Meanwhile, players felt strongly enough about Battlefield 2042's underwhelming assault rifles that DICE buffed them all within a week.Įven if Battlefield 3's FAMAS was annoyingly strong (I do remember seeing it a lot), I think the average player in 2011 was inclined to just… get used to it? Patches used to take longer and developers weren't nearly as communicative about what changes were in the pipeline as they are now.
If you had asked me in 2011 if I thought Battlefield 3's tanks had enough armor, I would've responded, 'Who cares?' Back then, frequent balancing updates weren't an automatic expectation of multiplayer games.
Hmm, this one is a biiiiiiiiiit OP.' -Former DICE senior designer Alan Kertz in 2011 Quote from the time: 'After playing with and without fore grip on my FAMAS, not sure I could nerf it enough lol. 🤠 It was unbalanced as hell, but we didn't care Don't even get me started on Battlefield 3's ridiculous flashlights.
