r/Battlefield

Yes, that’s all.

I want to be clear I love this game and am not bringing this up to complain, but to point out an obvious oversight in the Class Ability system.

During the beta I would play recon and consistently get the UAV about 8 to 10 minutes into a game. Since the beta ended, I can be top score in a high ticket loss game that lasts a while, and MAYBE get the class abilitiy for UAV towards the last minute of the game. I press 6 to activate it, pull out my radio, and nothing. Nada. Zip. No spotting, no circle on the minimap, no UAV.

I'm level 65 and consistently top five score in games, and I have used the UAV all of 5 times and have seen it do nothing. This is a pale comparison to the use of class abilities from the beta.

What is going on? Is there any word on this?

Here are some facts and how Breaktrough plays out in the Central Europe Region.

-infantry gatherings are vey easy to predict because of the map design and over the top spotting

-objectives lack cover and are not defendable when you try to move around the objective (killbox)

-The APS Gadget and the ammo pack have like 1hp and the splash dmg from the mortar is bigger than the defense area of the APS

-The APS activation window is very short (maybe 1-2 rounds before it explodes)

-Very often the APS fails to intercept mortar rounds

-fucking endless mortar ammunition so no time to establish a working defense

-even if you manage to block most of the mortar rounds you are basically out of the fight because you have to spam the APS nonstop

-there is no way to tell if mortar rounds are friendly wich leads to your team backing off the objective because they think it´s an enemy mortar -> even less ptfo

so what does that all lead to ingame?

Mirak Valley first objective. you push with smoke on the first objective. here come the mortar rounds. no biggy i just drop my aps. oh one round destroys my ammo bag. ok the one aps i had just exploded due to splash dmg. no defense because the ammo bag is still not available. manage to drop two aps. both taken out by one mortar round. try to move away from the mortar barrage.....gets shot by a sniper.(meanwhile everyone on the objective keeps dieing while trying to cap)

Thats the new Breaktrough gameloop. And we are talking about just 2 mortars. i have seen up to 6 mortars -.-

So what i am suppose to do as an attacker? Whats the counter? APS is useless + noone uses it,drones cant reach them, counter mortar is not helping

My team is basically loosing against 2 people who can go afk and put a weight on their mouse. GG.

ps: and i am just talking about the struggle and the actions to take to defend gainst some of the mortar rounds from 2 people. meanwhile you a being shot at from every angle possible like you are on omaha beach just trying not to get killed by a mortar.