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‘Battlefield 6' Players Revolt Over A Lack Of Weapon Locking

Battlefield 6 EA While previews of Battlefield 6 have looked intense and quite good, the game has already stumbled into controversy with its early test, and a major change was just detailed by DICE. Players hate it. Battlefield 6 is putting a spin on the class system in that technically it still has classes, but a major point is that weapons are not locked to specific classes. There are bonuses with each class if you use a specific type of weapon, called a 'signature weapon,' but the issue is that there is a pretty clear lack of identity and the potential to be a jack-of-all-trades one-man-army for each player. Here's what DICE said about classes yesterday: So, rather than locking weapons to classes, the fixed class bonuses are signature weapons, an example being a Recon class that gives increased breath holding, whereas other classes will not have that. But they can all still use sniper rifles. Battlefield 6 EA Other fixed things with classes are Signature Traits, ie. Recon spotting enemies when AD. There are Signature Gadgets, class-specific tools. There are Default Weapon Packages, custom easy loadouts for each class but again, the weapons are not locked. This is not the first time this has happened (Battlefield 2042, for example) but it's something that players mostly dislike, as evidenced by the social media reaction to the breakdown of the new system. There are theories that this new system may actually be in place in order to sell weapon cosmetics. The idea being that if every class preferred by players can use any weapon, you are more likely to buy a skin than if you only have a few weapons you can use. I mean, DICE is not saying that specifically (not that they ever would), but it's what some fans are suggesting. It's also monetization-happy EA we're talking about here. Is this system locked in place? (ha). That depends. The 'labs' post says it welcomes player feedback but this may be a pretty significant rework of the entire class concept that is likely not as easy as it sounds, with balance and gameplay created around it. Though fans don't care, and want it fixed. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.