actually they don't take reddit's opinion at all, all the updates are based on a small feedback group that no one knows who they are, or how to be a part of. (not the discrod server, a different smaller group that get to give feedback directly to Oki) Same feedback group that had a group of heli players giving false feedback to keep the littlebird OP, until they got caught and kicked out. But Oki still think that group is the best way to. And don't make me start about the fact the when everyone agreed that medic was OP, the medic SMG main dev stated ''I will not nerf the medic, I'll bring other classes to that level''. Yet for recon, he introduced TWO HUGE NERFS, without hesitation, and without that many people complaingin about the recon class, and even less people playing it.

They gave you guys prototype Gauss rifles.

would have much prefered a rebalance instead of just ruining all close range and stealth sniping and leaving the long range snipers alone, because how are you gonna hide now everyone can hear you, see your bullet trails and see glints of medium range scopes you may as well use a fucking scar and just aim for the head.

Dont forget sandysunset

Many changes feel like missteps lately.

Yeah, I think if the sound of the sniper shot alone is good enough indicator the smoke trail is just an overkill.

​@@radcisk1091I don't like the trail because it makes it hard to see where the shot landed and how much I need to adjust my aim for long range shots

I have enjoyed BattleBit and due to the volume of players I don’t feel pressured to play in a certain way, and this is great because I don’t usually play more than once a week. When I do play, I have really enjoyed sniping and being creative in my positioning. The bullet trails really punish those creative solutions. I played a game last night and was really disappointed with the updates. It further punishes the aggressive recon, others have said the same: it gives away your position when you are in close say in an urban environment. Not a fan.

I just unninstaled the game. I loved the core gameplay at the beggining, but the awfull map design, game modes, and class balance made me tired of the game quite fast, I just don't enjoy running around capturing empty flags and having no sense of rearguard or frontline and the healer class being the strongest and fastest one. Untill I started sniping, then I started having fun again, it felt so good, I have to find a nice spot, close enought to get many kills but hidden enough to not get killed. Carefully choosing my target so they don't spot me (specially with the old system where dead's players cam will auto aim at me). I did disagreed with MOST of the updates; not nerfing the medic, not buffing other classes, not fixing maps to avoid base sniping, not fixing the game modes to make defensive playstyle viable (AKA all the support's role), not giving assault a reason to be played, etc. But I kept playing, because even tho I wasn't getting to play the best, more overpowered class, I was still having fun trying to help my team as a sniper, I loved playing right behind my team, shooting from a bush, using dark camo in a dark spot to be able to be in unusual places, etc. This changes made my playstyle imposible, if I want to snipe again I would have to do it from my base, shooting at still players only and not helping my team. So there is no point in playing the game anymore for me. What I hate the most, is that EVERYONE and their mother agreed at some point that medics where OP, and the single dev (who main medic SMG btw) was so adamant of not nerfing that class, and saying that he will ''bring other classes to that level''. And he kept he's word about not nerfing the medic to this day (the only ''nerf'' for medic was giving everyone else some of the medic's capabilities), yet with recons he inmediately introduced huge nerfs without even much people complaining about the recon class, and even less people playing it. Talk about a biased developer, there is no point in playing the game anymore, because the dev have no idea what he is doing, and no amount of patience or ''they are just 3 guys'' comments will save this game from he's awfull decision, based on he's own preferences as a medic SMG main and the preferences of a small feedback group in discord that no one know how to get to be a part of. Same feedback group that had a group of heli players giving false feedback to keep the littlebird OP for months, yet Oki still thing that small feedback group is a good idea.

I had the footage of the trails around 1:01, and I fly away and look back at the glint, next time I will zoom it in a bit more just because it wasn't clear enough, I didn't add the audio just because the break in the talking wasn't very good, so I decided to scrap the audio

In the next one I will get some more footage though, but I reckon I will chuck all the spare footage at the end of the video, in a big chunk just to try and keep the flow of the regular video, good shout and cheers for looking out though :) good constructive criticism is always welcome :)

the fuck?? this update forces snipers to play farther away, ideally from spawn. All the main recons that used to play closer the to fight got their playstyle became imposible.

​@@Atomo24 I don't think it forces them to play farther away. If they do so, it's because they don't want to change the heavy camping style they used. And I would argue that is a good thing (and it's ok if you disagree). Now if you play closer to the front, you have to be more mobile or more weary of incoming fire, and I think it's a more interesting way of playing and more healthy for the game in general.

YES! I know right

Can someone explain film grain to me? I always thought it was a downgrade to improve performance

nono, this is interesting, I think that the devs should come up with a solution, to how the old maps being removed is a big deal because the reworks are such large changes

They are going to be slowing the game down soon apparently, on the test server they have trialed a new movement system and damage system so at least that is in the works

Excellent. Please tell all your sniper friends.

only a movment speed nerf of 80& would even be feelt by the zoom zoom players and i highly doubt that will ever happen.@@tonomrwong

@@ghostshade nah I mean they are nerfing the inertia on a player apparently, so now switching directions will be worse. I am going to play on the test server and give it a go to see how it is though, you may be right and it doesn't have much effect

@@tonomrwong keep day dreaming, we are talking about a single dev in charge of balance, who refuses to hire anyone else despite the economic succes of the game, and refuse to nerf he's main class and playstlye despite everyone agreeing it was OP. I don't see too much future for this game.

Thank you :)

Right now the recons pings on enemies last twice as long as other classes but it isn't enough just yet

Yea... about the only silver lining is that the devs do listen to their players, but just not listening to the right ones

Mine works again since this last update, you may have to rebind it though

When you ping the area while scoped, you won't see the ping until you unscope. This is for better visibility when aiming

Yeah I often said that snipers get countered by good movement

​​@@tonomrwongas a sniper main i agree, awkward and unpredictable movements can mess up even the snipers better than me even The bullet trail though? Definitely a bit too excessive, calculating bullet drop off rate is a lot more difficult now with that annoying trail getting in the way. Snipers not being able to do their job effectively, with lower kill counts which might end up removing any incentive for them to be played at all, watering down the variety of ways you could play; boiling down to an assault rifle/smg dominant game with no room for anything else Really makes me reconsider playing the game as a whole

Snipers ruin the game. It's not fun getting nailed by some numpty hiding in the bush 1km away. Specially on the new invasion mode which is just 200 snipers on either side shooting at each other in the same spot for 20 minutes. Snipers should play single player games instead of trying to ruin a good game.

@@beebo-cat The more snipers that quit the more regular players will return.

@@beebo-cat I feel that, they are going to be slowing the game quite a bit apparently, so hopefully this can reignite other playstyles, we will see

agreed

I will in the future, but I play alot less then I used to, and also there are rumors of another rework already being made so I have decided to put that video on the backfoot

I am gonna try this out, thanks for the shout

Yeah I do get you, thankfully people have been able to playtest the next update, and apparently the SMGs got their damage nerfed and change in direction speed for players has been reduced too. Hopefully this will be enough to change the meta

I'm quite sure that's for the milsim mode that people have been asking for months. There is no way Oki is nerfing himself, he have shown how biased he is over and over again.

If you play on OCE servers, I am on those alot :)

But they don't function as they are intended. It's just a noob fest of snipers camping achieving nothing for team or objectives. I've 200hrs in and I've yet to see a sniper actually focus on covering lanes from objectives. 99% of snipers are trolls and only care for themselves. And if they miss a few shots they suicide or respawn. Nerf them to the ground or completely rework them. It's a cancer upon the game

LOL, sniper main is just another word for camper main who sits in the back and does nothing to help winning the game, they can't even be good spawn points cause they are too far or too high.

@@shepherdlavellen3301 I'm a sniper main and im guessing 75% of my kills are within 100m. cqc sniping is the most fun and rewarding playstyle for me, hard tho.. but there was no better flank weapon on an unaware group, that was my reward for managing to cqc the smg's to get to that flank. don't see the reward happening now..

fr...Now doesn't matter if you're a Good Rotating Sniper

yeah I feel like the trail is a bit much, makes you very vulnerable to counter sniping now, but honestly for me the audio change is the biggest thing for me just because flanks are less effective :(

that's basically every FPS game since HRTF became commonplace. is this a joke? did you think this wasn't a feature before? The directions just make more sense now. I don't know why you would prefer it if nobody could tell where you are, either you want free kills from flanks or you just want more of your CQB to be random 1v1s where people run around corners into each other hahaha

@@kiesta0740 and nearly every FPS of the last decade has been garbage

I always played agressive and got the upper hand in fire fights by staying undetected. This requires smart positioning, perfect aim and a surpressor. I guess meta in video games will always be a basic and boring assault rifle

@@Zorcky-2C I feel you

I really like this system in games like RS2 and Squad

oh yep good shout on the spectator cam, I will do gameplay next time