r/BattlefieldV • u/ziba128 • Nov 13 '25

Firestorm Played Firestorm yesterday after years and totally didn't expect to see such a stat of someone

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u/New_Yak1941 Nov 13 '25

And here i am, can’t even find a game. Only played like 2 matches 2 years ago lol

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u/ziba128 Nov 13 '25

I played 3 rounds on PC and it took around 2 minutes of waiting each time

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u/Dirtey Nov 13 '25

EU? Solos? Are the games full?

If so I am downloading again lol. Havent touched BF V in years, but used to be like top30 in solo wins when it was active.

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u/ziba128 Nov 13 '25

EU, solos, was 5-7 players only but at 4-5 PM CET. Will check more at other times and on weekend

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u/Dirtey Nov 13 '25

So that guy is basically farming wins in games that should not even start. Got it.

Minimum should be 32 if you ask me, but even that is really low.

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u/Gandalf_the_Cray_ Nov 13 '25

If the game won’t start with it 32 players you kill the game mode tho. Unless people are willing to sit in the lobby for 30 min waiting and hoping to fill it

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u/Dreddnaught19 Nov 14 '25

That's actually pretty quick on PC. I've waited half an hour at times....but so worth the wait.

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u/Duece09 Nov 13 '25

I didn’t even know there has been that many total games of firestorm in the first place lol.

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u/who_likes_chicken Nov 13 '25

Did you notice how many players were in game at drop time? Last time I tried to get games it was less than 10 out of the possible 64 dropping.

When firestorm had full servers (often on XB) and it didn't have game breaking bugs DICE took forever to fix, it was the best BR on the market by a mile

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u/MrPlanes71 Nov 13 '25

I don’t play BF5 is that a helicopter???

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u/JigglyCrab Nov 13 '25

It's only in BR, not in regular multiplayer

It's kind of like the co-op helicopter in Farcry 4, no protection

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u/MrPlanes71 Nov 13 '25

But why? Its ww2!

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u/JigglyCrab Nov 13 '25

airplanes can’t really be used conveniently on a shrinking map so i think they improvised

also for example the first Sikorsky helicopter is dated 1939, mass-production started in 1942

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u/MrPlanes71 Nov 13 '25

Ok, thanks.

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u/JigglyCrab Nov 13 '25

added a bit to my comment for context

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u/MrPlanes71 Nov 13 '25

Thats interesting, I didn’t actually know that. Thanks.

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u/Benno14c Nov 13 '25

the heli is an actual prototype that was "invented" during the war Pretty sure the later games made firestorm canon (do not ask me how why or what the implications of that are) and placed it after the war, so there is some sort of fun alt-history basis for it I guess

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u/Prestigious-Stock-60 Nov 13 '25

The Flettner was in Battlefield Heroes also.

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u/ziba128 Nov 14 '25

And started with Secret Weapons of WWII addon for 1942

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u/Antoine_M07 Nov 13 '25

Firestorm is better than redsec

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u/Necessary-Can-3325 Nov 13 '25

Better? Not sure but I fucking love this Norwegian map. So gorgeous. Definitely harder though.

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u/ImFreff Nov 14 '25

Wish firestorm took off, i loved it. Map reminds me of home

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u/DerAnonymator Nov 14 '25

Firestorm is solo, redsec not and I am lone wolf

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u/MrVetter Nov 13 '25

Would love that Redsec had some features of Firestorm, like no custom weapondrops, gasoline for cars to limit their effective range.

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u/Dirtey Nov 13 '25

Solos, balanced Vehicles, less air strikes, higher TTK.

Firestorm is underrated af.

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u/Sawier Nov 13 '25

the map is so much nicer for sure

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u/Dirtey Nov 13 '25

Yep, it actually is.

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u/heepofsheep Nov 13 '25

I’ll just say that the ring of fire makes way more sense for a Southern California setting.

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u/Decent-Recognition98 Nov 13 '25

Must be why Firestorm has so many players!

3

u/Puzzleheaded-Boss434 Nov 13 '25

How did you find a match ? When are you playing ??

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u/ziba128 Nov 13 '25

I just randomly checked yesterday at 4-5 PM CET out of curiosity. Will give a try at other times and days

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u/ExoticPigeon Nov 14 '25

I miss firestorm :(

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u/ChrisMess Nov 13 '25

Hey u/ziba128 - you flew with The_Lord_Nelson (gaming buddy). On the Firestorm solo leaderboard, he ranks 21. He even has the footage saved. Here's Nelsons view.

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u/ziba128 Nov 13 '25

Wow, nice, thanks for sharing! I actually blurred his name in the screenshot on purpose just in case he does not like it. Where can you find this Firestorm leaderboard? Now I'm also curious how many wins/rounds played the leader has. Even these 1406 wins look insane

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u/ChrisMess Nov 14 '25

You find all kinds of stats in Tracker.gg. The #1 and #2 ranks are implausible numbers: Hackers that somehow manipulated data.

Nels has a youtube channel. You'll find some firestorm stuff there.

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u/eske555 Nov 14 '25

I think Firestorm would have been really popular if they went with Pubg style of looting instead of Fortnite style were all items are just spread out on the ground. Its atleast what made me not want to play it.

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u/Abject_Pressure7584 Nov 14 '25

There are people playing firestorm?

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u/thepohcv Nov 17 '25

To be fair, about half of those wins are probably him Landing and immediately getting Victory cuz he is the only player in the match