Add a server browser

DICE please listen to the community, many of the missing elements at launch have now been implemented.

DICE just need to take that final important step and replace MM with a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers, imho it would simply transform BF2042.

Alongside other improvements being made to BF2042 the addition of a Server Browser / Persistent Servers would be #1 on my list of changes that could elevate the game to a whole new level.

Just imagine how much better BF2042 would be if we could choose our server to play on and stay on it all day playing through all the maps in rotation.

It would literally eliminate  the frustration / time wasted in lobbies after every round and stop us getting bored having to play the same maps one after the other.

DICE please make this happen so all players can enjoy BF2042 to the full.

I prefer to play BT and Exposure. I got Breakaway as defender 5 times in a row after requeing. I spend more time in the MM queue than I do in the actual game playing. Is that what DICE wants? It is beyond ridiculous. Indie games have server browsers, that is how low the bar has fallen for BF.

Sorry people, it seems that their new standard is get less and pay more. It looks like their glory days are over...quality went down faster than a politician changing his mind...what a shame.

I know I'm kicking myself in the head, but I still hold out hope that a Server Browser and Persistent Servers can happen.

At the end of the day a server browser is only a spreadsheet, it can't be that hard to implement. I'll make it for them if they want, gfx will be rubbish though😃

@sk1lld
Totally agree, as long as it functioned correctly imho it would still be a massive improvement over the current MM.

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@Adamonic wrote:

I prefer to play BT and Exposure. I got Breakaway as defender 5 times in a row after requeing. I spend more time in the MM queue than I do in the actual game playing. Is that what DICE wants? It is beyond ridiculous. Indie games have server browsers, that is how low the bar has fallen for BF.

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I totally agree, it is really sad that we spend so much wasted time in MM queues, time that should be spent actually playing the game.

For me, the decision to replace the Server Browser with MM was the biggest retrograde step for the BF series. 

Portal has more than a server browser. U can increase the time to kill rate, remove vehicles, disable the hacker minimap, choose the map rotation, disable meta weapons...
But EA/DICE dont want, that we play portal. No one want to play alone. When u add AI, than u get no progress.

PS: Remove the xp restriction for ai filled portal games.


Battlefield 2042 could be so much better with portal...

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@sk1lld wrote:

I know I'm kicking myself in the head, but I still hold out hope that a Server Browser and Persistent Servers can happen.

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And it definitely should happen as it's not a proper BF title without a Server Browser / Persistent Servers.

BF2042 or any future BF can not function without them, MM simply does not cater for players needs in a multiplayer game.

@ScamSimulator
I play the Weekly Portal Experiences and really enjoy being able to stay on the same server and play through the complete map rotation.

AOW would also be so much better if it had a Server Browser / Persistent Servers like we had in all previous BF's.

Matchmaking after every round kills the enjoyment for me, it splits squads, it's unnecessary and time consuming and it means you end up playing the same map a lot of the times.

Matchmaking also means that a lot of players have no access in their regions which imho is unacceptable.

DICE please replace MM and help all players to get the best out of BF2042.

So bored in being pigeon holed into playing conquest only. Portal match's seem to be either full of AI or extreme hardcore. We need a SB and Persistent Servers so bad. Last week I actually MM into my first game of breakthough since 3 months after launch! Only got on round in and then there were not enough players to MM into it again. 

I only like 2 maps in this game. I demand to have the choice to play these maps. We didnt ask for a COD matchmaking. What kind of joke is this?

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@samboleary wrote:

So bored in being pigeon holed into playing conquest only. Portal match's seem to be either full of AI or extreme hardcore. We need a SB and Persistent Servers so bad. Last week I actually MM into my first game of breakthough since 3 months after launch! Only got on round in and then there were not enough players to MM into it again. 

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That is a terrible inditement and something that shouldn't be happening in any game, all players should / must have access.

It proves yet again that MM will never be an acceptable alternative to the proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers that worked well in all previous BF's.

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@cavoparadiso wrote:

I only like 2 maps in this game. I demand to have the choice to play these maps. We didnt ask for a COD matchmaking. What kind of joke is this?

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Yeah I totally agree with you the lack of persistent servers and map rotation is so frustrating.

With so few maps we need to be able to have access to them all, there are maps I rarely get to see at all because of these MM limitations.

This week I got to experience playing BF on EU server without VPN, for some reason the matchmaking worked properly and queued me on EU server and man what a joy it was to play without a VPN, low and clean ping, no spikes, full lobby, I don't think that DICE realise how fundamental and important to play in a fast and straight way and that can only be achieved professionally by letting us select the server at least.

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@Raptor_i81 wrote:

This week I got to experience playing BF on EU server without VPN, for some reason the matchmaking worked properly and queued me on EU server and man what a joy it was to play without a VPN, low and clean ping, no spikes, full lobby, I don't think that DICE realise how fundamental and important to play in a fast and straight way and that can only be achieved professionally by letting us select the server at least.

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100% this, as you say it is imperative that players have the ability to choose which server they play on.

It worked perfectly well in all previous BF's when we had a Server Browser / Persistent Servers.

MM choosing always orbital, kaleidoskope and breakway, like there are no other maps!! When you cancel like i do, it always chooses same map.

I feel like the devs punish users in athe most sadistic way..

@cavoparadiso
MM is so frustrating / time consuming and imho does not cater for players needs.

With a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers you would have the choice of what / where you play and the opportunity to either play through all the maps in rotation or select a different server / map.

Why doesn't anyone come in here and give us a definitive answer to stop all the time wasting, and let people know once and for all ?

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@cavoparadiso wrote:
@80uwjx4m1chcobviously they dont care

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That might be or IS the correct answer. 

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@80uwjx4m1chc wrote:

Why doesn't anyone come in here and give us a definitive answer to stop all the time wasting, and let people know once and for all ?

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This IS the question I want to know.