Battlefield 6 · All platforms (not specified) · version Season 5 (Oct 20 to 23 reports)REDSEC Ranked can't find matches
UnconfirmedUnpatchedUpdated
Players say REDSEC Ranked queues for 10 to 20 minutes or longer without finding a match, two days in a row, while other modes work. An EA forum staff member said others are reporting the same and that the feedback was passed along; that is a support reply, not a confirmation. Long queues may partly reflect how many players are queuing.
Lifecycle
Acknowledged · stage 3 of 5
9days open
Since first report
- Reported (reached)
- Confirmed (not yet)—
- Acknowledged (reached) · now
- Partial (not yet)next
- Patched (not yet)—
- Game
- Battlefield 6
- Platform
- All platforms (not specified)
- Affected version
- Season 5 (Oct 20 to 23 reports)
- Kind
- Bug
- Confirmation
- Unconfirmed
- Patch status
- Unpatched
- First reported
- Last updated
- Latest fix or workaround
- None on the record
How we label issues
Kind
- Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
- Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.
Confirmation
- Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
- Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.
Patch status
- Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
- Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
- Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
- Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
- Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.
Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.
Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.
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Impact bands
- 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
- 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
- 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
- 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
- 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.
Each issue has a dated timeline of updates (report, acknowledgement, announcement, fix, workaround). Update summaries are our own words; quotes and excerpts are the source's words, or our English translation when marked.
Updates · 5
- Report
Oct 20: more than 15 minutes in the Ranked queue without a match.
@tempogemu on X ·
@tempogemu on X · · View post
- Report
Oct 22: REDSEC Ranked finds no matches after 10 to 20 minutes in the lobby.
BULLET™ · Steam · Forum thread ·
“Ranked REDSEC unplayable, can't find any matches. Waiting 10-20 minutes in the lobby? DICE what have you broken?”
BULLET™ · Steam · Forum thread · Open source - Acknowledged
EA forum staff: others are reporting the same about Ranked and the feedback was passed along.
EA_Shepard · Steam · Forum reply ·
“It isn't just you. I can see others making the same type of claims about Ranked. We passed along the feedback.”
EA_Shepard · Steam · Forum reply · Open source - Report
Oct 22: never got into a single Ranked match; other modes work.
J0E · Steam · Forum reply ·
“for me, I was never even got any chance for playing even once, waiting for matchmaking but nothing in the end, so I went to other mode (breakthrough, rush, etc) only ranked tho, keep that in mind, other than that, fine.. the other problem that sometimes appear for me is disconnec”
J0E · Steam · Forum reply · Open source - Report
Oct 23: a second day in a row of Ranked matchmaking too long to play.
BULLET™ · Steam · Forum reply ·
“Second day and night in a row where ranked is unplayable because of ridiculously long matchmaking. DICE split the player base with dozens of modes and now there’s no one to play with. I’m honestly done wasting my time on this game”
BULLET™ · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
Sources · 51 Official4 CommunityEA_ShepardSteam · Forum replyOfficial+ 4 similar community reportsHide
“It isn't just you. I can see others making the same type of claims about Ranked. We passed along the feedback.”
- @tempogemuView post
“Battlefield 6 | 15+ Minutes in Ranked Queue… WHERE IS EVERYONE? 💀 I've been queued for over 15 minutes and still haven't gotten into a game. Am I missing something, or is nobody playing Ranked right now?”
- BULLET™Steam · Forum threadOpen
“Ranked REDSEC unplayable, can't find any matches. Waiting 10-20 minutes in the lobby? DICE what have you broken?”
- J0ESteam · Forum replyOpen
“for me, I was never even got any chance for playing even once, waiting for matchmaking but nothing in the end, so I went to other mode (breakthrough, rush, etc) only ranked tho, keep that in mind, other than that, fine.. the other problem that sometimes appear for me is disconnec”
- BULLET™Steam · Forum replyOpen
“Second day and night in a row where ranked is unplayable because of ridiculously long matchmaking. DICE split the player base with dozens of modes and now there’s no one to play with. I’m honestly done wasting my time on this game”