Friend From Foe Problem Is Deeply Concerning...

@xXCrizzCrozzXxIFF is clearly known issue for EA DICE... a big one. They have specifically mentioned it in their recent post-Beta feedback:

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/battlefield-briefing-what-we-learned-from-open-beta

MORE THINGS WE HEARD FROM YOU

We’ve covered a lot today, and there’ll be plenty of room between now and launch to talk more about where things are at, and the finer details of the experience that you’re yet to encounter.

Some closing remarks though on key topics that we saw you talking about during the Open Beta.

We use the term IFF to describe the approaches we take to ensure that you can always, and easily identify between friend and foe. IFF is being improved. In our current builds, we’ve adjusted the behaviour of the systems we use to improve the experience.

 - Our IFF lighting is in the process of being further enhanced to enable enemies to more readily stand out on the battlefield.

 - We’re also adjusting the tint that applies to enemy soldiers, and made changes to the UI so that when you’re inside of 10m, an icon is now present above the heads of enemy soldiers, provided they wouldn’t be otherwise occluded by any terrain, or map objects.

 - Similarly, we’re working to ensure that friendly icons will no longer be occluded through walls within 40m to address instances of our systems failing to represent a player as a friendly team mate before they’ve entered your field of view.
You’ll see some of these changes active when the game goes live in our early access window on November 12th, with more changes taking effect for our worldwide launch on November 19th.