Changes to Battlefield V's health pools that were meant to help new players in the game has been met with a severe backlash from the established community. In an attempt to make everyone happy, DICE has announced it is going to be bringing new "core" playlists to Battlefield V that will bring the time to kill back in line with what it was shortly after launch.

DICE had made the time to kill longer by increasing the health pools after users new to the game were complaining they were getting killed off far too quickly. The developers posted a message to the game's community in Battlefield 5's official subreddit as a way to explain why they had made the moves they had. Plus, the development team used the post to detail what it had planned for the near future.

"The intent came from us observing that new players are having a very hard time with the game compared to our core players, and we wanted to see if we could improve this over the holidays so more players can have a great time. As many of our veteran players know, Battlefield games constantly evolve and change over time in our collaboration with the community. Battlefield V is no exception. We heard your feedback that many of you prefer the old TTK values, with one playlist featuring only Conquest using the “Core” settings clearly not being enough. To fix that, we will be adding a “Core” version of all playlists in the game next week, giving you a clearer choice between new and old settings. We’ll update you early next week on when the new playlist will be added."

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With these changes coming into effect, it's clear DICE is looking to make Battlefield V as attractive as possible to as many gamers as it can. The real question now is whether or not dividing up the player base between those that are well established Battlefield players and those that are new to the series is what's best. Evidently, the critical reception that is best described as "mixed"–our own review included–has the developers spooked a bit.

On top of in-game tweaks, DICE and EA has been working to try and draw players in with other tactics, such as including discounts on the game for veteran players who for those who own other Battlefield titles. At any rate, the community at large isn't going to know quite what to make of these announced "core" playlists that have the original time to kill settings in them until they have launched and users can get their hands on them.

Battlefield V is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Source: Reddit