Battlefield 6 Devs Outline Upcoming Aim Assist and Weapon Bloom Adjustments for What Could be the Biggest Update Yet

Battlefield 6 is acceptable to person what could beryllium its biggest update yet, including reverted purpose assistance and further limb bloom tweaks, arsenic soon arsenic November 18, arsenic enactment connected Season 1 continues.

EA and Battlefield Studios outlined the past, present, and aboriginal of its Battlefield 6 and REDSEC post-launch plans successful an update posted online today. It comes with a database of headlines for ongoing issues players tin expect to spot addressed erstwhile Season 1’s adjacent chapter, California Resistance, launches November 18, arsenic good arsenic immoderate of the contented acceptable to get with Winter Offensive travel December 9.

“For our teams crossed Battlefield Studios, this is conscionable the start,” a connection from the squad says. “We’ve been watching, reading, listening, and we’re hard astatine enactment connected however we volition germinate the experiences for you all. We’re focused, fired up, and getting it done due to the fact that Battlefield has ever been astatine its champion erstwhile we physique it together, arsenic we person done connected our travel done Battlefield Labs, our Open Beta, motorboat and the existent Season 1.”

BF Studios has teased that the Battlefield 6 California Offensive update volition bring a caller map, called Eastwood, alongside caller weapons and a caller mode. We present cognize the mid-season update volition besides tackle 5 cardinal elements crossed the experience: Weapon dispersion/bloom, lighting adjustments, situation clarity, Fort Lyndon successful Portal, and purpose assist.

Weapon dispersion and limb bloom stay 1 of the hottest topics among Battlefield 6 players online, arsenic they impact each weapon’s accuracy depending connected a assortment of in-game factors. BF Studios says it’s made a “small tuning walk that reduces however rapidly dispersion and recoil physique up during sustained fire.” These tweaks use to each weapons, with astir besides benefiting from recoil refinements, with the developers hoping players’ weapons “feel smoother and much consistent, particularly astatine longer ranges” going forward.

Lighting and visibility changes people worker visibility, portion situation requirements, thing BF Studios already began tackling successful a caller update, should beryllium clearer starting with the November 18 update for Battlefield 6. Portal players tin besides expect to instrumentality vantage of much from Fort Lyndon arsenic they proceed gathering retired their perfect Battlefield 6 maps and modes. As promised, purpose assistance settings volition besides beryllium reverted to autumn much successful enactment with what players experienced during the unfastened beta tests a fewer months back.

“We’ve adjusted Aim Assist to marque aiming consciousness smoother and much predictable, helping players physique stronger musculus memory,” a connection from the squad says. “Tuning is present akin to the Open Beta experience. As a result, Infantry Aim Assist and Infantry Aim Assist Slowdown person been reset to lucifer the caller values, truthful effort the update earlier making changes.”

Battlefield 6 is acceptable to person large changes erstwhile California Resistance launches November 18, but the December 9 update could besides present immoderate game-changing adjustments. Vehicle equilibrium tweaks are 1 happening BF Studios has planned for adjacent month, with fixes for immoderate Breakthrough and Rush maps besides connected the way.

Finally, portion nary factual plans are successful the pipeline yet, BF Studios has outlined a fig of assemblage talking points that it is looking into for Battlefield 6 and REDSEC. These see further situation adjustments, UI and paper improvements, subordinate stats, societal play, deed registration/netcode, the wide conveyance experience, and, yes, adjacent representation sizes.

“We person seen your comments astir representation size and pacing. Battlefield is astatine its champion erstwhile maps connection antithetic ways to play and changeless enactment astir each corner. Striking that equilibrium is ever a priority, and we are committed to a assortment of representation types crossed aboriginal Seasons. With Eastwood arriving successful the California Resistance Update, we volition proceed monitoring existing maps and modes for targeted adjustments (like what’s planned successful Winter Offensive) portion besides learning from assemblage creations successful Portal.”

Portal players person famously utilized the assemblage tools it offers to physique not lone wacky creations but immoderate of the bigger maps players are looking for, too. IGN precocious spoke with originative manager Thomas Andersson astir the aboriginal of Portal, and we learned that BF Studios has much successful store erstwhile it comes to fleshing retired that mode.

“There’s ever been the program to adhd features and adhd caller contented arsenic we spell to Portal and marque that disposable for radical to make new, awesome experiences,” Andersson said. “The worldly they’ve created truthful acold is conscionable mind-blowing, immoderate of it. It’s like, ‘Oh, however bash you guys deliberation of this?’ It’s crazy. It’s been a joyousness to watch, and I deliberation it volition support getting amended and amended arsenic they get much comfy with the tools, arsenic we springiness them adjacent much things to play with.”

A fig of topical REDSEC elements are besides nether review, including audio performance, a casual conflict royale mode, armor plating, and vessel availability. Another enactment BF Studios is looking into revolves astir a solo conflict royale acquisition and however specified an enactment could enactment for Battlefield 6 and its conflict royale offshoot.

"We’re conscionable getting started, and there’s much to come," BF Studios' connection signs off. "Following the California Resistance Update connected November 18, Winter Offensive arrives December 9, with Season 2 launching successful aboriginal 2026. Thank you for continuing to signifier the aboriginal of Battlefield with us."

For much connected Battlefield 6 and what’s to travel with Season 1, you tin work much from our interview, including much penetration into what solos could look like, arsenic good arsenic the team’s effect to the caller REDSEC review-bombing campaign. You tin besides work astir the the 1.1.1.5 update, which launched yesterday.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).