Battlefield 1 from EA - First World War FPS

[Dread Rlyeh]

Strangely quiet in here considering it's a AAA title and it was released last week.

Any further thoughts to add to MikeGER's?

I was pleasantly surprised by BF1, it's a huge improvement over BF4.  I like the weapons, and vehicles are far more balanced: no insane littlebird pull 9gs sideways after being hit, ducks behind hill, pilot jumps out repairs, then hops back in trash.  In fact, I expect to see an AA nerf because of crying on the forums from the vehicle lovers.  Tanks are also much less maneuverable and can't smoke, which helps mitigate their domination.

Mortars are way too good (specifically airburst) - great at killing infantry, does good damage to light tanks/armored cars - and, most importantly, the "follow the shell view" lets you scout.  It's like launching a recon drone.  Only spotted enemies should show up when using it in my opinion.  If more people played support and used it, it would be a larger problem.  It's a huge advantage for a person playing alone, but imagine being able to direct the rest of your squad to enemies exact positions via comms... if you don't kill them with the other 4 shots that is.

My biggest gripes have more to do with how people play than the game itself:  not nearly enough people play support and drop ammo, this is a significant problem if you are playing assault and want to resupply your AT ammo.   Too many snipers... this is annoying on many maps as it seems like you are either constantly hearing bullets crack or getting headshot dinged, or the enemy is using their vehicles effectively and your side is light on AT.

In terms of performance, a 970 works great for ultra, very happy on that side.  I am getting some annoying crashes though, sometimes I've had to manually restart my vid drivers, kill origin and force a cloud resync, etc.  This is on a rock solid PC.

[jomni]

No class cap like red orchestra?

[Dread Rlyeh]

No class cap like red orchestra?

No class cap, all snipers all the time  :D 

ETA:  the medic sniper rifle is pretty beastly too, so you have to factor in the medic snipers as well  >:D

[jomni]

No class cap like red orchestra?

No class cap, all snipers all the time  :D 

ETA:  the medic sniper rifle is pretty beastly too, so you have to factor in the medic snipers as well  >:D

Reminds me of ARMA 3 actually. 
I guess it's hunting season all the time.

[JudgeDredd]

Angry Joe's take on it

[Dammit Carl!]

The Boy is pushing hard and heavy for me to get this.  I tell him to stick with Verdun, but he wants something flashier, I guess.

So is the whole "PC servers a wasteland," thing real as that is our gaming platform du jour.

[Dread Rlyeh]

So is the whole "PC servers a wasteland," thing real as that is our gaming platform du jour.

I primarily play 64 man conquest and there are 40 full servers (yes, 40 -- 64/64 DICE servers) right now (noon cst).  Only played a few operations (primarily to level support/medic) and I never had to wait long.  I have no interest in playing rush. 

[W8taminute]

Love this game.  It's nearly perfect and I really like the Operations Mode.  Sort of a mini history lesson strewn inside an intense FPS match.