In terms of numbers, it'd be hard to argue that the first Battlefield 6 beta weekend was anything other than a success. At times, the beta attracted —enough to beat Call of Duty's peak player count record since 2022. Our Morgan Park was impressed enough to declare that .

But as you'd expect for a beta test, the enthusiasm came with some caveats. Throughout the weekend, frustrated players said their enjoyment of the tank shelling and shotgunning festivities was being interrupted by the so-called "super bullet": They'd be in a firefight where they were sinking rounds into an enemy, only to die immediately [[link]] when they took what seemed like one shot in return.

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On the Battlefield subreddit, mention kill time inconsistency, with that "TTK feels fine, but the 'Time to death' can feel instantaneous." Anecdotally, I experienced the issue throughout my beta playtime: I'd hear a single, lethal thwip and drop [[link]] dead, but my post-death damage log would show that I'd taken five or six hits. That disparity has led players to speculate there's a bullet damage desync happening somewhere between the game client and multiplayer server.

That's assuming, of course, that it's not just a skill issue that we're all trying to rationalize.

Thankfully, Battlefield 6 devs have provided some hope for our collective self-esteem: Yesterday, Dice principal gameplay [[link]] designer Florian Le Bihan said on X that Battlefield Studios is collecting evidence of the super bullet phenomenon for investigation (via ).

"If some of you have some video examples of suspected super bullet / unexpectedly fast TTD that you've recorded in the Battlefield 6 Open Beta - send my way," .

In his replies, you can find some clips that pretty clearly indicate something is up. The videos from users and are most representative of my experience: Before they're even able to pull their sights up, they've been casually deleted by what looks like one bullet that the game's treating as four.

A few hours later, Le Bihan followed up to say he'd received "a bunch of good videos." Hopefully, that indicates Battlefield Studios has enough material to begin tracking down the issue. Otherwise, my Battlefield confidence is taking a hit. Or rather four to six hits at once.

Whatever tweaks Battlefield Studios is able to make to TTD, we might not see the results until the full BF6 launch on October 10: Balancing changes announced before the start of the beta, like the , are being saved for launch.