hoossy

The "Give Me a Challenge" difficulty is kicking my ass in a really surprising way. This is my typical go-to difficulty setting.. but...

I'm in the early game cavern with the frozen baddies and I've died maybe 8 times. I get SO close and then some fireball hits me from above.

I roll... I kick baddies off the cliff ... I throw the Axe... MAN! I hate to go down a difficulty level but I'm getting really frustrated at this point.

@hayt:

Thanks, very helpful!

Just jumped back on BF1 for the first time in awhile and I notice there's now "specializations." At least in the new DLC.

Can anyone explain how I unlock new specializations? This seems like something that should be obvious but I don't see any descriptions on the spawn menu explaining how I earn what - IE: Like how many kills I need with X weapon. Or how many heals I must perform.

What am I missing? Thanks all!

@mems1224:Well I feel dumb.

Thank you!

Don't remember learning that in the tutorial ...

And that's too bad about the tentacle spotty thing. Especially since playing as Emily first is the obvious choice, amirite?

Just downloaded yesterday on PS4 and started a new game on hard -- (which is my default for many purchased games ... I figure, if I bought the damn thing, I don't want to just breeze through it)

THAT SAID:

Bad guys are spotting me almost instantaneously. Like, I can hardly look around a corner before a guard gets spooked. This wouldn't be such a problem if there was some sort of lean mechanic where I could covertly track the baddies, but as far as I can tell, there isn't

IS THERE? (seriously, there really should be)

Am I missing something? I played through the original and don't remember getting spotted so quickly. It's a major pain in my butthole.

I guess I'll just bump down the difficulty but it seems unreasonable not to be able to view my surroundings on the DL.

Thanks...

Lots of weapon recommendations floating around online are by and for PC Battlefield 1 players.

Hooray for them, but many of us play on consoles, and lets be honest, controlling recoil with a thumb stick can be tough.

(But you say, "Psssh, I kill people from across the map with my Automatico all while moving the thumb stick with my wiener!" Well, good for you. Also, that's weird.)

So, for all you console BF1ers, what weapons do you like? What weapons do you know to be strong / popular that you actually stay away from?

So, it may seem a little premature, but I'm very curious to see where DICE takes Battlefield next.

Maybe they'll have a sort of Battlefield 1.5 release next year ...

But as great as Battlefield 1 is, it doesn't seem like they can milk the WWI era in the same way they've done with the 'modern' era (BF2, BF3, BF4 and the Bad Companies). DICE tapped into the early 1900s pretty damn deep; It's hard to imagine what else they could do with it outside a couple of map packs, before it all loses its originality.

*****Here's my unqualified prediction*****

Go back to 1942.

Not a giant leap from Battlefield 1. Lots of the maps / character design / weapons feel similar to OG BF.

It's certainly been long enough.

And they could add some 1942 maps for fun, ala 1943 style.

What do you all think? What do you want to see Battlefield tackle next?

Same here, not as fun the play the objectives without squad communication:

hoossy

@toysoldier83: @shivoa: @evilsbane:

Thanks all for the advice... all the different options are a bit stressful ... I didn't want to end up screwing myself over with a bad plan.

Forgive this amateur question, but...

Do weapons or armor degrade?

And if not, should i just disassemble / sell everything that's worse than what I'm using now?