With Battlefield V’s latest patch released yesterday, one of the big things included in it is a change to the Panzerstorm map. Now, if players think that this is a one-off thing, think again.

Over on Twitter, Battlefield V Level Designer Matt Wagner is actively seeking Battlefield 5 map changes and improvements, and is asking the community for help!

Hope you are all liking the changes done to Panzerstorm. Got a few comments suggesting some changes to Hamada or other maps next. Tell me about it.
Which map, where, what and why?https://t.co/Fo57JzvrXo

— Matt Wagner 🦈 (@Kenturrac) January 29, 2019

Bear in mind, this doesn’t mean that every little thing suggested will be implemented in future patches, but the fact that DICE is open to changing map layouts, designs, and asking for feedback is a very welcome note indeed.

Speaking of patches, yesterday’s patch unfortunately brought with it, a host of bugs as well, and you can read about that here.

Which map do you want to see changed first and why? Sound off in the comments and let us know

With DICE dropping a new Battlefield V patch earlier today, there’s a bunch of gameplay tweaks, technical fixes and more, which you can read about in the patch notes.

Unfortunately, a host of new Battlefield 5 bugs has inadvertently made its way into the game too! The Battlefield V subreddit has suddenly exploded with players reporting one new bug after another, and we’ve listed some of them.

There’s a bug that removes the text from the main menu (!) which was posted by DonRivs:

This bug gets triggered when you select a plane, and well, I’ll leave you to see it for yourself.

[BFV] Plane selecting glitch
by inBattlefieldV

Another bug happens when you join a game and only see a black screen. Thankfully, pausing the game, pressing down twice, and pressing X (or A on Xbox One) to redeploy fixes it.

Multiple reports have come in that the PS4 version is now suffering severe frame rate drops after the latest patch. How bad? Here’s how it looks:

There seems to be another bug introduced now that has ammo crates dropping and phasing through the floor when dropped by a player.

[BUG] Ammo crates dropping through floors when dropped
byu/BumHand inBattlefieldV

If you think multiplayer is the only one affected, think agaib, as it seems even the single-player portion is suffering though some as well.

You can keep track of all the new ones springing up right here.

Have you noticed any new Battlefield 5 bugs introduced in today’s patch? If so, share ’em in the comments below.

Remember when we reported over the weekend that DICE was rolling out a new Battlefield V update this coming week, and the patch notes will be revealed as well? Well, the studio did just that! We now have the Battlefield 5 upcoming update patch notes in its entirety!

While you can check out the condensed version right here, the full patch notes can either be read in this pdf file, or in the list below thanks to Reddit user siedler084!

Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter: Lightning Strikes – Update #2

Hello Battlefield™ V players, and welcome to the second January update! Following the update earlier in January, this release introduces the Sturmgeschutz IV vehicle – an Axis tank (or assault gun, technically) well equipped for self-defense, with a top gunner position and a remotely controlled machinegun turret that can be operated safely from within the tank. Unlock the Sturmgeschutz IV by completing the Weekly Challenge of the third Chapter Event of Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes.

More functionality is being added to our Practice Range, many improvements are coming to the Panzerstorm map and, as always, so are several bug fixes. We’ve also made several changes based upon the feedback and issue reports from the Battlefield™ community.

See you on the battlefield!

/Jaqub Ajmal Producer – Battlefield V (Twitter: @jaqubajmal)

New Vehicle – Sturmgeschutz IV

The StuG IV’s low silhouette makes it great for ambush tactics, and the turretless design makes it less vulnerable to enemy tanks. Not having a turret is a bit of a drawback of course. StuG IV drivers have to align the hull of their tank in the direction of the enemy, in order to overcome the limited movement of their main cannon.

The StuG IV is well equipped for self-defense, having both a top gunner position and a remotely controlled machinegun turret that can be operated by a passenger safely from within the tank.

The Specialization tree for the StuG IV provides further options for improving the survivability and the anti-infantry capabilities of the tank, for those drivers who want to get into the thick of the action. Or alternatively, drivers might want to go for a longer barrel and armor-piercing shells, to achieve much improved shell velocity and long-distance anti-tank capabilities.

Practice Range Improvements and Features

• Gadget practice: Practice shooting the Panzerfaust and other gadgets against stationary and moving targets.
• Skeet shooting: Improve your accuracy in the skeet shooting arena with various difficulty levels.
• Grenade practice: Learn how to accurately toss grenades at randomly spawning barrels. Again, with different levels of difficulty
• Bullet drop: Various modes will now offer you the ability to toggle bullet drop, a visualization of where your bullets will land.
• Updated initial spawn positions to suit players wanting to go to the open range more quickly. Various bug fixes relating to previous content.
• Open range mini modes now feature, one-star, two-star, and three-star Practice Range ribbons that can be obtained by scoring streaks in easy, normal, and hard, respectively.
• Practice Range ribbons can be viewed, in the scoreboard for solo play or co-op play separately.

Panzerstorm Map Updates

A while ago we released the map Panzerstorm and we’ve been super happy with how it’s been received by you, the players! We’ve played with you and listened to your feedback and comments. We’ve also looked at the telemetry gathered from thousands of games played by millions. Based on all this, we’ve decided to make some changes to the map, both big and small.

Probably the most obvious change is the extension of the F point. We added additional buildings to the Swine Farm and made it basically four times bigger. These buildings should bring additional cover to infantry and tanks alike. We also added an oak alley along the road between G and D to make it easier for infantry to navigate in this previously open space.

A common criticism of the map from infantry players is that they feel they are too exposed. We’ve worked a lot to try and help you out with this. We’ve added lots of ditches and mounds along edges of fields to help you sneak up on tanks out in the open. We call it the “Arras treatment”, and if you’re familiar with that map you will now find more height differences along ridges, stone walls, and roads, as well as deeper ditches next to those roads. Lots of these changes are fairly minor but will add up to a more enjoyable infantry life.

While the tank battles from A to D are really cool, we want to add some soft cover to allow tankers to actually advance. We’ve added a few trees to help with this. We’ve also rotated the house on the D point 180° so you can use the top floor for sniping. We’ve also added ladders to the barn on D if you want to take a peek out into the fields. Some of the changes should mirror gameplay improvements we achieved by adding the oak alley to the area between D and G.

The path between D and E offered no real lanes or good cover and when studying the data, we could clearly see that fighting between D and E is much more erratic than we’d hope for. We’ve tried improving upon what’s already there by adding additional soft cover and height changes in the terrain to help you at least get some of the way before deciding if it’s worth taking the risk running out in the open. This should hopefully lead to fewer firefights where getting shot from unexpected angles occur. We’ll keep an eye on the telemetry to see if we need to make additional changes going forward.

The area between B and C has been integrated into the tank defense line. This will lead to more infantry cover between these points and hopefully extend the strong infantry movement from E, D, C to B as well.

We’ve also heard that the flight ceiling feels a bit low on this level. So, we raised it.

Lastly, we added additional Fortifications across the map to help infantry build up a stronger foothold against advancing tanks.

/Matthias Wagner and Erik Rönnblom Twitter: @Kenturrac @ErikRonnblom

Soldier Fixes and Tweaks

• The volume attenuation of third-person footsteps over distance has been increased. It is now at a point between the original shipped value and the previous update. At 25m from the player, the footstep volume will now drop to 28% (11dB drop) of the volume heard when compared to someone next to the player. This compares with a previous update value of 71% (3dB drop), and an original shipped value of 10% (20dB drop).
• Footstep sounds on snow have had their perceived volume reduced slightly.
• Fixed a bug where players were unable to redeploy if they had been killed by Dynamite and then almost got revived by a medic.
• Made multiple bipod deploy detection improvements on different surfaces that would previously be ignored or tend to easily not connect.
• Transitioning to prone is no longer possible if there is not enough space to fit the player. This means that players will no longer attempt to prone if there isn’t enough space to begin with. The feature is currently missing messaging that will come into a later patch.
• Fixed an issue where it wouldn’t be possible to damage players performing a high vault.
• Increased the minimum vault height when players are moving forward with a minimum forward velocity of 1m/s. This improvement will reduce situations where players will vault over small height obstacles (rubble etc.) instead of simply jumping.
• General vaulting improvements.
• Players are no longer vaulting stairs when trying to jump while running.
• Added a faster ledge-grab animation that can be triggered when falling for a short duration.
• Improved the slow ledge-grab animation to make it less jarring.
• Made the detection of ledge grab continuous when pressing and holding the vault key while falling. Mashing buttons is no longer required to grab a ledge while falling.
• Improved tracking of enemy soldiers by reducing the leaning on turns and sharp direction changes animation. This will keep the soldier’s upper body steadier and bring more consistency to combat (mostly with rifles and pistol poses).
• Fixed an issue where the enemy soldier’s head would be turning towards the wrong direction when some nearby events would be playing, creating situations where players could feel like they got killed by players not looking at them.
• Fixed an issue where the transition between killcard and bleed out would be delayed for a minimum of three seconds.
• Fixed an issue where the revive icons seen above downed friendlies would not deplete preventing players from understanding the time left for a revive.

Vehicles

• Blenheim passengers will no longer be able to see the pilot’s crosshairs within their view.
• Fixed the third-person bomb sight on the Stuka B-1 which was missing.
• Fixed a bug with the Spitfire MK VB where the plane could no longer fire its guns once the ammo count was below 50 bullets.
• The Staghound will now play all of its collision sound effects.
• The Flak 38 now shows the correct ammo name.
• Improved the behavior of the flares on the Panzer 38t.
• Moved the The Last Tiger emblem on the Tiger tank, so that it’s no longer hidden behind the camp gear attached to the tank.
• Added a horn to the Universal Carrier. Honk away!
• The Blenheim Supplies Specialization will now drop both health and ammo.
• Fixed an issue where the vehicle repair process would not reset if the repairing player would exit the vehicle

• Fixed an exploit where players could skip the reloading process for weapons.
• A substantial system improvement in AA behavior has been made to make the experience for shooting at airplanes more consistent. Players should notice that shells that detonate in proximity to an airplane do damage more consistently, and also that shots that are closer to the target do more damage than shots that are further from the target. This is especially obvious when planes are flying directly at or away from an AA, with higher damage for flying at an AA and lower when trying to escape an AA. We have adjusted damage values on all AA guns to compensate for this improvement, and the different kinds of AA guns should now be clearer choices. Fast-firing AA is now better against highly maneuverable, small targets like fighters. Slow-firing AA is now better against larger targets like bombers.
• Tweaked the projectile firing position on all Stationary and towable AA guns, which no longer causes players to fire into sandbags or into the ground when aiming low.
• Fixed an issue where using a controller for movement and mouse for aiming simultaneously could randomly cause vehicle turrets to break and not rotate anymore.

Weapons, Gadgets, and Specializations

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the repair tool would sometimes not work when attempting to repair the Universal Carrier.
• Cancelling an armed grenade can now be done by either pressing reload or any of the inventory switch buttons.
• Aiming Down Sight (ADS) animations with all weapons and all sights have been revamped to better reflect the correct point of aim while strafing and walking. All rifles, SMGs, LMGs, and shotguns now have improved visual stability across all scopes and firing a first shot will be much more accurate.
• The transition animation from stand to crouch while in ADS has been improved to better match the accuracy changes.

Visual

• Removed the floating bullets when getting shipments to the Armory for the Bren Gun.
• Fixed an issue where SMG magazine parts would sometimes disappear when swapping from the smoke grenade launcher back to the primary weapon.
• Fixed an issue where the M1907 SF iron sight was obstructed by some muzzle customizations.
• AT Mines should no longer appear as floating in the air for players joining after those mines have been placed.

Maps and Modes

• Frontlines: Fixed several issues with Frontlines that were causing the game mode to be played with the wrong number of players, the HUD to be missing, and some text strings not showing the correct information.
• Fixed an issue where players could be notified that their “deploy point is no longer available” when attempting to spawn.
• Removed any traces of Reinforcements from the Domination and Team Deathmatch game mode, as Reinforcements are not intended for these modes.
• Fixed an issue on Aerodrome that would let players get into an unintended area within the airplane hangar.
• Improved the painted floor textures on Hamada near Objective F when playing Conquest. They were previously very blurry.

Panzerstorm-Specific Fixes and Changes

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to see below the ground in an area where gameplay often takes place.
• Some bushes are no longer bulletproof.
• Multiple graphical fixes.
• When playing Conquest, players can now capture flags while standing on the roof of buildings that are within the capture radius.
• The F flag (Swine Farm) got a complete rework.
• An oak alley got added between flags D and G.
• The terrain received a lot of small height adjustments to improve concealed infantry movement.
• More bushes and trees between flags A and D were added to improve tank and infantry movement.
• The infantry lanes between flags D and E got improved.
• The area between flags B and C has been integrated into the tank defense line to improve infantry movement between those points.

UI/HUD/Options/Assignments

• Added support for separate aim-assist options for soldiers and vehicles. The aim-assist strength can also be adjusted smoothly instead of the old on/off switches.
• Added a freelook decouple option for pilots so that they can rebind the freelook controls, separate from pitch/roll and have them active without pressing a button.
• Players can now assign a button for taking screenshots.
• The heal button now gets highlighted when the player should use a health pack.
• The UI for health now turns yellow when healing, to better show the amount of health that has been healed.
• The bleed out circle is now properly showing the state of downed soldiers, so that Medics can once again better prioritize who to revive. Sanitäter!!!
• In Squad Conquest, players will now be able to give objective orders, even if the flags are in a neutral state.
• Various text fixes in the Arabic localization.
• Fixed an issue that would display unsupported characters on the recommendation cards when playing in either French or Korean.
• Updated the tool tips to be more up to date with current design.
• Various Tides of War text fixes.
• Added a “watch tutorial” button for Squad Conquest. The video that is shown is the regular Conquest tutorial as the rules are basically identical.
• Fixed an issue where the background in the in-game weapon customize screen was missing, making it very difficult to see the text on snow levels.
• Added a bayonet icon for the killcam and kill feed.
• The previous map loading screen will no longer show for a few seconds when loading into a new map.
• Fixed the requirements for the “MP28 Proficiency II” Special Assignment which were previously incorrect.
• Players should no longer get the message “The class you have selected is violating the server rules” when selecting a new weapon that was unlocked in the previous round.
• Fixed a bug that made players unable to spawn using the random spawn after a squad wipe.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to not be able to spawn with a tank, even though there are tanks available for spawning.
• Tides of War: Only nodes completed prior to the end of round should be shown, and not nodes that have been previously completed in other past rounds.
• The Battlefield Veteran dog tag should now be selectable for those players that meet the requirement.
• The top rank class icon should now show the correct class icon, and not always Assault.
• The Outstanding Field Gallantry ribbon is now awarded after each round if the requirements are met.
• The Outstanding Marksmanship ribbon is now awarded after completing the requirements.
• The Outstanding Explosive Ordnance Deployment ribbon is now awarded after completing the criteria.
• Fixed an issue which could make a player trying to join a friend on a full team end up in an infinite joining loop.
• Fixed a bug which could result in squads getting kicked from a server by a team balancing script that runs between matches.

Netcode-Related UI Improvements

• HUD aim lead indicator has been implemented. This will help players understand when and how much they need to lead their shots, should they have a bad ping. It currently appears once players have a higher ping than 162.
• Improved the damage rounding on the HUD health counter to avoid misleading situations where health could be shown as “0” or the rounding could lead the players to believe that they could get hit by more damage than they realistically could take.
• Added an option that lets players select the network performance graph to show if there are problems.
• Added the ability to resize and reposition the network graph.

Stability

• Multiple crash fixes and stability improvements. Single Player
• The single player menu now tracks the progression after the user completes the requirements for the challenge named Stay Undetected in the Storm.
• The single player menu now reflects the progression after the user completes the requirements for the challenge named Play Onslaught.

PC-Specific Improvements

• Players joining on friends that are on a full server will now be placed in the queue instead of being prompted by the “squad is full” error message.
• Improved how the single player loads on certain AMD GPUs. Players should no longer have 20 seconds of black screen and should see a loading cinematic much faster.

Xbox One-Specific Improvements

• Fixed an issue which could result in a black screen if players resumed the game from standby mode after having played single player.
• The “chat” window is once again visible.

PlayStation® 4-Specific Improvements

• The “chat” window is once again visible.
• The game will now show the player’s PSN Profile when pressing the L3 button while navigating platoon members in the “find platoon” screen.

Once the game update is out tomorrow, we’ll be sure to let our readers know how big it is, and more.

Just a few days ago, we posted that DICE has confirmed that the Battlefield 5 upcoming update will include footstep audio fixes and more. Just recently, the studio has confirmed that this patch will drop next week (January 29), and we’ll get the full patch notes before it.

Posting on Reddit, Global Community Manager Dan Mitre has also laid out the upcoming week’s plans, and even a Q&A that answers some pertinent questions.

Sneak Peek into Next Week – Week of January 28th

• Update
  • Battlefield V Chapter 2: Lighting Strikes Update #2 – Battlefield V will receive a second update that resolves some outstanding issues, provides additional balance improvements, and more. We’ll provide you with the full Update Notes early next week.
• Blogs
  • Battlefield V Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes Update #2 Notes
  • Battlefield V Panzerstorm Map Update
  • Battlefield V Practice Range Updates
  • Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes – Get Tips for the Second Chapter Event Hold the Line and its Challenges
• Discussions – We’ll be hosting discussions on Reddit & the Forums to get your feedback.
  • Battlefield V Panzerstorm Map Update
  • Battlefield V Practice Range Updates
  • Battlefield V Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes Update #2
• AMAA – TBD
  • Bi-Weekly AMAA – Working with our Dev team, we want to keep the conversation going with bi-weekly AMAA discussing topics such as upcoming fixes, known issues, what the team is working on, and more.

Q&A with DICE

• Upcoming Battlefield V Update
  • When does the next Battlefield V update come out?
    • Dan Mitre, Global Community Manager: If all goes as planned, it will roll out on January 29th.
  • When can we expect to see update notes for the next Battlefield V update?
    • DM: We would like the Update Notes to be release on January 28th.

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• Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes Update Questions
  • The new Kill-Cam seems to take players out of the match for too long, with a delay from the Kill Card to the Bleed-out screen. Is this being addressed?
    • Jaqub Ajmal, Producer: Kill-Cam adjustments coming in the next update, including reducing the 3 second delay from Kill-Card to Bleed-out screen.
  • Footsteps seem too loud, making it hard to recognize where they are coming from. Any fix on the footsteps?
    • JA: In the next update there are some further tweaks to the footstep audio that we think will improve this issue. Please give it a try again once the new update is released and make sure to give us your feedback! Also please make sure that you are using the appropriate audio settings based upon what kind of audio setup you are using. You can find these settings in Options.

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• Balance
  • AA feels like it’s been nerfed. Planes are harder to take down and direct hits don’t seem to be as impactful as before.
    • JA: A substantial system improvement in AA behavior has been made to make the experience for shooting at airplanes more consistent. Players should notice that shells that detonate in proximity to an airplane do damage more consistently, and also that shots that are closer to the target do more damage than shots that are further from the target. This is especially obvious when planes are flying directly at or away from an AA, with higher damage for flying at an AA and lower when trying to escape an AA. We have adjusted damage values on all AA guns to compensate for this improvement, and the different kinds of AA guns should now be clearer choices. Fast-firing AA is now better against highly maneuverable, small targets like fighters. Slow-firing AA is now better against larger targets like bombers.
  • Team balance seems to have some issues. Lopsided matches and the inability to switch sides to even it up can make it pretty frustrating. What are the next steps to sort this out?
    • JA: We don’t have anything to share about this right now, but have escalated this to the team responsible for the team balancer. We’ve also suggested enabling player switching to the other team that has less players than the current team.

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• Tides of War
  • Weren’t the Chapter 1 Rewards supposed to be available for purchase via the Armory? Why did they disappear?
    • JA: All of the weapons from past Tides of War rewards will return to the Company and will be purchasable with Company Coins in the near future! The removal of them with the latest update was unintended, sorry about that!

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• War Stories – The Last Tiger
  • The Last Tiger seems to be bugged. We’re seeing reports that players aren’t able to unlock the skin.
    • JA: We are tracking this issue. However, our EA Help team do have a potential workaround.
  • WORKAROUND:
    • Note the letters (or challenges) you are missing for that War Story – you’ll need that information later.
    • Delete your local save files (not the game). This will reset the War Story progress and your game settings – you won’t need to complete all of the challenges again, only the missing ones!
    • Once you deleted your data, play the War Story again. Again, you would only need to collect the letters and complete the challenges that previously were shown as not completed.
    • When you complete the War Story and gather the missing Letters or complete the Challenges, you’ll have the unlock! Enjoy!

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• UI
  • Will the End of Round screen continue to get refined? I’m having issues with understanding how much Company Coin I earned, what I unlocked, and how much XP I received.
    • JA: Now that we have resolved the issue with the Company Coins not always being awarded, we will be looking at what we can do to improve EoR screen further. Please be aware that we currently have an issue with the Company Coins being shown on the End of round screen not always being correct.
  • What happened to the Chat Log/Commo Rose for consoles?
    • JA: The missing chatlog on PS4 and Xbox One will return in the next update.
  • The Stuka B-2 plane has lost its third person sight when bombing. This makes it near impossible to be effective.
    • JA: This one has also already been fixed, and will come out with the next client update.
  • On some maps, it’s hard to see the text due to the white text on white background. Is a fix coming for this to make it more visible?
    • JA: The white text on white background that can happen in the in-game weapon selection screen is unintended, as it’s supposed to show the hangar background. We are working on solving this.
  • The UI feels too complicated or clunky, having to click multiple levels to apply customization. Any updates to share?
    • JA: The team is looking into the function and flow of the UI and reviewing feedback from the community.
  • During the Launch Livestream, one of the Devs mentioned adding an “Apply All” functionality when customizing soldiers/weapons – which would apply all of the skins in a set that are currently owned to that weapon or that soldier. Is that still coming?
    • JA: This is coming in a future update. More info soon!
  • Will we ever be able to select Assignments between matches without going back to the main screen?
    • JA: We don’t have any information to share just yet, but do have our teams looking into this.
  • Infinite loading screen between rounds – This is a big issue as it impacts game-flow and requires players to completely exit the client, which removes them from the game and reduces their play-time.
    • JA: We are looking into this issue with high priority, but as this is a very complex issue we are unable to verify when we will have a fix for this issue.

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• Miscellaneous
  • Ammo/Medic Crates Fall Through the Map. This prevents them from being used and the cooldown restricts the player from dropping on in another spot. Any fix coming for this?
    • JA: Our LIVE QA has looked into this and we should have a fix coming in an upcoming update (not next week, unfortunately).
  • Xbox One controllers lose vibration functionality when playing on Grand Operations.
    • JA: It’s on our radar and our LIVE QA have submitted a ticket to address this.

​Same as always, MP1st will have the the info up when it’s available, so make sure to check back before January 29!