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Who else misses Battlefield 1943? (orcas.enjoying.yachts)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was super bummed when it reached EOL. I wish they would let folks host their own servers for it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

BF1 with standard issue rifles was great. One week had standard issue only, and it was a ton of fun, but a lot of people whined because it was "too hard" lol. (Getting shot generally killed you instantly).

BF1 was also one of the only games where shotguns were as powerful as their IRL counterparts. Once again, people complained that they'd get dropped by a shotgun 3x-4x the range of a video game shotgun. People didn't realize that shotguns have an effective range greater than 2m IRL, lol. Unfortunately, all the standard weapons were nerfed, all the prototypes or three person guns were modified to be one person, and buffed. And unfortunately, that was the last game patch, so things were left horribly imbalanced in an otherwise amazing game. Still, WW1-era fighting and ship tactics still work.