Community Update Dates European Casino, Server Browser, and Platoons
A new community update maps out the rest of Season 5: Phase 2 on November 10 brings a close-quarters European Casino map, Multiplayer Leaderboards, and weapon balance changes, while Phase 3 on December 8 adds the Server Browser, Platoons, and reworked Blackwell Fields and New Sobek City. The post also transcribes all 42 answers from a 60-minute Discord Live Q&A.
The Dead Space: Convergence Event that opened Phase 1 on October 20 stays live until November 10, the day Phase 2 lands, and a Casino Heist event arrives with the new map.
Phases 2 and 3
Server Browser lobbies persist between rounds, playlist and Custom Search queues can place players on its official servers, and it becomes the first Quickplay tile
Platoons hold up to 100 players under a custom name and squad tag, track combined stats, and pay bonus XP when members share a squad
Phase 2 weapon pass targets extended magazines on the SCW-10 and KV9 and boosts little-used attachments, with wider gunplay tweaks for both multiplayer and REDSEC
Map reworks give Blackwell Fields and New Sobek City more distance between HQs, flanking room at the edges, extra terrain breaks, and more rooftop routes
From the Q&A
Spectator mode spreads to more modes, beginning with the Elite Series
Proximity chat reaches Rapid Royale next for testing; multiplayer still needs work
Jet weapon customization for every launch jet is planned for Season 6, and a TV Missile is among the helicopter abilities under study
Strikepoint has no return date, its remaining bugs outranked by issues that hit more players
Not planned: Commander Mode, a PC crossplay opt-out, and Fort Lyndon POIs as core multiplayer maps
"Combined arms is the heart of Battlefield, and our focus is to ensure the rock-paper-scissors balance between all the combat elements." — Battlefield Studios, Discord Live Q&A