Latest Battlefield 1 Patch Downgrades Visuals And Performance For PC Gamers
A thread is that is 30 pages and growing is filled with complaints on the official BF1 forum. Some questioned whether others were seeing things, chalking the whole thing up to a placebo effect of sorts, though the degraded graphics are more easily seen on higher resolutions with the eye candy cranked up. A forum user who goes by the handle "Arrogant_Amigo" gathered up a couple of comparison screenshots that show the visual downgrade in a number of spots. Have a look:
Before the patch

After the patch
- Clearly lacks tessellation on muddy terrain path -- see bottom left highlighted area
- Lacks previous (pre-patch) anisotropic filtering/textures -- see far right highlight on rock formation textures
- Terrain quality/decoration lowered, notice missing foliage and plants -- see top left highlight above the muddy path
- HBAO/shadow resolution or shadow-draw distance lowered, notice cluster of plants -- see middle highlight above weapon
@CurleeToes @Battlefield It hasn't. We are investigating why some people experience a degrade on PS4, PS4 pro and PC.
— Nils Hallberg (@_FancySquirrel_) November 17, 2016
DICE has not yet given a time frame for how long gamers can expect to wait for another patch that restores graphics to the previous visual quality.