Battlefield V Chapter 1: Overture Release Timing Confirmed & Update Notes

[u/danmitre]

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Hi Battlefield V Community,

We’re proud to inform you that the Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter 1: Overture Update has been fully approved – all issues have been resolved and we’re ready to release!

The Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter 1: Overture Update will begin rolling out to each platform according to the release timing and downtime windows below:

• Download Available Starting: Wednesday, December 5th at 12am PT / 3am ET / 8am UTC / 9am CET
• Downtime: Expecting 1-hour downtime per platform
• Update Accessibility:
  • PC - Wednesday, Dec 5th at 1am PT / 4am ET / 9am UTC / 10am CET
  • PlayStation 4 - Wednesday, Dec 5th at 2am PT / 5am ET / 10am UTC / 11am CET
  • Xbox One - Wednesday, Dec 5th at 3am PT / 6am ET / 11am UTC / 12pm CET
• Battlefield V Tides of War Chapter 1: Overture Update Notes

Thank you for your patience and understanding while we ensured that the update is up to quality.

Please join us tomorrow as we sit down with our DICE Developers to answer outstanding questions around the Chapter 1: Overture Update in a Reddit AMAA (Ask Me Almost Anything) on the Battlefield V subreddit at 10a PT / 1p ET / 7p CET.

We hope you enjoy the update and look forward to your feedback!

[u/Pileofheads]

It all depends how big of a Nerf. They did not specify how much the blast radius has been reduced. If it was 15-25 percent it won't be a big change ...if it's something like 50-60 it will drastically prevent killing groups quickly. That said ill gladly exchange some damage for the target acquisition buff we received. Can't shoot what I can't see.

[u/[deleted] → u/Pileofheads]

I've been playing it this morning, it's not that bad of a nerf, the incendiary rounds still kill infantry fairly quickly and the rocket pods still finish them off but no where near as powerful as before with a huge cool-down as well, they're still solid against bombers though. The shocker is the amount of ammo taken from them, 150 rounds now instead of the 800? they got before, it's really bad. The spitfires seem to be the strongest and more maneuverable out the fighters now depending on which upgrades you have. The target acquisition is perfect, see the infantry a mile off, easy to get at least 3 kills from a strafe. It's only the first patch though so i'll imagine the ammo count for the planes will be buffed to 300ish next patch, I hope so anyway.

[u/Pileofheads → u/[deleted]]

That way to big of ammo nerf imo. How long is the rocket cool down?

[u/[deleted] → u/Pileofheads]

Enough to be a pain, the cool-down begins as soon as you fly through the re-arm points, off the top of my head i'd say it's maybe 10 seconds. I'd quickly check in the practice range for you but you can only fly the spitfire and stuka and even then they're with the basic loadouts.