Add a server browser

Console game developers typically "Dumb down" the interface and net stats as if the average age of the console gamer is only six years old and they simply can't operate the interface unless it is kid proof for children.  In doing so, very few developers allow gamers transparency of ping/latency when playing an online match, match mode, map selection, etc in the world or consoles...

Dice is just the opposite when it comes to network stats.  I can't think of a single console game developer that provides the incredible amount of network stats AND on screen network graphs on a console game in real time. 

Why do I point this out?  Because Dice is being the most transparent of any developer towards console gamers to be able to track and monitor online network stats while gaming, thus they actually want us to know what is going on, report errors, and they want to improve the online experience with future updates...

YET when it comes to server browser, Dice knows they have made a monumental error taking away the legacy server browser and replacing with the Match Making system, yet I am confident at this point they can not reverse the code 100% due to both technical constraints, legal constraints, player count constraints, etc.

My theory is replacing the MM system in AOW 128 player mode with server browsers simply isn't possible, and thus they are most likely forced by "legal" to keep silent on the matter, as nothing but liability comes from transparency on this matter IMHO at this point in the product cycle.

Dice wants the customer to have their number one requested feature, yet they simply can't make it happen for BF 2042 but perhaps in future Battlefields the legacy server browser will come back full force...TBD

My suggestion to Dice would be to trial server browsers in the smaller 16x16 official game modes of Rush and TDM that currently reside outside of OFFFICIAL PORTAL and reside inside of OFFICIAL MATCH MAKING.  Test for a week as a "Special Event", gather data, and see if it can become permanent in the smaller player game modes that won't take away from the huge number of gamers required for the 128 player AOW MM server system.

At the very least, the data would be infinitely useful for coding the next version of Battlefield, versus a two week Alpha/Beta test a month before launch with limited player counts and thus limited data, as was the case for BF 2042 unfortunately...

In summary, utilize the current player base to improve your future product, and thus increase future profits via increased future customer satisfaction...

Getting into the Christmas spirit.

All I want for Christmas is.................

A Server Browser and Persistent Servers.

(Please Santa / DICE make it happen) 😉

@RayD_O1I think it's more achievable to ask for a Mercedes Benz...😀😎😂

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@Mackstan71 wrote:

@RayD_O1I think it's more achievable to ask for a Mercedes Benz...😀😎😂

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How about both...............  😁

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

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@Mackstan71 wrote:

@RayD_O1I think it's more achievable to ask for a Mercedes Benz...😀😎😂

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How about both...............  😁

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Seriously though, Dice really need to reconsider and bring us a Server Browser / Persistent Servers.

Many players are currently unable to access BF2042 and those of us who can are having to play the maps MM wants us to play.

I really want to play BF2042 the way I played all previous BF's and MM is currently preventing this, please DICE make it happen.

Notice there has not been a whisper of news related to this topic. They are just going to flat-out ignore it, even when streamers mention it, they refuse to comment. 

My net has been very spiky and packet lossy recently, so I was searching for information and found this. (See last post)

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/High-Ping-Need-Server-IP-Address-for-Tracert-Command/td-p/11034162

AWS - Amazon Web Services.

"Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. These cloud computing web services provide distributed computing processing capacity and software tools via AWS server farms."

In which case, likely the reason is that they have no persistent servers themselves, they're at the mercy of random amazon cluster startups as needed by playercount. Just throwing guesses to how it works, but that's why there's no BF2042 server address you can reliably ping; they change as the server starts up and shuts down.

Then, they have difficulty making it persistent / static for the browser. Portal manages it because the server remains up "while populated".

Personally, I don't care - I'd be happy still having a server browser of temp. servers that have people in them with the option to [start another].

Then we can actually see HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PLAYING AND WHAT MAPS ARE UP - and also queue for a server instead of sitting in an empty lobby, or understand a game is running and patiently wait.

If DICE are really serious about turning things round and getting BF back to it's roots, then they have to add back the Server Browser / Persistent Servers that were present in all previous BF titles.

BF2042 is not giving us a proper Battlefield experience because MM simply does not work in a BF multiplayer environment.

Imho this is the only way to get things back on track and provide a solid foundation for the franchise moving forward. 

Please DICE do the right thing and replace MM asap.

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@Mackstan71 wrote:
@RayD_O1
I vote RayD for president 👍

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Hahaha there is definitely more chance of us getting a Server Browser than that happening 😅 

I would really love to be able to choose what maps I play as there are certain maps I haven't seen for days.

Sadly MM does not allow me the freedom to play through the map rotation.

DICE please add a Server Browser / Persistent Servers so we can enjoy playing BF2042 the way we played previous BF's.