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Flabbbs's avatar
Flabbbs
New Spectator
15 days ago

Consistent Team Assignment to Attacking Side When Loading in First

I would like to report a potential team assignment issue in Battlefield 6.
My friends and I have noticed a consistent pattern where we are placed on the attacking side in probably over 90% of the matches we play.
This has been happening repeatedly ever since we started playing the game on release and does not appear to be random.
In most cases, we seem to be among the first players to fully load into a newly created lobby, and whenever this happens, we are always assigned to the attacking team.
On the rare occasions when we are placed on the defending side, we join a match that already has players in it.

Based on this, I suspect that team assignment may be influenced by loading time, queue order, or the order in which players enter a server, most likely the latter.
It seems that the first players to join a new lobby are automatically placed on the attacking side.
If this is the case, it would mean team selection is not functioning in a fully randomized or balanced way. Team assignment should ideally be independent of load speed or queue position to ensure fair distribution between attacking and defending sides.

I've seen others say that they have experienced this as well, both in game, and on the forums.
It would be good to see this resolved as I find it to be a rather big issue, only being able to play the game on one side.

6 Comments

  • Wkx93's avatar
    Wkx93
    New Spectator
    15 days ago

    I get this a lot too. 9/10 fresh matches I load into are attacking. In-progress games are usually defense. Hope this could get changed sometime!

  • Hi there, Lt. Flabbbs! 

    I’m 100% with you on this one.

    Been grinding rush on battlefield 6 whenever I can squeeze in a couple hours after work — kids are asleep, dishes done, back already yelling at me — and what do I get? Attacking side. Again. And again. And again.

    It’s honestly getting ridiculous. My squad and I joke that we don’t even need to check anymore. Fresh lobby? Cool, guess we’re attacking. if I’m lucky, I’ll see the defending side once or twice in an entire evening and some nights, not at all. At this point, defence feels like a good night’s sleep — I know it exists, I just don’t experience it anymore.

    I also agree that it really does feel like first-come, first-serve almost like the game just dumps early loaders onto attack. Look I'm too old to care about the unrealistic, ai-generated, cosmetic nonsense. I just want to have fun and variety in my matches. Sometimes I just want to bunker up and hold the line instead of always sprinting head first in to a meat blender especially after a long shift at the office.

    The team assignment should be random. or at least balanced. Not tied to who has the faster hard drive. This isn't a fair or fun experience its simply lazy backend logic and lacks variety.

    Love the game however. Been playing battlefield since the old days. But this one issue has existed since the launch and it feels less like a fluke and more like a design oversight.

    hope this gets addressed soon.

    Anyway. Guess I'll see you on attack next match. sigh...

  • 98% of these stats are from attacking...

    Please fix this issue 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓

  • Yep, similar here. Only getting ATK. Feel like i need to limited PC/Internet just to get a chance to defend. Makes the game extremely boring

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