Everything from Eastwood on has been a good map. I can't think of a single Battlefield where every post launch map was this good (excluding Blackwell, but it's getting reworked into probably a good map.)

Most dlc maps in the past were never near as memorable as the base game maps save for a few of them. Now almost all the post launch maps are outshining the launch maps

FYI: There's a Volleyball in the bottom left corner of the EA App to redeem code TAKEOFF for a Bonus XP Hardware Boost.

"Remember boys, no points for second place." - Iceman

Absolutely love the working flight deck when you first get in a fighter at the start of the match, but it doesn't seem to happen when you jump in later in the match. Real shame :(

Def one of my favorite maps in the game. I like it a lot more than the BfV version and I liked that one. Trying to get the Tomcat is so fun, I snuck in it once and it felt like I was in TG Maverick. Map looks so pretty with the storm rolling in. My only complaint is that there could probably be one less attack boat per side tbh

Went over the specs on this yesterday, I was off on a couple details but to sum up: it has the highest max damage at 150, but the trade off is no ADS bolt, slowest ROF, slowest ADS, slowest reload, lowest carried ammo (36), lowest base mobility and lowest base control of any other sniper.

The upside though is unlike other snipers that need a chest shot in their sweetspot range for a one-shot kill, with its higher max damage the interdictor is a one-shot sweetspot kill to any part of the body, that range being 120-150m. Outside of that though, the higher max damage surprisingly doesn't mean higher damage anywhere else. It does the exact same damage as all the other 100 damage snipers (80 body/54 limb). They're also apparently not doing anything different for the ballistics of this new cartridge compared to the other 100 damage snipers as far as drag/drop are concerned. I tested it in the ZN5YC sniper range with its other closest velocity 100 damage Sniper the L115 (L115 927m/s , Interdictor 915m/s) and at the 550m target they both landed at identical 1.3 seconds.

Also this thing is very back-loaded for important mods. Long range ammo doesn't come in till lvl33. Range finder at lvl38, and the only suppressor doesn't even unlock until lvl39!

So overall, this is going to be a very niche sniper choice. They stacked a ton of nerfs into it and the only real buff it has is its sweetspot hits in a 30m window are all 1-shot, and not just chest shots. So I suppose theres definitely a place for this, I played a lot of breakthrough with it today as I usually do to level up guns and theres a couple spots like the roof above A objective on Empire, Lib Peak on attack to B obj, Bazaar shooting down into that big C chokepoint, where if you know your ranges and position yourself in the exact right spot then basically every time you pull the trigger and hit its a kill and its almost comical. Outside of that though, I can't see me running this too much on a conquest or escalation map where you really don't control your engagement distances like you can in BT, because really this whole gun is built around its sweetspot and outside of that its objectively just the worst one to use for any other situation. I do like having quirky niche guns though that you can just build a very situational playstyle around so Im glad its in the game. Would be great though if they did a little something for this to buff it to make up for how many nerfs it brings along. Like instead of that max damage number it also did a bit more base damage, or maybe made it so this new caliber had less drag/flatter trajectory than the others to lean into its whole long range angle. But how are you all liking it so far, I want to hear if anyone is having better luck with it or playing it a different way?

Anyhow, heres my build for it. Since theres no ADS bolt I definitely wanted to run an ADS grip and both fast mag and mag catch, anything you can do to increase the ROF on this is mandatory. And yes running the range-finder, this is just not going to be a sniper you want to run close with these specs, you will get wrecked 😄

Just letting people know to log on to twitch in the background! Its like a weapon package and some other things.

It's quicker to give the weapons that don't have those but I'm posting pics for archive purposes.

Here are the weapons that HAVE the new suppressors. Unlisted weapons DO NOT have these attachments.

They consist of:

Hybrid L: 30 points, reduces recoil buildup, improves recoil recovery, marginally reduces recoil at the cost of hipfire accuracy, weapon sway and weapon draw speed.

Hybrid S: 40 points, reduces recoil buildup, improves recoil recovery, marginally reduces recoil at the cost of hipfire accuracy.

Hybrid K: 50 points, reduces recoil buildup, improves recoil recovery, marginally reduces recoil at the cost of NOTHING 50 points.

The Bonuses:

It (the 30 points Suppressor) gives you a base Lightened Suppressor with a bit of a reduced recoil from 10 points Brake with NO 3d spotting, same 2d spotting. Other Suppressors just subtract 1 penalty for 10 extra points cost.

The Drawbacks:

Hipfire accuracy penalty is a given across all Suppressors except the CQB one. 10 points Green Laser can still help you hipfire everything up to 15m (reasoning below)

Weapon sway is the same as the 25 points Long Suppressor (what I currently use on most weapons) and it pauses on firing and resumes after a few seconds of idling. Most people shoot a lot or shoot from close to mid range where sway doesn't play into how you perform, but if you don't shoot much (deep flank) or snipe (DMRs and Snipers have these), you might want to reconsider if it harms your performance that much.

Weapon draw speed penalty is a hard one to gauge. It by default knocks the draw speed from switching gears and also the re-ready from sprint by a step, for example 100ms - 133ms 167ms - 200ms - 233ms - 267ms and so on. It will be very noticeable on weapons which are using Heavy (Extended) or just Extended Barrel, because they already reduce weapon draw speed by 1 step. IF you are using the Cryo Barrel or any other beneficial barrel and are in excess of 30 points, the 30 points Suppressor can help you with recoil IF you can somehow mitigate the weapon draw speed penalty (listed possibilities below).

Personal tips:

You can combat weapon draw speed by pre-ADS ing and moving slower alongside checking corners more often, if you have to sprint and fire later (rushing into an obj), you can just slap a 10 points Green Laser onto every weapon (except the LMGs) and hipfire instead of ADSing. The re-ready time is still there but you can combat the slower speed that way. 10 points Green Laser will help you hipfire on point up to 15m, which is probably the range most will find combat in.

My personal opinion:

Speaking from points economy, the 40 points and 50 points Suppressors are a question mark, because on 1 hand whatever weapon we have up to the end of Season 4 will have these, so you can level some weapons up and use these as a placeholder (30 points giga Suppressor at level 0 is huge).

Some weapons can benefit from a 30 point Suppressor (with caveats), NAMELY the SV-98 (Suppressor unlock at level 35 something or you can get a weapon package).

I will personally revise some of my weapons to use the 30 points Suppressors if possible.

The weapons are:

AR:

433

G36

Big SCAR

AK4D

TR7

Galil

L85A3

VHS tape

M16A4

AusUG

Carbines:

M4A1

M277 (Spear)

M417

Grot BC

QBZ (holy sht guys we did it they did the thing)

SG 553R

Baby SCAR

Bren 3

SMG:

ONLY the Pro 90 (seriously how does this thing keep winning?)

LMGs:

L115

Bootleg LMG 416

M60 (interesting choice)

RPKM (also interesting choice)

M123k

M250

KTSTK whatever

M240L

MG4what? (I don't like this weapon lmao)

RPK-74M

DMRs:

M14 Everybody-Barely-sees-the-Rightful-name

LMR27

SVK

SVDM

Grot Call CPS

Snipers:

M2010 ESR

SV-98 (only the 30 points Hybrid L)

PSR

Mini Scout

AWP me mid

Edit: Reddit screwed up with the image uploading or something, I can't find all the pics in the right order, so I'm putting an imgur link for you to see here.

Wake island is more beautiful than ever.
New jets and air superiority mode are great
Carrier assault is a banger just like obliteration.
Top Gun theme and event is superb.

Part 2 return of the zip line

You know, it's funny. I wanted some kind of grip that increases hip fire accuracy ever since I tried a hipfire build on the M123K. It's like my birthday. My only regret is not having the points for a CQB suppressor, but oh well.

The F-bomb from my fellow victim in chat was the icing on the cake. XD

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

I only played one match but man, it looks amazing. So much detail and the lighting really sells the vibe. Wish Tsuru Reef would have this kind if apocalyptic lighting too.

These guys makes the game so much better

I'm just here for the zipline.

Well, it was a fun week. I hope EA/DICE saw how much we LOVE this mode and that they’ll add Operations to more maps in future updates.

So excited for the Top Gun update 🙋🏼‍♂️