Battlefield 2042’s next update will fix revives and nerf the monstrous hovercraft
DICE revealed some of its planned fixes and changes for its first post-release patch.
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Electronic Arts says the pre-releaseBattlefield 2042patch itreleased yesterdayhas “helped improve the smoothness of the experience,” and promised that more changes are coming, including fixes for soldier revives and a nerf of the overpowered hovercraft.
The upcoming changes were detailed in a series of tweets:
Soldier Revives ⚡We’re confident that we’ve identified the cause of the issue that was preventing you from always getting off a revive, particularly when a player is in close proximity to nearby geometry.A fix for this is on the way 💡 pic.twitter.com/xlim1KVZFINovember 19, 2021
Information on further fixes and changes will continue to be shared through the Battlefield Direct Communication Twitter account.
“It’s been great welcoming you all back onto the Battlefield throughout our Early Access launch,” EA said. “These changes, and more, are presently scheduled for deploy at the end of next week.”
Despite the upbeat tone, Battlefield 2042 is definitely not off to a great start. It’s cracked the top ten games by concurrent player count on Steam, peaking at more than 105,000 concurrent players, but it’s also being hammered by Steam user reviews, which are currently “mostly negative.” And for many players, the complaints aren’t the sort of thing that can be patched: As Morgan noted in hisanalysis of the complaints, bugs are a problem but the bigger issues are with basic design decisions, which critics feel have moved Battlefield 2042 too far from a traditional Battlefield experience.
That’s not universal—“For what it’s worth, I think there’s a lot of fun to be had in Battlefield 2042 right now,” Morgan wrote—but it will be very interesting to see how player counts hold up over the weekend and through to the end of the month. For ourfinal verdict on Battlefield 2042, read Tyler’s review.
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