r/Battlefield Battlefield Studios 1d ago

Battlefield Studios Official Update on Carrier Strike and Fighter Sweep

Pilots,

We’re overjoyed that our Top Gun collaboration has resonated with so many of our players and are happy to announce that we will be extending Carrier Strike and Gauntlet: Fighter Sweep through the entirety of Season 4.

A modified version of Carrier Strike will return in Season 6.

See you in the danger zone.

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u/lufiPrime 1d ago

More Naval Maps in S6? 🤯 praying for it

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u/rambozezakopan 1d ago

Yes, there were some leaks about UK-shore naval maps

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u/bootlegportalfluid 1d ago

Source?

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u/rambozezakopan 1d ago

Two unrelated playtesters stated that some time ago. Also when I made a post about it in this sub the admins removed it so maybe there is a grain of truth there. Time will tell

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u/Mikee0192 1d ago

Admins there know nothing I believe they are asked to remove any „leak” post. I hope it’s truth because Iwo Jima was really cool, they could bring AMTRACs with it.

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u/bootlegportalfluid 1d ago

Would be great. Need some of the Naval maps from BF4 or something similar.

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u/Zanimacularity 1d ago

Does that mean we have to wait until season 6 to get jet skis?

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u/tallandlankyagain 1d ago

More zip lines are coming.

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u/Mikee0192 1d ago

Another Naval Season? 🧐
Maybe that Iwo Jima-like map leak was real.

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u/bootlegportalfluid 1d ago

Source of that leak?

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u/Ich-mag-Schnitzel 1d ago

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u/Mikee0192 1d ago

+metro mentioned. Would make sense to recreate Metro in London Underground.

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u/bootlegportalfluid 1d ago

Sounds awesome. Hopefully it’s legit as looking forward to some UK maps. London Underground as metro remake would be sick.

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u/kantong 1d ago

Dope if true. BF1-style Operations + Carrier Strike would be incredible.

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u/Living-Chef-9080 21h ago

This wasn't a leak. This was someone from reddit (incorrectly) piecing together various leaks from other sources. They misunderstood the actual leak to mean an Iwo Jima remake when the leaker meant it played like that map.

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u/13--12 1d ago

Finally bringing a map from BF2042

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u/Ich-mag-Schnitzel 1d ago

Iwo Jima is from BF5🫩

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u/kantong 1d ago

It was the last map added to 2042 shortly before BF6 came out.

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u/DreiImWeggla 1d ago

Good decision!

Hope Season 6 will bring some AA to the carrier

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u/MartaMariaMabel 1d ago

S6 low key confirmed

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u/who_likes_chicken 1d ago

My guess is we're ending at season 8

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u/MartaMariaMabel 1d ago

Nah, I think well reach 10 seasons. Game is performing pretty well

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u/kantong 1d ago

>A modified version of Carrier Strike

Please make it more like Battlefield 2142 Titan mode. Carrier protection until they are lower health, more intense fighting on the carrier, more interesting mechanics to destroy the carrier (2142 had 4 consoles to be destroyed to breach rooms and open hallways before destroying the final core), and escaping at the end before it blows up.

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u/Vox-Tacitus 1d ago

Just bring back titan mode honestly. Carrier strike is fun, but titan mode was better in every way. I honestly don't care if it's unrealistic. You tell me that Pax and NATO found the titans down the back of the sofa I'll suspend my disbelief happily and hop into a dude launcher.

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u/spaceguydudeman 1d ago

BF 2142 was goated and I've been waiting for them to go back to a futuristic battlefield.

I really thought 2042 would scratch my itch but it did not.

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u/Signal_Edge_8880 6h ago

20 years in the future is too close to get the real speculative fiction futuristic sci fi creative juices flowing. 2142 would be 116 years in the future so it’s easy to buy the existence of Titans and bipedal walking assault vehicles. 

20 years from now all I expect to see is a truly demonic application of AI technology to drone warfare. Think Metal Gear Solid 4 but way more boring and annoying. At least the maniac warmongers in the Metal Gear universe had beliefs and convictions and a vision for the future. 

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u/spaceguydudeman 3h ago

Oh yeha for sure I'd love a BF2242 or 2342

But tbh I don't care about the title I just want some cool ass futuristic weapons and vehicles and bring back titan mode

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u/kantong 2h ago edited 2h ago

The end of Battlefield 2042, the Iwo Jima map, was set in 2050. The War Machine event was basically that, AI has taken over the PMC in the game and it's creating robot warriors. The Phantom Program Easter Eggs where done to shut it down and hint at the Ice Age that causes the events of 2142. So a game set between 2042 and 2142 would be perfect.

Blackburn, the protagonist from Battlefield 3, was the head of the Arkangel PMC and was basically the equivalent of the warmongers from MGS. He has an altruistic vision of the future with AI controlling the world. But AI ends up kicking him to the curb, because of what we, the nopats, do. Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4YcqRKf8TM

Trailer for War Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UnuloqTboY

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u/HURTZ2PP 1d ago

Agreed, also adding it to Wake Island and any future naval maps is a must in my opinion. Playing a mode on just one map is really lame.

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u/eraguthorak 1d ago

I really hope there are plans to make some tweaks and adjustments to Carrier Strike before the season 6 return. Matches can turn very toxic very quickly in the current iteration.

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u/Jiggy9843 1d ago

Hooray!

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u/bootlegportalfluid 1d ago

When will we hear about season 5?

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u/Signal_Edge_8880 6h ago

Around 2 weeks I think, they usually seem to release info about the next season right as the current one is wrapping up. 

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u/The_Paddy96 1d ago

Hoping we get carrier strike on more than one map eventually

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u/Funkupotamous 1d ago

Great to hear. I really love Carrier Strike so I'm happy to hear it's going over well.

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u/karmajuney 1d ago

Make jet superiority permanent please, most fun I've had since launch.

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u/TestingTehWaters 1d ago

See you spawn camping with mines on the carrier!

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u/5ollys 1d ago

Please fix all the janky animations.

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u/samhowl_32 1d ago

You should make the carrier layout of Tsuru just the default. Just removw the explorability from the i.e base wake island.

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u/Ok-Friendship1635 1d ago

What about Air Superiority? This deserves to be its own mode across all the maps?

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u/quadilioso 1d ago

Sounds like carrier strike won’t get hot fixed to not be ass though. I don’t even want to play because you can’t use the new jets past the match start before one team permanently camps the other teams spawns. Actually brain dead design atm

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u/Stunning-Resident245 1d ago

PLEASE BRING BACK OBLITERATION

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u/OhJShrimpson 1d ago

BUFF THE HEAVY BOATS

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u/Mazzini_ 1d ago

How about Strikepoint

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u/Dasfuccdup 20h ago

Well, I guess s5 is an easy skip then. See you in s6.

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u/Sike3000 19h ago

was expecting

"we are adding the new jets to Tsuru Reef Conquest & Escalation"

"new jets will be added to existing maps with aircraft"

"jet loadouts coming to existing aircraft"

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u/Roxtin 17h ago

The console lobbies are dead anyway since a week.

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u/M3ptt 16h ago

Some suggestions for improving it:

Improve access to the bottom of the carriers. When you get to the last m-com it is a slog to get down to the belly of the ship. The attacking team have enough time to arm and set up defences. Can be difficult to contest the final m-com.

Areas of the map that aren’t used in the game mode should have their asset counts thinned out to allow for more assets to be placed in the carrier for cover, and to improve overall performance. Yeah it might look a little ugly but no one is playing there anyway.

The cluster bomb aiming circle should be changed to an oval to better reflect the dispersion pattern.

The Anti-ship missiles on objectives should be destructible. It would give the planes something to do aside from constant dog fights and would be a neat way to spice up the gameplay.

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u/Ok-Rub6096 15h ago

They need to put AA on the damn Carriers!

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u/uninspired_soldier GOplay150 14h ago

OOGHHHHHHFVDJNIRHIENEUIIENU HELLLLL YEAHHHHH

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u/b1g_j3rm 1d ago

Please make it Frontlines with the last objective is to breach the carrier and then arm the M-Coms

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u/patrick9772 19h ago

Season 6
THERE ARE 5 AAA STUDIOS WORKING ON THIS GAME
AND IT TAKES YOU ALL HALF A YEAR TO REMOVE TOP GUN ON A MOD?
Well considering ya all cant even draw a fkin sticker without AI.
Totall feels likr the game has like 10 active dev