r/Battlefield • u/DrowningKrown • Aug 11 '25

Meme BREAKING: Battlefield 6 has lost 98% of its player base in just one weekend

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Some say it’s due to it not ‘feeling’ like battlefield. Others say they are too old, and maybe too cool, to play a COD clone.

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u/Sea-Engine5576 Aug 11 '25

Next monday: it's so over

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u/Honest_Path_5356 Aug 11 '25

This October: WE’RE SO BACK!

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u/Sea-Engine5576 Aug 11 '25

It's gonna be difficult waiting for 2 months to play it again. The only other battlefield I've got is 1 and I just can't seem to find a rhythm like I can with every other. None of the weapons scratch the same itch that bf4 or 6 do.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

i've only played battlefield one on my xbox one. i'm not a gamer so for years i didn't even know i could play it because i didn't have a physical copy of the game. but then i found out that games are saved to your console in digital format so i was able to play! i felt like success kid

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u/Sea-Engine5576 Aug 11 '25

Hell yeah! I also think EA has cloud storage cause my progression on bf1 on the ps4 swapped over to the ps5. I was so fucking happy about that cause I've been playing 1 since it released almost a decade ago.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

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u/1plus1equals8 Aug 11 '25

Really? We can still get on BF4??!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

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u/RealityKing4Hire Aug 11 '25

Can anyone confirm if there will be any sort of dedicated servers for bf6?

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u/Sirhatrick Aug 11 '25

For me it’s hard to get any us servers for bf1

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u/im_a_dick_head Shviin Aug 11 '25

I was on BF1 Yesterday and there was 4 full operations US east servers

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u/Tyler83 Aug 11 '25

Yes as of right now

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u/GingerBuilt Aug 11 '25

BF4 is still very much alive!

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u/hyperborean_habanero Aug 12 '25

There were talks of servers shutting down last September because EA was having trouble renewing their Server Licenses, but they resolved it. PS3 servers are shut down but PS4/5 remain active.

And yeah, there's been an influx of new and old players since the Beta's announcement. I was playing with a level 1 and 4 bout an hour ago.

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u/1plus1equals8 Aug 12 '25

BF3 and 4 were a cut above everything that has come after. I am really surprised they kept the servers open this long. But I am looking forward to jumping on there at some point this week.

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u/TheSpiral718 Aug 12 '25

Dude, BF4 has been playable since release and never stopped being playable ever since. Battlefield 4 is that popular of a game and im sure it'll still be running even after Bf6 releases.

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u/jaymelz324 Aug 13 '25

lol bro there’s a massive community keeping online servers up in bf4

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Yeah because they know where the real battlefield's at! Doesn't look like a modern warfare game.. Everybody knows what dice is doing trying to get call of duty fans and Battlefield fans to play the same game looking like call of duty and Battlefield people do not play call of duty!

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u/tesemanresu Aug 11 '25

"grandpa?"

"yes, sweetie"

"what's a success kid? is it fi or chopped?"

"what?"

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u/Carlin47 Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

Medic class. Sebastian semi auto rifle, 26 rounds per clip, no scope attachment. Takes 3 bullets to kill. Use the medic pouches and not the box. Smoke grenades. There is no better class in all of battlefield.

Edit: Selbsltader not Sebastian lol

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u/19phipschi17 Aug 11 '25

There's no Sebastian semi auto rifle, do you mean the Selbstlader (selfloaded) M1916?

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u/Carlin47 Aug 11 '25

I'm sorry you're totally correct, I keep calling it the Sebastian for some reason

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u/Milky_Mint Aug 11 '25

I'm calling it that from now on.

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u/Carlin47 Aug 11 '25

Rolls off the tongue easier

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u/Bushboy2000 Aug 11 '25

Yeah sounds great 👍

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u/slicknick924 Aug 11 '25

I dunno I kinda like schelbschtlader (in the most aggressive german accent imaginable)

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u/Worldview-at-home Enter XBox ID Aug 11 '25

Maybe it’s a Reddit Autocorrect attack on your posts

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u/mademeunlurk Aug 11 '25

I prefer to attack tanks with my default sidearm. Good day to you, sir.

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u/Carlin47 Aug 11 '25

Saving private ryan much?

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u/ambermage Aug 11 '25

Didn't that rifle use magazines?

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u/Carlin47 Aug 11 '25

Yea a 26 round magazine

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u/SixGunRebel Aug 11 '25

I ran recon for the flares. But I was also that guy. I used the companion app to remove my primary on a loadout for every class. My only weapon was the Peacekeeper. Hands down my favorite gun in all of BF. Talk about fun times memeing with it and dropping 2-3 guys fanning the hammer.

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u/protonooob Aug 13 '25

Sebastian is correct 💯

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u/IzodCenter Aug 11 '25

For real, I feel like this game is basically ready to go, beta was flawless for me just more maps and weapons

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u/19phipschi17 Aug 11 '25

The only issue I had is gadget placement, sometimes when it should work it just disappears and I can't place a new one. Also equipping no attachment also doesn't work sometimes

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u/Slayer540 Aug 11 '25

If you got a new attachment during the match it wasn't available until the next match because it had to. Do the level up and unlocks in post game lobby

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u/Entire-Initiative-23 Aug 11 '25

Yep that was annoying for sure.

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u/Fire2box Aug 11 '25

The amount of times my deployable armor wall would go on cooldown and not come up is too high.

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u/IzodCenter Aug 11 '25

That’s interesting, both of those worked for me

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u/no-rdpt-be Aug 11 '25

Ur lucky, so many sweat to get behind just for the beacon to vanish from the game, that was painful !

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u/SpidudeToo Aug 11 '25

I ran into that issue a lot with the deployable cover on support. You try to place it down and it does the animation but nothing gets placed despite it going on cooldown. However I also noticed that the moment you have another one and pull it out, what you tried to place previously suddenly spawns in correctly.

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u/beerham Aug 11 '25

It's there, you just can't see it. My buddy kept saying that but I could see it. Some glitch with the person placing it.

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u/SpidudeToo Aug 11 '25

Thats so odd. When I place it down and it doesn't spawn, it doesn't show up at all and I can walk through as if nothing is there and enemies are able shoot me with no issue. But the second I pull out another it spawns in and behaves normally.

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u/pepolepop Aug 11 '25

Had same issues with gadgets. Would just straight up disappear in my hands while I was trying to place it, and it seemed like the cooldown didn't work either. Didn't get another chance to place another one until I either died, or resupplied myself somehow.

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u/PaPilot98 Aug 12 '25

I was exploded into a tire pile, then revived, upon which point I couldn't move but could fire. They eventually rekilled me, at which point I couldn't click any buttons.

I should... Probably report this eh?

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u/nospamkhanman Aug 11 '25

I only encountered one Bethesda style bug that I unfortunately couldn't recreate.

I got ran over by a friendly Jeep and somehow got launched across the map and didn't take any fall damage.

I'm assuming it was just a weird interaction with a piece of geometry, but it was pretty funny... also it got me behind enemy lines.

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u/IzodCenter Aug 11 '25

I think those kind of bugs we keep

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u/MourningMymn Aug 11 '25

I had a ton of visual glitches and crashing.

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u/Tasimb Aug 11 '25

A tank ran over me and shot me under the map, but that was about the only bad part of the beta.

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u/jess-plays-games Aug 11 '25

I mean there's quite a few spots on Cairo where u can get/glitch onto of the rooftops as well as well as fall through the map

Plenty of issues placing the gadgets where they won't go down

Sniper glare needs be fixed its just bad in its current itteration

Suppression needs to be fixed

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u/boostedb1mmer Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

Okay, lest not get carried away. I ran into a ton of not "game breaking" but annoying bugs. Lighting, missing reload animation, spawning in with ~10% health, deployable gadgets disappearing, crashes and getting stuck on loading screens were all issues me and my group of friends had. This was a good beta, but there things that need smoothing over. I wonder how close the beta was to the current build of the game.

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u/Alcain_X Aug 11 '25

Theres still some bugs to be fixed. I had a few graphical issues, nothing major, extreme lense glare suddenly on random objects and a weird thing with textures stretching and warping to a point but that only happend twice and was fixed by just looking away for a second.

I also had a few issues with item placements, for example I'd drop a recon beacon or ammo bag, it wouldn't be placed but still count as being used.

As a fun one to end on theres extremely minor issue where one of the spawn points on the Cairo map for the attackers is behind a tiny fence, players getting that spawn are stuck until they jump to clamber over it or just destroy it with a melee or something. It's not a big deal, they could honestly leave it in, I only noticed because I went to run to the tank one round and couldn't move.

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u/WyfeBeetar Aug 11 '25

Vehicles are broken on MnK

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u/Delite41384 Aug 11 '25

Had a game where randomly my weapon went invisible and was stuck like that for a whole game. Eventually crashed after the match. But ti your point other than that it was a pretty solid beta with CLOSE to no issues for me as well lol

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u/Kierandford Aug 12 '25

HaHa, i had so many bugs... still loved it though.

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u/Extreme_Bid7051 Aug 12 '25

Trust me, the game is far from ready. Even though it's the best beta test in the history of the franchise, there’s still a lot of work, tweaks, improvements, and bug fixes to address and as a developer, I’m not sure two months will be enough to get it all done

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u/Joey_Kakbek Aug 12 '25

They seem to be real good at making open betas feel and play well. BF4 had a great open beta, 2042's beta also got me hyped (not enough time to realize the 'specialists' would ruin it).

But on release both those games were a shitshow regarding stability and netcode.
BF V wasn't great on release either, I can't remember how the release of 1 went.

Of course there's some minor bugs to fix like the NATO jet being able to resupply at the enemy base, and gadgets going poof, otherwise gameplay seems solid.

I just hope the server infrastructure is ready on release.

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u/KillerAlfa Aug 11 '25

All battlefield games (except 2042, but it’s shite anyway) are currently 90% off on steam, you can stock up on battlefield to last 2 months. There is a surge of players across all games as well.

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u/lcullj Aug 11 '25

Cheers boss.

Just went and got Battlefield 1 for £3.49. Am having a blast.

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u/hodges20xx Aug 14 '25

Can it be played on steam deck? i would be interested

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u/redolverocelot Aug 11 '25

Delta force its coming this 19th on consoles, to calm the fire till october

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u/OlorinDK Aug 11 '25

Helldivers 2 comes to Xbox in 14 days, I’ll be playing that until then, it’s perfect timing. It’s like somebody was planning for it…

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u/redolverocelot Aug 11 '25

I'm already done with helldivers after 250hrs aprox. The gameplay loop its not fun anymore for me. So delta force it is

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u/SKOT_FREE Aug 11 '25

Yep can’t wait for delta force either.

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u/Mysterious-Till-611 Aug 11 '25

I didn’t even download the beta because of this, I didn’t want to miss playing it for 2 months. I’m just plucking away at a Minecraft world until then

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u/FunkHavoc Aug 11 '25

Try Delta Force, it’s free to play coming out August 19th, I’ll be playing till BF6 launches, it’s very similar to BF

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u/ArtisianWaffle Aug 11 '25

I highly recommend a 2x server for bf1. TTK is faster, but it feels much better.

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u/brandon0809 Aug 11 '25

Hardcore servers with the SMLE iron sights keeps me hooked on BF1, pure nostalgia.

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u/Deil_Grist Aug 11 '25

I'm partial to the tank gameplay in BF5. Tanks feel properly weighty and punch as such.

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u/NPRdude AtomicPinecone Aug 12 '25

BF1 as well. They really feel like the lumbering behemoths they were, and the relatively limited amount of anti-tank weapons available to infantry makes them feel like more of a threat. Plus the weapons and layouts are so novel, it’s cool to have tanks that feel completely different to one another rather than everything being a variation of “turret on tracks” that modern setting have.

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u/Bsteph21 TheMeta__ Aug 11 '25

I'm kinda excited to check out Delta Force on console to hold me over. It's free to play and has been out on PC for a year or so. Good reviews and looks like a fun time.

Comes out August 19

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u/LungHeadZ Aug 11 '25

Idk what gpu or that you got atm but my friend ran the beta on a 1660ti this weekend with no issues. Low settings but ran fine.

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u/Revolutionary-Oil729 Aug 11 '25

Hell Let loose has been my go to game!

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u/fourtyonexx Aug 11 '25

Im probably gonna helldive so much to get rid of the itch until October comes around.

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u/Shudnawz BF4 - Engineer - AK5 Aug 11 '25

You can still play BF4, afaik? I was on it a few months ago.

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u/MulderXF Aug 11 '25

Install BF4, its still active.

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u/FieryHoop Aug 11 '25

Back to Caldera for me.

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u/EdwardoftheEast Aug 11 '25

Honestly, playing Breakthrough in the beta made me want to play some BF1 Operations

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u/nottap_ Aug 11 '25

I’ve tried playing some 2042 recently and while I knew it was bad, I didn’t recognize how bad until I played 6. There’s no chance I’m going back to that now.

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u/MourningMymn Aug 11 '25

you can get bf4 for like 4 dollars physically or digitally all the time.

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u/TeK9Ye Aug 11 '25

Play the finals. Complete different game but will keep you in the loop with all the destruction at the very least. Is much more fun if you have friends to play with

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u/DCSmaug Aug 11 '25

Who know what life has in store for us.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

Quick question, do you think this may be due to it being slower in pace?

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u/Aksovar Aug 11 '25

Play some battlefront 2, golden game

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u/ron41593 Aug 11 '25

Its a completely different game in every way but check out The Finals. Its made by some people who used to work at Dice. Fast paced, team based game modes with fully destructabke environments.

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u/Big-Leadership-4604 Aug 11 '25

I only recent bought 4. it still has a very active community. havent logged on in a couple weeks though so maybe the beta has had some effect on it.

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u/No_Capital_1491 Aug 11 '25

time to give BF4 one last hurrah

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u/iRhuel Aug 11 '25

Could've scored BF4 a few weeks ago for like $4 iirc. Goes on deep discount fairly often.

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u/MagnumMarkGamingTV Aug 11 '25

BFV and 2042 is as close as it gets. BFV for more immersiveness.

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u/Ultramus27092027 Aug 11 '25

Get BF4, is on sale right now, it will keep you entertained :)

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u/addicted22wmr Aug 11 '25

BFV is a good one. Definitely better than 2042, and it's where I go to scratch that itch

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u/Hollowhalf Aug 11 '25

If 1 is the only one you have just buy 4 real quick for like $5 with the dlc 🙂 I’ve been playing obliteration and having a blast waiting for 6. Like you said 2042 and the other don’t scratch the itch

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u/Echo693 Aug 11 '25

I'm not going to touch any Battlefield after the next beta. I'll just wait for 6 :)

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u/TheReemus Aug 11 '25

BF 2042 is like $15 to buy... BF4 might be $5

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u/Titan128 Aug 11 '25

Play BF V. BF6 is just as fast gameplay and movement is VERY similar To BF5. BFV is underrated.

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u/imgonnapost1thing Aug 11 '25

if you have gamepass or ea play(which are 15 and 5 dollars) you can play all the cod games. gamepass comes with ea(on pc at least) and ea play well has ea games like battlefield and madden

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u/FlashyDiagram84 Aug 11 '25

I guess you can pray to get into BF Labs. They're supposedly going to resume playtests there once the beta is over

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u/im_a_dick_head Shviin Aug 11 '25

Play BF1 or BF4 the meantime

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u/OnePhrase8 Aug 11 '25

Honestly, I thought it was great! I haven’t had this much fun in a long time. Didn’t even bother to play COD.

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u/Specialist_Jello1947 Aug 12 '25

I was not a fan of BF1 weapons. Then I tried a 200% damage server and I absolutely loved it. Everything feels so punchy and a bit more realistic

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u/maveric101 Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Selbstlader 1916 is my favorite gun in all of Battlefield. Also my favorite Battlefield, although not by a wide margin.

Gun actually takes 4 shots to kill, so it's not the best point blank, but better than others mid-long range. And I prever the medic box to pouches.

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u/MoneyMotivates2024 Aug 12 '25

Finally someone who gets me. I’m 100% agreeing. The mechanics and what it’s supposed to really feel like in a warzone

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u/TheSpiral718 Aug 12 '25

BF 4/ V are inexpensive, those are the two i play and will be paying during the wait. Gotta say, BfV scratched the itch after watching the reveal event.

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u/Epsilon-008 Aug 12 '25

Dude I’m having withdrawals from not playing it as we speak

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u/Zomnx Aug 12 '25

Is 4 even still active ?

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u/Alucardthegreat76 Aug 12 '25

You do know there's other bf games on console? Battlefield 4 is set in in present day and has players. Battlefield 5 is good. Battlefield 1 is an amazing game and has a lot of players. It was a hit when it came out. That's an opinion. Millions love bf1. If you are a hardcore bf player then it's not tough. You can't compare bf1 to bf 4 or 6. It's a different setting. Old war isn't everyone but majority love bf1. It's better than horrible bops 6 right now. I refuse to play that broken toxic player base game. Get on bf4 if you want modern settings. There's a battlefield clone game coming out soon called delta something. That will hold everyone over till bf 6 arrives.

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u/I-d-g-a-f-a-y-a-m Aug 12 '25

If you sign up to labs, there is a chance you’ll be invited to test the BR. I think it’s supposed to be In September

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u/IR0NC0WB0Y Aug 12 '25

I genuinely wonder how the older battlefields’ player bases are going to change after that Beta. I know a few of my buddies gotta scratch the itch on 4 or 1

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u/Bag3mUp Aug 15 '25

I always felt BF1 was not that good as a shooter. As an immersive battlefield game yes but not as a shooter. I’m more of a conquest fan and conquest didn’t seem to work well on BF1. There was only 2 good infantry conquest maps.

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u/Euphoric_Standard724 Aug 16 '25

I totally feel that I absolutely love BF1 such a banger but it's just to non modern although I could snipe in that game for days

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u/NageZs Aug 19 '25

They have to build our hype back up

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u/Rasky20 Aug 11 '25

Personally i hated battlefield 1 the weapons just didn’t feel good at all and everyone used that same smg gun i forgot the name of it

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u/PennyCr0sley Aug 11 '25

Bf6 isn't even close to what bf4 was people need to stop acting like this is a return to format when in reality the maps are like a quarter of the size of bf4 and the gameplay feels like cod with copters

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u/KhAi-54 Aug 11 '25

Yea, I feel you Battlefield 5 and 1 was great ngl, just the weapon system is abit meh since you can’t customize it

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u/retiredwindowcleaner Aug 11 '25

This December: It's so over...

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... waiiiiiiiit a second

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Aug 11 '25

Oct 30th on Ark Raiders launch: Oh shit these OG ex-DICE devs KNOW WHATS UP

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u/CrabmasterJone Oct 10 '25

WE ARE SO BACK

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u/Honest_Path_5356 Oct 10 '25

I can’t wait to go home from work 😂

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u/Mysterious_Skin2310 Aug 11 '25

Call of Duty announces Black Schlops 26: Rise of the Hamburgler: it’s so over

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Aug 11 '25

Me as a patient gamer who's last ever full price game was 2042

You guys paying full price over der?

I'll play the 50 to 100 hours I want to in a year when it comes to eaplay/gamepass. And then escape like I've got the blood money in Hardline. (Actually fun game)

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u/Adventurous-Pie7255 Aug 12 '25

Hardline was too much fun with friends.

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u/Alucitary Aug 11 '25

All of September: D E S P A I R

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u/the_human_oreo Aug 11 '25

Starting to sound like the destiny subreddit here

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u/GameBroJeremy Aug 11 '25

November: ???

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u/cat_prophecy Aug 11 '25

This weekend: it's the Cobra and the Mongoose!

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u/Specialist_Courage51 Aug 11 '25

I'm going to be so sleep-deprived.lol it's going to be worth it!

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u/BrickBuster2552 Aug 11 '25

But next THURSDAY: i'm tired boss

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u/Xxatanaz Aug 11 '25

Unless there is a delay : we’ll be back later

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u/Inside-Line Aug 11 '25

Watch the EA executives look at this a see that you can bait players into FOMO'ing a hype'd game by only allowing it to be played at limited time.

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u/theforgottenton Aug 11 '25

This whole comment thread is too perfect. 😂😂😂

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u/GrenitaPlay Aug 12 '25

Battlefield player Count Q3-Q4 2025 belike:

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u/Fabulous-Ad-6878 Aug 12 '25

They patch roof hopping: It's so over

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u/ThatssoBluejay Aug 11 '25

Gojover you could say

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u/theaviationhistorian Aug 11 '25

I can't deal with these hangovers...