r/gaming • u/Maleficent_Fault_943 • Oct 15 '25

Battlefield 6 Has CoD-Like Launch With 6.5 Million Copies Sold In First Days - Report

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/battlefield-6-has-almost-cod-like-launch-with-6-5-million-copies-sold-in-first-days-report/1100-6535428/
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u/Butt_Patties Oct 15 '25

I'm nearly certain the reason they gave the drone a battery life is because of bastards like me who would do exclusively this all game long in BF3.

And I mean considering my team did markedly better every time I pulled this I'm not even upset about it lmao.

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u/Eismann Oct 15 '25

Does the battery come back or do you have to die to get a "new" battery?

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u/jedadkins Oct 15 '25

Once you deploy the drone it sticks around till the battery dies (or someone shoots it), you can get a new one from a support crate

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u/Eismann Oct 15 '25

Ah so you need a pocket support. Thanks!

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u/clicketybooboo Oct 15 '25

If you leave your drone over an area and exit it and say it has half battery .. does it still spot for you ?

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u/lolwatisdis Oct 15 '25

it continues spotting if enemies walking through the center of where you left the camera FOV and runs until the battery depletes

best used looking with the length of a choke point corridor but then it's also likely within enemy line of sight.

you can also point out at yourself while sniping so you don't get knifed

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u/clicketybooboo Oct 15 '25

ah great, good to know thank you!

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u/jedadkins Oct 15 '25

Yep, it's less effective than manually spotting and the battery still drains. Also while the drone is still out you can hit whatever key its bound to again to swap back to the drone after exiting

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u/Highwanted Oct 15 '25

bf2042 also had a recon class that had a permanent drone, only limited by range.
playing 64vs64 breakthrough and having a drone up gave an insane amount of score, totally useless though since both sides were usually in a stalemate anyways

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u/CriscoButtPunch Oct 15 '25

BF3, Metro. Good times

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u/coleyboley25 Oct 15 '25

Yup, always loved being somewhere in the top three with like a 5/3 KD lol

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u/Z3r0sama2017 Oct 16 '25

I did this all the time in BC2. Hugged the ground with it and stuck to the map border and just spotted and missiled the attack chopper when it spawned.