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New EA Desktop would not load the friend list, making squad features difficult. This reddit post solved that issue. You need to use protontricks to setup a winecfg that hides the wine version from the application. For God knows why this fixes it.
Link to setup: https://nm.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1jegtfo/found_a_solution_to_the_ea_app_friends_connection/
I also used the fixes mentioned in the previous comments about upgrading PunkBuster to the latest version to avoid any issues. I had no issues with multiplayer after doing that, so if you are experiencing issues related to that, refer to the comments below about how to set that up.
%command% -d3d11
It turns out that Season 11's update from earlier this year allows support for both d11 and d12. Proton tried to used d12 by default, and it would not start up. The d3d11 argument fixed that, and it ran smoothly as it did in the past.
