Battlefield 6 is a fast-paced modern military shooter with a single-player story that casts you as a NATO soldier fighting the terror group Pax Armata. You'll step into the boots of several characters as you travel the globe trying to save the day. After players finish that, there are endless hours of combat to enjoy in the game's multiplayer modes.
But like any competitive shooter, there's a lot of complexity and mechanics to understand if you want to survive -- and thrive. From playing different classes in multiplayer to finding secrets in the single-player campaign, there's a lot to learn. Here is a collection of tips for the various multiplayer modes and the campaign to help you step up your game and emerge victorious.
The four classic Battlefield classes return: Assault, Engineer, Support and Recon. Battlefield Studios/Screenshot by CNET
Tips for Battlefield 6 multiplayer
Move with your squad
Battlefield 6's quick time-to-kill means you can get mowed down in a second, or even less if you run into multiple enemies. Counter this by sticking with groups of teammates, who can focus fire on enemies and split their attention so they aren't all fixated on you. Better still, a nearby ally can (and should) revive you if you're downed, since any class can bring a player back from death (a mechanic introduced in Battlefield 5).
Time your reloads well
Battlefield 6's extremely quick time-to-kill goes hand in hand with firing speed -- it's really easy to see an enemy and, in the heat of the moment, spray-and-pray until you empty your magazine. That leaves you in an agonizing two- to three-second window of being unable to return fire. In our review period playing ahead of release, this reloading window proved to be a significant period of vulnerability -- even if you downed one enemy, another might come around to finish you off while you can't shoot back.
To counter this, don't stay in the open -- find cover or go prone to make yourself less of a target. You can also pull out your secondary weapon until you find cover, as sometimes just shooting back at enemies will pause their barrage, as will tossing a grenade their way. As you use your weapons more and level them up, you'll get access to magazines with more capacity or that can reload faster, so opt for those. Lastly, some class gadgets can give you a breather to reload, like Support's deployable cover, so remember your options.
Be a good teammate and revive, revive, revive
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