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Hey everyone,
Season 3 for Battlefield™ 2042 deploys across all platforms on Tuesday, November 22 at 12:00 UTC, while Update 3.0.0 goes live at 08:00 UTC.
Tensions continue to escalate as our squad of No-Pats head to the Northern Swedish wilderness within Season 3: Escalation.
What’s new in Season 3?
Here is an overview of the new content in the Season 3 Update, alongside highlights for changes and improvements:
When can I play?
Season 2 of Battlefield 2042 officially comes to a close on November 22nd at 08:00 UTC, at which point Update #3.0.0 will go live for all platforms. Season 3: Escalation will release on the same day at 12:00 UTC, along with progression towards that content.
Once Season 3 is available for play you will be able to jump into our latest map, Spearhead. We are introducing 24/7 playlists for both Conquest and Breakthrough, and you’ll be able to begin working your way through unlocks within our latest Battle Pass where the all-new Specialist, Weapons, a new Vehicle, Gadget, and loads of Cosmetics await you.
When can you expect our next game update?
Update 3.1 will land before the Holidays, you can expect to see the reworked Manifest map, more Vault Weapons added to All-Out Warfare alongside further fixes and changes. With a brand new Mid-Season Event taking place later in December.
//The Battlefield Team
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What’s in the 3.0 Update?
New Map: Spearhead
Spearhead is our latest CQC-focused map, nestled within the rocky formations of the Swedish wilderness you will find Nordvik’s manufacturing facilities, capable of manufacturing high-tech weaponry and components for weather machinery.
Inside these manufacturing facilities you can expect frantic close quarter confrontations as you battle it out to reclaim control of The Cubes. Outside, make sure you are carrying explosive ordnance as you’ll be upfront and personal with vehicles roaming over the dense rocky landscape.
One of the first notable points of interest with Spearhead is the joint Forward Operating Base next to the lake, capturing and maintaining both of these objectives will ensure easy access as you approach the Communications Outpost.
The Communications Outpost is a medium sized staging area with four communication towers located throughout it. Keep your eyes peeled on the skyline as verticality is at play here.
The Printing Facility is one of two Cube structures that dominates the horizon of this particular location. Close quarter confrontations await you as you head into the Weapons Printing Facility, make your own entry points through the walls as you take the fight towards your objectives.
As you continue alongside the ever winding lake that splits this location in half, you will find the Materials Storage. Exercise caution as you fight throughout the explosive storage units that supply both Nordvik facilities.
The Painting Facility brings out Points of Interest recap to a close, as with the Printing Facility of C2 you can expect similar encounters as you battle through this second Cube building.
Perseverance and formidability are two characteristics that define Egyptian-born security expert, Rasheed Zain.
Through Zain’s training throughout military and special forces, Zain has become adept at using his XM370A airburst launcher to flush out foes from behind cover, leaving him clear to pick them off as they run for the shadows.
Though that’s not all that Zain has to offer, through his sense of duty above all else and tireless stoic attitude, Zain is able to recover health much faster in the field. Positioning him as a prime candidate for leading from the frontline.
The XM370A is an Airburst Launcher that allows Zain to flush out enemies from around and over cover, becoming a situational area denial loadout. If you have some foes hiding behind cover and are giving you trouble, the XM370A is the go-to piece of hardware.
Perseverance allows for Zain to begin recovering health immediately upon taking out an enemy. This effect stops if Zain takes further damage.
Positioned at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, the EMKV90-TOR is a Rail Gun Destroyer Tank that is capable of entering alternate modes aimed at arising and responding to different combat situations.
Siege mode places the EMKV90-TOR into a grounded state, this lowered profile allows for improved stability as well as fire rate from the main Rail Gun turret.
Engage the Mobility Mode on the EMKV90-TOR to bring the Rail Gun Tank up from its Siege Mode, allowing you to move swiftly across the landscape and obstacles ahead of you. This mode is perfect to transport yourself and other passengers closer to the objective or insertion points while still being able to inflict significant damage to those around you.
Fresh off the development line, the EMKV90-TOR features a detection system that picks up the source of incoming attacks within a certain range and filters that information back to you on your HUD.
New Weapons: Rorsch Mk-4, NVK-P125, NVK-S22
Rorsch MK-4
The arrival of cutting-edge technology is here with the Rorsch Mk-4. This weapon uses electromagnetic forces to launch projectiles at preposterous speeds.
With powerful armor penetrating ammunition and requiring a short charge up time before each shot this versatile weapon can adapt itself to any situation and change its fire properties by quickly swapping the configuration of its under barrel mounted capacitors.
With the Rorsch MK-4, you have the ability to choose between a powerful single shot to decimate targets at any distance, full auto or burst fire for medium to short range encounters and make the battlefield yours.
With its unusual Bullpup configuration and its particularly high bullet speed this sidearm is perfect for engaging moving targets at medium distances without compromises, the perfect companion for any sharpshooter.
Need a shotgun with tactical options? This dual-barreled semi-automatic weapon offers great destructive power in a compact and nimble package. Surprise your enemies and become the dominator of close-quarters combat.
Tactile in every way, an old friend from previous Battlefield titles returns. These deadly knives are used by masters of precision and timing and will deliver lethal damage for the one ready to meet the task at hand. Don't worry if you miss, you can pick them back up and try again - if you don't die while doing so.
New Vault Weapons: XM8 LMG, A-91
Sporting the 100-round Beta-C magazine that allows it a shorter reload than others in its class, this Light Machine Gun variant of the XM8 is dangerous at medium ranges thanks to its very controllable recoil and agility.
The A-91 offers highly controllable recoil which makes this smaller assault rifle very strong in all situations, just watch out for its horizontal recoil that can make it unpredictable at times.
Within our Season 3 Battle Pass we’ll be including XP Boosts, these are items placed on a set number of tiers which grant you an additional boost in XP for a certain period of time.
While these XP Boosts will be consumed as soon as you earn them, the timer will only count down while you are actively in a match. You can expect to receive your first XP Boost at Tier 18 of Season 3’s Battle Pass.
100 new tiers of Hardware, Cosmetics and Player Card items are available for you to earn in Season 3’s Battle Pass. Gameplay content such as the new Specialist, Rasheed Zain alongside new weaponry like the Rorsch MK-4 are all available as part of the Free Tiers, while the Premium Tiers will grant access to further cosmetic rewards.
We’ve made alterations to how the Ping System functions within Battlefield 2042, these changes aim to reduce the complexity of the existing ping system. Allowing for improvements to the pacing and accuracy of communication between teammates.
With these changes in place, we anticipate an increase in communication between your team while reducing out of date pings that may have been placed for a previous encounter.
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Categorization of Vehicles has received an overhaul with Update 3.0, providing updates to the classification of Vehicles. Vehicle counts and availability have also been updated depending on Map and Mode requirements.
Vehicle categorization is as follows:
Light Transport - LATV4 Recon, LCAA Hovercraft
Armored Transport - MAV, M5C Bolte
Heavy Armor - M1A5, T28, EMVK90-TOR
Light Armor - EBAA-Wildcat, EBLC-Ram
Air Transport - MV-38 Condor, Mi-240 Super Hind
Attack Helicopter - AH-64GX Apache Warchief, KA-502 Super Hokum, YG-99 Hannibal, RAH-68 Huron, MD540 Nightbird
Fighter Plane - F-35E Panther, SU-57 FELON
With the reworked allocation of Vehicles and their availability, you can expect Maps and Modes to play a part in the amount available to you.
For example with Conquest 128 Players on Spearhead will consist of 4 Light Transport, 1 Armored Transport, 1 Light Armour, 2 Heavy Armour, 1 Air Transport, 1 Attack Helicopter and 1 Jet Per Team alongside In-World Civilian Vehicles.
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This announcement may change as we listen to community feedback and continue developing and evolving our Live Service & Content. We will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible.
November 2022
So, do the team aware of the problem that the EBLC RAM's APS cannot block the AGM launched from Russian's chopper and jet? That is a huge disadvantage for US side EBLC.
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darn this looks fab... any changes to the game engine or Servers?
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Still waiting for my mighty M240B
November 2022
Is it available on XBOX gamepass now?
November 2022
Not yet, I'm checking it since the update went live. I have the Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play included with it, but still can't download or access BF2042 sadly, I don't think they mentioned an exact time other than it's coming today.
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Hi @Trenscen, @muturko92 , later today.
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