I haven't really been interested in the new Battlefield 1 game since announcement... still love the series and pre-ordered so got into the beta today... was a lot of fun, different yet the same... still prefer BF4 over it...but anyway... look for me online to play 1 map over and over again.

If you play for 4 days and reach rank 15 you get an in-game reward. I have heard a dog tag.

I played a little the first day it was available (just to insiders) and it was ok. I was playing medic and its almost impossible to find people to revive. The icons/indicators are pretty much non-existent, I assume because respawns no longer affect ticket bleed in conquest so everyone just skips waiting for a medic.

I tried playing again last night a little and it was an absolute sh*tshow. I think everyone was trying to play at once and took down their network. I finally got into a game, but everyone was in individual squads and it seemed like no one was trying to work together. I will probably be on some this weekend so if anyone sees me and wants to party up and work together let me know.

they have to call for the medic now.

ya, wasn't able to get on at all yesterday.

I think there is still a bug with the medics which prevents them from healing people. That is why your death times out so fast. Or at least that is what I have heard.

I've been enjoying it on PS4. Makes a break from BF4. Still can't believe how hard it is to kill folk with a Lewis Gun mind.

I have a love/hate relationship with the series, including this one...

Love the teamwork and squad work, love capturing and completing the missions, hate the snipers who all sit on the edge of the maps as a group, (OK with an occasional sniper covering his team), hate how most players are more concerned about kills then the goal of the game....

That said, love BF1 for what it is...already pre-ordered. I just have a issue with the "special unit's", I think they are over powered.

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I know that most people have this stance about people that play these games and snipe. But I'm someone who has done this quite a bit, and never really got the anger that so many people have for people that do this. I realize that it isn't very helpful to the team to win this match, but most of the time, I'm not playing worrying about winning every match that I play. I'm playing to have fun, some day's I don't feel like running and gunning, and just want to see how many shots I can connect with at long ranges. That's how these games are enjoyable for me sometimes. That doesn't mean I don't grab my assault rifle and jump in the fray as well, reviving and contributing. Just never got the anger that goes towards people wanting to play the way they want to play. Maybe I'm missing something, or not taking everything into account.

Never said "anger", lol... you bought it, you play it... I just prefer hardcore mode, in a closed server like I did with Tactical Gamer all those years... their rules, limited number of snipers make the game more true battlefield, then a expanded call of duty.

Just my opinion, and goal when I play. I know what I'm getting into when I click connect on a public server.

Same as you Magnum, I have a sort of love/hate relationship with these games for the same reason.

I was swearing I would skip BF1, but I have to say the beta has made me change my mind a little bit (haven't pre ordered yet though). As I thought, it's really not a ww1 shooter. But it does feel closer to a return to ww2 and BF1942. For me, the one big thing is that finally as assault I find the anti tank work fun again. I hated the auto lock on anti tank we got in modern BF games. As an anti tank guy, I love having to sneak around or set myself up for the perfect ambush and get up close the tanks and take them out, be it with grenades, mines or manually aiming rockets. BF1 is working well for that. I've ruined the runs of many tanks already, it feels really satisfying to blow things up. More generally the destruction is quite nice in BF1. It's always a pleasure to see a sniper fly up in the air as the building in which he was hiding blows up and crumbles to dust!

I pre-ordered it. I love the BF series.

BF3 is probably my favorite. By the end of it's run, BF4 was outstanding as well. BF2 was excellent on the PC until the hackers/cheaters ruined it.

Honestly, though, I'd have still preferred a return to WW2. Maybe that's where they'll go next.