Yeah you definitely start with one, that’s true, but the game never says you’ll need it. Sure it makes sense to hold onto it since you’re escorting a tank around after all, but the game didn’t even acknowledge the fact that it’s possible to swap it out.
Also, considering that the mission is basically the intro to the entire game, and it’s throwing such a huge variety of equipment at you, surely they expected people to experiment with the different utilities you could pick up?
It’s crazy to me how many people said this single player campaign was terrific or “one of the best” or whatever other nonsense. It’s completely mediocre. The best thing going for it is that it’s short. I guess it’s better than the last two Battlefield campaigns, but that’s the lowest bar ever.
I think the primary factor in the campaign’s favor is that it (for once!) does do a decent job of training you for flight, tanks, and of course infantry combat – without feeling like a tutorial, and the individual story bits were well fleshed out and heartfelt.
But a coherent narrative campaign, it is not. It’s more like a bunch of mini-fun-size campaigns. Which fits better anyway if you consider people will spend 60+ hours in MP and 6 in SP. 10x if not more difference.
(As you yourself pointed out, the main beef is that the Harlem Hellfighters are barely in the campaign at all, which is … weird.)
Holiday event.
Login during Dec 22nd to the 29th to get a Christmas Truce dog tag.
All players that login during Dec 23rd to the 29th to get a free Battlepack.
All Premium Pass players that login during Dec 23rd to the 29th get two free Superior Battlepacks.
Vehicle skins will now be in the loot tables for packs.
I enjoyed the campaign but really haven’t gotten into the MP for some reason. Maybe I’ll give it a try again.
A couple of notes:
Morgan Stanley has reassessed their estimate for Battlefield 1. They originally predicted 12 million units, but they are now advising their investors that they believe EA moved 15 million units of BF1 in 2016.
They Shall Not Pass DLC stuff.
French Army with the Char 2C tank, St. Chamond Assault Gun tank, and a new melee Elite class.
March 2017
D’Artagnan! C’est toi?
Finally, this is a LONG time to go without real DLC content after launch. By this time BF4 had two expansions fully launched.
On the plus side, the main game was easily the most stable of any BF at launch… by a huge margin. Wasn’t even close. So they got that right.
Yep, and I’ve burned out on all the maps, need some new scenery.
Some of the launch maps are clearly clunkers, too. My most-hated maps in BF1 now are:
The other maps I feel work fine enough and I have no beef with. Argonne forest is probably the “best” in terms of being the new Locker meatgrinder that everyone plays.
https://www.battlefield.com/news/update-notes
Winter update stuff.
Ribbons are back!
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There are 20 different Ribbons to collect, and each time you get a Ribbon you also receive a 300XP. The Ribbons are designed to promote good teamplay and playing the objective.[/quote]
More weapon unlocks.
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It is now possible to unlock an Elite Codex for eight of the available primary weapons in the game. All you need to do is get 500 more kills per applicable weapon. Not only will you get a shiny Elite Codex, but you will also be awarded 25,000 bonus XP.[/quote]
Class ranks increased.
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The new max Class Rank will now be 50. At every 10 new Class Ranks you’ll receive a Battlepack, and when you hit 50, you will be granted some extra nice Class flair in the kill card to taunt your fallen foes. There will also be Dog Tags that you can unlock as you progress towards max Class Rank 50.[/quote]
These new ribbons are suuuper fun! I had forgotten about the little dopamine rush you get when you get on a good run and a cool ribbon alert pops up awarding you of same.
The new medal system was definitely a bust, and the more XP you get, the stupider it feels. Oh yay 5000 XP for this super hard random medal task you want me to do? I’m nearing level 70 and it’s like 700k+ XP to make a damn level!
More fun XP facts from Reddit:
- You need a grand total of exactly 20,000,000 XP to go from rank 0 to rank 100.
- You hit rank 70 at about 3.75 (ish) million experience. This means the remaining 16.25 million XP is for the last 30 levels. Game slows WAAAAY down after you stop getting war bonds. The levels in the 90’s require 1 or 2 million XP each to level up.
- Going from level 99 to 100 requires 2,620,000 experience.
- If you scored exactly 500 experience every minute, it would take 40,000 minutes to reach rank 100. This is 666.66 (repeating of course) hours, or 27.77 days.
- Pilot is the “easiest” class to rank up only requiring 25,000 XP per level.
This is easily the best game DICE has ever released. So solid on every part of the gameplay mechanics.
Oh! DICE just dropped a few bits about all the rest of the DLC packs:
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Battlefield 1 In the Name of the Tsar
Enter the biggest front of WW1 with the Russian Army. Ride in Galicia with the legendary Hussars during the Brusilov offensive. Partake in the skirmishes of the Albion assault in a freezing archipelago and fight in the snow covered ravines of the treacherous Lupkow Pass.[/quote]
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Battlefield 1 Turning Tides
Participate in the amphibious warfare of WW1. Embark with the new destroyer into intense tactical naval clashes. Master the coastal class airship in the fierce interplay between land, air and sea. Engage in the daredevil Zeebrugge raid and storm the beaches in the first days of the Gallipoli offensive.[/quote]
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Battlefield 1 Apocalypse
Go over the top in the most infamous battles of WW1. Conquer bitterly contested ground with brutal tools and unique weapons born out of desperation and deadlock. Never before have the nightmarish horrors of the Great War been closer as you descend into hell. Prepare to enter the Apocalypse.[/quote]
They Shall Not Pass trailer:
There’s a free play weekend planned for this game. On Xbox One, you can play from March 3 to March 5th, no restrictions, I think?
On PC, you can get a 10 hour trial from Origin, restricted to one single player scenario and 2 multiplayer maps.
Anyway, with the price down to $30 on all 3 platforms, it’s a good time to check out the game. So I guess my weekend is booked.
March 14th for They Shall Not Pass, 28th if you don’t have premium. It looks great, and the fully mobile (ground) behemoth is definitely a first.
I love what they did with the behemoths, vs the meaningless and crashy “levolution” level events. Way better. Also a big fan of dynamic map weather. I just got a thunderstorm recently.
Download finished. But my wife has to watch a program of hers. I’m kind of excited to try this out in single player. The only World War 1 single player game I remember playing is The Darkness.
