Dice announces more upcoming changes and gives a timeline for season 1
Dice has broken their silence about Battlefield 2042’s future, giving a brief road map of their plans for 2042, including a general timeline for when we will get to see season 1. The release from all 4 studios working on the title which come out this morning promises players that they are “taking action on multiple fronts to address feedback and implement extensive fixes to the game”. The fixes and improvements that will be added through updates include VOIP and a player profile, a tighter squad loop including a refined ping system, feedback-based improvements to gunplay, an improved reward loop, and improvements to the Portal game mode including more tools, modes, and player xp gains. With this focus on fixes to the game, they have also stated that Season 1 will be arriving in early summer, much later than the rumored release date of March, which is very worrying to me.
I mentioned in my video “11 changes that could SAVE Battlefield 2042” that I felt March would be too late for the release, and that one operator and one map would be too little; a summer release would make that too little, too late feeling much worse. I personally haven’t been playing the game and was hoping season 1 would breathe some life back into the title, especially to get my money’s worth out of the ultimate edition, but I fear that since the player base is already shrinking at a dramatic rate, there won’t be anyone to play against to try out season one. I am interested to see what the updates bring, however, and I will check in on the game as they release. The delay in the release of season one has prompted Dice to acknowledge the season is “later than expected” and plans to compensate gold and ultimate bundle owners with the “Steadfast Exclusive Legendary Bundle” containing a skin for Mackay, the K30, Bolte, and a few other small items.
This bundle is apparently coming out for gold and ultimate owners with the next update, which was originally said to be coming mid-February but there was no mention of that update specifically in this announcement, instead, talking about an early March update. I will keep my ear to the ground on the this, and I hear anything more will keep you up to date. I have provided a link below if you would like to read the original announcement on the EA website.
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