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DV0UR
Seasoned Rookie
23 days ago

Let Us Have 8-Player Squads in Battlefield 6 – It’s What This Game Deserves

Battlefield 6 is a chance to bring this franchise back to where it belongs – at the top of large-scale FPS. We’re getting full crossplay, modern mechanics, bigger battles – but one thing still feels outdated: the squad system.

It’s time to move beyond 4-player squads. Let us group up as full 8-player squads. Let us bring our communities in, not split them up.

Most players in 2025 aren’t jumping on with just one or two friends. We’re in Discord servers. We’re part of gaming groups. We’ve got 6, 7, 8 people ready to play together. But every match, we’re forced to split into two separate squads, losing coordination and energy. Why?

Crossplay opens the door for bigger, unified teams. The tech is finally there. Let us use it.

Give us 8-player squads – and for balance, let them split into two fireteams of 4. That way, comms and tactical orders can still flow clearly. You keep the structure while giving us the social freedom that Battlefield is built for.

Here’s what 8-player squads solve:

No more splitting up active groups

Clans and communities can actually play together

Better coordination during objectives and pushes

Stronger team play across all skill levels

Solo players get placed into fuller, more active squads

Matches feel more alive and dynamic

It scales perfectly with 64 and 128-player games

The beauty of this is it doesn’t require a major change. No new mode. No complicated mechanics. It’s just a quality-of-life improvement that reflects how people play multiplayer games today.

Battlefield has always been about squad-based chaos on a massive scale. This takes that vision and brings it into the current era of gaming.

Let us bring our full squad in. Let us play with our full team. Give us 8-player squads with optional fireteam split, and you’ll see communities stick around longer, play more, and enjoy the experience the way it was meant to be.

Please don’t overlook this. It’s a small change with huge impact.

If you’re reading this and you agree – speak up. Let’s get this on the radar.

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  • giNnzz's avatar
    giNnzz
    Seasoned Newcomer
    18 days ago

    Agree completely.  Cant even play with more then 4 friends in the same server at least. 

  • kc2m97xt5oim's avatar
    kc2m97xt5oim
    Rising Newcomer
    17 days ago

    One of the reasons why my friends and I wont buy this game is because of that. If there's a way to have multiple squads link up in the same lobby please let me know how. I'm new to the battlefield world. Thx.

  • u352x's avatar
    u352x
    New Rookie
    17 days ago

    Larger squads may not be the solution but having clans create multiple squads of 4 and play on the same side, same server would keep the BF tradition alive. The way it played on the beta was like a giant COD mode. 

    Our clan is excited if we can do this and with clans working together it will make the game more enjoyable and lead to a longer life and bring back large clans to BF.

  • Agriffjr's avatar
    Agriffjr
    New Novice
    17 days ago

    The clear problem is we all want to play with more than 3 other people. I don't care how they fix it, but give us a way to all be in a party or linked together in someway so we can talk and all be on the same server and same team.

     

  • Hodor_ut's avatar
    Hodor_ut
    Seasoned Newcomer
    17 days ago

    Squad's of 8 would be absolutely game breaking. One spawn beacon and instantly 8 players spawn on a location? That would be a disaster. Squads of 4 to 5 is max number that is healthy imho. However i do wish we get the option to get big lobbies.

  • Hodor_ut's avatar
    Hodor_ut
    Seasoned Newcomer
    17 days ago

    Not true. I admit its not the best solution, but

    1. have your friends in parties of 4.
    2. One party leader must start matchmaking 
    3. The other party leaders must try to join that person.

     

    This will get you into the same match and mostly same teams aswell. Almost always worked for us and we played many matches together with more than 4 players. Haven't tried with more than 8 players though.

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