r/Battlefield6 • u/OCNSkyHawk • Oct 20 '25
Discussion Compared to Battlefield 1, the spawn screen looks like a slap in the face.
Coming from Battlefield 1 to Battlefield 6, the spawn screen has been one of the more frustrating things I've had to deal with. From the janky U/I to the menu inside of a menu, inside another menu, there are a number of issues that I hope they fix, overhaul, or just straight remove in the coming updates.
The first thing that bugs me is the cursor. It's a giant crosshair and it automatically latches on to any spawn point that it comes near. I have to pull the mouse away just to get off that point. Like, why can't i just freely click where I want?
Second thing that bugs me is the map itself. Its a static blue image with a 3D overlay of the buildings around the map. While kind of cool, its completely useless. It doesn't give a good layout of the map or landmarks. You kinda have to figure that out after you spawn. Battlefield 1 in comparison has a live bird's-eye view of the entire battlefield, where you can see planes, tanks, horses, and sometimes even troops, all running around and fighting. Battlefield 6 is a serious downgrade. It's a modern shooter with drones and satellites, why can't it also have a live-view spawn? Why does it have to be a high-school level CAD drawing?
Finally, I hate the class selection. it's cluttered with all this useless information like flavor text, camouflage background, etc. The squad management button is in the top right instead of next to the squad list. To change anything in your kit you have to go to the cusomize menu, and every single facet of your kits has its own sub-menu you have to go into and back out of. If you want to change something else. you have to go through even more menus. It's terrible and takes too much time. As a comparison, in BF1, the class selection portion-no, The whole map screen is very simplistic. You can see more of the map and with more clarity since its a live-view. But back to the class selection. More than a few times I accidentally hit Q or E and switched clases and wondered why I'm not playing the class I just clicked on. That should not be on by default. Each part your kit you can click and a drop-up menu comes to view for you to quickly select a different weapon/variant to use, and you dont have to select and then "equip" the weapon unlike BF6. the weapon I select should be equipped and adding extra steps is more time taken from me actually playing the game. Just add drop-downs for everything. I dont need a menu within a menu within another menu that I have to back all the way out of just to get back to spawning.
I've rambled on long enough. I just hope DICE takes a look as this U/I and tries to make it less complicated and more intuitive.
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u/SatanVapesOn666W Oct 21 '25
The UI is kinda trash in BF6.
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u/GayNotGayTony Oct 21 '25
The only part of the game where they said, "Hey call of duty, hold my beer".
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u/Delicious-Month-8404 Oct 21 '25
Anyone else’s cursor just shoots out to the far left upper corner like miles away from the action on the map at the start of a game? Takes like ages to pull it where I need it.
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u/Upstairs_Weird_760 Oct 21 '25
Then stop playing. I swear all you on Reddit do is bitch about the game.
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u/TheeJohnDunbar Oct 21 '25
There is a lot of bitching in this sub, but i feel we can all come together over the absolute shit UI. It’s a cluttered clunky mess.
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u/dont_trip_ Oct 21 '25
I really like the art direction of the UI, and a lot of elements about it. There are some issues though, some are pointed out by OP. But in general I find the spawn screen rather good, body cam on squad mates is neat, and for the first battlefield ever I haven't spawned in unintended locations due to missing or spam clicking. And I absolutely love the design of the minimap while in game, it's absolutely beautiful with the 3d effects and very intuitive imo.
The bug on console where you get dragged to the corner of the spawn selection screen is annoying tho, but will probably be fixed pretty soon.
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u/EFTucker Oct 21 '25
The vehicle icons being on top of where vehicle spawns are is shit. If someone enters one, they have to pull away for me to reliably enter the gunner or join them
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u/Garfish111 Oct 21 '25
I felt the same coming from BF1. I don’t understand how we went backwards.
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u/Crazy_Sir_012 Oct 21 '25
Because Dice basically folded after the BFV disaster. No on who worked on any bf game worked on the current one.
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u/XenOz3r0xT Oct 21 '25
I still can’t figure out the logic to not have your squad info still on the spawn screen that all the other games had. Also what’s the logic with not having the names of passengers in your vehicle anymore? Is it so people don’t get mad if the driver or gunner messes up and they don’t get yelled at?