Earlier this past week Battlefield released a "Development Update" video and blog post talking about Specialists and what they are doing with them. So Specialists are staying, but they are assigning them to classes. Each class will have their own equipment, access to certain gadgets and throwables, which you can see below. Also just note, the Specialist changes are coming in season 3.
Specialists separated by class
- Assault - Mackay, Sundance, Dozer
- Support - Angel, Falck, Season 2 Specialist
- Engineer - Lis, Boris, Irish
- Recon - Casper, Paik, Rao
Class Equipment (Always available)
- Assault - Med Pen
- Support - Defibrillator
- Engineer - Repair Tool
- Recon - Insertion Beacon
Class Gadgets (You can choose 1)
- Assault - Smoke Grenade Launcher, C5 Explosives, IBA Armor Plate
- Support - Ammo Crate, Smoke Grenade Launcher, Medical Crate, M18 Claymore
- Engineer - Anti-Tank Mine, Recoilless M5, FXM-33 AA Missile, FGM-148 Javelin, EOD Bot
- Recon - T-UGS, Prox Sensor, SOFLAM, C5 Explosives, Tracer Dart Gun
Throwables (You can choose 1)
- Assault - Frag, Smoke, Incendiary
- Support - Frag, Smoke, EMP, Incendiary
- Engineer - Frag, Smoke, EMP, Incendiary
- Recon - Frag, Smoke, EMP, Incendiary
Battlefield 2042 | Development Update - August 2022
Video description: Get a sneak peak of changes and new content coming to Battlefield 2042 from the development team, including our vision to reintroduce classes to 2042, map reworks, weapon additions to in All-Out Warfare, and more.