Battlefield 6 is finally on the right track...

Maybe it feels like Battlefield 6 is on an upward trajectory following the reveal of the 2026 road map and a whole host of quality of life features. I've actually seen a ton of positivity online, which is great to see, and the future looks bright for this game if the developers deliver on what was promised. However, there were a couple of question marks from that announcement that have now been addressed by David Surland, also known as Tiger, who worked on many Battlefield games, starting with Battlefield 2. He replied to a couple of people on Reddit here. First up from informal yesterday and they were talking about server browser because the language that they used was very ambiguous in the announcement, but whatever. So, let's take a look. As I said in a recent post, we actually don't know for sure if they're doing what folks have been asking for. They didn't confirm that they would list all official servers, including all those used for matchmaking. So, I'm happy to see them working on this, but I'm not quite trusting them just yet. Call me skeptical, but pleased. and Tiger the dice dev replied here. I can tell you that it is what you want it to be. Okay, great. So, based on what informal yesterday said there, I'm reading this as a confirmation that it will list official servers. I think so. I hope so. And he followed up again here. Server browser is near and dear to me and the functionality is crucial. More details to come in time. So, it sounds like that they finally might be getting it. For me, I've been going on about this for years now. I've almost bored myself to death with it and I'm sure of you guys as well. But Battlefield games need to have a server browser with official servers and community servers with a nice filter like we had in the past in many of the older titles. Why is this important? Well, the player choice, game longevity, community building, and perhaps now finally we're going to get that again in Battlefield 6. Maybe they just got sick of us talking about it. He also replied to posts about gunplay and time to kill. Kakosa on Reddit here asked any updates regarding gunplay. Time to kill is way too low. 150 to 200 milliseconds on 33 damage guns. Basically, all guns are lasers. Essentially, no recoil on some guns, and the muzzle velocity is insanely high. Some SMGs have the velocity of a sniper rifle. The game needs a wider skill gap. Tick of the dice dev replied to that. This is an active labs topic for sure. We're doing many things across all parts of the combat experience, looking at this included. Okay, good. So, maybe they're looking at adjusting the gunplay so everything isn't a laser beam. And regarding time to kill, he kind of mentioned it there too. But there's another one here. Tiger said, "We agree in essence, but when time to kill is the fastest, it's too fast for average reaction times, as in that plus latency means there's no way that you can react. That part we'd like to fix without messing with the bulk or the general feeling. Labs testing of these things are ongoing. Things like you mentioned limb multipliers, etc. Part of that more to come. Obviously, they are serious about testing those limb damage modifiers to see if that helps lengthen the time to kill a little bit, but perhaps other changes will be made down the line, too. And of course, that should have an impact with time to death as well. There was also some good suggestions about what one of the maps for season 5 will be based off the image that they released here. They said there was a clue here. A common theory that I've seen is that this will be a remake of Downtown from Battlefield Hardline because there were apparently in the past some references to that map in the game files of BF6, but also the coordinates here on the video image. If you put those into Google Maps, you end up in downtown Los Angeles. However, I will say that speaking from experience, I've seen those coordinates and discussed this on a few of the marketing videos for Battlefield 6 already, which means that this isn't unique here. So, I'm going to say that it won't be downtown from Hardline. However, I think the most compelling argument that I've seen is this one here, Las Vegas. If you look at the colors and the spacing of the reflection, yes, it's very blurry, but it almost lines up perfectly as a reflection, the general shapes and the colors with the iconic welcome to Las Vegas sign. So, that's what I'm going for. I'm pretty convinced by this, and I reckon that this will be a map in season 5 set in Las Vegas. But will they have playable slot machines? I don't know. I'm sure it's going to look incredible though, especially if they do like a night version with all the glowing neon. Maybe they could do two versions, day and night. That'd be pretty sick. Anyway, I just wanted to discuss all that before we jumped into some gameplay today. But let me know what you think about these down in the comments below. So, cheeky bit of escalation here on Contaminated using a lovely M4 build here. This build is absolute dirt. If I remember when I'm editing, I will put it on the screen now. Did I remember? If I did, drop a like on the video. Thank you. That would be much appreciated. That's an easy way to get likes, isn't it? Also, I wanted to use this thing. 84. So, I did a video on this a couple weeks ago. I think a lot of people just didn't know that it was in the game, and I reckon that's because it's got a ridiculous challenge to unlock it. You don't just get it by leveling up, but it's a laser guided rocket launcher. And since I did that video, they actually buffed it. It's been buffed. So, it's better than it was in that video, which was already really, really good. So, we'll test it out today and see what it's like. Very good at shooting down helicopters. Contact. Can I get this attack helicopter? Feels like it's a bit faster. Don't know if it's just damage though. Maybe it's just damage. Oh, like I don't know where that went. Honestly, I felt like that just despawned. I I still don't know. Do they have a range on them? Does anyone know any buffins in the comments? Does the AT4 have a range on the rocket? Is that why sometimes it just kind of looks like it despawns? Does he know? He doesn't know. He does not know. He's out of there. Hey, you can see the red rocket coming towards you. But maybe that guy just wasn't paying attention. I just realized this game's already started, hasn't it? They've almost won. Why? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Why they Why have they almost won? Oh, someone just RPGed him. That was a great shot. Yeah, I'm going to quit this game before it ends cuz it's been like 3 minutes. And that wouldn't be a good video, would it? See if I can find another one. Imagine guys some point in the future you won't have to use this custom search and you can just click server browser. Okay, fresh game here just started. That'll do. I'll be playing a couple other games as well. I don't know if I'm going to make videos on them. I tried a bit of Pragmata. That's really good. Capcom are on a bit of a hit streak at the moment. It's like a shooter action story game, but it's not just shooting. You have to hack the enemies at the same time. We have kind I think. Yeah, Pragmat is really good. Great story as well. I'd recommend that. And another game called Mouse PI for Hire. There's two. Where's the other one? Yeah, Mouse PI is like all handdrawn. I think FPS game, like a boomer shooter, but it's got the vibes of 1920s, 1930s cartoons, like the original Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie. That's good. And they've got Troy Baker as well doing the main character. So, I'd recommend that. Not many games that look like that. So, you know, it's uh really special and unique. This M4 is disgusting. Absolute filth. I found some. What we doing up there? Enemy note friendly. Every time I see her a helicopter, I'm like, I swear the game looks better today. Looks a bit sharper, bit clearer. I don't know. Have they like improved the graphics or something? So, I updated my Nvidia drivers. Maybe there's like a new version of DLSS or something. So, I use DLA, which is the native DLSS. It looks pretty sharp already, but yeah, it looks um looks better today. It's weird. This tank just going to stand there and take it. Enemy got someone repping him. He's just got DPS. Look at that. I hit. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I think that was my AV mine. I Something just happened. I don't know what happened, but it happened. That's like how I experience life. Oh, trying to take this. I shot that guy in the ankle, dude. I shot him there. Oh, they're screaming down that mountain. They're capturing B. This is my flag, man. Are they all going to come in? I think they're right here. Oh, maybe they went down. They're definitely losing B. Be advised, hostile attacking Bravo. No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. There's a machine gun there. Hello. A dice. Why' you do me like this? That was a sitter. Can't believe that. That was my kill. Okay, can I get B back? I'm going to slug around the corner like an absolute slugfest. Think that was a jump scare for that guy. Right, I want to go back to B and see if that man is still there on the machine gun. Oh, did I just see some little snipers up here? I think I did. I wasn't sure if that was a decoy. Is it clear? Pride rock here, isn't it? Simba. Okay, our forces control more objectives than the enemy. Look at me. I'm the king of the jungle. Any there? I believe I'm going to get this. I'm going to manifest it. Yes. Oh, absolute side winder that was bend that like Beckham. And now I don't have any rockets left. Sheer pain. Tanky. It's a tanky. He's very friendly, isn't he? Look at him. He doesn't want to harm anyone. His whole life. He's just wanted to have friends, join a club, trade some Pokémon cards. No one ever wanted him. He is capturing that objective though. Maybe I introduce him to my repair tool. Oh, someone's repping him. Get on top. Yeah. Yeah. Oh god. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Nope. No. They're capturing my precious bee again. Not going to stand for it. Where is he? There he is. There's another one. Can they be above? I think they can be above, right? What about our little Kobe there? Think about that. Nothing. Come on. Bravo. On the tail. Oh no. Where? I cleared B. Where the hell are they hiding? I That's easy. Are there more? No. Surely friendly. I'll go in then. Right. Okay. We'll clear it again. This bloody capture. This capture point is mad. They want this be objective as much as I do. I know it. I can hear them. I'm not letting you have it, lads. This is a joke. Can I come over with the E and B's gone? Oh, is it the one? We've secured echo. Is it the one? Oh, he's dead. I reckon I was on to a winner there. Got an open bed. Look at that. That is cheeky. Little claymore sticking out the bush there. What you doing in a bush? Can't they leave my precious B objective alone? Why are they like this? There's a guy back here. Look. Stay on my goddamn point. This is my territory. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. He's gone. He's gone left. Yes. Let's go. Yeah, it's really good. The 84. I like it a lot. There's a guy in there. Was that a good nade? There's another one here somewhere. I saw his helmet. Oh my god. It's fine. Stand up. This guy here, is he dead? I think he's dead. Can we get one more helill before the game's out? There's a sniper there. I'll try it. No, no, no. Can't use a medic. That counts. That rocket definitely hit that guy. 100% confirmed. GG. No rece. See you at Thanks for playing. Anyway, that was fun. 84 is really good. It is very good. If you haven't got it yet, unlock it, try it out, give it a boss. Right, I'm off, guys. As I said earlier in the video, we got a lot to look forward to. I think if they deliver on all the promises, bit of positivity going around, which is nice to see. Anyways, drop me a like. That would be much appreciated. Got some fun videos coming up. Subscribe if you're new and I'll see you next time. Bye-bye.