came across this thread that fixed the problem with all the avatars being duplicates of some random thing on BF1

the thread

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/109213/bug-avatar-after-update
 

and basically all you gotta do is delete this folder

C:\Users\YOURUSERACCOUNTNAME\Documents\Battlefield 1\twinkle

its in your documents in the battlefield 1 folder delete twinkle or if paranoid just rename it or cut it out and put it somewhere else whatever works for you

Thanks

bumpty bump

It works.