Gunner Seat in Blenheim bombers cannot be spawned on by Teammates / Squadmates

[Xerpos]

Product: Battlefield V
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number GTX 980
Enter RAM memory size in GB 32Gb
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
Which part of the mode? Conquest
Please select your region North America
On which server did this happen? Any
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 08.11.18 - Present
Summarize your bug While flying either Blenheim bomber variant when playing as the Allied Forces, teammates / squadmates cannot spawn into the back gunner seat at any time, regardless of where the plane is on the map. The back gunner seat is essentially unavailable to everyone except for the pilot themselves should they decide to switch seats mid-flight. The issue is persistent across all maps (where planes are available).
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have one player spawn a Blenheim bomber and then have a second player (teammate / squadmate) attempt to spawn on that player/plane.
What happens when the bug occurs? The player attempting to spawn into the bomber get's an error stating that the spawn point is no longer available. At times, the plane will have no friendly indicator on the deployment screen but even doubling clicking on the squadmates name who is flying the plane gives the same "no longer available" error.
What should be happening instead? The gunner seat should be available for teammates / squadmates to spawn into.

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It's worth noting that Axis bombers (such as the JU-88) are unaffected by this bug which cause some slight balance issues in the air as the Axis side can have pilots & gunners simultaneously while pilots on the Allied side have to switch seats mid flight to use the back guns at all.

[Xerpos · Accepted solution]

Hey everyone, a fix for this appears on page 10 in the patch notes!

"Fixed an issue preventing squad spawning on the Blenheim airplanes."

Haven't tested it personally yet, but looks like we might be good! Glad we were able to get this noticed, cheers! 

[Skillnescu]

Thank you for posting . The issue was reported and we are waiting fix

[pyide_maybe]

Experiencing this as well, unable to spawn into the gunner position of a squadmate's bomber. The message it was giving me was something like "that player is outside of the combat zone" despite him being clearly visible flying over the center of the map on the deploy screen.

In game from the ground, the icon above his bomber indicated 1/2 positions, so a slot was definitely open. Worth mentioning that in the 'Company' menu screens both Blenheims show 1/1 seats by default, despite clearly having rear gunner positions.

[gorgutzer]

FIX THIS DICE!!!!!!

[EA_Blueberry]

Hey all thanks for reporting this. The Battlefield team is aware and looking into it.

It can be found in the known issues list here

Thank you for the support! 

[Messiah62]

I don't see this on the bug list at all even though you say it is. Is this being fixed on the Dec 4th update?

[MrJeggles]

Hi EA_Blueberry,

Can you please quote the exact point (and the heading it is placed under) that you are referring to on the Known Issues List?

Multiple users here, and on Reddit, have been unable to locate the known issue or bug fix on the Official Known Issue List and the Reddit Known Issue List.

As of 1 December, this issue is still not listed under either 'Vehicles' > 'Planes - Bomber Issues or 'Vehicles' > 'Planes - Fighters Balance'.

Issue Symptoms:

• Unable to spawn as a gunner / passenger on an Allied Forces bomber during a match
• All Allied Forces planes only have 1/1 listed for seats in the Your Company menu (where as the Axis Forces have 2/2 and 3/3 option)

Allied Forces Seat List:

• BLENHEIM MKI: 1/1
• BLENHEIM MKIF: 1/1
• SPITFIRE MK VA: 1/1
• SPITFIRE MK VB:  1/1
• MOSQUITO MKII: 1.1

Axis Forces Seat List:

• BF 109 G-2: 1/1
• BF 109 G-2: 1/1
• STUKA B-1: 2/2
• STUKA B-1: 2/2
• JU-88 A: 3/3

The only point listed on the Known Issues List for spawning on planes has nothing to do with our issue.

Many thanks

[IIISalterisIII]

I second this. I can't find anything the known issues list link provided that talks about this.

When your Blenheim MK IF is specced to have the front gunner spot... it's just a waste of time with this bug.

[Xerpos · Accepted solution]

Hey everyone, a fix for this appears on page 10 in the patch notes!

"Fixed an issue preventing squad spawning on the Blenheim airplanes."

Haven't tested it personally yet, but looks like we might be good! Glad we were able to get this noticed, cheers!