Improving the Battlefield Community

[sfscriv]

... Originally posted on 15 JAN 2011

I would like to provide the following recommendations to further improve our Battlefield Community:
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Battlefield Community Directory
- Clans
- Leagues and Tournaments
- Battlefield information websites
- Game Server providers
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The directory would be kept up-to-date by automated emails to the account creator from EA/DICE every 3 months requiring feedback via an interactive website. Participating sites would be categorized as “Active” for 3 months, shift to “Inactive” for 3 months, and be removed at the 6 month mark.
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The flow of information relating to significant events has gotten a little bit better. Now instead of the event being 75% complete or completed, we are discovering the existence of events the day before. I believe there are enthusiastic fans that would like to participate in some of the BIG events. In order to do so, they need time to plan. Please build, disseminate, and keep updated a calendar populating past and future events.
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Battlefield Community Calendar
- Gaming Industry events (E3, Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, etc.)
- Industry Gaming awards (voting periods and award announcement)
- Tournaments
- Patches and releases
- Scheduled maintenance
- Competitions (Video, Images, etc.)
- Giveaways (Twitter activity)
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This would be a very powerful tool to keep our Community informed and mobilized for big events.
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Prioritized list of which tasks are being worked by DICE with:
Red (not being worked)
Amber (being discussed and work is getting started)
Green (solid amount has been done and should be implemented soon)
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DICE Feedback - There needs to be an effective/efficient way to get answers to your customers.
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In the EA UK Forum, there are too many repeat threads that need to be merged. And, the very common topics need to be turned into stickies.

[sfscriv]

... Originally posted on 6 MAY 2011

Finally after posting the Battlefield Community Calendar idea approximately 5 times, I got a response from DICE.

zh1nt0
Battlefield Community Manager

Telling people just in time for the event is a plan we´re sticking too.

Remember that this is a competitive industry and by revealing our locations where we will display BF3 gives other people an advantage

[sfscriv]

PERSONNEL
1. Fire Patty Bach
2. Make 'Kertz the Clown' travel to large cities across the globe to apologize
3. Put Daniel in the mail room
4. The CEO of EA/DICE acknowledges the company's collective poor behavior and writes a public apology

GAME
1. Develop Battlefield for the PC and port it down to the consoles
2. Make a proper sequel to Battlefield 2

VISION
The Battlefield Veterans (BV) and the CoD kiddies (Ck) can both have their game bundled into the same package.
1. Offer different size maps.
BV - Large playable area, double the distance between the BF3 Caspian control points, and at least eight control points
Ck - small rice bowl, infantry only, stat padding maps like metro and close quarters
2. Focus on Teamplay rather than the lone wolf super infantry
3. Remove Casual Assist (3D spotting, regenerative health, scope glint, etc) as the default server setting
4. Return BF2 vehicle physics/features
5. Conquest is the principle game mode

[tazimafied]

No, no, no Scriv! That makes too much sense. Something like that would actually make BF veterans happy and we all know the people at dice are selfish pricks just in it for them selves and their pocket books. PC gaming is dying and they want their money from the console people and nothing else.

Unfortunately this is backfiring and they are realizing just how difficult it is to break that console bubble and make money with it. Maybe soon they will also realize that PC gaming isn't dying. It is just in a hiatus due to a lack of interest from developers and slow releases. A good sequel for BF2 could have been released many years ago but they drug their feet and created the low numbers that made it look like PC gaming was going south. They should have stuck with what they knew and kept up with new releases. At least some downloadable content, something, anything, instead of dropping it all together.