Battlefield™ 2042

Battlefield™ 2042

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General info
If you ever join a squad and feel lost, remember: play the objective.

When spawning in a match, you can click on the names of your squadmates to join them in vehicles.

On the Deploy Screen, check where your squadmates are heading to ensure a successful strategy.

Check the minimap to spot friendlies and ensure you stay close and play as a unit.

Check the minimap to spot enemies and anticipate them.

Ziplines can be grabbed from mid-air when freefalling or parachuting.

You can enable Damage Numbers in the Options Menu > Display > HUD General to get a clear understanding of how much damage you've dealt to an enemy.
Weapons and gadgets
Your weapon's accuracy drops during sustained fire. Shooting in short, controlled bursts will result in much higher accuracy.

Rate of fire influences how quickly your weapon loses accuracy during sustained fire - slower rate of fire being more accurate - so attachments that affect rate of fire also indirectly affect accuracy.

Your position will be briefly revealed on an enemy's minimap when you fire your weapon unless your weapon is equiped with a suppressor.

A Suppressor will greatly reduce the size of your weapon's muzzleflash, making it harder to detect where your shots are coming from.

Regular bullets can damage light air vehicles such as Nightbird, Stealth Helicopter and jets in short to medium range.

Armor-Piercing Ammunition will deal a small amount of damage even to heavily armored vehicles.

Subsonic Ammunition doesn't have tracers, making you harder to detect.

Shotgun pellets (Buckshot and Flechette ammo) deal reduced damage to enemies equipped with Body Armor, except in the limbs and head.

You can toggle weapon mounted laser sights and flashlights on and off if you need to hide your presense to enemies.

High Magnification Scopes will show a scope glint if you aim directly at someone, potentially revealing your position.

Grenades, gadgets and rockets can be resupplied by ammo crates and supply drops.

Smoke Grenades can provide good concealment if you need to revive teammates in an exposed location.

Smoke Grenades work great at denying enemies long sight ranges and can hamper an assault.

Smoke Grenades will put out fires from Incendiary Grenades.

You can use the display on the Recoilless M5 to accurately measure the distance to the point you're aiming at.

The Javelin can attack any target including soldiers and airplanes, once it's designated with a Tracerdart.

Laser Designating a vehicle will allow the Javelin missile launcher to perform a critical top-down attack.

Designating a vehicle will mark it for your entire team.

Stingers have unlimited lock on range on y-axis, gaining altitude against these locks are not helpful.

AT Mines take a brief moment until they are armed, communicated by their light state.

You can shoot other players' explosives like C5 and Anti-Tank Mines to make them explode and deal damage to enemies.

Some gadgets can light up in the configured team colors (EIDOS example).
Vehicles
Vehicles are valuable assets to your team, Don't let enemy team get a hold of them.

Vehicle exit point is chosen based on direction and side you are looking at, you can use this to your advantage.

Anti-Tank weapons deal more damage to the rear of Armored Vehicles where armor is thinner.

Overheating your weapons will lead to a longer cooldown time than usual.

Consider equipping HE shells when fighting infantry and light vehicles.

Main battle tanks staff shell can lock onto laser designated targets.

Active Protection System does not protect you against EMKV90-TOR cannons.

Vehicle commander seat is equipped with proximity scan, use it to spot nearby enemies when situation calls for it.

Using Air to Ground missiles on laser designated air vehicles will deal extra damage.

Passengers in vehicles' open seats take less explosive damage from weapons.

Using a Repair Tool from the inside of a vehicle will repair at a slower rate than from the outside.

Use of system repair ability on vehicles will immediately remove systemic damage effects on vehicles.

Wildcat is equipped with air radar, range of the radar can be adjusted by changing air vehicle settings.

Wildcat anti air lock on missile has the shortest lock time against air vehicles.

MAV has the strongest front armor among vehicles, use it to push your objectives.

EMKV90-TOR and Stealth Helicopter passenger seats are equipped with EMP, use it against other vehicles before engaging.

EMKV90-TOR Cannons velocity decreases when weapon position is set on a high pitch.

EBLC-Ram third passenger seat is equipped with both AT and AA missiles, use them both to maximize your utilities.

The Cav-Brawler's unique materials allows it to take less damage from explosives such as C5 and Grenades.

If you are within the range of CAV Brawler close defense system, you can either run away or towards the vehicle to escape the blast.

Brawler open seats can be utilized by repairing and assisting the driver fighting off other threats.

A Gunships Vehicle cockpit is the weakest part of the vehicle.

Damaging a stealth helicopter enough will disengage its stealth mechanics.

Jets have limited afterburner, master timing and your situational awareness to use it efficiently.

Flying close to the ground (below 30m) will prevent enemy vehicles from aquiring missile lock.
Specialists
If you hear a loud screeching rocket noise, there's a TV missile on it's way towards you!

You can shoot down Lis' TV missile with any weapon.

The EMP Grenade is ignored by Irish's Shootdown Sentinel and works great as a counter to it.
AI behaviour
AI will attempt to give you supplies when requesting Health/Ammo via Commo Rose.

AI Support class will revive downed players if they are not in combat.

Downed AI will not bleed out as quickly when pinged for revive.

AI in any ground vehicle will drive near you or stop and beep when requesting a ride via Commo Rose.

AI teammates always try to enter as gunners or passengers in vehicles driven by players.

You can always take over a vehicle seat from AI on your team.
Button promts
Open the large map M to see how your team is doing at other flags, in case you have to support them.

Double-tap L SHIFT to activate traversal sprint.

Press B to call in vehicles anywhere on the map with your military call-in tablet.

On certain weapon scopes you can press F to switch to a canted sight or change the scope's magnification.

If you equip an underbarrel grenade launcher or shotgun to your weapon, you can press X to swap to it.

Most enemy grenades can be thrown back. Press E on them before they explode.

While playing as Irish, press 3 again to cycle between his Deployable Cover and Shootdown Sentinel.

While not recommended in combat by tacticians around the world, pressing B while in some vehicles will turn on the radio.
4 Comments
Rød Viking 16 Mar @ 6:07am 
Thank you for this guide! Good luck you in everything!
PSxUchiha 15 Mar @ 11:22am 
good guide
Fate-2-Go 13 Mar @ 11:13am 
most of it is displayed on loading screens - if you have the time to read it. Most of the time I dont.
5 Mar @ 6:38am 
thanks, this is very informative. keep up the great work!