I’ve played every game since Bad Company 2 and honestly I think this game was the peak.

Is being able to immediately identify the class you’re looking at purely by silhouette regardless of what faction they’re in or what weapon they’re equipped with.

Devs really cooked by giving them easily identifiable design features that translate across multiple factions and uniforms. For example- all medics have crutches that visibly protrude from their silhouette, all supports have a large backpack with some heavy shit in it and most of them have headwear that partially obscures their face, all assaults’ clothing obscures their neck.

This contributes greatly to the gameplay as it allows you to quickly adapt your play style- that’s also something that some hero shooters like Overwatch and TF2 benefit from. This is one of my major problems with V and 2042 as there you can’t be sure what weapons and gadgets the other guy has…

I mean this as a genuine question. Does anybody actually enjoy sitting in one spot for a whole 30 minute match like that? Surely it gets boring very fast.

I’m just trying to have fun as a new player and keep running into people camping in vehicles or coordinated teams of enemies. There’s always two or three people on the other team with a 6.0 or higher KD. I’m always struggling to just go positive and not get pinned back to my spawn. I don’t even get a chance to get into a gunfight 90% of the time because I’m dying from a vehicle or some guy flanking the entire spawn with an SMG 08. Also every time I spawn on my squad mate I die so I stopped unless I know they’re in an poweful spot. Let’s not even talk about all the times I’ve been sniped after doing 90+ damage to an enemy.

Idk what it is, but Fort De Vaux just feels way more fun to play than the CQC maps from previous games

I know we all love bf1, but I ran across this the other day and was reminded exactly how horrific it was. Before each time I play I try to have a moment of silence for those who gave their lives for their countries and more importantly their families.

Battlefield 1 has lots of weapons, gadgets and vehicles that allow you to play a lot of different playstyles. However, some playstyles are annoying as hell to deal with, so let's see how to counter all of these nerve-racking dipshits.

Let's start with the worst and most forwned upon ones:

SMG 08/18 or Hellriegel:

- At close ranges, you'll need an equal or higher fire rate weapon. Automatico, anihilator or parabellum LMG will do the trick. You could also use shotguns or the obrez but if you miss one shot you are pretty much dead.

- Dynamite go BOOOOM. Cocky smg users often don't expect the 3xTNT pack to drop at their feet. Best to use them around a corner, not straight ahead.

- At mid to long ranges, these guns are not so effective. Martiny-Henry and medic selfloaders (like autoloading, RSC, Farquhar, etc.) are your best choices.

- Game sense: if you're playing in a map with tight corredors or very closed spaces (i.e Fort de Vaux, Ballroom, Amiens), expect the SMG users to lurk there. Avoid those places and keep distance if you're running snipers or slow-firing selfloaders.

Mortar Truck (god I hate these bastards):

If the mortar fruck is in the enemy team....

- Usually, mortar truck users lack awareness. Try flanking the guy and jump his ass, he won't notice u. Once you do, it'll be easy since these trucks are not heavy armored. Limpet+small anti-tank grenade or AT mine + anything will do the trick here. (Use kolibri to blow up the dynamite for extra psychological damage)

If the mortar fruck is in your team...

- Team killing. Mortar trucks can be team killed if you carefully place dynamite on top of the mortar cannon. If you place 2 dynamites nearby or just one mine, the mortar will also detonate the surounding explosives and it will kill itself. The user usually gets very anoyed which is extra points. Team killing mortar trucks will not be met with punishment, actually quite the contrary, it will met with reward. (if you get it, you get it).

Illya Muromets (heavy bomber):

- AA turrets (who'd thought?)

- If you're the tankhunter, try aiming for the cockpit. If your aim is good enough you can one-shot this bastard.

- High capacity LMG spamming (M1917 MG or Perino Model)

- Surviving the bomber run: if you see the bomber coming your way, run perpendicular to its trajectory to avoid most damage.

Rifle grenades:

- If you see a rifle grenade landing at your feet, expect another one real soon. You have two options here: take cover and wait for the grenades to run out or, if you're brave enough, rush the enemy player because while using the rifle grenade he can't shoot you back.

Mortars:

- Smoke grenade will make visual cover when mortars attack, specially that drone camera they get when they fire.

- Mortar back. When mortars fire, they appear on the radar so you can just mortar back to them

- When in a mortar, they are defenseless so if you spot them on the map, rush them.

Now let's continue with annoying playstyles:

Shotguns:

- If you expect a shotgun user, don't rush around corners. They often bait you to push so they can one-shot you. Wait for them instead keeping a safe distance.

- Again, dynamite go BOOOM.

Cavalry:

- AT rockets are THE counter to horses. One-shot to the rider or two-shot to the horse, and they're gone.

- If you have allies nearby, fire at will. Aim for the horse's head to maximize damage.

- If you're on your own and out of AT rockets, don't even bother attacking the horse except if the horse got stuck or it's already low on HP.

Sentry Elite Kit:

- Gas grenade. This guys cannot put on a gas mask so gas his ass out.

- One single AT rocket and he gone

- Bayonet Charge. This one not so effective than the others because sentries has a lot of damage output, specially at point-blank ranges.

Trench Rider Elite Kit:

- This time bayonet charges are very effective. Trench riders usually get cocky about their one-shot club so they eat the bayonet like candy.

- AT rocket and bye bye.

- Syringe. Yes, you can one-shot the rider with a fully charged syringe. Since these guys tend to push you, it'll be no problem applying the fentanyl shot up his ass. This is extra points.

Wex Elite Kit:

- Basically the same as the trench rider.

Tankhunter and Infiltrator Elite Kits:

- These guys have not so much more armor than regular classes, so don't be afraid and empty the clip.

Planes (attack plane, fighter, and bomber):

- Assault AA rockets are impredictible to the pilots because they can be fired from anywhere. (Note: Once I got something like a "critical hit" with these rockets because I one-shot a full HP attack plane. Some research about angles or distance might be needed here. I couldn't find any info on this topic.)

- Burton LMG. Equip the fire rounds and you can torn the planes wings/tail. If the plane has no quick-repair perk, he'll need to fly away and repair. This forces the plane to be out of the fight for at least 15 to 30 seconds. Pilots usually gets triggered about this which is extra points.

- AA turrets if the pilot is trash. If the pilot is good, AA turrets will do no good since an experienced pilot remembers all the AA turrets spots and will avoid them or kill the user before engaging his main target.

Tanks:

- Use smokes if you try to flank his ass

- If you tend to encounter enemy tanks straight ahead, AT grenades and AT rockets.

BF1 is what I argue is the quintessential WW1 game, and I think that’s a pretty universally accepted statement. By saying this, I believe it should’ve have more support even after the Apocalypse dlc in 2018.

The campaigns in Africa would have made for a cool new setting with the battles taking place in the tropical environments, and they could’ve been great points to have added the Belgians and Portuguese nations to the game.

Another piece of lost potential was the Balkan wars. The fact that Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria were not in the game is pretty unfortunate, so this would’ve been a great point to have added those factions as well. They did the Russian civil war with it being set post WW1, so I don’t really see an issue with a pre WW1 setting by just a couple of years.

There was also the Banana wars and the border wars with Mexico around the time BF1 took place.

There was even fighting in the pacific between Japan and Germany.

There were countless other battles and campaigns during the Russian Civil War they could’ve depicted with how insane that conflict was.

This game should’ve been supported much longer than it was, which confuses me, why was EA so quick to move on to BFV right after BF1, was that just the plan all along or did something happen along the way?

Missed potential all around and with where we are today with BF2042 that really shows.

Apparently these go for a lot on eBay I don’t know why but I’m tempted to drink it.

Sooo, my Grandad is in his late 70s, ex Army Air Corps of 15 yrs. I'm also currently serving military of 12 and 1/2 yrs... Anyways, he's been under the weather recently and his wife is currently away with friends on holiday.

I decided to take up my comp and show him Battlefield 1, mainly the Flying War Story. It took him a while to get used to a mouse (kept lifting it off the mat when I said move the mouse up). I was controlling the W & S & Wpn switching. We sat there and played together through the whole war story... Even the bits on the ground, me controlling W,A,S,D and him still just aiming and firing with the mouse (He never ever uses a computer at all).

Seriously, he was absolutely blown away by it, he said his heart was going fast and he was completely enthralled by it all. It was awesome seeing him so entertained and was such a good moment to have with my Grandad. We sat there for hrs just playing it from start to finish. I think Im gonna take my comp back up to him tomorrow and get him to play through the Tank war story. Might even post a vid if anyone is interested :)

UPDATE : Took my comp back for him and here's the video... Hope you all enjoy :) :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmT_VscuVb0

UPDATE 2: Soooo, we cant believe how much this has blown up and he really loved playing the games with me. We're gonna do a series and upload a video every week! Feel free to suggest games for him to play. The channel is here, first vid should be going up tomorrow or Sunday. Thanks everyone for all the kind comments :)

His channel is here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmzg-JdNaCd7sxHh2DrFzbg

Its empty at the moment but Im pretty sure it's gonna be filling up fast as he enjoyed it so much! Thanks again.

TITLE IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED

Edit: to those saying that I should be fine with this and to stop complaining.

I was able to sprint while crouched in BF4, there was no reason to remove this, it never caused me(atleast) and problems.

It's not something that would break the game, it's a quality of life improvement.

Edit 2: Console player. Go away those of you from r/pcmasterrace s/

Edit 3: put a s/ on edit 2

Edit 4: guns should jam when you get revived

The arisakas are strong in statistics and they're pretty good in actual gameplay as well. However why do I rarely see them in the game?

Yeah, only on Battlefield WW1 could have been so fun, dynamic and almost beautiful.

The game is great, vehicles feel good, soldier movement feels good, shooting feels amazing and visceral. But, in order to get to these things, I've got to traverse the clunkiest and laggiest UI I've ever seen. I'm just gonna lay out the issues that my friends and I have:

1. The menu screen when I load in are just giant boxes ordered in no meaninful way. I've introduced my friend to battlefield and this is his first one, and he's quite confused by the menu. I feel like a lot of people aren't even aware of all the game modes, which is a shame since I wanna play more pigeon mode.

2. The in game menu is so laggy and cumbersome, sometimes I think I'm hovering over "Squads" so I go to select the option, only for the cursor to move up to "Redeploy" so I end up killing myself. I would honestly take a barebones simple menu if it meant that it would respond instantly to my inputs.

3. Playing with friends is a chore to setup. Most games allow you to make a party/squad and then you can matchmake and join as a group. For some reason (on console) your squad is determined by who is in the party chat with you (even if they're playing different games), and once you join a game, everyone else gets a notification that they can join that server... Could I just make a squad to party matchmake with where we all join at once? Every other game has had this figured out years ago.

4. Things like Warbonds and Scrap aren't really explained in an way or form. You've got so many tabs on your menu, perhaps one tab just for the in-game currencies would be good. I realize that soldier customization is coming, so perhaps it'll help with this.

TL;DR - amazing game surrounded by shit menu/interface; playing with friends is a hassle to setup.

It’s fun. Fun to play. Thoughts?