The loudest player complaints from Steam, Reddit, X and the press, checked one by one against the Season 02 notes.
9
Not addressed
9
Partly addressed
4
New in Season 2
2
Fixed
// How this was judged
Method
Four research backends (Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and xAI with X search) read Steam reviews and discussions, r/WarDogs, X, YouTube and press coverage from 10 Sep to 15 Oct 2026. Scale figures come from a keyword pass over 4,899 negative English Steam reviews (27 Sep–15 Oct) and from thread reply counts; long reviews match several complaints, so treat the percentages as indicators rather than shares. Each verdict was then checked line by line against the Season 02 notes. Season 2 reactions are to the notes posted on 14 Oct, before anyone had played it. Not everyone is unhappy: the top-scoring Season 2 post on r/WarDogs (295) calls the notes “absolutely incredible” coming from Battlefield.
// 9 issues
Not addressed
Not addressed22.8% of negative reviews · 174 Steam threads
Cheaters and anti-cheat
The most-cited problem the patch leaves alone. ESP and wallhack reports peak on EU evenings, and players say reports vanish without visible bans.
Season 2: No mention of cheating or anti-cheat anywhere in the notes. Region ping limits are the only indirect lever.
“The amount of ESP Cheaters I spotted… especially in EU Servers around 8 pm to midnight is insane.”
“Half of the server already reported this guy. Nothing happens.”
Not addressed10.7% of negative reviews · Reddit thread 172 comments
The seasonal wipe
Cash and unlocks reset each season. Players who learned this late say it killed their reason to grind.
Season 2: The wipe goes ahead. Faster role XP softens the climb back, but nothing carries over except cosmetics.
“I put around 80 hours into this game before I realized it had a full wipe system, and honestly, that completely killed my motivation to keep playing.”
Not addressedLargest thread on the forum · 2,820 replies
Linux and Steam Deck blocked by anti-cheat
The kernel anti-cheat stops the game running under Proton, so Linux and Steam Deck owners cannot play at all.
Season 2: Not mentioned.
“having to uninstall Windows updates and manually repair a broken, unknown kernel anti-cheat just to reach the main menu”
No party system: friends can’t pick a team together
Groups share server codes, sit in queues, then hope to land on the same faction.
Season 2: Squad intent tags and queued invites help inside a match. There is still no pre-match party or faction reservation, and the new switch lock adds friction.
“only way to guarantee playing together is accepting Blue and taking an automatic loss”
Not addressed56 threads
Audio cutting out
Positional audio drops or breaks mid-match.
Season 2: Only a gunner firing-audio desync fix for vehicles.
Seasonal skins priced in Gold Bars that many players never reach before they rotate out.
Season 2: The Black & Gold AK leaves and a new Season 2-exclusive Black & Gold Little Bird arrives, repeating the pattern.
Not addressedLow volume · under 1% of reviews each
One map, netcode and hit registration
Real but quiet: a single 256 km² map, and occasional hit-reg and desync reports.
Season 2: Rain re-dresses Bakurani and its spawns move; gunner fire desync is fixed. No new map, no netcode work listed.
// 9 issues
Partly addressed
Partly addressed24% of negative reviews · the most helpful votes
The grind and the gear gap
Heavy players reach Tier 4 armour and AP ammo long before everyone else, and win most fights because of it.
Season 2: Role XP to level 20 cut 55%, armour reduction down 5 points, high-calibre damage cut 16–25%, losing teams get 20% off. But kit and vehicle prices went up at the same time.
“If you cannot afford to put 50+ hours a week into this game then it is not worth the money. You will have no chance in 80% of the combat scenarios.”
Partly addressed16.9% of negative reviews mention helis
Helicopters dominate, anti-air is weak
Havoc and minigun Little Birds rule the sky; shoulder AA and rockets rarely land.
Season 2: Helicopters cost more (Havoc $18,000 → $28,000) and the minigun Little Bird unlocks later. Minigun damage falls with the calibre cuts and the Gepard joins. Flight models are unchanged.
“Good luck shooting a half ass decent pilot with an RPG/MAAWS”
Partly addressed“Region lock” thread 252 replies
High-ping players from other regions
Players asked for region locks after nights of fighting 200 ms opponents.
Season 2: Region ping limits, kicks and browser ping filters, which is not a region lock. Community servers can relax the limits.
“PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE REGION LOCKING A THING… I can not play on the WESTERN SERVERS at night”
