Just thought I'd let everybody know that the open beta for Battlefield 1 has begun today so go ahead and download it if you're interested in Battlefield or first person shooters. No idea how long the beta will last, probably about a week, so make sure to give it a go before the game comes out.

You can sign up for the beta here: https://www.battlefield.com/beta

If anyone would like to play BF1 with me, you can add me on Origin. My username is "TsunDevi".

I AM RIDING A HORSE

Also, 10/10 would recommend. The noise the scout rifles make holy fuck <3

2 minutes ago, LukeD said:

Also, 10/10 would recommend. The noise the scout rifles make holy fuck <3

It's very immersive I must say, and meleeing people is now my favourite thing in the world. Digging a shovel or bayonet into someone is so satisfying.

2 minutes ago, Illusionyary said:

It's very immersive I must say, and meleeing people is now my favourite thing in the world. Digging a shovel or bayonet into someone is so satisfying.

I'm glad they fixed the ridiculous bullet speed of bolt action rifles from BF4. You could watch your bullet fly across the map and take like 4 seconds to hit someone. It's almost instant in this, you can barely see the round fly. But that noise. I've not even tried the other classes properly yet.

Meleeing is definitely amazing, bayonet charges are great fun. But to be honest nothing quite says "yolo" like riding a horse directly at a tank and hoping to god the driver hasn't seen you.

I heard there are trains. 

1 hour ago, ineseri said:

I heard there are trains. 

not in the beta, one map only and 2 game modes

3 minutes ago, Play3r2 said:

not in the beta, one map only and 2 game modes

Wrong, there is a train in the beta map supplied to the team currently losing. same principle as the behemoth. It comes equipped with several turrets and can be driven back and forth along the track at point D in conquest.

2 minutes ago, LukeD said:

Wrong, there is a train in the beta map supplied to the team currently losing. same principle as the behemoth.

really? i've never seen it, 2 hours in

2 minutes ago, Play3r2 said:

really? i've never seen it, 2 hours in

As with the behemoth it only comes in on certain criteria, you can't really miss it cause it's a great big thing and there is a rather large "enemy train approaching" announcement. I've seen it 3 or 4 times now. Usually gets destroyed pretty quickly due to the tanks and planes hammering it instantly.

2 minutes ago, LukeD said:

As with the behemoth it only comes in on certain criteria, you can't really miss it cause it's a great big thing and there is a rather large "enemy train approaching" announcement. I've seen it 3 or 4 times now. Usually gets destroyed pretty quickly due to the tanks and planes hammering it instantly.

hang on, whats the behemoth? wow, there is so much i've missed...

4 minutes ago, Play3r2 said:

hang on, whats the behemoth? wow, there is so much i've missed...

The behemoth vehicles are a series of large and very powerful vehicles that will be in a bunch (if not all) of the maps.

The two currently known are the zeppelin and the train. Obviously the zeppelin isn't featured in the beta as the beta map has the train.

If it isn't immediately obvious to you, I'm  a bit of a battlefield fan :)

2 minutes ago, LukeD said:

The behemoth vehicles are a series of large and very powerful vehicles that will be in a bunch (if not all) of the maps.

The two currently known are the zeppelin and the train.

so a bit like levelution?

23 minutes ago, Play3r2 said:

so a bit like levelution?

Yes and no.

The point of the behemoth class vehicles is to aid the losing team and change the battle. If not dealt with it will cause a lot of damage and destruction, the exception being the zeppelin which when dealt with causes a lot of ground damage due to it, you know, crashing. The pro side to destroying the train is that it goes up an absolute plume of black smoke. Makes sniping a pain in the ass.

There is also the variable weather which is entirely by chance in any game, in the beta map it's a sandstorm which REALLY hinders visibility. I would perhaps consider the two things together as levolution, but there is no exact replica of the levolution system from BF4.

 

Train

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I think the more I play it the better I'll like it. I've played about 8 Battlefield games in my gaming history, and this one feels both BC2 in terms of the weapons accuracy and damage, but BF4 in terms of physics/time to kill.

I've recorded some footage. I feel like the medic is borderline worthless, but usually DICE is good about listening to people.

3 minutes ago, MikoFiticus said:

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I think the more I play it the better I'll like it. I've played about 8 Battlefield games in my gaming history, and this one feels both BC2 in terms of the weapons accuracy and damage, but BF4 in terms of physics/time to kill.

I've recorded some footage. I feel like the medic is borderline worthless, but usually DICE is good about listening to people.

I wouldn't know really as I've mostly played scout or pilot. I would imagine everything is much more balanced, after all the game will be in a much more complete state already, the beta is more than likely running a build from several months back, if not longer.

And as you say Dice are good for listening and sorting things. I feel optimistic about it though, loading times are much better than BF4, UI is nice IMO. And it's fun.

21 minutes ago, MikoFiticus said:

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I think the more I play it the better I'll like it. I've played about 8 Battlefield games in my gaming history, and this one feels both BC2 in terms of the weapons accuracy and damage, but BF4 in terms of physics/time to kill.

I've recorded some footage. I feel like the medic is borderline worthless, but usually DICE is good about listening to people.

It's interesting that they've upped the bullet speed to realistic levels, I'm finding that I'm constantly missing shots because I'm leading too much. It's super weird.

I'm not sure how I feel about all the run and gun SMGs either because they just decimate you at close range, but are completely useless beyond 20 meters. Scout is definitely my favourite class at the moment though. The Gewehr 98 is absolutely amazing, so much fun to use.

2 minutes ago, Illusionyary said:

It's interesting that they've upped the bullet speed to realistic levels, I'm finding that I'm constantly missing shots because I'm leading too much. It's super weird.

I'm not sure how I feel about all the run and gun SMGs because they just decimate you at close range, but are completely useless beyond 20 meters. Scout is definitely my favourite class at the moment though. The Gewehr 98 is absolutely amazing, so much fun to use.

I like the Russian one the most at the moment. Haven't unlocked the Gewehr yet. Tanks are fun, planes are an interesting learning curve. I've found I have the most luck with the attack plane using the tank buster package. The machine guns on the bomber are next to useless unless you're shooting a plane that's tailgating you I've found. Not sure I like them being that useless.

5 minutes ago, LukeD said:

I like the Russian one the most at the moment. Haven't unlocked the Gewehr yet. Tanks are fun, planes are an interesting learning curve. I've found I have the most luck with the attack plane using the tank buster package. The machine guns on the bomber are next to useless unless you're shooting a plane that's tailgating you I've found. Not sure I like them being that useless.

The Russian one is amazing too, I just don't like it having a scope because of the glint (the Gewehr just has iron sights). It's a shame you can't select it without a scope like the cavalry class has.

As for planes, they're just about as uncontrollable as they were in BF3 and BF4, I can't fly for shit.

10 minutes ago, Illusionyary said:

It's interesting that they've upped the bullet speed to realistic levels, I'm finding that I'm constantly missing shots because I'm leading too much. It's super weird.

I'm not sure how I feel about all the run and gun SMGs either because they just decimate you at close range, but are completely useless beyond 20 meters. Scout is definitely my favourite class at the moment though. The Gewehr 98 is absolutely amazing, so much fun to use.

I prefer my Winchester 1898 :D

Now if I could only get into a game this morning, it'd be great!

Edited August 31, 20169 yr by MikoFiticus

i love riding the horse and cutting ppl, if no horse is available im sniping :)