BF3 Team Deathmatch max 24 players

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 24 August, 2011

On all platforms.

Battlefield 3's Team Deathmatch mode supports a maximum of 24 players on all platforms.

The mode does not support vehicles, BF3blog reports.

Instead, Team Deathmatch is focused on tight infantry portions of regular maps.

Battlefield 3's Conquest mode, on the other hand, supports 64 players on PC.

As BF3blog noted, the maps in Team Deathmatch are tighter than they are in Conquest mode, with more focused and intense gameplay.

It also compared the 24-player limit to Battlefield: Bad Company 2's Squad Deathmatch mode, which was limited to 16 players and "never managed to feel inadequate".

As revealed earlier this year, anyone looking to enjoy Battlefield 3 multiplayer on a console will have smaller maps to play with than their PC counterparts.

The console versions only permit 24 players in a match compared to 64 on PC, so developer DICE made the decision to scale the maps down for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases.

This only applies to ground battles, however. Aerial skirmishes will apparently play out across the same area as they do on the PC game.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 9 months ago

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  • CaptainQuint #1 9 months ago

    Smart design, the right decision.

  • hollowroom #2 9 months ago

    Not a problem. I'm only buying this for conquest anyway.

  • DreadedWalrus #3 9 months ago

    The console versions only permit 24 players in a match compared to 64 on PC, so developer DICE made the decision to scale the maps down for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases.

    This only applies to ground battles, however. Aerial skirmishes will apparently play out across the same area as they do on the PC game.

    So, if I'm reading this right, on console the helicopters e.t.c can go outside the areas that infantry can? I hope this doesn't end up being as annoying as those UAV pilots who'd lurk so far out with their zoom spec that they couldn't be seen the whole game.

  • TheEarlOfZinger #4 9 months ago

    Nice to have 3 game modes.

    Wasn't keen on squad death match in bad company 2. Too small a player count.

  • TheEarlOfZinger #5 9 months ago

    @DreadedWalrus

    Hopefully dice will patch any inbalances as they crop up.
    Edited by TheEarlOfZinger at 24/08/11 @ 09:23

  • Pehmu #6 9 months ago

    It doesn't really matter. No one plays simple deatchmatch anyway when there are better game modes available.

  • KDR_11k #7 9 months ago

    Well, yeah, it's TDM, that's a stupid game mode with today's no-powerup game designs anyway. There are no real points of interest without either objectives or powerups on the map.

  • Scurrminator #8 9 months ago

    Intro - are you on a crusade or something - no-one cares.

  • IrishWarri0r #9 9 months ago

    Fuck yea! cant wait for this it looks amazing.

  • geeza2020 #10 9 months ago

    Good to know, but I will be too busy playing Conquest and Rush games to care about any silly old TDM modes. Leave that for the CoD zombies.

  • TheEarlOfZinger #11 9 months ago

    I can see me playing this from time to time though as it's fairly mindless. The more options the better imho.

  • TomDent93 #12 9 months ago

    Whens the beta? and is it public ?

  • chessboxer #13 9 months ago

    Come to think of it, I've never played Squad Deathmatch iI BC2. I started of with Rush then really got into Conquest (in BC1 I hardly touched Conquest after it was patched in). I should try it out before player numbers decrease.

  • TheEarlOfZinger #14 9 months ago

    It's crap mate, don't bother. Think there's some trophies/achievements to earn if you're that bothered.

  • Golgo #15 9 months ago

    "The console versions only permit 24 players in a match compared to 64 on PC, so developer DICE made the decision to scale the maps down for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases.

    This only applies to ground battles, however. Aerial skirmishes will apparently play out across the same area as they do on the PC game."

    How will that work (serious question)? Planes and helis will be able to fly out of designated ground combat zone? What happens if you land outside this zone?

  • deadstoned #16 9 months ago

    Give me strategic objective based games of Rush and Conquest mode any day over TDM on Battlefield =D

  • Jonny5Alive7 #17 9 months ago

    Battlefield has never been about Deathmatch of any form for me, conquest all the way.

  • carlitoswagon #18 9 months ago

    Can understand why it's been included but unless there's a clear shining objective for me to run towards I won't be playing it.

  • username84 #19 9 months ago

    There's a new Battlefield game?

  • obihobson #20 9 months ago

    @Golgo

    If i remember correctly this was kind of possible in BF2, if you bailed out of the play zone you'd instantly be mortared to death!

    Also I loved the TDM on BC2 it was a lot slower paced then CODS but this made it much more tactical and tense! I'd give it a go for anyone who hasnt tried it before,, especially good on harvest day for sniper stand offs!!
    Edited by obihobson at 24/08/11 @ 13:07

  • Golgo #21 9 months ago

    @obihobson: oh yeah, that's right. I remember. That's not so bad. Better than a bleeping red alert saying "you are now leaving the combat zone" or somesuch, which happened in the single player campaign.

  • MasterNameless #22 9 months ago

    The same thing is in BFBC2 as well, you could fly outside of the normal zone that you're allowed to travel to on foot, but if you bailed out within this zone then you'd get notification saying that you're outside the area, with a 10 second countdown until you die. I remember this as I often used to land in these zones and quickly repair the helicopter before that countdown ran out, hopped back into the heli, and flew off - in relative safety.
    Edited by MasterNameless at 24/08/11 @ 14:34

  • holloguts #23 9 months ago

    Looking forward to the game.

    If aircraft can leave the battle zone, I hope all fire power on the aircraft is disabled until they return back into the zone.

  • Iain815 #24 9 months ago

    @chessboxer

    BC2 Squad Deathmatch is actually a pretty easy way earn kills. It's a great way to upgrade all your weapons if you haven't already.

  • Madder-Max #25 9 months ago

    oooh jets....internal cockpit view....ooooh. As long as vehicles are available straight away and dont have to be unlocked i'm sold!

    /is jet fighter pilot in Frontlines

    BUT.......its not a patch on Frontlines FOW 64 player matches
    Edited by Madder-Max at 24/08/11 @ 15:45

  • Bravestinsane #26 9 months ago

    meh, i only ever play, conquest or rush anyway.

    Over the years i have gone off death match, i prefer objective based games, as even if there people playing by themselves everyone is funneled into the same direction.

    13/60

  • fisherpot #27 9 months ago

    I didn't even know if there was deathmatch as I only ever play conquest or rush! Go figure as I can't imagine deathmatch to be any fun compared with C or R! Roll on BF£, well thats what it should be called as the money this game will generate! Because most mate have an xbox we have managed to convery 2 PS3 players to get the box and sell the PS3's....... brilliant!

  • cyber_nicco #28 9 months ago

    I sure hope they fix the scoring in this version. I mean, come on, 50 points for defusing a charge in Rush mode?

    Seriously, they really need to up the objective-based scores to motivate people to work harder at the primary objective. I don't know how many times I've seen a com station about to blow while defenders just creep around trying to get kills. It makes me furious.

    That being said, I still love the series and have this on pre-order...