This was one thing i could take away as a positive. Just my opinion of course i know not everybody likes big maps, but i love them.Reminded me so much of BF2 with a big open map to move around, not constantly being bottle necked into choke points that people just camp all day, or constantly taking sniper fire everywhere you go because everybody is forced into small areas of the map. felt good to just hop in a jeep and go full speed ahead anywhere i wanted trying to run some people over!it was nice to see the army spread out with battles happening at every flag instead of the zerg ball just going between a few flags because it only takes 10 seconds to run there.I hope there are more big maps like that. AND I hope they add the option to reduce the maps down for people who do enjoy the smaller maps. This was a feature in BF2 that i found so awesome how every map could be reduced down in size with less flags for people who enjoy that style of play.

yep reminded me of BF of old. grand scale. room to drive and get ready for the next battle. room to really flank guys. All mixed with bouts of twitch from small battles to big battles. BF was missing the big maps.

@DrunkwoIf I hope they will have more tanks though. Just two tanks for a map the size of Orbital was pathetic.Especially when they need to contend vs up to 64 rocket launchers.

@DrunkwoIfAccording to EA DICE, there will be 7 maps on release and Orbital is a "mid-size" map for Battlefield 2042... which is kind of crazy.

Hi @DrunkwoIf ,Here is the size of each the BF2042 maps currently being readied for the game release next month:Kaleidoscope: 0.21 km2Discarded: 0.64 km2Orbital: 0.78 km2Renewal: 0.81 km2Manifest: 0.92 km2Hourglass: 1.2 km2Breakaway: 1.93 km2So the Orbital map we tried for the beta is matter of fact the 3rd smallest of them all. Here's to hoping for many more vehicles and more mayhem when we get to the bigger maps (or we will all be exhausted from all the running around on the maps just to find some trouble to engage into) DICE please! 😀😎- - -Edited to update two map names to match final marketed map names.Thx @NoTimeToDecide! 👍

I really miss the vehicles spawning in at certain check points to capture. the maps in BF2 use to have tons of vehicles and depending on what faction took the flag would spawn that factions armor types. it was great, you could even steal their stuff if they didnt use it. not sure why this went away, just another feature lost for no reason.

The big map was a step in the right direction

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trip1ex
5 years ago
yep reminded me of BF of old.
grand scale. room to drive and get ready for the next battle. room to really flank guys. All mixed with bouts of twitch from small battles to big battles.
BF was missing the big maps.
carsono311
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@DrunkwoIfAccording to EA DICE, there will be 7 maps on release and Orbital is a "mid-size" map for Battlefield 2042... which is kind of crazy.
BaronVonGoon
5 years ago
I liked it alot because it has alot of assets in it, indoor areas, verticality, and topography changes. It reminded of some BF4 dlc maps. The worst maps imo are the large flat asset depleted maps like Panzerstorm
DrunkwoIf
5 years ago
@carsono311 wow thats going to be amazing then
CyberDyme
5 years ago
Hi @DrunkwoIf ,
Here is the size of each the BF2042 maps currently being readied for the game release next month:
Kaleidoscope: 0.21 km2
Discarded: 0.64 km2
Orbital: 0.78 km2
Renewal: 0.81 km2
Manifest: 0.92 km2
Hourglass: 1.2 km2
Breakaway: 1.93 km2
So the Orbital map we tried for the beta is matter of fact the 3rd smallest of them all. Here's to hoping for many more vehicles and more mayhem when we get to the bigger maps (or we will all be exhausted from all the running around on the maps just to find some trouble to engage into)
DICE please! 😀😎
- - -
Edited to update two map names to match final marketed map names.
Thx @NoTimeToDecide! 👍
NoTimeToDecide
5 years ago
@CyberDyme They change map names? isnt the ice map called breakaway? also what is borderline
MegatronNerd
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
I like big maps as well, but
they have also always had big maps at said time for each Battlefield tho , I always thought its a Battlefield thing
So I am a bit thrown off by the topic.
I enjoy smaller maps also and curious about TDM and any other potential modes in BF 2042
Gulpee_Rex
Seasoned Scout
5 years ago
@NoTimeToDecideBorderline is Renewal.

If people think the maps are too big... Good news!: "PC and next-gen consoles can play the last-gen (64p) version of Battlefield 2042 if they wish."
Source: https://twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1446201697324445700
Click on the link to see the map comparison of Orbital.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
5 years ago
@DrunkwoIf I hope they will have more tanks though. Just two tanks for a map the size of Orbital was pathetic.
Especially when they need to contend vs up to 64 rocket launchers.
CyberDyme
5 years ago
@MegatronNerd wrote:
I like big maps as well, but
...
I enjoy smaller maps also and curious about TDM and any other potential modes in BF 2042
Agreed @MegatronNerd ,
We definitely need some small maps also, with tight spaces and corridors, like a real pressure cooker potentially just for infantry.
Battling it out from room to room, from corridor to corridor. Aka like what we also had in previous BF games, like with the maps Locker and Metro. Some intense meat grinders with tough cluster-fxxxs ...(upsa, correction...) bottlenecks to battle your way through with your squad and teammates!
We had suggested to the EA game map designers potentially to give us like 3-5 floors in one of the downtown sky-scrapers to make such a map for us in! It could be like a mix of office areas, indoor shopping mall area and some open spaces inside where this could work very well. Maybe even with the option to blow out the windows and parachute down to ground floor, maybe stairs/elevators to provide backstage access to flank enemies etc. The options are endless. But yes, we need one or more such intense pressure cookers for the real infantry Close Quarter Combat please!