Battlefield Studios is seemingly making an attempt one thing totally different with Battlefield 6’s subsequent patch, which everybody assumed can be a normal, mid-season replace not meant to alter the sport considerably.
Nevertheless, it seems that it could carry extra to the sport than we realised, sufficient that the developer sees it as an excuse to carry again the pre-launch Battlefield Labs testing initiative.
The December 9 patch kicks off the ultimate section of the sport’s first season, which is ready to take the sport by way of the vacations and into the brand new 12 months. We’ve identified about its content material for some time, and it’s positively the lightest, in comparison with the 2 earlier phases.
Battlefield Studios introduced a number of latest adjustments that might be included in the identical patch, that are apparently important sufficient to require participant testing. The developer is reviving Battlefield Labs to assist it achieve this, however just for three two-hour classes, cut up throughout the sport’s three primary server areas (EU, NA, APAC).
All checks are scheduled for as we speak, December 2, and so they stay underneath NDA. Battlefield Labs can also be sticking with PC as its chosen platform but once more, although it is possible for you to to affix by way of Steam this time, alongside the EA app.
The main focus of the check might be on three key areas that the December 9 patch might be touching. First, there’s footstep audio, a difficulty that was actually introduced into focus with the launch of Redsec Battle Royale. You’ll be able to count on to listen to enemy footsteps from farther away, and intuitively know the kind of floor they’re transferring on.
The patch additionally brings one other move to hit registration and netcode, which BF Studios says ought to enhance responsiveness in close-quarter conditions. Lastly, there are broader adjustments to different fight areas that the announcement didn’t elaborate on.
All testing will happen on Eastwood, and Operation Firestorm, rotating between Conquest, and Escalation.
Going ahead, Battlefield Studios mentioned to count on Labs to be open to extra gamers, and for the method itself to be smoother. The developer needs to have quicker turnaround occasions, in any case, in order that the initiative can check smaller adjustments and be extra aware of participant suggestions.
Among the extra concerned, future classes will embrace experiments with map format adjustments and varied different non-standard compositions of participant and car numbers. In fact, you may as well count on new maps and modes to be examined in Labs, much like how the CTE was utilized in Battlefield 4’s lengthy life.
