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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There is a way to get a server browser - sort of:
Add a lot of friends,
Then when you check the list of who’s in the game, you can see which map they are playing, how many players that are on the server and if it’s Early game, Mid game or Late game.
Want to play Renewal? Check if any of your friends are playing on a server with that map and then join game.
It’s not the same as having a server browser but it’s still better than have matchmaking pick a random map, right? 🙂
@VOLBANKER_PC wrote:There is a way to get a server browser - sort of:
Add a lot of friends,
Then when you check the list of who’s in the game, you can see which map they are playing, how many players that are on the server and if it’s Early game, Mid game or Late game.
Want to play Renewal? Check if any of your friends are playing on a server with that map and then join game.
It’s not the same as having a server browser but it’s still better than have matchmaking pick a random map, right? 🙂
While i can appreciate the merit in your method above, the randomness of MM means you could end up in the same map after being sent back to the MM lobby at the end of every round. ☹️
Imho the sooner they bring back a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers the better, so we can take back control and get to play all the maps in rotation, just like in all previous BF's.
- @RayD_O1 They don’t bring it back in this Battlefield game, I think. That ship has sailed.
After their announcement that season 7 is the last I really have a fear that a SB/PS won't happen but if there are no Server Browser Persistent Servers in the next Battlefield, I will politely pass on it.
- @VOLBANKER_PC
Yeah especially with todays announcement that we are getting no more Seasons.
However as I have said previously, imho BF2042 and any future BF will never be classed as a proper Battlefield game without a fully functioning Server Browser and Persistent Servers.
That is why I personally feel it is very important to keep this mega thread alive.
The BF Community cannot be rebuilt while MM remains and that is why I call on DICE to replace it for the good of the whole BF franchise going forward @RayD_O1Me either three do not enjoy the matchmaking system in this game. We need the server browser/persistent servers, map rotation, region picks, basically everything we had in the past and not SBMM or MM. Even let the community have our own servers and rent our own (not amazon servers) from whoever we want. Let the community have control of the game and not at the beckon call of the head honchos (EA) to decide what we want in a game. Bring back the community spirit of BF, build back the community of platoons/clans again. Have a community based testing area again were the community tests updates and fixes or new maps for bugs before released to the community as a whole (not the fan boys club though).
This game has destroy the very fiber of what it is to be a BF game and for this franchise to survive they need to go back to their roots and keep the head honchos (EA) out of the game and let the gamers and developers make the game.- @frekwalda1
Totally agree with you, they really need to get back to doing what they did well in earlier Battlefields.
MM should only exist as a Quick Match option for anyone who wishes to use it.
The heavily depleted BF Community needs to have a proper foundation to rebuild on and only a Server Browser / Persistent Servers can provide that stability.
Imho the very future of the BF franchise will be dependant on the return of the SB / PS, it is that critical to its survival. @RayD_O1I am unsure what we are going to get in the next BF. I just look at what's happening with EA/DICE shutting down Marcus Letto and his studio, taking a new studio on. I don't get it. I think Marcus was listening to us and following the core roots. To get rid of the studio now just seems crazy to me. Over the last few months and leading up to that the content etc. has been really slow. Only one map for S6 when we finally got it, and then ML being let go and then S7 being dragged out to no end. We still dont have all the S7 content after all this time. It's clear that the past few months their focus on BF2042 has fallen by the wayside.
There seems to be leaks that the next BF is going to be based around NATO so potentially more specialists. I really hope they dont go down that route again! It's concerning that they started to put so much effort into the narrative etc. for BF2042 and making good QOL improvements for the game. It's all a huge waste of energy. I pity the Dev's tbh. I think they owed it to us to keep BF2042 going while we wait for the next BFTitle. I think that's why they stuck the Anti Cheat into BFV so we have something else to gravitate towards now.
I just hope that they have learned, I just hope that they have listened to all our feedback, but history keeps repeating itself with them over and over. The recipe is simple, just follow BF3 & BF4 and we will be right as rain with the next BF title.
Hopefully the only good bit of news is that the people who were working on BF2042 are now helping out with the next BF Title. Hopefully things work out and on release it is a polished game, not like the BETA or launch of BF2042. They have all the time and manpower now, hopefully the direction has not been lost.
And that includes a Server Browser & Persistent Servers.- @samboleary
A very good post that summarises exactly where the BF franchise is currently at. 👌
Like you I also hope for the best going forward. So that Battlefield can return to the glory days and we can all get back to playing BF the way it was meant to be played.
