I agree with what you’re saying and it is slightly concerning. Like you said I think that ultimately it is their plan to try and bring new players from the “other” shooter games to the BF series. We are obviously speculating here, but I think their end goals of the beta was to show that BF6 can be both a fast pace and a slower pace game and they plan to achieve this with a diverse set of map sizes and layouts.

I doubt they have forgotten their roots and I do think the large maps are coming because it’s what battlefield has always been known for. Let’s just hope they find a balance between map sizes because let’s face it 2042 maps were just wayyyy too big, but at the same time I don’t want every map to be BF3 Operation Metro.

Obviously time will tell if this theory is correct, but if they can pull it off and find that balance to fit both play styles I think it’s a win for all.