Battlefield 6 Sparks 'Zoomers' vs 'Battledads' War Over Movement — but the Devs Are Looking for Somewhere In-Between

Battlefield 6 question is apical of caput for EA, Battlefield Studios, and players, arsenic the community’s latest statement has formed astir the taxable of “zoomers” vs. “battledads.”

Few gaming communities instrumentality question mechanics arsenic earnestly arsenic first-person shooter fans. As gamers caller and aged present driblet into what has go 1 of the astir fashionable Battlefield games ever, everyone's talking astir what benignant of subordinate Battlefield 6 should cater to.

— CRREAM (@CrReaM) September 18, 2025

While FPS games similar Call of Duty person ramped up question shooter mechanics with things similar pitchy packs, wall-running, and, much recently, Omnimovement, players person agelong seen Battlefield arsenic the yin to that yang, offering a much methodical attack to the tactical subject shooter sub-genre. So, erstwhile the August Battlefield 6 beta revealed mechanics that leaned much into question shooter territory than the bid had ever experienced before, longtime fans – often not-so-lovingly referred to arsenic "battledads" – were speedy to inquire for changes.

EA and BF Studios obliged, announcing that Battlefield 6 question had been tweaked to “create a much balanced and accepted Battlefield experience,” aboriginal that aforesaid month. Changes included reduced horizontal velocity and a deed to leap momentum that galore had utilized to creation astir others. Shooting portion jumping oregon sliding was besides nerfed, frankincense causing a disturbance amongst newer fans — often called zoomers — who typically favored question shooters, specified arsenic Call of Duty. You tin astir apt spot wherever this is going.

— Xfactor Gaming - Battlefield 6 (@rivaLxfactor) September 18, 2025

“Another AAA workplace gutting question to cater to radical that play games 1 hr a week that volition ne'er tally into radical utilizing question tech anyway,” contented creator and X/Twitter idiosyncratic @Reave said astatine the time.

“Oh spell alert a kite, bro,” contented creator and X idiosyncratic @TeioStreams replied. “If you privation question successful your shooter spell play COD. Battlefield’s a antithetic benignant of game.”

This is wherever the enactment successful the soil remains for fans today, present months later. Launch has travel and gone, and portion galore of those aforesaid battledads and others consciousness the question is conscionable right, those connected the zoomer broadside are asking for Battlefield 6 question nerfs to beryllium reverted.

As pointed retired by PC Gamer, EA and BF Studios autumn determination successful between.

We're looking astatine adjustments for definite to find a bully in-between, we already person immoderate changes that are cooking connected our broadside and monitoring the feedback for more🙂

— Florian - DRUNKKZ3 (@DRUNKKZ3) October 12, 2025

DICE main crippled decorator Florian Le Bihan remains progressive connected societal media arsenic players parse retired the champion way for Battlefield 6. His caller comments whitethorn disappoint players connected some sides, arsenic helium teases smaller adjustments without impacting basal question speed.

“We won't spell backmost to Open Beta question but we are moving connected immoderate flimsy adjustments that volition assistance with immoderate parts that consciousness a spot clunky,” Bihan said erstwhile asked for a due instrumentality to Battlefield 6 question from the nationalist August physique earlier this week. “We'll stock much astir that arsenic soon arsenic we can!”

The zoomer assemblage is connected the edges of their seats, waiting to spot conscionable however adjacent they tin get to a instrumentality to the fast-paced Battlefield 6 question they enjoyed. Battledads aren’t rather arsenic enthusiastic, with immoderate sharing fears of “overcorrection.”

Go backmost to your CoD slop if you deliberation the question present is worse than successful the beta. Beta was good but present it is adjacent better

— Clemens S (@MrCleman1) October 12, 2025

“My main interest is they’ll over-adjust again, conscionable similar what happened with [Battlefield 2042],” 1 fashionable Reddit station says. “They went from monolithic maps that felt excessively unfastened to mostly tiny oregon mid-sized ones only. It was a full overcorrection. Don't repetition the aforesaid mistake with question DICE.”

We’ll person to hold to spot however important immoderate upcoming question changes extremity up being, but 1 week removed from launch, 1 happening is certain: the Battlefield 6 squad is moving quickly. New hotfixes for assemblage requests and glitches person been published astir each day, with caller examples including the simplification of Conquest summons sizes (which was promptly walked backmost pursuing instrumentality outcry) and a hole for spotty deed registration. Upcoming updates committedness changes to Battlefield 6’s pesky lighting system, arsenic good arsenic a crackdown connected XP farms.

Battlefield 6 launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S October 10 and sold 7 cardinal copies successful its archetypal 3 days. For much connected Battlefield 6, sojourn IGN's Battlefield 6 usher for a implicit database and video of each run collectible locations, tips for getting an borderline successful multiplayer, and more.

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