Battlefield 6 Needs 8-Man Squads — COD Players Are Ready to Switch

I’ve been a long-time Call of Duty player. But after watching the early gameplay and reading everything coming out about Battlefield 6 – I’m saying this honestly – this is the first time in years that an FPS actually looks worth switching to.

Battlefield 6 looks like the game we’ve all been waiting for. Realistic, gritty, boots-on-the-ground. No clown skins. No Nicki Minaj operators. No Fortnite-style nonsense. Just pure immersive warfare.

CharlieIntel confirmed it – Battlefield 6 is focused on being grounded. Boots-on-the-ground only. No jetpacks, no anime skins, no commercial pop culture crossovers. And for someone like me, that’s exactly what I want in a shooter now. COD has become stale – same recycled maps, same movement, same overpriced skins, and no real innovation.

What Battlefield 6 is showing already looks like a proper return to form. And I can already see the potential for iconic Battlefield moments again. You know the ones I’m talking about – the rooftop takedowns in Battlefield 3, the collapsing skyscrapers in Battlefield 4, the chaos of 64-player gunfights in the streets. This is where Battlefield shines.

But there’s one thing that would tie it all together and make it feel perfect for the modern era:

Let us have 8-player squads.

Let us roll into matches with our entire group — not split into two or three squads, disconnected and shouting in different channels. Let us stay together, fight together, revive each other, and experience this full-scale war as one proper unit.

And to keep it balanced, give us the option to split the squad into two fireteams of 4. That way comms and tactics still stay organized, but we don’t have to lose that social connection. It keeps everyone together while still supporting teamwork.

With full crossplay coming, we finally have the tech to support bigger squads. Players on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox are all going to be teaming up. We’ve got Discord, full communities, clans, groups of 6, 7, 8 people who all game together every night. Why force us to break apart in every game?

Here’s what 8-player squads bring to Battlefield 6:

Better coordination and team play

More iconic moments from full squad pushes and defenses

No more dead squads with 1 or 2 AFKs – even solo players benefit

Scales perfectly with 64 or 128-player modes

Keeps gameplay tight and immersive, especially with the new boots-on-ground focus

Now picture this.

You and seven friends drop into a war-torn city. Tanks are rolling past. You’re pinned down in a blown-out building. You split into two fireteams — one team holds the stairs, the other flanks around to ambush the enemy squad outside. You’re calling out targets, reviving each other, covering doorways with suppressing fire, RPGs slamming into walls — and your full squad is locked in. Communicating. Coordinated. And alive.

That’s the kind of moment you remember. That’s the kind of clip that ends up in a Battlefield montage. And that’s the kind of feeling that made Battlefield legendary in the first place.

This isn’t a request for a new mode or overhaul. It’s just a change that reflects the way people actually play games in 2025. Bigger groups. More community play. And a real demand for immersive, grounded warfare.

Battlefield 6 already looks like it’s going to wipe the floor with the current state of COD. Give us 8-player squads, and you lock in the one thing COD can’t compete with: real team-driven chaos and tactical war, the way it’s meant to be.

Please, DICE — don’t sleep on this. The whole community will feel this one.

If you’re reading this and agree – speak up. Let’s make sure they know we want this.