Did they remove TDM?

Yea it seems so ☹️ 

And they replaced it with free for all * game mode. Im so frustrated.l, I just started enjoying the game. I know tgere are otger modes but TDM is one of my fav.

It was a temporary mode unfortunately, same with Rush. Free for All will be replaced by something else in a few weeks too. 

Honestly didn't understand why they put limited times on game modes that are in every other BF game.  Makes zero sense to me.  I saw that the 64 player games were a limited time game mode as well, and that kind of irked me.  Yeah it's great that the maps can hold 128 players, but sometimes people want to play something a bit more chill....not to mention after a while it will be hard to fill those 128 player maps lol.

@KyosjiI know right! For my self, i really enjoy TDM. I just want short gameplays,having 2 kids and playing a run around game mode with 45min gameplay is not possible anymore. I just want the 10min rounder run and gun grind.

TDM was awesome, it is only going to hurt player engagement taking it out of portal.  I hope the Devs monitor the situation, as having 16x16 TDM was not taking enough players form the 128 modes, so why remove it if popular?

I'd suggest the Devs change TDM to 12x112 or even 10x10, 8x8 and put it back into portal.  I noticed smaller teams seemed to have closer games, and even with 16x16 it was close most of the time, often by 10% or less at end of game.

Not to sound like a *, but I don't think many of the Devs actually play BF2042, or at least not the managers/directors who call the shots of what game modes are included.  If "they" keep it up, this game is going to run out of players, and removing a very popular portal mode is sure to speed up the process...

The one mode I enjoyed the most, even in previous Battlefields, is gone. Wow.

I thought the game was glitching somehow so I kept restarting and making sure I was updated. The Team Deathmatch icon picture is there but clicking it takes you to some other mode.

Nope, not happy there's no Team Deathmatch (as in other Battlefields) and not happy the little icon picture tricked me into thinking I was about to settle in to a fun session.

Is there a reason the picture icon isn't removed?

Probably this is what they consider "live service" - putting some mode temporarily, although it should be part of the game permanently, then removing it after a few weeks.