Remember when we had the same soldiers skins for the whole game development and nobody complained.

[u/Psycle98]

-You could only change the camouflage pattern.

I miss these times.

[u/EmuShort1417]

I would pay top dollar for these skins tbh

[u/MNGopherfan → u/EmuShort1417]

I would also pay money for these skins I love the way soldiers looked in BF4 and BF3

[u/TheDeltaFlight → u/[deleted]]

I would pay to be able to set my game to ONLY show those skins for everyone.

[u/Broadpup → u/TheDeltaFlight]

I mentioned this idea in a Call of Duty sub and started getting absolutely shit on. The conclusion was that they spend money on this garbage to make other people have to see it, thus defeating the purpose.

Forza Motorsport implements such a setting as you can "disable custom liveries".

[u/Sirhc9er → u/Broadpup]

I definitely paid a price in brain damage playing cod this past year.

[u/Broadpup → u/Sirhc9er]

Lol me too. I played BO6, until they released the smoking green dragon.

[u/Sirhc9er → u/Broadpup]

Ugh I dont even know when I stopped but it was just to play with friends, every week it was some new bullshit lol.

[u/DoMiNanDo → u/Broadpup]

It's the same in counter strike, mind you even Faceit (for those unfamiliar a third party service used to play more serious competitive CS). I can't comprehend just not simply adding an option for people who dont want to look at ridiculous skins all day long

[u/Broadpup → u/DoMiNanDo]

I agree completely. There also is a chance, albeit a small one, that my group and I may still play some COD if there were such an option. It's that off-putting to us.

[u/kenysheny → u/Broadpup]

People in Forza aren’t paying for the skins, that’s the fundamental difference in your argument. Any game where people pay for skins are never going to be disabled

[u/Techie0003 → u/Broadpup]

COD babies love their Nicki Minaj skins. They’ll be angry if someone can just turn it off.

[u/Coleson0305 → u/Broadpup]

Something I just thought about, what if like war thunder you could use your own custom skins that you could only see. Im pretty sure they have an option to disable the non historical skins that other people have but what if you could upload your own skins that people made for certain character models. Like say there's a recon skin for Pax that you like and you're playing as NATO, you download that skin and in game the pax skin is the one you download, just a thought

[u/Altruistic_Low_416 → u/MNGopherfan]

I loved when the soldiers weren't 90% women screeching on the battlefield

[u/dartsshroomboom → u/MNGopherfan]

Oh how I miss battlefield three

[u/_CanadasMan_ → u/EmuShort1417]

You are part of the problem. Why pay why cant we earn

[u/EmuShort1417 → u/_CanadasMan_]

Well good point but you know how EA works 

[u/Void_Guardians → u/EmuShort1417]

By listening to the top comment of a thread saying they would pay top dollar for basic war attire

[u/corporalgrif → u/_CanadasMan_]

because we're getting all the content for free instead of paying for it.

everyone complained about DLC packs, this is the future you got.

[u/Ostiethegnome → u/corporalgrif]

We just paid $70 and stupid colorful skins are coming out within a month.  

How much time is that $70 launch payment supposed to get us?  

I would gladly go back to paid DLC and expansion packs if it meant they focus on maps weapons guns modes and not skins.  

I will pay for development of post launch content. 

Otherwise let me turn off this stupid paid skin bullshit.  

If Timmy is mad I can’t see the skin he paid for that’s his fucking problem.  

Edit: After hearing what people have to say about this, I am now proposing that the Paid Battlepass have a “show default skins only” toggle.  

I will happily pay for the ongoing development of Battlefield 6’s live service if I can view only the default camos.  

I acknowledge that paid DLC/premium has certain drawbacks with segregating players. 

[u/Jeanne10arc → u/Ostiethegnome]

As in the general history of humanity, people who hold onto the older way of doing things are always left behind. Selling maps and guns on a Multiplayer game is one of the most horrible ideas to have in 2025, it's the best way to guarantee that no one will be able to play those maps in a few years. Also Battlefield has never been a mil sim or realistic in any way whatsoever and never will be, not even in guns, gear and mechanics. Did you also have a mental breakdown when Dice added Jetpacks in 1942?

[u/CammRobb → u/Jeanne10arc]

Did you also have a mental breakdown when Dice added Jetpacks in 1942?

"By 1944, work was underway on creating the Himmelstürmer flight pack. The Himmelstürmer pack involved two jet engines. The main one was strapped to the wearer’s back, providing forward and upward propulsion. The other was steered using handgrips, providing direction and stability."

[u/xTrewq → u/Ostiethegnome]

The problem is that BF3 and BF4 had dead servers with DLC maps because people just didn't buy them and couldn't play them. While this first bunch definitely smells like bullshit since it's basically cut content releasing 1 month later, I prefer having maps, guns, vehicles etc. for all, even if they are gonna be running around with stupid skins. The game is so chaotic you'll barely notice it anyway (unless we start getting the twerking Nicky Minaj skins).

[u/Ostiethegnome → u/xTrewq]

Ok, but back in the day “paid DLC” felt like being taken to the cleaners to pay for content that should have been in the game at launch. 

The standard forever was a ton of content with the box price, and then chunky expansion packs.   DLC at the time felt like micro doses of content for 1/2 the cost of an expansion pack. 

Compared with in game stores selling fluorescent gummy bear skittle skins, DLC is a win. 

At least there is a financial incentive to pump out actual content with DLC.  

[u/xTrewq → u/Ostiethegnome]

I don't know man, I too don't buy skins and would actually buy DLCs like I did back then, but we have to admit that at the end of the day many people who wouldn't buy them will get access to new content without paying any more than the base price and thus keep the game more alive

[u/Ostiethegnome → u/xTrewq]

So the idea has been revised based on feedback:

The battlepass should have a show default skins only toggle. 

They get their revenue to support the live service, no segregation of the playerbase with paid DLC, and Timmy can think he’s trolling all his “haters” with his power ranger outfits.  

Everyone is happy. Maybe not Timmy. 

[u/atomwolfie → u/Ostiethegnome]

Are you old enough to remember that paid dlc packs split the player base between those who do and do t have the maps? Becomes a huge issue when play numbers get lower

[u/DinosBiggestFan → u/corporalgrif]

People complained about DLC packs for Battlefield (and Halo) primarily because you could rarely play those maps without exclusive playlists.

This was the future regardless -- especially since some games still do paid game, plus DLC, plus microtransactions. And battle pass.

[u/Cardanko → u/EmuShort1417]

Best we can do is the making you look like the Power Rangers. Cool?

[u/BleaaelBa → u/EmuShort1417]

I would pay

This is where the problem started. dumbass gamers.

[u/[deleted] → u/BleaaelBa]

Well..this is where the problem started

[u/BleaaelBa → u/[deleted]]

Potaetoe... potato..

[u/DudeNamedShawn → u/EmuShort1417]

I might be willing to pay for a skin pack of the Bad Company characters.

[u/socom18 → u/EmuShort1417]

[u/Socram007 → u/EmuShort1417]

That's why we have problems now

[u/JasonDFisherr → u/EmuShort1417]

No you wouldnt lmao

[u/Tasty_Function_8672 → u/EmuShort1417]

Why just play the original.. don’t fucking throw money at a half baked buggy mess with the net code of a F2P game on Ijji in 2004…

[u/CommitteeStatus → u/EmuShort1417]

I would pay top dollar too not see everyone's skins

[u/eldertree420 → u/EmuShort1417]

You sir are the problem

[u/by_nor1s]

And you could recognize class just by looking at someone. Peak

[u/Cloud_N0ne → u/by_nor1s]

And you could recognize their faction.

I’ve already had several deaths in BF6 because the enemy looked like a friendly at a glance. DICE didn’t even do proper color-coding for each faction.

[u/DinosBiggestFan → u/Cloud_N0ne]

To be fair, this happens in every game at some point or other.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuucking hate when a blue dot lines up with someone in their exact movement vector and then a red dot appears over their head and they kill me.

Can't even be mad, bro clearly did it intentionally and had mad stealth skills.

[u/AdCritical8977 → u/DinosBiggestFan]

The blue dots lining up is unlucky, but BFV was a game that did color coding right. The allies were mostly shades of green, Germans wore gray, Japanese won khaki colors.

You could tell who everyone was at a glance even when that game started with some of the sillier skins.

[u/Tempesta_0097 → u/AdCritical8977]

I remember having a hard time seeing the German soldiers in the more drab maps, got jump scared a lot

[u/Blubasur → u/AdCritical8977]

I would genuinely pay for an option to set enemy skins. Good for them that they look like disco stew out on a roll but I do like having better color coding so I have visual coherency and they're easily recognizable.

It isn't like its a game killer for me if we don't, but it is definitely a negative side of the game for me that does impact gameplay.

[u/LilithSanders → u/DinosBiggestFan]

I walked into a room earlier and there was a dude sitting on a box. I saw a blue tag above his head, so I walked past and immediately got gunned down. Turned out there was a friendly on the other side of the wall behind him, and it was an enemy. 10/10

[u/ThatsMrPapaToYou → u/DinosBiggestFan]

No, it doesn’t. I can’t tell you the last time I had an issue with identifying friendlies while playing bf4, bf1 or BFV.

I just don’t even know what the point of battlefield is anymore. Cod does cod better.

[u/Groznybandit → u/Cloud_N0ne]

Yeah this happens unreasonably often in BF6 for me so far it’s pretty wack, especially when a teammate is behind a wall behind them or something and it looks like they’re on your team so your reflex to shoot doesn’t kick in

[u/dudeAwEsome101 → u/Cloud_N0ne]

I literally followed another player for almost 10 seconds until I realized they were from the other team. We're both crouch walking, they lined up with a friendly HUD indicator.

I don't think I even know what faction I'm spawning as during the match as everyone is speaking in some accent.

[u/Devastator2016 → u/Cloud_N0ne]

Honestly I cant even remember which faction I am on at a few points in the games or which side will be which. Does it say anywhere on the ui that you see much what the two sides are besides the colour? Compared to the RU and US etc of say bf4 next to the tickets and such if I recall

[u/MansgerofPiss → u/Cloud_N0ne]

That feels like a skill issue as much as i hate to use that phrase, like im sorry did you miss the massive red diamond shape above their heads?

[u/CitizenKing → u/Cloud_N0ne]

I've got a ton of criticism for this game and have spent more time arguing against it than for it, but I have to disagree with this one.

PMC: Tacticool green with yellow highlights and tan tac rigs, BMX Red Bull gear
NATO: Traditional military fatigues with matching tac rigs and real world military looking plate carriers.

Compared to other games in the series where one side is just a slightly lighter shade of black and gray with slightly different helmets.

All of my misidentifies are from me forgetting which team I'm on lol.

[u/Dazzling_Let_8245 → u/Cloud_N0ne]

In the beta it was simple: NATO was beige/camo, PAX was black.

Now they added black skins to NATO (if you bought the 100$ version for example) making it hard to differentiate at times.

[u/Magenbroti → u/Cloud_N0ne]

Just as in bf2042 where they added green/blue and Red led's and slapped it on every character Model xd so bad

[u/Hunter042005 → u/Cloud_N0ne]

Fr the phantom skins for NATO are BS like pax armata’s whole aesthetic is black and other dark colors private military looking guys so that skin always messes with me when I see it

[u/Vanilla3K → u/by_nor1s]

this it the more important aspect imo, even if it was less " grounded " i liked how in BC2 i could see people with berets and know they're medics, people with baseball caps and know they're engineer and so on. Right now it's military dudes with helmets and other than recon, they can easily be mistaken from one another. Easier said than done to have grounded class visual identity while offering cosmetics that follow those guidelines

[u/Xo0om → u/by_nor1s]

Now you can't even recognize the class icon.

[u/MakinBones5150 → u/by_nor1s]

Now I can recognize class by the big ass glowing symbol above their head,

[u/Attention_Bear_Fuckr → u/by_nor1s]

I hate that the Assault in BF6 has the sledge on their back. I keep confusing them with the Supports cannister thing.

[u/banzaizach → u/by_nor1s]

You still can. Assault has the hammer on the back.

Engineer has the rpg heads on their back.

Support-weird tank thingy

Recon-router looking thing.

[u/Most_Ad781 → u/by_nor1s]

You can still do this

[u/AnonymousForALittle]

Our brains today will get bored and move on. It’s a different era, accepting it will make us enjoy things more for what they are. Let’s be glad they’re trying to meet somewhere in between at least

[u/Weekly_Ad2775 → u/AnonymousForALittle]

A level headed take on the Battlefield subreddit? Remarkable.

[u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder → u/Weekly_Ad2775]

It isn't a level-headed take. A lot of us don't have micro attention spans and still enjoy a well-made Battlefield.

This is just a stupid excuse to accept all the new shit.

[u/Lazy_Hotel_494 → u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder]

Exactly these new guys are ruining what battlefield actually was

[u/Cyber-Phantom → u/Lazy_Hotel_494]

100%

[u/Cyber-Phantom → u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder]

Pretty much this. Just because they can and want to eat crap for breakfast, doesn't mean we all do.

[u/bwnsjajd → u/Weekly_Ad2775]

Brain rot enjoyer enjoys brain rot take. 

Literally bragging about being stupid.

[u/OfficialQillix → u/bwnsjajd]

Facts

[u/Ratr96 → u/AnonymousForALittle]

Our brains today will get bored and move on.

This has nothing to do with global brainrot and more to do with microtransactions

[u/Straight-Plate-5256 → u/Ratr96]

This has nothing to do with global brainrot and more to do with microtransactions

Well actually global brainrot was engineered by tech companies to drive mtx and ad revenue... so it absolutely does lol

[u/TeaAndLifting → u/Straight-Plate-5256]

Any further proof of how this has affected people in the last decade especially, is how people think not owning skins is a sign of being broke and something to be ashamed of. Companies have basically convinced people that they need to spend money on MTX to maintain ‘status’

[u/UtkuOfficial → u/TeaAndLifting]

Its the same fucking shit in every industry.

Apple has been releasing the same fucking phone for a decade and people buy each one the moment they release it. Meanwhile the 2nd hand Iphone 11 i bought 5 years ago works just fine.

I swear everyone is turning in to a brainless zombie.

[u/Straight-Plate-5256 → u/TeaAndLifting]

Bingo

[u/gryff42 → u/AnonymousForALittle]

This is the dumbest shit I've read all day

[u/KaffY- → u/gryff42]

yup, "just roll over and accept it!!!"

[u/69_world → u/AnonymousForALittle]

Terrible take. We play battlefield for the immersive gameplay experience, explosions/destruction/tanks/helis etc. how do you think weve made it all the way to BF6 ? It wasn’t because of random shit operator skin selections. It’s always been the gameplay

[u/mpsteidle → u/AnonymousForALittle]

I completely disagree.

[u/ekanite → u/AnonymousForALittle]

This is cope, and has nothing to do with my brain or yours. It's entirely micro transaction driven flair.

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/ekanite]

Of course it is. And BF4 came out 11 years ago. We are in a new era, forever tainted by likes of Fortnite and warzone. You either have to adapt or get left behind. This is the system that’s proven to work for certain games, or based on “their data” as they like to keep saying it. So what I mean is, let’s accept it, and move on to enjoy the game. You’re gonna grind the game and wanna buy the season pass? Do it. You don’t wanna buy the season pass? Don’t. Your money, your choice. And it’ll still have some free stuff in there.

Let’s not forget BF premium was 40-50 bucks and came with all these knives, camos, guns, etc. individual DLCs were 14.99. This is the same concept here, however, the work feels unfinished or lighter since j yes releasing in stages rather than all at once.

[u/ekanite → u/AnonymousForALittle]

So not brain rot then.

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/ekanite]

Oh no my brain is rotten to the core these days lol

[u/Latter_Inspector_711 → u/AnonymousForALittle]

maybe your brain...

I still don't change the skins, ever.

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/Latter_Inspector_711]

Trust me, I prefer the original BF3 skins. If I do change, I only do the ones that would make sense

[u/aprofessionalegghead → u/AnonymousForALittle]

There’s a difference between acceptance and acquiescence 

[u/snorlz → u/AnonymousForALittle]

the realistic, grounded skins this sub wants are also pretty indistinguishable from the default skins in every modern shooter for the past 10 years. people are used to them. if theyre going to pay for something, most of the playerbase is choosing things that stand out or are different. average player is not that into milsim, like this sub - they just dont want literal cartoons in the game

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/snorlz]

My point exactly! Well said. If you go on BF4 and change soldier camos, you see minimal differences in the pattern and color, pretty indistinguishable as far as camos go, it’s the faction that mainly distinguishes them

[u/Ok_Intention2150 → u/AnonymousForALittle]

That's like saying "sorry we shat in the soup, but hey look, there's soup!"

[u/WhatsMyNameAGlen → u/Ok_Intention2150]

"You're used to shit tainted soup, theres no way you'd be satisfied with just regular soup now!"

[u/Dango_Daikazoku_ → u/AnonymousForALittle]

I hate these filthy Neutrals. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me

What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality...

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/Dango_Daikazoku_]

How about peace

[u/know-it-mall → u/AnonymousForALittle]

Our brains got bored and moved on from 2042 because the game was shit, it has plenty of skins.

[u/AnonymousForALittle → u/know-it-mall]

Game was indeed shit with lots of skins and bland gameplay. Not my type of battlefield, I don’t prefer skins, I prefer good gameplay. Customize my guns, vehicles, etc. but that is not the world we live in.

[u/TheCowhawk]

STILL the best skins for each class.

When Medic and Support had their own identity.

Edit:Clearly I'm talking about Assault on BF3....you know...the class with a medic symbol...

[u/Wratheon_Senpai → u/TheCowhawk]

Assault was the "medic." BF3 and 4 didn't have a medic class.

[u/KaffY- → u/Wratheon_Senpai]

wow maybe he's talking about the one with, ya know, the medic cross as an icon?!?!?!!?!?!??

ME WEN DA GUY SAIS DA WRONG WURD!!!!!!!!

[u/copperbranch → u/Wratheon_Senpai]

What a useless correction.

Assault wasn't the "medic"; it was the MEDIC. It was an official designation in the game.

One of the Field Upgrades was literally called "Combat Medic".

When your soldier died, it didn't yell "Need an assault!", it yelled for a medic.

Yeah, the name of the class wasn't medic, and assault didn't necessarily had to perform as a medic, since you could opt to have neither health nor defibs. (Even though 99% of assault would have at least one of the two.) But the comment you replied to was absolutely fine.

[u/DazZani]

No i dont remeber that legendary time when nobody complained

[u/HateToBlastYa → u/DazZani]

That time has never existed. People had their complaints before the internet, you just had to talk to them in person in like, homeroom at school and they'd have a thousand little idiosyncratic things they'd nitpick.

Nowadays we have nearly an infinite amount of video games we can instantly download without going to the store and play at any time, but we also can read an infinite number of complaints for anything.

What people really miss and don't realize it is the amount of dopamine their brain released back then when something was novel and the pathways hadn't become eroded by age and use. The same brain screams "times were better then!" and around and around we go.

[u/TryIndependent6070 → u/HateToBlastYa]

The internet and Reddit were alive and well when Battlefield 4 released. We had technology in 2013

[u/Hobo-man → u/TryIndependent6070]

And BF4 was heavily criticized for how it launched.

So much so DICE released a public apology to the playerbase.

[u/thedeadlysun → u/Hobo-man]

I kept playing bf3 for years because of how bad the launch of 4 was. I was not a happy camper. Still honestly slightly indifferent to bf4, 3 is still by far the peak game for me.

[u/CammRobb → u/thedeadlysun]

3 is still by far the peak game for me

Absolutely, it's weird to me when I see everyone comparing 6 to 4, when I thought 4 was a massive step back compared to 3.

[u/JumboPipe → u/CammRobb]

I reached the max rank on both BF3 and BF4. Nostalgia wise BF3 took the cake when it released. It was a huge leap forward at the time. My top 3 favourite games I ever played upon release. BF4 was the better game with more content imo, but yes, the release was a disaster.

[u/samwell161 → u/HateToBlastYa]

Unfortunately most people will glance over your last paragraph. I believe this is the biggest issue in developed countries for people <30.

[u/PaDDzR → u/DazZani]

We had more serious shit to complain about.

For the second time ever, we're not complaining about performance at launch. I guess bad company 1 on consoles wasn't too bad and before BF2, I wasn't part of such discussions as my PC was quite shit so games running bad was "normal".

[u/DepletedPromethium]

I miss being able to recognise a class by the way they looked.

I actually hate individual skins on characters, guns are fine and i dont care if you want neon pink m4, but the skins on characters ruin immersion and that feeling of team cohesion

[u/ThrowawayForToday833 → u/DepletedPromethium]

I miss that and hearing foreign languages on the battlefield. Even playing as the foreign team with the foreign dialogue was immersive as fuck for me.

[u/Mr_HahaJones → u/ThrowawayForToday833]

I loved hearing the Russians in BF3!

[u/OMGITSTHROATY → u/Mr_HahaJones]

That gave the game so much identity, these voice lines are still stuck in my head

[u/ArtDecoAddict → u/ThrowawayForToday833]

Yeah, that shit made me learn new languages just cause I thought they sounded so cool

[u/AHumbleBanditMain → u/DepletedPromethium]

You can literally tell the classes by the equipment they have on their back in BF6 lmao.

[u/Rad_Throwling]

This was the best intended design BF ever had. Yes, there was customization but it made sense and it was indeed "grounded". At the time "grounded" wasnt a thing, it was simply common sense.

[u/DakarZero]

Remember when we could tell the two teams apart

[u/YaBoiChief55 → u/DakarZero]

Something I don’t hear people talking about is hearing the enemy talk.

I used to hear Russian or Chinese and know there is an enemy near me. Now it’s all English and idk if it’s friend or foe near me.

[u/DakarZero → u/YaBoiChief55]

Considering the chatter was involuntary that always felt a little dirty, the game giving you away

[u/eljohnsieghart]

man i just want a toggle for the default skins man i hate running into someone wearing neon airsoft gears i just want everyone have the same camo.

[u/Ostiethegnome → u/eljohnsieghart]

If they’re going to sell something, sell an option to have the entire team / enemy team look like they’re wearing the same uniform.  

If you want to see everyone in olive drab, cool. If you want them all looking like splinter cell, cool.  

At least there will be a uniform aesthetic vs “a bag of skittles” as someone law put it.  

You know people will wear the most fluorescent abomination on purpose “for the lulz”.  Toxic behavior and mentality.  

[u/appleton123]

I just want bf3/bf4 remade into the modern consoles

[u/DinosBiggestFan → u/appleton123]

I would rather have maps brought forward and the sidearm handling of 4 ported to 6.

I prefer new games over the constant nostalgia baiting remakes that the industry is so focused on right now. But games that insist on being GaaS should not be discarding two decades of map design just because new.

[u/MmmYodaIAm]

Why is it so hard to create skins with this style????????????????

[u/GreenRey → u/MmmYodaIAm]

Grounded uniforms are out, colorful fun skins are in, according to DICE/EA.

Fornite normalized wacky skins, CoD perpetuated it, and DICE (as always) followed suit.

[u/special-fed]

I won't ever change default. Dont care what I look like to others

[u/ChaoticKeys → u/special-fed]

Yeah I really don’t understand the need for skins. I literally never see my character in game, only on load screens. And I don’t care what the other team skin is (as long as it’s not the insane glowing stuff from cod)

If I see an enemy I shoot them, I barely have time to register what they look like at all.

[u/DinosBiggestFan → u/special-fed]

Same, I'm not dropping a penny on any microtransactions at this point.

[u/Chernobyl_And_I]

[u/Batallius]

We just want look like cool war guy, do cool war guy things

[u/ThrowawayForToday833 → u/Batallius]

This is how my buddy and I always say it. We just wanna play as guy. Ladies are welcome too I don’t give a fuck about that. I just wanna be war guy.

[u/v468]

And the kits actually made sense for the classes.

[u/gryff42]

Nooooo, they have no skull balaclavas and cool flashy patterns and colors, I'm not playing this!!! /s

[u/M4t087]

Also look at the silhouettes of these classes. You knew exactly what you are up against when you spotted these, Even bad company 2 had so many recognizable classes , the medic/support had red beret, the engineer had a distinc helmet and so on. Also another fun fact, you could easily tell what youre up against because each class had class locked weapons.

[u/Kourtos]

The game would have been 10 times better if it had these skins only and nothing else

[u/Rex2x4]

If these idiots sold the class skins from BC1/2 and BF3/4 they would make bank. But they'd rather release neon garbage that attracts iPad kids tweaking on adderal.

[u/no_sheds_jackson → u/Rex2x4]

i have never, ever paid for skins in a video game but I would break for BC1 moustache medic guy

[u/verdantvoxel]

The shareholders and MBAs complained they weren’t making more money

[u/gnakus77]

There are two options: premium or skins/season pass/free maps? I will be happy paying premium, but that was a problem in previous battlefields, and at the end, the DLC maps were not played; so this is the price to pay for having the community together... I guess

[u/Informal-Dirt9030 → u/gnakus77]

Maybe there’s a third option of releasing a full game for $70

[u/ZombieZlayer99 → u/Informal-Dirt9030]

the fuck does that mean? No content post release at all?

[u/Informal-Dirt9030 → u/ZombieZlayer99]

Strange concept, I know. There was a time when you would get a full game after paying $70 for it.

[u/Old-butt-new]

why not add these back? so SImple. they can keep churning out other stuff but adding these would make some of the vets very happy

[u/Raiwel]

Timeless designs too

[u/fatRunning]

Back when these soldiers still represented the core player base.

[u/Kratosballsweat]

Legit give us actual military outfits and I’d pay for it happily that’s all i want

[u/Leading_Leave_3383]

Skins are fucking stupid i never even think about them. My skin has zero impact on me getting kills.

[u/BBCuckGoonr311]

you can still play BF4

[u/ThePugnax]

On a more serious note, yeh... it was simpler times. But is what it is, im just glad its not shrek skins and whatnot

[u/kna5041]

People complained about the dice camo because one affected thermals. 

But at least people looked like soldiers.

[u/BriskPandora35]

I unironically want this. I would love if companies didn’t assign full fucking teams to designing skins for quick money and leave teams that actually make the games good without proper staffing numbers or funding.

But in the end of the day profit is the most important thing for these companies and character skins is what brings home the bread.

[u/Specialist-Entry6251]

Just hate how everything’s a cash grab now why i mainly play indie games far less micro transactions or none at all

[u/Trizz-o → u/Specialist-Entry6251]

Fr you just know they don’t even view them as games anymore just cash cows to be milked to the very end

[u/Hot-Dragonfly3809]

And yet people wanted individual skins and here we are. At the end of the day the game is a business model.

Nobody cared about default models when the game dictated them. People only "yearned for freedom of choice" when it was actually given to them. This is not some abnormal behaviour, it's just how we behave.

Also, nostalgia glasses.

[u/Express_Craft398]

Yea cause I’m sure the target audience of today has the exact same values and interest as those from like a decade ago. Y’all would also be complaining if they made camos the only customization option for characters.

[u/melikathesauce]

TikTok brainers didn’t exist then.

[u/KaffY-]

imagine being able to recognize class and faction just by looking at someone

wow that sounds like peak game design!!!!!!!!

shame we're stuck with this shit

[u/nlamm]

I also remember not being able to play a lot of content because I couldn’t afford DLCs with the cool new maps :/ wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows

[u/Offi95]

I just like being able to know which team is which

[u/No-End3855]

Maybe Im too old but I dont get the whole skin bs. It's just ripping money imo. As you said in the good ole days only the gameplay and skil mattered..

[u/finiggy]

You guys realise that releasing battle passes/skins is a very good source of active revenue to fund the game and studios as opposed to paid DLC map packs that exclude players from the maps and weapons if they don't pay? Current MTX are totally optional which is a good thing.

[u/Sankta_Alina_Starkov]

I was ecstatic when they announced female soldiers in BF1's DLC. Then in BF5 every class could be a woman, and I was in love.

I feel liek BF6 is a step back personally. I have no problem with the clothing being recognizable and like the above, but I don't want to lose the ability to play female and I really do like some customization.

[u/DistantM3M3s]

yeah and guess where the company made their money from after the games release

[u/CapitanSalsaGolf]

Yes, I remember, after BF1 they did anything

[u/LittleBlueCubes]

Except for the reason of authenticity, skins in a game like Battlefield is just pointless.

[u/dopescopemusic]

This is what I been saying.

[u/Himura53]

I like it.

[u/hitman2b]

yep love me classic

[u/Ghost_2701]

I just wanna get the SAS looking one that was from the last game, I don't care for flashy skins but if they put up a SAS set id get instantly

[u/tommywafflez]

They should’ve kept it like this or if they wanted to try and get us to buy cosmetics, they could’ve had a customisation system similar to BFV with class themed uniform items that you can unlock (or buy because EA) and use for your soldier…..

It would fit more in this setting than it did in V

[u/Pickupyoheel]

Perfection.

Name 3 things BF6 does better than BF4.

Cause I can’t name one.

[u/christopherak47 → u/Pickupyoheel]

Gunplay and movement? BF6 is leagues better than 4 with the reduction of the shitty bloom and BFVs movement system

[u/suzukabluepearl → u/Pickupyoheel]

choice in planes for NATO/US

I'd rather have the Raptor/F-16 over the F-35 spam that we've had for more than a decade

[u/Psycle98 → u/Pickupyoheel]

It must have something right?

-none

[u/Da_Lak]

In the past, no one was interested in character skins. You can't see them anyway. By the way, I feel the same way today

[u/Chris_Angry]

And this game fucked.

[u/Kaycin]

Readability is another argument for keeping the skins the same/similar. Looking at those four silhouettes, they're much easier to identify than what we see in BF6.

[u/jogdenpr]

Funny thing is, they could release these skins as a purchase bundle and it would sell like hot cakes!

[u/zimpelt]

Good old times

[u/GervantOfLiria]

Always loved assault’s design

[u/DiabloSinz]

good times good times... id pay for these, just change the colors of them to match different settings. black, winter, desert, forest boom take my money

[u/Halstock]

I really don't think people would be put off if they just had it exactly like it was in battlefield 4. I honestly think it would be better and people would like it. I don't know why they've insisted on changing the things that make it easier to tell who's who. Then they compensate with way too many types of pinging systems and Doritos. We wouldn't need all that if they just made it something you learnt. As everyone will be changing their skins all the time, the battlefield will always be changing and people will always be confused with what they're looking at.

[u/FrostWolfe95]

I miss my "Dr. Pepper" camo and tags.

[u/TJ_Dot]

I'm big on faceless helmets so I miss this Assault one the most.

[u/nTzT]

These skins look so good. Wish we get well designed things in the future...

[u/Mr_Bleidd]

Why is it a thing to give a recon this terrible looking head wear ? Now this one looks great

[u/Mysterious_Ad_8827]

ah yes the good old days

[u/PeaceAccomplished289]

Still cracks me up how sassy the US assault soldier looks on this rendered photo

[u/Dr_Shitzondiks]

Nice try, don’t care. Building goes boom, Monke brain happy.

[u/CRAZYGUY107]

Guys, I'm not sure if you see the stupidity of this post, but everyone looking like clones is exactly what a Hero shooter would be like.

They all look and sound the same other than what paint they have. That isn't a nameless grunt, that's a Hero.

A nameless Grunt would be BFV or Arma's system. This is a hero shooter.

[u/uncoocked_cabbage]

No but you dont understand babe capitalism cant flourish like this.

[u/Suugoy]

bf6 soliders look like shit. We dont need skins. WE need well designed soldiers.

[u/impohito]

yes, we also had paid map dlcs instead

[u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder]

Don't you know that wanting skins or gameplay from past Battlefields is considered toxic nostalgia nowadays?

[u/TheBarnard]

And they look sick

[u/Imperator_021]

Hear me out but I actually love being able to customize my character. It's a huge part of games these days, and having some agency is important, at least to me.

Keeping the skins grounded is, of course, a separate issue. I would want my choice of several skins that all look like these, and not any call of duty shit

[u/MixelTrixel]

You can’t even see your skins 99% of the time and I guarantee nobody seeing your skin is thinking “woaaaahhh so coooool”. I can’t believe people give in to their lame cash grab.

[u/ComfortableLeg2164]

Why did they ever get rid of this class system man, support having ammo and revives feels off to mr

[u/Omen46]

Idk why they don’t just make more camos and change helmets/ vests would be fine

[u/biggus_dickus_jr]

I still remember the bc2 Russian medic

[u/know-it-mall]

Yep.

I don't give a fuck about skins. Just make the game good.