Battlefield 2042's 128-player Breakthrough has been removed

EA DICE has removed the 128-player Breakthrough offering from Battlefield 2042 in its latest patch.

Update 4.1, which released today, has made substantial changes to the game’s All-Out Warfare playlists, which are available on current-gen consoles and PC.

In a blog post, DICE explained the removal of 128-player Breakthrough lobbies was necessary to increase “the value and impact of an individual player”, as they currently were full of “intensity and chaos”.

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That’s putting it lightly. Players found that 128-player Breakthrough matches were almost unplayable, particularly at chokepoints where both teams were fighting for a single objective. Players would find themselves spawning into multiple firefights are once.

While this experience was fairly enjoyable to many when the game launched, it’s become more tiresome six months into the game’s release.

It seems like DICE agrees: “Reducing our player count here helps to remove some of the chaos from the experience… [and allowing players] to hold frontlines more effectively [and] find more space to work together and fulfill their individual roles,” the developer said.