Battlefield 2042 Season 5 Brings Big Changes To Vehicles
Titled New Dawn, Season 5 will additionally introduce new weapons, grenades, and more on June 7.
By Cameron Koch on
Battlefield 2042 will soon introduce major changes to some of the game's most popular vehicles as part of its upcoming Season 5 update, New Dawn.
Vehicle loadouts are getting an overhaul come the update's arrival on June 7. Developer DICE's goal is to make it so the roles of different vehicles are more clearly defined. One big way DICE is looking to do that is by removing explosive weapon options from some of the game's most-used ground vehicles, including the LATV4 Recon. Despite the jeep's role as a transport vehicle, it's currently able to equip multiple types of explosive weaponry. That will be changing in Season 5, with those weapons replaced by anti-infantry weaponry instead.
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«While explosives have their place on the battlefield, they should be a strategic choice and not the default choice or available option for all vehicles,» DICE writes in a blog dedicated to the subject.
Other vehicles, like the M5C Bolte and the EBAA Wildcat, have also had their weaponry adjusted to better suit their specific roles. In the Bolte's case, that means making it a stronger «hit-and-run» vehicle as opposed to one that sits back and shoots explosives from afar. The Wildcat, meanwhile, will be adjusted to better fulfill its intended role as an anti-air vehicle.
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