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SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

Can we get MAP ROTATIONS? PLEASE!?!

All you in the community you know we're not getting a server browser (which would be ideal of course like every other battlefield game), so just hang that topic up. The devs aren't listening to us. 

Instead: can we try to get a actual map rotation. It's gets really annoying constantly loading in and out to matches/menu. Especially when I load into a game that's at the EOR screen. Also it gets old playing these dumb old maps from bf3/bc2 3-4 times in a row only to get ALL-Capped every match and it end in 3-5 minutes to go back to the menu again and spent WAY more time watching load screens. There weeks that'll go by that I never see certain maps. For instance my favorite base game map has been and still is manifest, I may play it once every 2 weeks or so. I also love spearhead and stranded, and unless they're feats of an event, I don't see them much either (every so often). 

Also, at the very least, can the devs disable this all cap flag/game instantly end feature, in theory it seemed like a good idea but in truth it makes maps like noshar canals and Arica harbor just unplayable and they my as well remove them maps from the game.

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  • Unfortunately, the only map rotation they are capable of is the Seasons Playlist, which has to be its own mode since we can't have a Server Browser. Since they can't have too many game modes, a map rotation is extremely unlikely. 

    Their poor matchmaking code does not have the capability of a map rotation because everything is virtual now. Once the round is over, that instance is dead, you are all thrown back into the matchmaking pool. So just as a Server Browser won't happen, any semblance of a map rotation and order will also never happen. 

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  • SCUBASTEVE120's avatar
    SCUBASTEVE120
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @Adamonic Im sure they think of something better than the current matchmaking system and I really hope that the Next Battlefield game has a server browser or at least map rotation because this matchmaking system is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!! I can't understand how if 2042 is "supposed to be the future of battlefield" then why would they revert a basic feature from past games to an early 2000s styled PS2/Xbox cod/halo matchmaking system. No game has used a system this horrible since online matchmaking debuted. And games that do have matchmaking at least have map vote and/or consistent servers.
  • RMEChief's avatar
    RMEChief
    Legend
    2 years ago

    @SCUBASTEVE120 wrote:
    @AdamonicIm sure they think of something better than the current matchmaking system and I really hope that the Next Battlefield game has a server browser or at least map rotation because this matchmaking system is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!! I can't understand how if 2042 is "supposed to be the future of battlefield" then why would they revert a basic feature from past games to an early 2000s styled PS2/Xbox cod/halo matchmaking system. No game has used a system this horrible since online matchmaking debuted. And games that do have matchmaking at least have map vote and/or consistent servers.

    Unfortunately, there are two huge limiting factors. One, is the use of virtual/cloud-based servers. Nothing is persistent, to squeeze every ounce of savings out of server hosting. This is also why they went with 45Hz servers vs 60Hz or even 120Hz. Cost savings, yet the performance hit is massive.

    Two, the skill level of the developers is at an all-time low. This is evident by the shoddy work related to game performance. Two years post-launch and we have a polished terd biscuit with devs patting themselves on the back for making a game that does the bare minimum. In any other field outside politics, the entire crew from the top down would already be looking for other employment. Portal has a Server Browser, and it is super clunky, with very little customization or filtering. We had better options 15 years ago. That is an eternity in game development, yet here we are.

  • JOGAGATYA's avatar
    JOGAGATYA
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    The funny thing is: when recently they took away the official 128 player mode, there was a player generated 128 player game in portal. It had a proper map rotation. It's still there in portal. 

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