Add a server browser
DICE, please add a server browser. I cannot find matches in my region(India). I am just stuck on the waiting for players screen and the match never starts or there are only 20-30 players in a match. ...
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@Adamonic
Before i even think of buying the next game ( if it's interesting enough ) , i first need some answer from them to my questions. If those answers doesn't satisfy me, my money goes somewhere else. a few of those question are: Is this game finished( no hitreg problems or all those connection crap, no cheap designed maps, more weapon choices etc etc) , does this game have a campaign, does this game have a server browser, what will the price be for this game( Because 2042 already costed us alot of money for a skinny/ unfinished game). It might seem that i have high demands, but that's their fault. You want my money?... give me a true BF game.
Before i even think of buying the next game ( if it's interesting enough ) , i first need some answer from them to my questions. If those answers doesn't satisfy me, my money goes somewhere else. a few of those question are: Is this game finished( no hitreg problems or all those connection crap, no cheap designed maps, more weapon choices etc etc) , does this game have a campaign, does this game have a server browser, what will the price be for this game( Because 2042 already costed us alot of money for a skinny/ unfinished game). It might seem that i have high demands, but that's their fault. You want my money?... give me a true BF game.
So from what I have gathered, it seems that we don't have a Server Browser because this game was built for console first. Essentially for PC players, it is a console port. Due to the rushed launch, we didn't get a Server Browser because that is traditionally a PC UI. That is also why there is no M&K for console players. Quick Match and MM is mainly a console method for joining games and Server Browser is a PC method.
This also explains some of the other missing functionality and design decisions within the game. Since consoles only have some many buttons, they had to limit functionality to match the button count whereas PCs have basically an unlimited number of input options for key and mouse binding.
This sucks.......
@Adamonic wrote:So from what I have gathered, it seems that we don't have a Server Browser because this game was built for console first. Essentially for PC players, it is a console port. Due to the rushed launch, we didn't get a Server Browser because that is traditionally a PC UI. That is also why there is no M&K for console players. Quick Match and MM is mainly a console method for joining games and Server Browser is a PC method.
This also explains some of the other missing functionality and design decisions within the game. Since consoles only have some many buttons, they had to limit functionality to match the button count whereas PCs have basically an unlimited number of input options for key and mouse binding.
This sucks.......Yeah it certainly does, was there some sort of announcement to this affect. ?
- @Adamonic Where did you see that mate and what is M&K mean?
If that's the case, then the chassis which this game is built off will definitely not be upgraded to include a server browser. I would assume that, this would involve a mega overhaul of the whole game for this to be factored in?
@samboleary wrote:
@AdamonicWhere did you see that mate and what is M&K mean?
If that's the case, then the chassis which this game is built off will definitely not be upgraded to include a server browser. I would assume that, this would involve a mega overhaul of the whole game for this to be factored in?M&K = Mouse and Keyboard.
@samboleary wrote:
If that's the case, then the chassis which this game is built off will definitely not be upgraded to include a server browser. I would assume that, this would involve a mega overhaul of the whole game for this to be factored in?No, it really isn't complicated at all.
A server browser is just a UI. UI's are easy to make. An artist makes the layout, you designate some clickable buttons, and initiate an event to occur depending on which button is pressed. It's mere days of effort aside from an artist's design of the appearance (which is also easy, but can go through iterations and phases as they decide what looks best).
The harder part is likely persistent servers, with how they've coded servers to work currently (kicking us out all the time).
- @0_Katsui well, if thats the case I dont see why they dont just put one out and then tart it up later.
Id be happy if they stopped tarting up the old maps and worked on this instead. Doesn't make ANY sense for me. I play BF since BF3, always and only on Playstation, and all these features were there, without any problems, and everything worked fine. How can it be so problematic now?
And, how do you come to the idea, that server browser is a pc method and MM a console method? As mentioned, I play on PS and Server browser is the only thing which makes sense for me.
Eventually, something like in the BF V would also be acceptable for me, where you basically can choose any game mode you wish (from all available all the time, not 3 od 4 in some weard weekly rotation), and the game finds a server to play it. But, the servers HAVE TO be persistent- I don't want to start from the menu after each game.
I still can't believe, what a piece of crap did they developed and sell to us with this MM. Never again.
@PL_tommi___t wrote:Doesn't make ANY sense for me. I play BF since BF3, always and only on Playstation, and all these features were there, without any problems, and everything worked fine. How can it be so problematic now?
And, how do you come to the idea, that server browser is a pc method and MM a console method? As mentioned, I play on PS and Server browser is the only thing which makes sense for me.
Eventually, something like in the BF V would also be acceptable for me, where you basically can choose any game mode you wish (from all available all the time, not 3 od 4 in some weard weekly rotation), and the game finds a server to play it. But, the servers HAVE TO be persistent- I don't want to start from the menu after each game.
I still can't believe, what a piece of crap did they developed and sell to us with this MM. Never again.
Yeah it doesn't make any sense to me either, imho the lack of a server browser / persistent servers has been a massive retrograde step backwards for the BF franchise.
Life is way to short to spend so much time in a game lobby waiting to play.
Yesterday on several occasions I joined games that were almost over which is just a pain when you have to start it all over again.
Gaming is supposed to be fun and unfortunately that isn't possible at the moment.
I want to play certain maps but can't, I still haven't seen the reworked Kaleidoscope map yet because there is no map rotation.
Think how much wasted time we could get back if we could simply choose our server and play on it all day, seeing all maps in the process.
So no, I don't see any sense in forcing players to play the game this way and the sooner this gets sorted the better for us all, and for the good of the BF franchise.
Still no serverbrowser in patch ? My game Will not get reinstalled unfortunally this patch either, to see dice ea stuck there heads in sand beliveing it Will be better arent working, and what a joke to read that they are listen to the community.
If they wont implement this please dice let us know so we all can uninstall it for good
- @solifer
Correct...no news on the server browser, and i think if they finaly come with some news...it wont be good for this game. I know, it's realy sad. - @Mackstan71 The more maps that get added, and get updated, the more visible the need for a Server Browser becomes.
We can't keep rotating 24/7 Map X, especially when you have 2 main game modes and apparently only 4 tiles to choose from in the GUI.
We now have Exposure and the new Kaleidoscope that are going to be in a 24/7 mode. However, it is not a rotation, it still is MM, so you can still get Exposure 10 times in a row when you want to play Kaleidoscope.
A Server Browser fixes this. Also, if you haven't seen the other TTD vs TTK thread, players are having massive performance issues with the game. Mainly the server latency is causing the issues because MM is not working properly. A Server Browser resolves that issue.\
People want to play with more friends? A Server Browser can help! - @Adamonic
All very true.
It's quire simple really imho :
Who actually benefits from the current MM system, very few if any.
Who would benefit from a proper Server Browser and Persistent Servers, the vast majority if not all.
For the last 6 months this community has been giving daily feedback documenting all the reasons why they are unhappy with MM
The only way to make thiis community happy is to replace MM ASAP with a Server Browser and Persistent Servers.
Gaming is supposed to be for fun / relaxation not for losing hours every day waiting in lobbies and getting frustrated. Yeah I agree. It's taken the fun out of the game for me to be honest. It's not until I go back and play BF4, that I realise how good we had it and how enjoyable and hassle free it was to be able to pick what you wanted to do and play it for literally hours and make a few mates and play with a decent squad who PTFO. With BF2042 I have to be happy that I can actually MM into a game mode, even though it's not the game mode that I want to play, but it is the only one that I am able to MM into. I still try every time I play to get into a game of Breakthrough before I try any other game mode in AOW, and sit there until it times out to see if anything will happen but still no joy since bloody Christmas! As well as that, the squad play suck's and it's everyone for themselves. Occasionally you get a decent squad and play well together but then MM happens again and that squad is gone or reshuffled into a new squad. Your no longer the squad leader and now someone else is who wont nominate anything to try and get a squad going. It's just frustrating me thinking about it now.
Bring back the good old days! Everyone will benefit from having a server browser and persistent servers. Even EA and Dice will benefit because more people will come back into the game and be able to play it like they expected the game to do at launch.
#BringBackTheServerBrowser
- @RayD_O1
I know, a server browser will do soooo much better, but it seems like they just ignore the fact that it does. It's like they have two buttons..one says " save the world" and the other one says " save yourself"...and guess what....
@samboleary wrote:Yeah I agree. It's taken the fun out of the game for me to be honest. It's not until I go back and play BF4, that I realise how good we had it and how enjoyable and hassle free it was to be able to pick what you wanted to do and play it for literally hours and make a few mates and play with a decent squad who PTFO. With BF2042 I have to be happy that I can actually MM into a game mode, even though it's not the game mode that I want to play, but it is the only one that I am able to MM into. I still try every time I play to get into a game of Breakthrough before I try any other game mode in AOW, and sit there until it times out to see if anything will happen but still no joy since bloody Christmas! As well as that, the squad play suck's and it's everyone for themselves. Occasionally you get a decent squad and play well together but then MM happens again and that squad is gone or reshuffled into a new squad. Your no longer the squad leader and now someone else is who wont nominate anything to try and get a squad going. It's just frustrating me thinking about it now.
Bring back the good old days! Everyone will benefit from having a server browser and persistent servers. Even EA and Dice will benefit because more people will come back into the game and be able to play it like they expected the game to do at launch.
#BringBackTheServerBrowser
100% agree, bring back the good old days so we can all enjoy playing again.
