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Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes – Update #2
Hello Battlefield™ V players, and welcome to the second January update!
Following the update earlier in January, this release introduces the Sturmgeschutz IV vehicle – an Axis tank (or assault gun, technically) well equipped for self-defense, with a top gunner position and a remotely controlled machinegun turret that can be operated safely from within the tank.
Unlock the Sturmgeschutz IV by completing the Weekly Challenge of the third Chapter Event of Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes.
More functionality is being added to our Practice Range, many improvements are coming to the Panzerstorm map and, as always, so are several bug fixes. We’ve also made several changes based upon the feedback and issue reports from the Battlefield™ community.
Full 11 pages of patch notes here -
http://eaassets-a.akamaihd.net/dice-com ... _FINAL.pdfMy highlights -
Panzerstorm Map Updates - Extended the F point, more routes for Infantry.
Footsteps volume lowered.
Made multiple bipod deploy detection improvements on different surfaces that would previously be ignored or tend to easily not connect.
Transitioning to prone is no longer possible if there is not enough space to fit the player. This means that players will no longer attempt to prone if there isn’t enough space to begin with. The feature is currently missing messaging that will come into a later patch.
General vaulting improvements.
Fixed an issue where the revive icons seen above downed friendlies would not deplete preventing players from understanding the time left for a revive.
A substantial system improvement in AA behavior has been made to make the experience for shooting at airplanes more consistent.
Cancelling an armed grenade can now be done by either pressing reload or any of the inventory switch buttons.
Aiming Down Sight (ADS) animations with all weapons and all sights have been revamped to better reflect the correct point of aim while strafing and walking.
Fixed an issue where players could be notified that their “deploy point is no longer available” when attempting to spawn.
When playing Conquest, players can now capture flags while standing on the roof of buildings that are within the capture radius.
The heal button now gets highlighted when the player should use a health pack.
In Squad Conquest, players will now be able to give objective orders, even if the flags are in a neutral state.
Tides of War: Only nodes completed prior to the end of round should be shown, and not nodes that have been previously completed in other past rounds.
XB1/PS4 - The “chat” window is once again visible.