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EA has reduced the number of starting tickets in all Battlefield 6 maps, and the game's entire community is pretty united in its disapproval of this change.
The official Battlefield Comms Twitter account shared the following update this week: "We've reduced the starting ticket count across all Conquest maps so matches finish at a more natural pace. Previously, many rounds were hitting the time limit instead of ending when one team ran out of tickets. We'll keep monitoring feedback and data to make sure the flow of each match feels right."
The larger, more fun Conquest maps just got their tickets reduced. Wouldn't be an issue if we could actually host our 1200 ticket Conquest servers in Portal but servers are at capacity due to all the bot farms. Such a big L for Conquest enjoyers. https://t.co/qPf6LFyXb0October 15, 2025
Over on Reddit, there are numerous high-profile posts in which thousands of Battlefield 6 players agree: don't reduce tickets in Conquest. Doing so chips away at what makes Battlefield Battlefield.
"Battlefield has never been about short, twitchy, run and die matches. It's supposed to be large-scale warfare. Strategy. Flanking. Vehicle coordination. Actually using the damn map," reads a post from slibeepho with 3.2k upvotes.
"Now with 700 tickets, the match would feel like it’s over just as it starts. You spend five minutes getting into position, maybe grab a vehicle, start pushing a point and boom, match is done. It completely kills the pacing and flow that made Battlefield unique.
"If I wanted ten-minute chaos with zero teamwork and no room for tactics, I’d go play COD," says slibeepho.
"Please, don't change the number of tickets to a smaller one, the game is already short compared to previous Battlefields," reads a separate post from Professional-Car4398 that has 10,000 upvotes.
Redditor Siden-the-Paladin drew up a list of demands for EA and Battlefield Studios, with "Do. Not. Decrease Ticket Count" topping the list. The Redditor also implored the developers to "stop removing Battlefields identity." The post has 18,000 upvotes at the time of writing.
While Battlefield 6 has been generally well-received, this issue of it not feeling enough like a Battlefield game is emerging as its big hot button issue. Movement in particular has been scrutinized despite Battlefield Studios implementing nerfs to slow things down and make gameplay feel more grounded. Most recently, principal game designer Florian Le Bihan assured players the studio is still looking at making "adjustments" to movement in order to find a better "in-between" that'll make everyone happy.
