DICE: “Tech Isn’t There” to Support Battlefield 5 Double XP

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Those wondering why DICE hasn’t flipped the switch on some sweet Battlefield 5 double XP goodness now that a lot of people are stuck at home, it seems it’s a tech issue and not just the studio not wanting to do it.

This was revealed by DICE Community Manager Jeff Braddock over on the Battlefield 5 subreddit when a fan asked exactly that, and why there are no community events happening as of the moment.

Well, the good news here is, something Battlefield 5-related is planned, which means added incentive to play Battlefield 5, just don’t expect any XP boosts. In case you want to read Braddock’s answers, we’ve quoted them down in text form below.

The team is working on it – we had something planned for last week but after testing the user flow, it didn’t work correctly (meaning you couldn’t tell if you got the thing or not). There’s talks going on about more playlists, login rewards – but we want it to work.

As soon as it’s locked, tested, and tested again and ready to roll, we’ll let you know. I definitely understand what you mean and totally agree.

Re: 2XP, it just doesn’t work for BFV (even though we had it for the last 4 BF

From what I’ve been told, the tech isn’t there for it. They’re looking at options, but I don’t have any further details yet.

In other Battlefield 5 news, DICE is rolling the April patch into May, and it’s due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, which has affect the studio in terms of developing updates for the shooter.

Are you bummed out by this news or you don’t think Battlefield 5 double XP events are even needed anymore?

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Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
3 years ago

Pure incompetence. Oh well, me and everyone else that didn’t buy this POS are happy. Sad to see how terrible Dice is at making games compared to 10 years ago.

Brian M.
Brian M.
Reply to  Hates bad writers.
3 years ago

And yet…you post here anyway. It’s a fantastic game, maybe you’re the POS and not the game.

Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
Reply to  Brian M.
3 years ago

Imagine thinking the 5th mainline entry to one of the biggest shooter franchises to ever exist being thoroughly average for FPS standards 10 years ago is “fantastic”.

I don’t care if you think I’m a piece of shit. At least I’m not a dumb piece of shit with subterranean standards. Dice shits out a game that wouldn’t be acceptable 10 years ago, full of revisionist history to boot, is “fantastic”. Hahaha, retard.

Alex
Alex
Reply to  Hates bad writers.
3 years ago

The game itself isn’t that bad. It’s far from being my fave BF, but overall, it’s still good (not great). I hope DICE nails the next BF game out of the park.

Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
Reply to  Alex
3 years ago

Wrong. It’s bad.

Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
Reply to  Alex
3 years ago

Why lower the bar and accept a bad game? Passable content isn’t worth the time of day.

jameslara
Reply to  Hates bad writers.
3 years ago

Sadly that seems to be the mind set about almost everyone
Games have gotten worse that the bar of acceptable is now broken messes.

Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
Reply to  jameslara
3 years ago

Back in the day, a game came out. It was good start to finish. Lasted you months if you wanted it to.

Now? A game can shit its pants for an entire year. Be blatantly falsely advertised. Have content removed and resold as DLC….but if they patch the bugs after all of that nonsense “oH iTs gOoD nOw”.

The biggest problem is that people buying the exclusives, playing the FTPs, playing the call of duty games, the ubisoft games, the EA games. For the most part? Those are casual gamers. Thanks to information and comment systems being so readily available on smart phones, these casuals genuinely believe they’re “hardcore” gamers.

Yet their games library looks like it was handpicked by IGN. A group that gets paid by the people they’re supposed to review objectively. Every. Single. Time.

This industry died 10 years ago. Nobody wants to admit it.

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