Today Battlefield posted a November Development Update for Battlefield 2042 where we heard some news about what's coming soon and in the future for the game. First, the biggest surprise is that DICE is in pre-production of new content that will come after Season 4 next year. They didn't say there will be a Season 5, they just said that the content is coming after Season 4, so I wonder what they will do to let players acquire this new content. Below is what is coming:
- Play BF 2042 for free in December when Season 3 releases where there will be limited time periods for EA Play members and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate owners (Xbox: Dec 1-4, Steam: Dec 1-5, PlayStation: Dec 16-23)
- The new class system is coming later in Season 3 in the 3.2 Update
- Each class will have their own equipment and gadget
- Classes will have their own weapon proficiencies
- Assault class will have the 'Assault Rifle Proficiency' which will make ARs ready to fire quicker after sprinting
- Engineer class will have the 'Utility Proficiency' which will make utility weapons have improved reloading capabilities
- Support class will have the 'LMG Proficiency' which will make LMG's have additional magazines and are more efficient when deploying bipods
- Recon class will have the 'Sniper Rifle Proficiency' which will make sniper rifles faster to stabilize when holding breath, with longer hold breath durations
- Irish is moving to Support, while Crawford moves to Engineer
- More Vault weapons are coming:
- XM8 LMG from Bad Company 2
- A-91 from Battlefield 3
- More Vault weapons will be added throughout season 3 and 4
- Re-worked versions of the Manifest and Breakaway maps are coming in season 3
- A new smaller tighter infantry focused map based in Sweden
You can read the full Battlefield Briefing blog post here or watch the video they released down below.