The Battlefield series has covered multiple settings and eras from WW1 and WW2 to modern-day, to the far-flung future. Battlefield 2042 pulls players back into the near future, where the battlefield is a climate change-fueled dystopia.
But no matter how much has changed between iterations, there's one thing that always has stayed the same. Like previous installments, Battlefield 2042's multiplayer has enormous maps and a staggering 128 player count.
Like any team-based shooter, players in Battlefield 2042 will want to have good teammates to watch their back. When they find a trustworthy companion, players will want to add them to their friend's list, but the process can be unintuitive.
Adding People to Battlefield 2042's Friend List
Adding people will be a slightly different process based on whether or not the player is on Battlefield 2042's console version or PC version. For console users, the experience is more straightforward; they just have to use PSN and Xbox Live's built-in friend system. The PC version is slightly more complicated.
PC players can pause the game and click on the "Squads and Players" tab to see a list of players in the current match. Once they find the person they want to contact, they can click on their name and choose "view profile." This will bring up their EA Origin account, and the player can send a friend request from there.
Adding Friends to Battlefield 2042's Parties
There's a popular theory that Battlefield 2042 was initially supposed to be a battle royale game. While it's hard to prove, it's likely that it was at least influenced by titles like Fornite and Apex Legends, both due to features like the wingsuit and due to how the game handles parties.
Players can enter a game with up to 4 other players as a party and are set with those partners until the end of the match. If the player wants to choose specific partners, they need to click the "social" button on the main menu. This will open up active players from their friend's list, as well as other players they've played with recently. From there, they can send an invite to whoever they want to play with before starting a match.
While fans are mixed about Battlefield 2042's specialist system, playing with familiar faces will allow players to better coordinate specialist abilities and increase their chances of winning.
Battlefield 2042 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.