Thread: Patch 7.5 Discussion Thread

I am only 7 games in, so am going to need to play a lot more and over the different maps to form a final opinion, but so far I actually like the BH change, though personally I would prefer the system was just removed altogether.

Originally Posted by TofuLove

Ok so, thinking about it. If they want to continue this BH system. The score you get from the kill should depend on the BH of the opponent.

Lets say BH5 = 16 points to the overall team score if you kill them, and you lose as much from the overall score if you get killed. Reduce proportionally to BH4,BH3 and so on...

At the moment it's wayyy too efficient to just farm BH0 players I think.

I don't know if FL matches are very different on each datacenter, but the two matches I played on Chaos have been the exact opposite. After 10 minutes over 95% of all players have reached BH5. It makes the whole idea of BH feel useless, when it was the entire strategy before this patch. This feels so punishing to those who enjoyed FL and genuinely tried.

Originally Posted by Scintilla

For now I'm withholding judgement, given I've only played a couple of FLs since the update. But I do have a question about this part of your post: if casuals 'didn't push buttons and didn't burst together' with the old BH system and still won't do it with the new BH system, what kind of system do you suggest?

Honestly? Probably just get rid of BH entirely.

Find another way to recognize and reward performance. Expand the achievement system or and have something else that is visible, like the BH symbol, but its just a visual thing without any boost behind it. Based not just off Kills and assists but also damage dealt.

i dunno, something that might encourage people to put more effort into their individual performance.

Not losing BH on death... the single worst change I've seen to Frontlines in my last 7 years of playing...

Skilled play should be rewarded in PvP, what were they thinking???

Whoever came up with the idea of not losing BH on death should never be allowed near frontlines balancing again.

The change to battle high in 7.2 was dumb enough. Now they are just straight up trolling the few people that actually enjoy frontlines. What a shame.

Played a few more matches. Its an absolute mess. You can just throw yourself at the enemy and there's no real downside. I cant see how this change benefits casual players. You see the same people who didnt do anything before, dont do anything now. People in matches still with bh1-2. How?
And now it's even more chance of lopsided matches, cause the enemy doesnt lose bh, you can't claw back anything to try and take back any kind of advantage over an enemy team.
It is really interesting that there is nothing in the patch notes explainer, about why they made this change. I haven't seen anything from them. What possessed them to do this?