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‘Keep Your Ear to the Ground’ – Battlefield 6 Devs Hear the Cries for Battle Royale Solo Queue in REDSEC
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69167" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/10/29/battlefield-redsec-blogroll-1761770083228.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Battlefield Studios is telling <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/battlefield-6" target="_blank"><u>Battlefield 6</u></a> players to "keep your ear to the ground" when it comes to a battle royale solo queue option for <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/battlefield-redsec" target="_blank"><u>REDSEC</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>We spoke with the Battlefield team to learn more about REDSEC and its battle royale, Gauntlet, and Portal modes earlier this week. During our chat, we asked if solo battle royale fans will ever be able to drop into Fort Lyndon without grouping up with others. Design director Justin Wiebe stopped short of confirming whether additional queue options are on the way, but he does want fans to know the BF Studios team is listening.</p><p></p><p>“I would say keep your ear to the ground on the future of solos,” Wiebe told us.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Battlefield REDSEC was met with <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-redsec-launches-to-mostly-negative-steam-reviews-as-battlefield-6-players-push-for-battle-pass-changes-and-bigger-maps" target="_blank"><u>a review-bombing campaign</u></a> upon its launch late last month as disgruntled Battlefield 6 players gathered to ask for various changes, including a solo battle royale queue. It’s true the Battlefield battle royale offshoot launched without an option for single-player-minded fans, but Wiebe says adding solos into a squad-based shooter isn’t as easy as it seems.</p><p></p><p>“In my mind, that's not something you just turn on and just say, ‘OK, solos,’” he said. “There needs to be enough thought put into it because we built a squad-based experience. At its foundation, the game was designed for squads to play together, with each of them having tactical abilities and options, and training paths that unlock new perks. A lot of those perks are very oriented towards helping the squad, not helping the individual.”</p><p></p><p>I would say keep your ear to the ground on the future of solos.</p><p></p><p>Wiebe continued: “If we were just to throw that out and say, ‘Well, now you can just play solos, and you're unlocking these abilities that don't even matter to you,’ that feels like a fail.”</p><p></p><p>Battlefield 6 and REDSEC are designed around four primary classes: Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon. Aside from a few tweaks between some modes, each can bring everything from quick revives to vehicle repairs to a gunfight. Even vehicles themselves are typically in better care with more than one player behind the wheel.</p><p></p><p>These are the kinds of mechanics BF Studios is considering when holding off on solos for battle royale in REDSEC. Still, it sounds like the option is far from off the table. Should players be allowed to queue up without teammates in battle royale, Wiebe tells fans they would need to launch “with the right abilities and training paths.”</p><p></p><p>“If we were going to launch something like solos,” he added, “we want to do it in a way that makes sense for players, that actually takes the mechanics and makes them work for making solos play better.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>Battlefield 6 launched October 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S. REDSEC followed closely behind with its launch for the same platforms arriving October 28, just weeks later. Despite initial review-bombing efforts bringing the free-to-play branch down to “Mostly Negative” <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028330/Battlefield_REDSEC/" target="_blank"><u>Steam ratings</u></a>, it has since bounced back slightly, now sitting at “Mixed” across the board.</p><p></p><p>We gave REDSEC a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-redsec-review" target="_blank"><u>7/10</u></a>. In our review, we said, “Battlefield REDSEC offers an uninspired battle royale mode that dilutes what makes Battlefield 6’s regular multiplayer so much fun, but its Gauntlet option instead concentrates that formula into one of the coolest game modes I’ve seen from a military shooter.”</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/keep-your-ear-to-the-ground-battlefield-6-devs-hear-the-cries-for-battle-royale-solo-queue-in-redsec" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69167, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/10/29/battlefield-redsec-blogroll-1761770083228.jpg[/IMG] Battlefield Studios is telling [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/battlefield-6'][U]Battlefield 6[/U][/URL] players to "keep your ear to the ground" when it comes to a battle royale solo queue option for [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/battlefield-redsec'][U]REDSEC[/U][/URL]. We spoke with the Battlefield team to learn more about REDSEC and its battle royale, Gauntlet, and Portal modes earlier this week. During our chat, we asked if solo battle royale fans will ever be able to drop into Fort Lyndon without grouping up with others. Design director Justin Wiebe stopped short of confirming whether additional queue options are on the way, but he does want fans to know the BF Studios team is listening. “I would say keep your ear to the ground on the future of solos,” Wiebe told us. Battlefield REDSEC was met with [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-redsec-launches-to-mostly-negative-steam-reviews-as-battlefield-6-players-push-for-battle-pass-changes-and-bigger-maps'][U]a review-bombing campaign[/U][/URL] upon its launch late last month as disgruntled Battlefield 6 players gathered to ask for various changes, including a solo battle royale queue. It’s true the Battlefield battle royale offshoot launched without an option for single-player-minded fans, but Wiebe says adding solos into a squad-based shooter isn’t as easy as it seems. “In my mind, that's not something you just turn on and just say, ‘OK, solos,’” he said. “There needs to be enough thought put into it because we built a squad-based experience. At its foundation, the game was designed for squads to play together, with each of them having tactical abilities and options, and training paths that unlock new perks. A lot of those perks are very oriented towards helping the squad, not helping the individual.” I would say keep your ear to the ground on the future of solos. Wiebe continued: “If we were just to throw that out and say, ‘Well, now you can just play solos, and you're unlocking these abilities that don't even matter to you,’ that feels like a fail.” Battlefield 6 and REDSEC are designed around four primary classes: Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon. Aside from a few tweaks between some modes, each can bring everything from quick revives to vehicle repairs to a gunfight. Even vehicles themselves are typically in better care with more than one player behind the wheel. These are the kinds of mechanics BF Studios is considering when holding off on solos for battle royale in REDSEC. Still, it sounds like the option is far from off the table. Should players be allowed to queue up without teammates in battle royale, Wiebe tells fans they would need to launch “with the right abilities and training paths.” “If we were going to launch something like solos,” he added, “we want to do it in a way that makes sense for players, that actually takes the mechanics and makes them work for making solos play better.” Battlefield 6 launched October 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S. REDSEC followed closely behind with its launch for the same platforms arriving October 28, just weeks later. Despite initial review-bombing efforts bringing the free-to-play branch down to “Mostly Negative” [URL='https://store.steampowered.com/app/3028330/Battlefield_REDSEC/'][U]Steam ratings[/U][/URL], it has since bounced back slightly, now sitting at “Mixed” across the board. We gave REDSEC a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-redsec-review'][U]7/10[/U][/URL]. In our review, we said, “Battlefield REDSEC offers an uninspired battle royale mode that dilutes what makes Battlefield 6’s regular multiplayer so much fun, but its Gauntlet option instead concentrates that formula into one of the coolest game modes I’ve seen from a military shooter.” [I]Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/keep-your-ear-to-the-ground-battlefield-6-devs-hear-the-cries-for-battle-royale-solo-queue-in-redsec"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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