The latest main map reworked for Battlefield 2042 is now live, bringing major changes to one of the game’s most iconic maps, Orbital.
Like previous map remakes, the new Orbital features a new cover, better gameplay flow, and visual improvements to make different areas of the map stand out from each other. In the Conquest game mode, different flags on the map have been moved or added. The map will now have a more destructive war feel, with areas like Crawlerway and Launch Pad now littered with debris, destroyed tanks, and craters.
The new Orbital is the star of the 2.2 update, but it also introduces three weapons from Battlefield 3 (have long been available in the game Battle Portal ) into Battlefield 2042’s core All-Out Warfare game mode. The three weapons are the ACW-R assault rifle, the AKS-74u assault rifle, and the MP412 REX revolver.
In addition to various bug fixes and some other minor changes, the other major addition of the update is the persistent servers for the Battlefield Portal. Previously, a server would disappear from the server list if no players were currently active in it. That’s about to change now, with the ability for premium battle card holders to be able to trigger a persistent server that’s going to be up and running continuously for up to a week, even without any players. is active. DICE programmer in Note says the feature has been highly requested by the Battlefield 2042 community, and that allowing servers to go live will help “allow communities to stay together on their favorite servers, without waiting server owner online and server activation.”
Battlefield 2042 had a rough start when it launched nearly a year ago, with critics and fans noting the game’s various bugs and online problems. The game’s cold reception caused DICE to delay the game first content season arrives summer 2022use the months after Battlefield 2042 to stabilize and improve the core experience.
One of the three experiences of Battlefield 2042 at launch, Danger area. DICE also deleted Breakthrough version 128 players favor the 64 player version in the name of providing a more tactical and less chaotic experience. More recently, DICE has been working to provide remake for many of the game’s core mapsand will open major changes to the game’s controversial Experts in the near future.
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