{"id":28775,"date":"2022-06-21T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/battlefield-2042-has-lost-one-of-its-biggest-selling-points-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T08:49:05","slug":"battlefield-2042-has-lost-one-of-its-biggest-selling-points-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/battlefield-2042-has-lost-one-of-its-biggest-selling-points-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield 2042 has lost one of its biggest selling points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Gaming (Image credit: EA) Battlefield 2042 will no longer support 128-player matches of Breakthrough, as developer Dice scales back the mode amid the game\u2019s ailing player count.As part of Battlefield 2042\u2019s latest 4.1 update, the 128-player Breakthrough playlist has been entirely removed. According to an official blog post (opens in new tab), players will now only be able to access the game mode in 64-player matches, and will have to play Conquest if they want to jump into a 128-player fight.Dice said it has reduced the mode&#8217;s player count in a bid to improve its core experience. The developer reckons the intensity and chaos of Breakthrough\u2019s attack-defend gameplay wasn\u2019t supported by large, crowded matches.\u201cWhen reviewing Breakthrough, we noted that the 64-player version represented a more tactical experience,\u201d Dice said in the post.\u201cReducing our player count here helps to remove some of the chaos from the experience, and in combination with the reductions that we have made to the number of available combat vehicles, it means players are better able to hold frontlines more effectively.\u00a0\u201cPlayers&#8230; Click below to read the full story from TechRadar<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/battlefield-2042-has-lost-one-of-its-biggest-selling-points\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Gaming (Image credit: EA) Battlefield 2042 will no longer support 128-player matches of Breakthrough, as developer Dice scales back the mode amid the game\u2019s ailing player count.As part of Battlefield 2042\u2019s latest 4.1 update, the 128-player Breakthrough playlist has been entirely removed. 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