With the open beta tests for Battlefield 2042 kicking off next week, many anticipated players have been wondering what the studios’ plans would be to combat cheaters. Well DICE has finally given us an answer, confirming that Battlefield 2042 will indeed be using easy-anti cheat.

Will Battlefield 2042 Have Anti-Cheat?

As announced in an official blog post, DICE has confirmed that Battlefield 2042 will launch with some anti-cheat measuring tools. They will be using Easy-Anti Cheat (EAC,) which has been featured in past EA titles such as Apex Legends and Star Wars: Squadron. Here’s what the studio has to say:

Ensuring Fair Play for anyone that steps onto the Battlefield is something we take seriously at DICE. In short, that means we don’t tolerate cheating, and we have teams dedicated to preventing, identifying, and sanctioning cheaters.

In Battlefield 2042 our first approach to ensuring Fair Play is that we’ll use Easy-Anti Cheat (EAC) as our anti-cheat tool of choice. EAC already has a proven track record in identifying  cheaters, such as within Apex Legends and STAR WARS™: Squadrons. It is also proven to be effective in ensuring your privacy, and security.

Another change for Battlefield 2042 is that due to cross-play functionality, when a cheater is sanctioned it will cause them to be instantly disconnected mid-match and permanently banned across all platforms. As before, we still have the ability to apply IP and hardware bans if necessary. To keep our community a fair place, we have a no tolerance rule in place. There are no warnings and no suspensions when it comes to cheating. If you don’t play by the rules, you’re out. Any actions made on your account can be appealed via EA Help.

Lastly, ensuring Fair Play and combating modern cheating solutions is an ongoing commitment that doesn’t end at launch. While not always visible to you as a player, this means that post launch we’ll continue to invest in developing internal capabilities and technologies that augment 3rd party anti-cheat solutions, provide multiple layers of defense, and ensure our games are fair and fun for everyone.

Easy Anti-Cheat will be in place for both the Open Beta from October 6th to October 10th, and for the full release of Battlefield 2042 this November.

Furthermore, with consoles now being able to support mouse & keyboards, DICE did also confirm that Battlefield 2042 would not support those input devices on consoles, at least for now. They note that they will be exploring some options, along with how it may affect cross-play though have nothing definite to share whether it will come or not.

While sticking to the subject of keeping it’s community safe, DICE has also revealed a set of guidelines to help promote “positive play.” Breaking some of these may result in account restrictions, and/or permeant removal from their services entirely without warning.

Battlefield Community Charter 

• Treat Others As They Would Like To Be Treated – Squad up and play the objective, together. We won’t tolerate players who negatively disrupt or engage in harmful behavior towards others.
• Keep Things Fair – Be on the right side of the fight. If you see players breaking the rules, report them.
• Share Appropriate Content – Don’t fight dirty. Make sure whatever content you’re sharing is appropriate for Battlefield players.
• Keep Things Honorable – Protect your squad. Keep it legal in Battlefield, and do not participate or encourage in dangerous or illegal activities.
• Respect others on the Battlefield –It costs nothing to treat your fellow players with dignity. Cooperate with your squad and show new players the ropes by providing helpful pointers.
• Fight cleanly – Don’t harass, threaten, bully, spam, or do anything else to another player that is unwanted. Treat everyone with the same level of respect you’d like them to treat you with.
• Report violations of protocol – See someone harassing or impersonating another player or partaking in hateful conduct? Or do you feel unsafe while playing a match? Use the in-game report function, or let us know via EA Help.
• Report feedback – Do you have feedback about a particular feature or issue you’ve run into during your time with Battlefield 2042? Let us know through our Battlefield forums.
• Don’t cheat – Don’t do it. Don’t even think about doing it. Cheating includes using exploits, undocumented features, design errors, bugs or other problems that unfairly give you the leg up on your opponent. Fair play is an essential part to maintaining the enjoyability of the Battlefield experience – don’t be the person who ruins everyone’s day.
• Don’t be a nuisance – Actively annoying players by spamming chat with distracting messages or blocking other players’ access points to the objective is just as bad as cheating.
• What’s yours is yours. Protect it. – Do not trade or sell your EA account to any players, and do not buy an EA account from other players.  It’s against our rules and may be actioned. To keep your account safe, we recommend you turn on Login Verification.
• Learn the rules of engagement – Battlefield has a variety of modes with different objectives and rules. Take the time to learn and understand the requirements of each mode, either by learning from the in-game tutorials, other Battlefield 2042 players, or EA Help.
• Protect your squad. Keep it legal in Battlefield and do not participate in or encourage dangerous or illegal activities. This includes:
  • Blackmail
  • Doxxing
  • Drug use
  • Extorting
  • Fraud
  • Gambling
  • Making personal or terrorist threats
  • Swatting
  • Soliciting minors for sexual imagery or favors

Outside of the anti-cheat and anti-toxicity stuff, EA has also rolled out quick tutorials on some of the game’s new mechanics! Check out how to use to use the Plus weapon attachment system, and more right here.

Regardless if you’re new to the Battlefield franchise or not, there are a few things in Battlefield 2042 that’s new. DICE is aware of ths, and has whipped up quick tutorials on the Battlefield 2042 Plus system for gun attachments, how to revive, and how the call-in system works for calling in vehicles.

• Related Reading: Battlefield 2042 AR Lens Turns You Into a Specialist

Battlefield 2042 Plus System:

Hold down the appropriate button/key for your preferred platform (see below) to see what attachments are available on your current weapon. Each arm of the menu grants access to a different category of attachment to select from, releasing the button instantly equips the selection. This allows you to experiment with these attachments to find what best meets your needs in a particular firefight or just fits your overall playstyle better.

For PC: Hold down the “T” key, left click to select, then release the “T” key to equip
For Xbox press and hold LB, use the directional buttons to select, then release LB to equip.
For PlayStation press and hold L1, use the directional buttons to select, then release L1 to equip.

Battlefield 2042 How to Call-In a Vehicle:

On PC press the “B” button to bring up the call-in tablet. Choose from troop movers to combat vehicles and use the left mouse button to select the right choice for your particular situation. Once you’ve decided, move your mouse again to choose the location for delivery. Then one more click and you’re all set.

For Xbox press and hold the “RB” button and follow the steps above.
For PlayStation press and hold the “R1” button and follow the steps above.

Battlefield 2042 How to Heal & Revive:

Medic crates are boxes you can use to help heal your teammates. Throw them on the ground and when an injured teammate moves close they gain hp over a short duration. Please be aware that there is a cooldown after healing takes place so you won’t be able to use another medic crate immediately. Same note here regarding avoiding further damage during the healing period.

Finally, the Specialist Maria Falck has a syrette pistol allowing her to heal herself. She can also shoot friendly targets to heal them at range. If she misses the target a syringe will land on the ground which can be used by either friend or foe and receive the healing effect. However, if the syrette hits an enemy target directly they’ll take damage.

The Battlefield 2042 beta begins next week, and you can check the full schedule here.

Source: EA

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It looks like EA is pushing the Battlefield 2042 marketing into gear now, as the company has launched a Battlefield 2042 AR Lens (Augmented Reality Lens) on Instagram that turns people into Specialists!

Here is the Instagram link, though you need to be on a mobile device it seems.

https://twitter.com/Battlefield/status/1443620200344166407

As you can see, this gives you a chance to earn an EA Play code, which will grant early access to the upcoming BF2402 beta!

The Battlefield 2042 beta will start next week, and here’s the full schedule.

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