Today the Battlefield community received some rather grim news when Battlefield Global Community Manager Dan Mitre finally broke the silence surrounding the community’s outcry for information on where DICE intended to go with their Rent-A-Server program. Mitre posted a response on Reddit stating that DICE is evaluating whether or not they felt that dedicating time and money to the Rent-A-Server program was a move they would be willing to take.

Dan Mitre’s response from Reddit

A Grim Look Into The Future of Battlefield

While nothing has been decided yet, the community is already up in arms about the thought of RSP being passed up for Battlefield V. We can’t help but to see this as the end of RSP not only for Battlefield V, but for good.

This article goes beyond this league, and beyond competitive Battlefield altogether. This is more or less meant as a close look into what this could mean for the series all around. A future without RSP will no doubt mean the end of this league, the end of any other league, and the end of many communities and thousands and thousands of players in general.

So many of the communities in Battlefield have been built around RSP and require it to continue on, not having this critical tool will surely bring an end to the aforementioned groups. This is not a gamble that DICE should be willing to take, and with the issues surrounding the marketing or lack of, and political agenda for Battlefield V, the series cannot afford another hit such as this.

DICE may rely too much on Tides of War to keep players engaged

Poor Strategy

In Mitre’s post he states that it did not make financial sense for DICE to continue to support and develop RSP and it was being weighed against things such as quality of life. While these points are certainly understood, we feel that DICE is not looking at the bigger picture here.

Although it may cost money to make RSP happen, it is money well spent when it comes to supporting the many allies that DICE has working in the background to keep the player base involved in the series. To slap your friends in the face who support you and make them feel as if you’ve turned your back on them will push away many critical relationships that the company has built with communities.

Even if this is a financial loss to DICE, it would still mean supporting those who support the series and enabling them to add a great value to the game, and that is worth something.

The Bottom Line, Money

The community was overjoyed during the reveal that premium was going by the wayside and that the live service, Tides of War would be free to players. We can’t help but to think that the lack of premium (i.e. extra cash flow) had something to do with the indecisiveness pertaining to RSP.

The question we should ask the readers is this, if you knew that removing premium or additional paid content meant losing RSP would you make that trade? We know that we certainly would not, we were and still are happy to pay the extra price for additional content, not to mention RSP if this does play a role in the decision making.

Why would DICE add a “broadcaster” preset to Spectator, only to not implement RSP?

The Wrap Up

Although this is disappointing news, nothing has been decided yet and there is still hope that DICE will come to it’s senses and decide to invest the money back into the community. After all, any sane person would not sit there with countless voices shouting to them about the need for something, and then not provide it. Should it come to this, the future forecast for the Battlefield series is looking very grim.

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