Inside Battlefield

Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ali Kaporchali (Producer), Ross Darvill (Design Director) and Jim Fagerlund (Game Designer) to discuss how we’re reworking the loadouts for all vehicles in Season 5, alongside further vehicle Quality of Life changes.

00:24 - Intro, Ali

01:07 - Vehicle loadout rework overview

05:20 - Intro, Jim and Ross

06:00 - Vehicle loadout rework details

21:48 - Jet improvements

26:07 - Bolte and LATV4 vehicle changes

29:46 - Stationary Anti-Air

31:38 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ali Kaporchali (Producer),  Jac Carlsson (Game Designer) and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) to discuss the Quality of Life changes coming to Dozer and Irish during Season 5.

00:19 - Intro

01:30 - Soldier camera movement

07:55 - Irish Changes

16:47 - Dozer changes

27:05 - Dozer and Irish summary

30:33 - Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Isabelle Grimborg (Game Designer) and Qassim Obeid (Development Manager) to discuss the new Squad Management and Squad Orders features in Season 5.

• 00:21 – Intro
• 01:58 – Squad Management, Season 4 review
• 03:10 – Squad Management, Season 5 preview
• 11:15 – Squad Orders
• 15:50 – Cookie of the week

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexander Formoso (Weapons Game Designer) to discuss the changes coming to Vault Weapons during Season 5.

• 00:21 – Intro
• 01:00 – Season 5 QoL preview
• 01:39 – Vault Weapon attachments
• 06:10 – Attachment balance
• 08:48 – Attachment rollout
• 12:53 – Gameplay expectations
• 14:55 – Universal weapon skins
• 17:10 – Vault weapon balance
• 21:29 – Season 5 weapon teaser
• 22:23 – Cookie of the week
• 24:26 – Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Matthias Wagner (Lead Game Mode Designer) and Raunaq Sokhi (Game Designer) for Season 2 of Inside Battlefield. In this episode, members of the team reflect upon the launch of Update 4.1.0 and discuss what to expect with the Mid Season Event, Leviathan Rising.

• 00:42 - Guest introduction
• 03:59 - Shutdown
• 21:32 - Team Process
• 30:51 - Cookie of the week
• 33:01 - Design Process
• 56:14 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Nika Bender (Producer) and Amo Mostofi (Producer) to discuss the release of Season 4: Eleventh Hour for Battlefield 2042, and to answer listener questions!

• 00:20 - Intro 01:37 - Weekly radar
• 02:32 - Season 4 Reception
• 07:44 - Q&A Start 07:52 - All-chat
• 09:37 - Breakthrough in Portal
• 11:23 - Transport Helicopter Balance
• 12:45 - XP in Solo/Co-op?
• 19:48 - Assist Counts as Kill
• 25:11 - Vault Weapon Skins & Attachments
• 26:18 - Thermal Scopes for Tanks 28:35 - Future Gadgets
• 30:31 - Favorite Developer Moments
• 40:16 - Season 4 Mid-Season Event
• 42:22 - Cookie of the Week
• 45:57 - Squad Management
• 47:03 - Medical and Ammo Crates
• 49:07 - Multi-Flag Sectors on Maps
• 53:09 - End of Round
• 56:06 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Alexia Christofi (Producer) and Alexander Formoso (Game Designer - Weapons) and Jaime de la Puente Boal (Game Designer) for a deep dive on what’s new in Season 4: Eleventh Hour for Battlefield 2042. They’ll chat about the new Map, Specialist, Vehicle, Weapons, Gadget and more!

Chapter Notes:

• 00:18 - Introductions
• 05:00 - Weekly Radar
• 06:29 - Map: Flashpoint
• 11:48 - Specialist: Camila Blasco
• 19:00 - Vehicle: CAV-Brawler
• 21:08 - Weapons: AC9, RM68, RPT-31, Super 500
• 29:58 - Gadget: SPH Explosive Launcher
• 33:40 - Cookie of the Week
• 37:36 - Season 4 Battle Pass
• 40:41 - Changes & Improvements
• 49:11 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Kit Eklof (Producer) and Shashank Uchil (Lead Level Designer) to discuss how we have designed, built and reworked Battlefield 2042 maps.

Chapter Notes:

• 00:20 - Intro
• 01:43 - Weekly Radar
• 02:48 - Launch maps
• 09:52 - Season maps
• 20:19 - Container memes
• 21:40 - Spearhead
• 34:55 - How we build maps
• 46:01 - Cookie of the week
• 47:58 - Map reworks
• 64:04 - Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Ben Walke (Producer) and Alexander Formoso (Game Designer - Weapons) to discuss design and balance for the Weapons of Battlefield 2042 as we head towards the release of Season 4.

Chapter Notes:

• 00:19 – Intro
• 01:55 – Weekly radar
• 03:17 – Weapon Balance
• 07:00 – Weapons Meta
• 09:08 – Weapon Proficiencies
• 19:08 – Weapon Attachments, Drum Magazines
• 22:45 – Vault weapons
• 32:40 – Choosing Feature Designs
• 39:24 – Cookie of the Week
• 47:55 – Team Collaboration
• 51:00 – Season 4 53:22 – Final Thoughts
• 56:18 – Outro

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Tom Straatman (Community Manager) is joined by Nika Bender (Producer) and Amo Mostofi (Producer) to discuss the recent Update 3.2 for Battlefield 2042 and take a whole bunch of listener questions! To read more about the Core Feedback overview around map design in Battlefield 2042 mentioned by Tom in the Episode, please visit the Community section of our website.

Chapter Notes:

• 00:00 - Introduction
• 04:18 - Q&A Overview
• 05:17 - Q&A Start
• 05:25 - Priorities for developing new content
• 10:23 - Who is your favorite Battlefield 2042 character
• 18:27 - Penguins 24:16 - Specialist balance
• 27:28 - Discarded and Hourglass Reworks
• 32:16 - Tutorial and Match Intro flow
• 37:48 - Helicopters in Breakthrough
• 39:06 - Cookie of the week
• 40:54 - Philosophy behind new features
• 42:52 - Continuation of 2042’s narrative
• 43:18 - Breakthrough 128 44:25 - Pineapple on Pizza, yes/no
• 48:20 - Outro

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