In the past, this restriction never existed and there was no reason for the restriction to exist. I am from a region that only plays exclusively Portal servers, and at peak times, there is just 1, 128 Player server that gets full. There's no one who plays other modes, so now that I am locked out of what I used to play in Portal such as World Tour, I am now restricted from even more of the experience in 2042 that I used to enjoy... I don't see the end of life for 2042 going well...Further more, the AI is significantly better than it was before, way better than even beginners, this player count restriction needs to be deleted from the game.

@S3SSioN_SoLYeah I noticed that they made World Tour a four player start.It is definitely a backward step and unnecessary as you rightly say.I posted about the need for single player starts for both AOW and Official Portal Experiences in this thread :https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Reduce-the-number-of-players-needed-to-start-a-round/td-p/13777343

@SharpGoblinI'm guessing it is a cost cutting measure to keep less server instances running.

As I mentioned in another thread, In my own experience, I enjoyed playing World Tour on many occasions when it was single player starts, and the servers actually filled up fairly quickly until the AI were all replaced.I realise with the dwindling player base it will take longer but I firmly believe all players must have access in all regions to play the game.

I'm not certain and this is an assumption, but I suspect that it's due to people using the official Portal modes with crossplay off to grind out T1s etc.

@SharpGoblin What I was meaning was that crossplay off made it more likely to have fewer other players for grinding things against the bots - if I turn it off on the Xbox One version I can near-guarantee that I'll be alone to massacre the AI.Cost-cutting, like @sk1lld mentioned, does make sense too, now I'm thinking about it.

Battlefield World Tour for Portal now requires 4 PLAYERS to start? Why?

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RayD_O1
Hero
1 year ago
@S3SSioN_SoL
Yeah I noticed that they made World Tour a four player start.

It is definitely a backward step and unnecessary as you rightly say.

I posted about the need for single player starts for both AOW and Official Portal Experiences in this thread :

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Reduce-the-number-of-players-needed-to-start-a-round/td-p/13777343
ElliotLH
Hero+
1 year ago
I'm not certain and this is an assumption, but I suspect that it's due to people using the official Portal modes with crossplay off to grind out T1s etc.
SharpGoblin
Legend
1 year ago
What could they think to be wrong with crossplay off though?
sk1lld
Legend
1 year ago
@SharpGoblin

I'm guessing it is a cost cutting measure to keep less server instances running.
SharpGoblin
Legend
1 year ago
@sk1lld That makes sense.
ElliotLH
Hero+
1 year ago
@SharpGoblin What I was meaning was that crossplay off made it more likely to have fewer other players for grinding things against the bots - if I turn it off on the Xbox One version I can near-guarantee that I'll be alone to massacre the AI.

Cost-cutting, like @sk1lld mentioned, does make sense too, now I'm thinking about it.
S3SSioN_SoL
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@sk1lld That would make sense, if they bothered shutting down XP farm servers. Which they didn't do. I don't know if their stance changed since I last played.

As someone who has been playing since 2042's launch, this is yet another slap in the face. I paid the premium price, I shouldn't have to worry about server capacity etc. This is just anti-consumer plain and simple.
S3SSioN_SoL
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
@ElliotLH wrote:
I'm not certain and this is an assumption, but I suspect that it's due to people using the official Portal modes with crossplay off to grind out T1s etc.
I think so too but it was the wrong decision in my opinion. They should just let go of this obsession with the need to safeguard T1 progress. If people want to ruin their progression then let them. As long as they're not ruining the game for anyone else then so be it.
Just take the servers from BF4 that catered towards easter egg progress. Doing that easter eggs on a full server would've been a headache and a half. But it was possible on a simple server just for the easter egg purpose. DICE must take this similar approach. And instead focus on more important features like SMART team balancing after rounds end.
sk1lld
Legend
1 year ago
@S3SSioN_SoL

I don't think you understand what I am saying. Each server that starts up in the cloud EA/DICE has to pay for, it looks like they no longer want to pay for servers with just one guy in it.
RayD_O1
Hero
1 year ago
As I mentioned in another thread, In my own experience, I enjoyed playing World Tour on many occasions when it was single player starts, and the servers actually filled up fairly quickly until the AI were all replaced.
I realise with the dwindling player base it will take longer but I firmly believe all players must have access in all regions to play the game.