Add a server browser

DICE should implement the @DuaneDibbley proposal asap as it is something they should be able to do relatively easily.

Re: Concrete and simple to implement proposal that would improve BF2042 TODAY - Answer HQ

They should also make sure they take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that all you guys who currently are unable to join matches get sorted.

Then further down the line implement the full blown Server Browser / Persistent servers we were used to in previous battlefields.

That should hopefully keep everyone happy, I know I definitely would be. 😃

I am hoping we hear a response from DICE soon regarding this proposal.

@RayD_O1 Oh my lord, Thanks for replying and keeping this thread alive. I did not expect to see any responses after 2-3 days. 
And DICE we need a server browser ASAP. 

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@DanielRicciardo wrote:

@RayD_O1 Oh my lord, Thanks for replying and keeping this thread alive. I did not expect to see any responses after 2-3 days. 
And DICE we need a server browser ASAP. 

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And we will keep it alive until DICE take action to sort it. 😃

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

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@DanielRicciardo wrote:

@RayD_O1 Oh my lord, Thanks for replying and keeping this thread alive. I did not expect to see any responses after 2-3 days. 
And DICE we need a server browser ASAP. 

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And we will keep it alive until DICE take action to sort it. 😃

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And we have at least 3 other similar threads which we keep going daily, hopefully we will eventually get through to DICE.

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

DICE should implement the @DuaneDibbley proposal asap as it is something they should be able to do relatively easily.

Re: Concrete and simple to implement proposal that would improve BF2042 TODAY - Answer HQ

They should also make sure they take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that all you guys who currently are unable to join matches get sorted.

Then further down the line implement the full blown Server Browser / Persistent servers we were used to in previous battlefields.

That should hopefully keep everyone happy, I know I definitely would be. 😃

I am hoping we hear a response from DICE soon regarding this proposal.

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We are still waiting / hoping for a response from DICE.  

Another days goes by without any response, very disappointing.

If not a server browser, then please can we have a tiny bit of intelligence in how matches are decided? For example:

Just tried to have game of Breakthrough 64.

Loads into: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[eyerolls] OK at least I can have a Casper drone round. So I did. We won. Yay.

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[backs out] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[backs out] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[ALT+F4 and reloads game] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[ALT+F4 and loads Insurgency Sandstorm]  

Now I'm not one of those coders, so bear with me, but can we please add something like;

Game.map=Kaleidoscope:  yarp

Player.backed.out:                  yarp

Offer.same.map.again:         narp

Surely this is doable? Please?

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@ExxInferis wrote:

If not a server browser, then please can we have a tiny bit of intelligence in how matches are decided? For example:

Just tried to have game of Breakthrough 64.

Loads into: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[eyerolls] OK at least I can have a Casper drone round. So I did. We won. Yay.

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[backs out] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[backs out] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[ALT+F4 and reloads game] 

Next game: Kaleidoscope. On defense. 

[ALT+F4 and loads Insurgency Sandstorm]  

Now I'm not one of those coders, so bear with me, but can we please add something like;

Game.map=Kaleidoscope:  yarp

Player.backed.out:                  yarp

Offer.same.map.again:         narp

Surely this is doable? Please?

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It is doable. and if MM was replaced we could all be able to choose how, when and where we play.

That's why we need DICE to give us the Server Browser / Persistent Servers that we had in previous BF 's. 

Thanks to everyone for posting your experiences with MM, keep them coming until DICE replaces it. 

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

Thanks to everyone for posting your experiences with MM, keep them coming until DICE replaces it. 

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I'm on board @RayD_O1 but I'll be honest I think the non-response IS their response, so I'm guessing the server browser is going the way of the dodo.

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@Ironhead841 wrote:

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

Thanks to everyone for posting your experiences with MM, keep them coming until DICE replaces it. 

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I'm on board @RayD_O1 but I'll be honest I think the non-response IS their response, so I'm guessing the server browser is going the way of the dodo.

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I know you are mate and I agree their silence is deafening.

Communication is a wonderful thing isn't it 

I will leave you with this thought :

Thanks to everyone for posting your experiences with MM, keep them coming until DICE replaces it. 

A proper Server Browser / Persistent servers would make such a difference to all players and get rid of a lot of needless time wasting / frustration from BF2042.

Please support this thread.

Daily post to support our request for DICE to add a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers, or at least tell us what's happening if anything. !

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@frekwalda1 wrote:
@RayD_O1Same same daily post for persistent server browser as I would like to play this game since it has been broken for me since Dec 3rd.

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I feel your pain and it really feels like we are flogging a dead horse posting here daily and not getting any response.

I often wonder if we should just let the 4 threads go and give up trying to highlight this issue. 

Then I think all the hundreds of posts would just be wasted and we would have achieved nothing.

So better to continue in the slim hope that we eventually get an answer, and of course ultimately a proper Server Browser /  Persistent Servers set up.  

Just think about it.  We are now 5 months past the BF2042 Beta, when it became fully public all the pathetic many ordinary first person shooter game functionalities that were totally missing from the BF2042 game.  And here 5 months past that point we are still missing a simple thing as the server browser.  Go figure.

I for one have a really hard time to understand what the army of people associated to the Battlefield franchise really are doing at EA/DICE.  Because there is near no hard evidence at all of anything coming out to the customers/the players.

EA/DICE have gone totally MIA !

Actually this EXODUS started already during BF1 and was substantial already halfway through BFV.

BF2042 was made by No-Pats.  And it shows.

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@RayD_O1 wrote:
@CyberDymeTotally agree and it is actually depressing to think how the BF series has sunk to this level.

It is not a shell of the earlier BF's and I shudder to think where the series will end up, that's if it even survives at all.

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That is the million dollar question @RayD_O1  !

EA execs agreed that now something substantial had to be made to correct the course of this Titanic that hit the iceberg already a few releases back...  So we got the head of the franchise replaced and the chief game designer was let go.  Since then we have seen more deciding to go somewhere else and others "helped" on their way out.   But we still have a level of key positions and middle level managers who I argue were complicit in this repeated meltdown and "laissez-faire" attitude.

We need to see a substantial change of attitude and culture to get this turned around to deliver great BF products again and it takes that we do cut a bit deeper then many might be comfortable with.  But the rot has to go, as we are past the point of taking this casual.  Leadership comes top down and several were obviously not mature for the job and their paygrade.

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@CyberDyme wrote:

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@RayD_O1 wrote:
@CyberDymeTotally agree and it is actually depressing to think how the BF series has sunk to this level.

It is not a shell of the earlier BF's and I shudder to think where the series will end up, that's if it even survives at all.

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That is the million dollar question @RayD_O1  !

EA execs agreed that now something substantial had to be made to correct the course of this Titanic that hit the iceberg already a few releases back...  So we got the head of the franchise replaced and the chief game designer was let go.  Since then we have seen more deciding to go somewhere else and others "helped" on their way out.   But we still have a level of key positions and middle level managers who I argue were complicit in this repeated meltdown and "laissez-faire" attitude.

We need to see a substantial change of attitude and culture to get this turned around to deliver great BF products again and it takes that we do cut a bit deeper then many might be comfortable with.  But the rot has to go, as we are past the point of taking this casual.  Leadership comes top down and several were obviously not mature for the job and their paygrade.

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Agreed, MASSIVE changes are needed to save BF2042 and time is definitely not on their side.

Sadly the length of time they have taken to implement minor changes (like a scoreboard) does not inspire me or fill me with any confidence that they can turn this ship around in time.

The Feedback Loop is another example, why would they need to sift through 800+ responses to establish what is wrong with the maps.?

Why is there no proper Roadmap for BF2042, and most importantly why are they refusing to answer any questions on topics which are so important to the player base. ? 

It's so glaringly obvious that MM is helping to kill the game and drive players away, why will DICE not give a single reply to the thousands of requests for it to be replaced.?

DICE have managed to create a complete Them and Us culture, there is so much mistrust on these forums driven by the wall of silence players are faced with at every turn. 

You can clearly see the levels of frustration have risen dramatically here on the forums over recent weeks, as more and more players realise their input / feedback counts for nothing.

They can only keep slamming the door in our faces for so long, eventually we will all stop knocking on the door and move on to other things.

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@Buzzfunk wrote:
@RayD_O1"The Feedback Loop is another example, why would they need to sift through 800+ responses to establish what is wrong with the maps.?"

Exactly. All they have to do is play their own past games maps. Also, there were already a ton of feedback topics on this. A single community manager could have easily looked them through months ago and take notes. Dice is just stalling. Its obvious.

If only 2k people are paying they have no more incentive to do anything major. Esp. after that shareholder call it was made clear that BF is not where the big money comes from.

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All true and sums up the situation perfectly. 

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@Buzzfunk wrote:
@RayD_O1"The Feedback Loop is another example, why would they need to sift through 800+ responses to establish what is wrong with the maps.?"

Exactly. All they have to do is play their own past games maps. Also, there were already a ton of feedback topics on this. A single community manager could have easily looked them through months ago and take notes. Dice is just stalling. Its obvious.

If only 2k people are paying they have no more incentive to do anything major. Esp. after that shareholder call it was made clear that BF is not where the big money comes from.

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Exactly @Buzzfunk ,

But BF is only 5-10% of total revenue at EA exactly because they screwed it up so much big time!!!

They downplayed BF totally at the investor call to try and swipe the massive failure in under the rug.  Don't get this wrong. 

If BF2042 had come out as that massive success it was meant and planned to be, let there be no doubt that we would then have had near daily news briefs from EA Execs about the impressive number of online players and microtransaction $ coming flowing in from the 100,000s of concurrent live players 24/7 !!!

We would have had a server browser and live dashboards, so we all could glare on the impressive live player count going from 105,000 at launch, to up to 150,000 at start of December, to going through the roof to 200,000-300,000 live players over the xmas and new year vacation break !!!

EA Execs are now trying to mull this over as 'almost nothing of importance'.  But that doesn't mean that it isn't so.  Its a big thing.

Just think about what they did to EA/DICE and the brand reputation.

Think about the mindset of the million of customers that got burned off.

Think about the meltdown if FIFA got released with 'Specialists' and no team playing features or scoreboard?

Its screams to the sky how EA Execs could allow this to go so bad for the BF franchise and still tip toeing around the root causes.

I really hope the next BF game has servers and none of this " I'll just toss you into whatever map"