Battlefield V:ssä on mukana naisia taistelemassa miesten rinnalla, ja joillekin tämä on ollut hankala pala niellä. DICEn Aleksander Grondalin mukaan tarkoitus on mahdollistaa pelaajille enemmän valinnanvaraa ilmaista itseään. Asia ilmeni Gamespotin haastattelussa.
"I think it's a shame we didn't [add women], because that perhaps would've been better for us. I don't think it's a bandwagon thing, I think it's about gamers wanting to express themselves in different ways. If you take a look at Battlefield historically, it's been about expressing yourself through gameplay, solving problems the way you want to, and these characters fall perfectly in line with that thinking."
Grondalin mukaan on harmillista, ettei naisia alunperin ollut Battlefield 1 -pelissä. Puute kuitenkin korjattiin lisäosassa In the Name of the Tsar.