Not a whole lot. I doubt very much this has anything to do with it but we need drama
David is quite closely connected with the TTK issue in particular as he was the person that promised to ensure that no sweeping changes were made in the same manner again until they later were. It seemed to be an odd contradiction between the apparent intent of a key member of staff and the direction of the game.
Oke. Still not sure why that has to do with him leaving and the rest of the issues posted.
I believe it calls the timing of his departure into question when, as the multiplayer producer, sweeping changes that he publicly swore to avoid repeating were implemented yet again. I think it's clear that DICE is in a bit of a precarious spot at the moment and David's departure certainly seemed a bit sudden and troubling given the current state of affairs at the studio. I'm not trying to stack too many tinfoil hats on, just theorizing a possible connection between shifts in design focus and the work of a key player within development.
Not intending to offend or stir up shit (well, no more than usual anyway), his departure just seemed to strike a fair few folks as sudden given the current situation surrounding the game and the apparent shift away from the original vision of the launch game. I didn't mean for it to sound as if I was implying that he was leaving because "the TTK is different", it just seemed to be a bit of a sign of would could perhaps be a greater shift towards a different design/vision for the game and perhaps not a vision or design that he was going to be working on.
Or forget that he and the DICE LA fixed BF4 or made even something special from it.
You work at Dice. Don't pretend to not know how "serious" the community "discusses" this issue. Is it any wonder their zeal is projected onto everything else?
Seriously, as someone who played BF4 from its broken launch up until the BF1 launch for three years straight it cannot be stressed enough how much DICE LA has improved the game and the overall netcode for the other games to come. BF4 went from a buggy mess with horrible netcode to one of the very best FPS games of all time.
Yeah, the CTE was great in BF4 and 1. Dont ask me why they cut it.
It always has been and yet he worked at DICE for many years. So we are guessing.
You don't need to guess, the 2018 TTK patch was deployed the same week he went on vacation. He is the producer in the environment where he has to take a back-seat when it comes to decision making.
Still, the question remains:
I agree.
Some devs (including David) have implied that some of the unpopular BFV decisions have been made against their wishes (like the TTK changes or not fixing team balance, for example).
