While DICE just released a Battlefield V title update two weeks ago, the studio is already hard at work on the next one, and we now have an inkling on what changes we can expect in the Battlefield 5 upcoming patch!
Over on Twitter, Core Gameplay Design lead Florian Le Bihan has revealed some of the key changes coming to Battlefield V, and one of them touches on grenade launchers and how it won’t function as a shotgun once they’re finished with the tweak!
It's getting nerfed, grenades from grenade launchers will now bounce if they hit the ground too close from where you fired the grenade.
— Florian – DRUNKKZ3 (@DRUNKKZ3) February 8, 2019
It’s getting nerfed, grenades from grenade launchers will now bounce if they hit the ground too close from where you fired the grenade.
Le Bihan also revealed that netcode improvements will be a focus in this Battlefield 5 upcoming patch, though they won’t touch the TTK (time to kill specifically).
The next #BattlefieldV update will focus on "Netcode" improvements (including TTK/TTD).
We have been working on addressing the various issues such as damage pacing and bundling, damage feedback delay, damage / health update desync, "damage from the grave" and more !— Florian – DRUNKKZ3 (@DRUNKKZ3) February 8, 2019
To clarify the first part of this tweet, we're not changing weapons TTK at all, we're improving the consistency between the shooter experience (TTK) and the victim's experience (TTD). https://t.co/ogRAp5vLC9
— Florian – DRUNKKZ3 (@DRUNKKZ3) February 8, 2019
The next #BattlefieldV update will focus on “Netcode” improvements (including TTK/TTD). We have been working on addressing the various issues such as damage pacing and bundling, damage feedback delay, damage / health update desync, “damage from the grave” and more !
To clarify the first part of this tweet, we’re not changing weapons TTK at all, we’re improving the consistency between the shooter experience (TTK) and the victim’s experience (TTD).
In addition to those tweaks, DICE will also be fixing how spawn beacons function, and how these equipment bug out when deployed on different surfaces. Check out the quick gameplay clip of the spawn beacon improvements shared by Core Gameplay Engineer Niels Stoelinga.
Took a look at the #BattlefieldV spawn beacon together with @DRUNKKZ3 , placing them in the world will be a lot easier with the upcoming update! pic.twitter.com/yX1unuZW2A
— //Niels Stoelinga// (@lytlb1t) February 8, 2019
Finally, more vaulting improvements are also incoming, which you can check out in the short clip below.
More vaulting improvements coming in the upcoming #BattlefieldV update! Keep the traversal related feedback coming, it helps a lot when improving these systems. pic.twitter.com/2y4T768BgE
— //Niels Stoelinga// (@lytlb1t) February 8, 2019
Of course, these aren’t just the changes coming to Battlefield V. Given how in-depth DICE makes these patches out, expect a huge laundry list of changes, which we’ll post about once they’ve been shared by the studio.
In other Battlefield V news, DICE posted an update on how anti-cheat works in BFV, which you can read about here. Also of note, EA has confirmed that the game has under-performed commercially, and that it blames battle royale not being available out of the gate as one of the chief causes.
someone ask them what are they gonna do for the people that played the earlier tides of war and never got their rewards because of the broken system
I ended up contacting customer support to get my missing helmet and one of the weapons.
I did that and was told over and over ” just do the challenges” and when i asked how do i complete tides of war that are already gone the rep cut the chat
I think you just had to get lucky at the right time. Apparently the stuff will end up being purchasable from the ingame store with company coins eventually. I did see a “real soon now” regarding that somewhere. :
Hopefully the vault fixes are implemented in a general sense rather then situation specific workarounds. There are quite a few small ledges that can be impossible to get up if you hit it at the wrong speed/angle/star sign/etc.