Battlefield has had six main entries, two reboots, and enough DLC to fund a small military, and it still keeps some stuff to itself. Whether you’re a veteran of the franchise or just somebody who thinks that it’s Call of Duty with tanks. There’s a whole bunch of mechanics that the game conveniently forgets to mention.
Hi folks, it’s Zaid, and today on Aura Riot, 10 things Battlefield 6 doesn’t tell you.
10. Tap Don’t Spray
Battlefield 6 has got your traditional weapon bloom that you’d see in most military shooters, but the actual effects of that bloom have been changing throughout the beta as DICE attempts to respond to player feedback. For a while when you were shooting, it was better to tap, as in to not just hold down the fire button, but rather, you should be firing in controlled bursts to remain as accurate as possible.
That did change, then for a while was actually… Usually better to hold, but now with the day one patch, it’s pretty obvious that once again, the best option is to tap when firing, especially with long range targets. Of course, if you’re using a DMR or a single shot rifle, you’re gonna have to tap anyway. But if you’re using an automatic of some kind in any situation, it’s not… Well, I guess almost any… If it’s full on close quarters where you can’t miss, I guess it doesn’t matter. But in basically any other situation, it’s almost always gonna be better to fire in short bursts with a little bit delay between shots so that your accuracy doesn’t get out control.
It’s one of those things where you just have to get accustomed to it, and it does then quickly feel like second nature. It’s not hard to do, like you just tapping it in, just tapping it in, it’s all in the hips, just the thing you gotta be actively thinking about when you’re playing Battlefield 6. Once you get the hang of it, you should see your general accuracy at long range improves quite a bit, simply by tapping instead of holding.
Something else you should tap, the Subscribe button. You can hold it too, I don’t really care what you do with it, you do have to press it in some capacity though. I mean you don’t have to, but I’m asking you to. Because believe it or not, most people who watch this are not actually subscribed to the channel, and it helps us out a whole lot in terms of getting stuff out that you like, so we really appreciate it. We also hope it helps you see some stuff that you want. So without any further ado, let’s get back to the video. Thanks a lot for clicking Subscribe.
9. Use the Mini Map
It’s another one of those tips that sounds like a no brainer, but let’s be real here. In how many games is the mini map actually useful? Most of the time it’s situational at best, but here, it’s a game changer, especially if you got somebody on your team playing Recon effectively. Even if you don’t and fight with enough bodies in it it’s gonna show you the positions of your opponents on the map. And knowing where somebody is, it’s a pretty powerful tool in these games.
Everything is so chaotic that most of the time, you’re not gonna hear footsteps. Situational awareness is generally pretty difficult with dozens of people running around all the time. So the mini map, it’s sort of your all in one detection tool and it’s really accurate.
The deal with Battlefield 6 is that yes, skill is important. In a one-on-one, face-to-face shootout, more skillful play is going to win, period. But tactical play and positioning is a way to win games. Flanking is how you win in Battlefield and hitting an enemy in their blind spot is how you win. So don’t treat this game like Call of Duty and just run around twitching all over the place, hoping you’ll just overpower any matchups, because that’s not gonna happen. Instead slow down a little, check your mini map, and plan accordingly. It’s an incredibly powerful tool if you check it consistently.
8. Get a Silencer ASAP
While we’re on the subject of the mini map, there’s one attachment that makes it so you won’t give away your own position when firing, and it is called no surprise here, the silencer. It also does the usual thing you’d expect, making your gunshots quieter. But the thing that makes it such a good attachment is the not showing up on the mini map thing. The mini map is crazy useful as I detailed previously. So not showing up on it is huge.
It increases your chances of survival in a big way, especially if you’re one of those guys that likes to sneak around an enemy control point, ’cause trouble solo. In any normal situation, they’d snip you out in seconds using the mini map, but with a silencer, it gets a lot trickier to hunt you down.
Actually unlocking a silencer usually requires a certain amount of mastery levels of a gun. Most of the time, you’re getting basically every other barrel attachment before any silencers become available, so this isn’t something you can take advantage of right at the start of the game. Unless you get the Phantom Pack DLC, which comes with a special M433 that has a silencer automatically.
You might be tempted to call that pay to win too ’cause it is very handy right out of the gate, and honestly, I’m not sure I agree ’cause it just doesn’t take that long to build up weapon mastery. And while some guns need you to get pretty high levels to use any decent barrel attachments, the M433 only needs a mastery level of eight to unlock a silencer, so it’s just not that bad.
Also, in all seriousness, getting the silencer as soon as you can is helpful, but a little time without it makes you appreciate it too. But either way, there’s no reason not to fill out a weapon’s attachment points. So once a silencer becomes available, your survivability goes way up.
7. Don’t Rush to Respawn
It’s tempting to. When you get down, like in a Call of Duty game, or The Finals, or something, it’s like, “Oh, come on, counter, counter, counter, counter, five, four, three, come back, come on, come on, come on.” You’re like, “I wanna revive myself. Want to start playing again.” But in Battlefield, it’s generally better to at least try to wait to see if somebody can revive you.
The thing is getting down doesn’t cost the team tickets, but respawning does. You can get killed as many times as you want, as long as there’s somebody nearby who can bring you back to life.
And even if there isn’t someone nearby, it can still be worth to wait it out and see, because a lot of the time, if you die on an objective, things can swing in your team’s favor fast. It might seem like you’re just dead meat, but if you wait it out, it’s not uncommon for players to sweep in and clear a spot. And if they’re able to revive you, that’s one more body to help defend it.
Reviving is easy too, everyone can do it. And if there’s a Support player nearby, they can do it very fast. Support players especially want to revive everyone they can ’cause I mean, the game is able to tell them if there’s one nearby. So most of the time, they’ll eventually come by to revive you if they can.
I’ve seen people online complaining about players just choose to die and respawn right when they’re about to be saved, and it’s a long stupid ass thing to do in Battlefield 6. Players who aren’t waiting to get revived are just feeding the other team. You’re making it so it’s that much easier for them to win and it’s dropping your KDR for no reason.
Also, being down doesn’t mean do nothing. You can still make note of enemy positions and mark guys to help out your team. Often, there might be an enemy around right as you’re revived, so knowing where they are and being ready for them is how you survive.
Another important thing to remember, if you do die, try to die and cover, or at least someplace where you’re easy enough to save, because if you’re dying out in the middle of the street, it is gonna be a tougher choice to make to come and risk their neck to save you. For other players, if you have to die, try to die and cover.
6. The Paddles
There’s no dedicated medic class in Battlefield 6, the paddles, otherwise known as the defibrillator or defib. They’re given to the Support class, and these are really useful in this game. If you want to be useful, but aren’t the best shot, playing support is… You can do it. Not ’cause you can drop down ammo or rather, not just because you can just drop down ammo. You can do that, it’s actually quite awesome that you can do that. But you can also revive your teammates. Previous games, the defib was useful, but they really went nuts with it here. There’s no cool down or required charge like in other Battlefield games, you could just run around and spam the paddles, revive an entire squad in seconds if need be.
It is more effective if you do hold down the fire button though. If you just tap it, anyone revived comes back with 50% health, and instead, a full charge defib brings them back at full health, which in certain situations is a lot more useful. Eh, pretty much any situation where you might need half of your health. You know, in addition to the other half.
You don’t have to target someone to start charging the paddles, so do it ahead of time. And you can just dash past people, reviving them with enough practice. It’s a good way to keep yourself alive while also bringing others back. Support can also revive the normal way by grabbing and dragging and it’s a lot faster than any other class of doing that. So if the situation calls for it, that is an option. Most of the time though, you’re gonna be using the paddles ’cause they are beastly in Battlefield 6. Having good medic on your team is huge, so do not sleep on it.
5. Smoke Grenades Win Games
While only Support gets access to smoke grenades by default, everybody should be using these things ’cause they’re extremely good. For defending points or just going out in the open at all, throwing down smoke is the difference between life and death, especially in the extremely open maps. There’s only a few of them, but they tend to get filled up by snipers. Putting down a smoke screen makes it so a sniper can’t see you, it’s as simple as that.
For pushing objectives, having at least one person with smoke grenades is just incredibly good. You pop in some smoke, get within the objective, and wait for your team to follow and clean house. I’ve seen people advocate that everybody should have smoke as part of their kit, that’s how useful it is. It’s an underused tool, it’s often ignored for flashier pieces of equipment, but the simple smoke grenade does win games.
4. Engineering Can Be Easy
Sure, playing Support is a good way to contribute to the team, but if you want to play Battlefield 6 on easy mode, then going Engineer is the way to go. Being the tank repair monkey might sound like a drag, and yeah, you’ll spend a lot of time staring at the backside of a truck watching its health meter restore. But in terms of survivability, there’s no other class out there that can go the distance like the Engineer. Well, at least if there’s a vehicle nearby to support. And you’re not on a map like Operation Firestone, where every vehicle is constantly getting yanked by jets and helicopters.
But on a map with mostly ground vehicles, ground Engineer, easy. Find a vehicle, keep it repaired, whenever it seems like there’s a hint of danger, jump in the back of the APC, you’re both completely safe, and you get total battlefield awareness, see your enemy that can’t do anything about you.
Jumping in and out of a vehicle feels really good sometimes, ’cause entering and exit is instantaneous. If you’re getting shot at, just go into a vehicle, see who’s shooting at you, then jump out and kill them. It is surprisingly easy. What’s even better is that a lot of the time, nobody’s even paying attention to the Engineer. There might be snipers that may try to target you, but unless they’re at the sweet spot range, they’re generally not really that big of a threat, you’re not gonna get one shot at most likely.
As long as the actual vehicle driver’s smart and knows when to sit still and when to push, you can survive a really long time.
3. There’s Combat Roll
Here’s a little thing the game barely attempts to explain. There’s a special roll you can perform to avoid taking on damage after a long fall. Just press the Crouch button right as you’re about to hit the ground after falling more than eight meters, and you will trigger a combat roll.
It’s not just in the game to look cool, it can save your life after your big drop. If a fall would normally damage you, the combat roll completely mitigates it. So you can just jump off two story buildings with zero repercussions. No need to take a zip line or even make yourself obvious with the parachute, just fall into a roll.
There’s some element of danger here, you can miss on the timing, but the crouch is pretty generous so it’s kind of hard to screw up. It’s a little thing, but it’s actually really useful in some situations, so give it a try sometimes.
2. Use the Spot Feature
Recon are the best spotters and they automatically mark enemy players when they see them. But Recon aren’t the only ones who can mark, anybody can mark. The difference is that you have to do it manually using the game Spot feature. On PC, you do it by pressing Q with your cursor over an enemy. Depending on the context, you’ll either mark a danger zone, an enemy, or a vehicle, and it’ll show up on the mini map for your team.
It’s something you should be doing constantly though, ’cause it’s never not helpful. If someone’s marked, their survivability goes way down. So even if you can’t shoot the broad side of a barn, then at least making enemies means that your teammate can have the best possible chance of taking ’em down.
Yeah, sometimes you’ll end up marking the ground and spamming the ping, might get annoying for some people, but in general, marking everything and everyone is what you want to be doing in Battlefield 6.
1. How Suppression Works in Battlefield 6
Another mechanic that doesn’t really get explained a lot is suppression. It’s a mechanic that’s been there with the series for a long time, but how it works here is a little different. The general idea here is that shooting at an enemy’s general direction will cause them to be suppressed, with their screen blurring to signify the suppression is in effect.
In previous games, this state and being in it would mess up your accuracy, but in Battlefield 6, what it stops is your natural health regeneration. The distortion effect still happens and that does make shooting a little more difficult, but you don’t get aiming penalties or anything. So generally, suppression is not as powerful in this game as it was in previous entries.
Still serves a purpose, keeping your enemy from healing is useful in certain situations, but it’s not gonna turn the tide in your team’s favor in the way it would in other games. Oh, yeah, and the stem that the Assault class gets, makes it so they can ignore the effects of suppression entirely. Honestly, it’s not even worth it to get rid of, but hey, if you want to get rid of those annoying screen effects, that’s the one way to do it.