheaters

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Console only crossplay is absolutely needed lmao

PC players have an insane advantage when it comes to kb+m aiming. There's a reason it's considered cheating to use kb+m converters on competitive games on console like siege. PC can keep them and it's cheaters.

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in fact quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

 

[R6Rider]

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

For me and many others it's not about PC players using KB+M, it's about how rampant cheaters get. Not to mention the PC players using macros for shit like vehicle hogging. Pathetic shit like that.

Luckily BFV didn't have crossplay, because that game is fucked on PC.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

No they don't. Improve how u play and hackers u not make any diff.

24 hours and people already started to complain about the game. If this game flops I will give up about gamers. You guys deserve purple neon chars and colorful confetti coming out from weapons.

We can disagree here but I always play my shooters on console and do not force me to play against PC players or I would buy my shooters on PC to begin with

 

[clarky]

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

I've been playing on a pad on PC for a good few years now. Non issue imo. Might come across the odd m+k god but there's plenty of fodder as well.

 

[wolffy66]

I play on PC with gamepad, top5 every match with positive K/D this is not true both in COD and recent BFs.

You can't possibly be stupid enough to think your experience is true for everyone.

Everyone can now trust that disabling cross play is no longer needed because that one guy gets top 5 consistently in the BF5 beta while using a controller!

 

[splattered]

One of my bigger gripes is how low the ammo feels in this game haha i know we can resupply our teammates but it rarely seems to be happening, just like with revives... so i am constantly picking up other peoples kits off the floor hoping they have guns with ammo in them.

 

[Barrier Island Dweller]

Two questions?

On console how I enter text chat

What are the little colorful symbols on the bottom right of your weapon when selecting them?

 

[ValiantInstance]

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

We've come a long way. I remember the days when you'd get bullied if the lobby found out you were using a controller on pc.

 

[Arachnid]

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

Lmfao if you can't understand how aiming on PC is easier than on console, you really need to work on your critical reasoning skills.

Your anecdotal evidence doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the reality for the majority. Aiming is easier with a mouse. That is a fact, whether you're pissy about having less people to play with or not.

 

[clarky]

Lmfao if you can't understand how aiming on PC is easier than on console, you really need to work on your critical reasoning skills.

Your anecdotal evidence doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the reality for the majority. Aiming is easier with a mouse. That is a fact, whether you're pissy about having less people to play with or not.

The majority of top players on COD use controllers. Its game and aim assist dependant.

Raw input of course sure , its near impossible to compete without AA using a pad

 

[Arachnid]

The majority of top players on COD all use controllers. Its game and aim assist dependant.

Raw input of course sure , its near impossible to compete without AA using a pad

Agreed on game dependant. CoD is a fast twitch close quarters game that can actually make use of strong snap to aim assist. Anything beyond close range, and it gets muddy to the point of aim assist being a hinderance and sometimes throwing you off. For something like battlefield? It got to the point in past BFs where I would legit turn aim assist off on console as recommended by fans having similar issues, and my gunfights would actually go better. Plus, could you imagine trying to outsnipe a dude 300 meters away as a controller player vs kb+m? BF has a very shit history with aim assist.

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

This needs persistent servers and a server browser...
Playing the same map 3-4 times in a row is annoying...

 

[phant0m]

I'm 6-2 in matches so far, and felt like I made an impact despite being far from the top in k/d. Kept several tanks alive for 5+ mins in heavy fire, that felt good lol

Also, post game thing seems weird? Like it shows your stats and rank up which is all fine but then it seems to just sit there? Like I'm in a squad with randos, but it's trying to keep us together, half of them leave...? Then you click back to menu and it's like "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ABANDON THE MATCH???"

Just send me back to the main queue if I wasn't in a lobby with friends pre-game.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

This old chestnut again, like clockwork. Every time a big new crossplatform shooter comes out, it's the same old skill issue console wimps blaming PC for their own crap ability.

Some of us, in quite a few of us these days, have been playing on PC using a controller for years. I use an Xbox pad myself, how about yourself?

You think its a skill issue for those of us who would rather not play against PC players that have lobbies hacked within a few hours of this wonderful new secure boot anticheat?

Skill has nothing to do with plus the fact I have a nice gaming PC setup so I prefer 90% of my games on PC on this 9800X3D 5090 on this 4k ultrawide OLED

Fact is I prefer shooters on console and rather not deal with

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

TRUE

 

[clarky]

You think its a skill issue for those of us who would rather not play against PC players that have lobbies hacked within a few hours of this wonderful new secure boot anticheat?

Skill has nothing to do with plus the fact I have a nice gaming PC setup so I prefer 90% of my games on PC on this 9800X3D 5090 on this 4k ultrawide OLED

Fact is I prefer shooters on console and rather not deal with

Lots of Cronus users on the consoles as well though. It's just more widespread and blatant on PC.

I find being a slightly above average player the SBMM in games tends to keep me away from cheaters, as far as I'm aware..

 

[clarky]

TRUE

Domination on that map is cancer if you get a team who knows what to do.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Lots of Cronus users on the consoles as well though. It's just more widespread and blatant on PC.

I find being a slightly above average player the SBMM in games tends to keep me away from cheaters, as far as I'm aware..

100% a lot of cronus users out there and some of those are extremely sticky with the AA

I just hate the though of any single person on the opposite team having straight wall hacks and/or aimbot

The aimbots are getting super hard to detect as well talking to people because of how they work

Its almost like cronus type of AA it seems people can turn them to 100% which is blatantly obvious or adjust the slider down to lets say 75% which doesn't give full lock on to leave enough doubt

Domination on that map is cancer if you get a team who knows what to do.

I have to admit when that map pops up I work on leveling my sniping abilities with the respawn beacon

 

[NeoLed]

I play on PC with gamepad, top5 every match with positive K/D this is not true both in COD and recent BFs.

Don't care about your K/D. Why even brought it up. Go play with your fellow master race. Let us console peasant play with each other. Strange how you against this. Maybe you like to farm kill the peasants?

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Urgh, just seen that PC cheats are already available. If I do get this I guess I'll be buying it on PS5 Pro and turning off cross play.

If you cheat, please know that you failed at life and your parents are so fucking disappointed in you.

 

[Sanepar]

Don't care about your K/D. Why even brought it up. Go play with your fellow master race. Let us console peasant play with each other. Strange how you against this. Maybe you like to farm kill the peasants?

Nops, but 90% of consoles players will leave crossplay on, aim assist is really strong. Enable flick backward look on controller settings, put sensitive on 80, turn off vibration and everything will be ok.