Battlefield 2042, when compared to its predecessors, is a very different beast. It takes place in a new setting for the series, a near-future war sparked by climate change, and new mechanics influenced by battle royale games like Apex Legends.
These changes have gotten mixed reception from fans. Some enjoy the new tools, such as Battlefield 2042’s new hovercrafts and weapons, but others bemoan the lack of staple Battlefield features.
One unexpected consequence of these changes is that players are having difficulty understanding Battlefield 2042’s new scoring system. But once a player knows where to look, it should be a bit easier for them to keep track of their performance.
Finding Battlefield 2042’s Scoreboard
Mechanically, finding the scoreboard is relatively easy. All the player needs to do is hold pause on the console version, or hold the Tab key on the PC version. This will immediately bring up the scoring page. Actually reading the scoring page, however, might be more difficult. There’s a lot of information, and not all of it will be relevant to the immediate match.
Battlefield 2042’s new conquest mode is focused on capturing territory from the opponent. The top left of the screen, the sector control overview, shows how many areas are controlled by each team, as well as the number of deaths on each side.
The bottom left of the screen is the squad leaderboard, where Battlefield 2042 shows which squad has the best collective kill death ratio. It doesn’t show the scores for each member, though. For those who don’t want to play Battlefield 2042 with friends, the top right of the screen shows off the player’s individual performance, tracking kills, assists, revives, captures, defenses, and deaths.
Lastly, the bottom right of the screen shows ribbon progress, Battlefield 2042’s long term XP granting goals. These can be fufilled over the course of several maches. Right beneath it is a player count, which shows how many active people there are on the map. It maxes out as 64 vs 64 on the PC version and 32 vs 32 on Battlefield 2042’s console version.
It’s easy to see why some players might be frustrated with the current layout. It doesn’t give much granular info on other individual players, and it’s not quickly readable in the heat of battle. But it’s still early in the game’s lifespan, and hopefully this will be improved with a future update.
Battlefield 2042 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
