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Battlefield 1 Premium includes 4 themed expansion packs with 16 maps and more
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dragonelite
Member
Pretty much my Experience with bf premium passes.
I don't know that there is a better solution. My experience with Uncharted 4 and Rainbow Six: Siege, games with free DLC maps, has been one of feeling like that game is constantly trying to get its hands into my pockets. The maps are free, but now it's a grind to get all other gameplay DLC. Then, weakening your resolve, they charge outrageous prices for that content. I hate it.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
EA and Activision are the last two charging for maps for their big franchises.
DeadOnions
Member
I played it back in April in PS4 and there were plenty of active dlc servers. The BF4 community on PS4 is still pretty large aswell so that helps.
Pegasus Actual
Member
This is garbage. I have BF4 Premium on three platforms and I'm pretty sure there are some maps that I still haven't even played, and that's with all of my Xbox One time coming after the last map pack released. I don't care about the money, I just want to be able to play the maps after the first week or two they're out.
Many of these 15 are now empty most of the time. And even the one populated have something to do with them offering some of the dlc for free.
If they really think this is for the future of the game then how about not selling the season pass at the price of a full game, and take out all the nonsense MT from there? Having the most expensive season pass in the industry while having a MT that doesn't just include cosmetics is just bullshit.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i'll pick it up in about 2 years once everything has released and it goes on sale for cheap. i'm done with these season passes.
Tacklemacain
Member
Why do they have to split up tge community again. On pc two weeks after dlc release, most servers would go back to vanilla maps.
Jacksinthe
Banned
Never again.
Those packs really fractured the game for me in previous iterations. Not buying into this bullshit again.
Those packs really fractured the game for me in previous iterations. Not buying into this bullshit again.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I expected this, even if I'd much prefer free update model to best benefit the player base.
I'm not too concerned about player fragmentation, unlike Battlefront, as Battlefield 1 should be considerably more popular locally and I never had issues finding full servers for Battlefield 4 Premium across all DLC packs.
I only play Conquest, which is the go-to for the PC community, so that might be why.
I just hope the map/pack quality is much, much better than Battlefront, which has been terribly inconsistent.
I'm not too concerned about player fragmentation, unlike Battlefront, as Battlefield 1 should be considerably more popular locally and I never had issues finding full servers for Battlefield 4 Premium across all DLC packs.
I only play Conquest, which is the go-to for the PC community, so that might be why.
I just hope the map/pack quality is much, much better than Battlefront, which has been terribly inconsistent.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Glad I'm having twins in December. I'll wait a year and get the Premium Edition or whatever it is.
Turin Turambar
Member
This, technically, isn't the same price as BF3 and BF4 premium map packs. Those were $50 for 20 maps (5 expansions x 4 maps), this is $50 for 16 maps (4 expansions x 4 maps).
ElzarTheBam
Member
Sold
Though, I am bit hypocritical, because the ultimate edition will end up costing the same as the normal edition costs in the UK store.
God bless the XB1's region hopping.
Though, I am bit hypocritical, because the ultimate edition will end up costing the same as the normal edition costs in the UK store.
God bless the XB1's region hopping.
Conkerkid11
Member
I don't understand this post. You can just filter to search for servers with the DLC on them.
Moon_frogger
Member
I'm in both camps. Battlefield premium has always been an amazing value but there is no denying that map packs split the player base. Of course they semi rectify that by having custom servers. I own bf 4 on PC and ps4 and can usually get into the maps I want. Too bad most of the game modes are dead for the dlc maps though, some of those modes are a super fun distraction from the main attraction of conquest/rush.
Is there really no way to make Dice/EA hear the logic behind doing away with including the map access in these passes? I mean bf4/hardline/battlefront all suffered split queues that sometimes had literally zero players resulting me just sitting there as the only one loading in on a map with a big ol "waiting for other players to join" message for eternity. Like why sell maps at all when people are just gonna take their special lil battlepacks and guns and queue up for the same maps as always to play with people who have no desire to participate in dlc practices?
Just a heads up regarding the perceived value of premium for BF4: the game improved big way over the years even for non premium users. Most of the best things were free, and out of all the map packs Id say only one was *really* worth the price.
So yeah, SUPPORT was good. Premium, not so much.
So yeah, SUPPORT was good. Premium, not so much.
Possumowner
Member
😱 Guess I'll be waiting for a sale then,thats just way to much
Conkerkid11
Member
BF4 didn't and doesn't currently have any issues with populated DLC servers.
Obviously season passes are still working very well for DICE's games, otherwise they wouldn't continue doing it this way. Without this, you would be saying goodbye to split playerbase, and hello to whatever microtransactions would take its place
Souless Squirrel
Member
Was hoping they'd at least change how maps work in this one. Guess I'm waiting till BF1 premium edition hits and drops to 30 for a sale or something. Just not interested in investing in a game just to have its playerbase get fractured unless I invest another games worth of money into it. Its weird that BF now has microtransactions and the 50 dollar premium figured they would choose one or the other.
EndersAres
Neo Member
I will never understand the two weeks earlier being a benefit,how likely is someone to even buy it at all separately? Especially on PC where I plan to buy the base game. I think I will skip this one because the BF3 and BF4 packs were not very good (maps sucked). I bought those upfront with the releases. Also hardly anyone on PC seems to ever put up dedicated dlc servers for long periods of time and the ones that due stay up are always full. The other items like extra weapons and dogtags and battlepacks are completely meaningless for me.
Stephen_drewz
Member
$170AUD for the Ultimate edition.
Holy crap.
Holy crap.
The DLC's are free now for a while. The problem is when the dlc is just released. Its busy for a week but then everybody goes back to vanilla. Because most people dont buy the dlc and so the biggest group of players is still there.
i HeaR MusiC
Member
Totally worth it.
but they already have microtransations for weapon unlocks, class unlocks, battlepacks, etc... I'm not saying they need to do away with anything except maybe consider figuring out a way to automatically queue people up with the appropriate maps against eachother without having them have to manually look to play on a certain subset.
Just because something is working from a financial perspective doesn't mean there aren't flaws in the execution. No Mans Sky was something like the 2nd best selling PSN game ever or something yet the general consensus seems to be there are some snake oil practices going on with that game's content (or rather, lack of features)
FunkyDealer
Banned
No thanks EA. Too expensive for me.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
I picked up BF4 premium during a Xmas sake when I got my Xbox One when MCC released.
For 20$ I got incredible value.
I think I'll buy Battlefield, and if I'm still playing when 2 or 3 map packs are out I'll pick up the season pass.
Not a fucking hope I'm spending 130 upfront on one game. Buying a game at launch for 60 is too big of an investment for me. I've too much other things to spend money on.
For 20$ I got incredible value.
I think I'll buy Battlefield, and if I'm still playing when 2 or 3 map packs are out I'll pick up the season pass.
Not a fucking hope I'm spending 130 upfront on one game. Buying a game at launch for 60 is too big of an investment for me. I've too much other things to spend money on.
Noisepurge
Member
Gaming is always luxury.
This is the real problem.
Otherwise Premium has been one of the few things that's worth the price as far as season passes.
Not the Battlefront thing though, that was garbage.
Tarnpanzer
Member
So let me get this straight:
BF1 Ultimate Edition is 130$ and contains the game, all pre-order bonuses and the season pass containing 4 DLCs?
Let´s look at Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare:
IW Digital Deluxe Edition is 100$ and contains Infinite Warfare + Modern Warfare Remastered, some pre-order bonuses, and the season pass containing 4 DLCs.
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Seems like CoD:IW DDE has way more value than the BF1 UE even at a lower price. Or am I missing something here?
BF1 Ultimate Edition is 130$ and contains the game, all pre-order bonuses and the season pass containing 4 DLCs?
Let´s look at Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare:
IW Digital Deluxe Edition is 100$ and contains Infinite Warfare + Modern Warfare Remastered, some pre-order bonuses, and the season pass containing 4 DLCs.
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Seems like CoD:IW DDE has way more value than the BF1 UE even at a lower price. Or am I missing something here?
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