With Battlefield 2042 confirmed to utilize AI soldiers (bots) to make sure 128-player matches feel full, some might be wondering whether this meant that players can practice the game offline. Unfortunately, we now have confirmation that Battlefield 2042 will need to be online even if you want to practice against bots!
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This was confirmed by EA in today’s latest Battlefield Briefing page update:
Since AI Soldiers can be used in Solo mode, does that mean I can play offline?
Battlefield 2042 is a multiplayer-only experience. So while you can play Solo against AI Soldiers if you’d like to practice, it will be in an online setting.
As for those looking forward to naval warfare in BF 2042, sadly, that won’t be a possiblity — at least at launch! EA has confirmed that there are naval-oriented vehicles in the game, though there isn’t a focus on naval-specific warfare.
Will there be naval vehicles and sea warfare?
You can expect to see naval oriented vehicles such as the LCAA Hovercraft, however there isn’t a focus on naval specific warfare right now. We’ve seen your comments about how excited you are about naval warfare, so stay in touch with us about what you’d like to see in the future!
Given the shooter’s emphasis on live service, I wouldn’t be surprised if DICE has plans for a sea warfare-themed content drop. Of course, this is all conjecture at this point.
In case you didn’t know, EA has also today confirmed that yes, there will be crossplay in Battlefield 2042! That, cross-progression, cross-commerce are being worked on.
Embarrassing.
NO its actually not….Whats embarrassing is the amount of imbeciles who just want to cry for the sake of crying about every little thing. IF offline bots is something someone is concerned about then Battlefield was clearly never meant for them.. There is no reason they need to cater to every little window licker crying about every little thing…Its not “gate keeping” its not discriminating against disabled people, its not discriminating against the poor who can’t afford internet(not that they were buying Battlefield anyway)….
Clearly you have no interest in Battlefield and that is fine…..But clearly you want to cry because its EA and hurrr people on da internetz say its hip and kewl to cry about EA….Get a life and get over it.
fuck you cunt
I love you, Mr. Davidson.
It’s stunning how pathetically dumb of a consumer you are. “lelz you have no life EA basher!” *Literally mindlessly consumes EA products and thinks he’s an authority on what quality is.
I’m not saying you’re a clown. I’m stating it as a matter of fact.
Circle jerking online only after two EA online games got taken down and one of their most popular cash cows got attacked. No offline mode with bots. Something that was created quite literally with offline play in mind as a FEATURE in its inception. Oh, wait, I forgot I’m dealing with a man child. Let me guess, late teens, very early 20’s. Your experience with games is whatever was popular with school kids 5 years ago? I expect this kind of idiocy in a IGN editorial.
Stop being an apologist for companies that don’t deserve one. Drones will never change.
“Battlefield was clearly never meant for them”
Grew up playing BF Vietnam offline and on. Grew up playing BF2 offline and on, etc. Keep sucking that EA dong though, nothing like handing full control over to the corps so they can carrot and stick you until they pull the plug and move to the next yearly thing.
Naval warfare, eh. The bots part is incredibly dumb.
A. They’re useless kill padding turds to make people feel better about themselves while being incapable of helping a team out.
B. Cannot be used to totally populate a lobby with different degrees of difficulty and played offline should your situation or desire to just mess around call for it.
It’s a lesser game with less than what you want at the expense of promising you a feature we can’t even guarantee will work. There’s no middle ground on bots. The either suck in live matches to the point where they will be tuned down and made useless. Thus making them redundant. We also can’t make our own fun games and play solo or with a few friends.
I’m more upset at the lack of naval warfare (at least at launch) versus being always online.
Same. I gather, this might be one of their planned big expansions? If not, it would be kind of a bummer.
Good Game
Why is it that ever time the open their mouth they make this game sound even worse? Just shut up until it’s out and let expectations be beneath me like they usually are for Battlefield games given their shaky track record over the years.