In spite of community requests for the game mode’s permanence, DICE has removed Battlefield 2042’s popular Rush Mode from the official playlist. DICE added Rush Mode to Battlefield 2042 post-launch, providing players an experience with smaller team numbers. Rush’s reduced number of players helped alleviate some of the widely reported framerate hiccups; the mode quickly became a fan-favorite offering as well, encouraging the Battlefield community to rally around requests for it to remain a permanent fixture.

Throughout its in-game availability, Rush was only accessible as a limited-time mode in the Portal menu’s featured options. Fans hoped it would eventually migrate to All-Out Warfare, but DICE never responded to such requests. Instead, Rush exclusively existed as a featured experience, which developers designed with regular refreshes in mind. Unfortunately, the one Battlefield 2042 playlist addition that users did not want to see removed has officially bit the dust.

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Eurogamer and multiple Battlefield-dedicated fan accounts have reported that Battlefield 2042’s Rush Mode is no longer available in the featured Portal experiences. Because DICE never billed Rush as anything other than a limited-time experience for the recently released shooter, such news hardly comes as a shock. However, many a player held out hope that DICE would host the mode long-term given widespread community requests. That the studio ignored such pleas serves as further proof of the disconnect between the Battlefield developer and its community.

As Eurogamer notes, Custom Portal servers in Battlefield 2042 can still play host to Rush Mode, though players must contend with XP progression being capped per minute – a feature implemented post-release to discourage the creation of XP farms. If and when DICE and publisher Electronic Arts will respond to the disappointment surrounding Rush Mode’s exit presently remains a mystery.

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Battlefield 2042 hit store shelves worldwide in November 2021 to unfavorable reception from critics and players alike. Graphical hiccups, performance issues, matchmaking errors, and a host of other bugs beset the FPS title at launch across all platforms, leaving many to wonder why it didn’t receiver further delays. DICE addressed many of Battlefield 2042’s most egregious shortcomings in hotfixes and larger updates, yet some users continue to encounter bothersome hitches. As a result, EA’s newfound focus on expanding the Battlefield universe has not gone over well, especially amid ongoing issues plaguing the latest release.

Battlefield 2042 is available to play now across PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S platforms.

Source: Eurogamer

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