Hate how DICE and Ripple Effect Studios changed how Battlefield Portal handles XP? While everyone and their mother assumed that some players would use BF Portal to boose XP, what we didn’t count on was DICE and Ripple Effect Studios’ countermove of just nerfing XP gain to the ground.
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Thankully, Ripple Effect, the studio behind Battlefield Portal, has admitted that it needs to be changed. Over on Twitter, Ripple Effect Senior Design Director Justin Wiebe admitted that players are not wrong, and that it’s taking the studio “too long” to address the XP and Tier 1 progression BF Portal.
Thanks for bringing this up. You’re not wrong! It’s taking us too long to get this resolved. Something that should have been simple is proving to be quite complex. BUT…. Look for an update next week. There will be a phased approach to improving the progression in BF Portal. https://t.co/1YCJjD0V9X
— Justin Wiebe (@JA_Wiebe) January 13, 2022
Continuing the communication regarding Portal, Wiebe also answered a fan who asked whether the rule editor will be added to Rush or other objective-based modes. Unfortunately, it’s more than just flipping a switch, though Wiebe confirms it is in the discussion phase.
So that is tricky. Since those modes were made in Frostbite instead of using portal logic. Would need to be rebuilt from scratch, so it’s in the “discussion” phase. But this would also need a form of spatial editor to pull off in Portal as it requires placement of mcoms etc…. https://t.co/fi5AsN7ZyI
— Justin Wiebe (@JA_Wiebe) January 13, 2022
As for whether Battlefield 2042 Rush can get Portal maps, that is something Ripple Effect can “look into.”
Def something we can look into…. This is something that can be built in portal as well. https://t.co/8E5JXuRpWu
— Justin Wiebe (@JA_Wiebe) January 13, 2022
Hopefully, Ripple Effect can do fix the Battlefield Portal XP issue since this is what most players are griping about the mode. Speaking of Portal, DICE added new modes to the Featured Experiences this past week! While Wiebke isn’t a community manager or PR rep at Ripple Effect, we’re digging how he’s communicating with the community. Fortunately, there is an “update” due next week. We don’t know whether this meant a game update (patch) or an update on what’s being done to Portal. Either way, we’ll keep our readers update on what’s shared.
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