Endless Matchmaking - Waiting For Players

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@RayD_O1I saw this on Twitter (DICE is currently working on the April update notes for #Battlefield2042. Florian claims that it's not long now. MM needs to be in my opinion priority for me to stay. All other fixes I will definitely like but no point if I can’t play.

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Yeah I read that earlier, I hope they surprise us and sort this but I am not optimistic.

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@RayD_O1So I have noticed when I try to play around the times I can I cannot get into a match at all. one reason I can tell was player count. But now the player count is pretty much the same and I am able to get into matches any time I want. . Even tho I cannot play around this time mostly. Life you know lol. So that tells me that they turn off the servers around the time in my area or whatever section I fall under for their servers that I have always been complaining about. If that’s so that’s very sad to know they are not letting paid customers use their hard earn money to play a game when they want. Just my thoughts on it.

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As you quite rightly say It is very sad, and another example of just how far BF2042 has fallen.

All the pleasure has been taken out of gaming and I feel most players feel they have wasted their money with this BF title.

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@Sc0tch_WhiskeySame thing today. Let’s hope the patch notes address this MM issue.

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Hope so too mate, although there's no mention of it in the highlights they mentioned. ☹️

Update #4.0 - Available Next Week - Answer HQ (ea.com)

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@RayD_O1It says over 400 fixes. But like you said always if it was a priority it be fixed now. So I’m still skeptical about it. 400 fixes sounds great and well appreciated. But doesn’t mean anything if you can’t play.

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Exactly, being able tp play is the number one priority.

Followed by the ability to play through the complete map rotation without being chucked out to the lobby after every single round etc........

Not a single word about Server Browser since the launch update IN November, talk about the elephant in the room. You can't ignore it forever. Use MM for Quick Match, let the dedicated players have a server browser. That's how communities get built and you keep a solid player base. 

I'm also seeing the "waiting for players to join" screen too often.  Maybe it is a bug, because I can usually find Conquest games, but I prefer Breakthrough.  If AI soldiers are supposed to fill the gaps, then even if it's just you, the round should still start.

Beyond that though, I am sick to death of playing the same map over and over, usually on the same side.  Boring.

Why the previous server system was changed is a mystery.  It works so well in previous BF games, what were they thinking?

That makes no sense. If they use AI to fill the players, why would we ever have to wait to find players. More likely they have stopped paying their server bills. 

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@Sc0tch_WhiskeyI think I mentioned this before but currently MM is not working in us west coast but there is a twitch player on the east coast of us and that person is able to get into matches. So that tells me servers are turned off in this area.

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It definitely sound like it doesn't it, this needs sorting asap.

I literally give it 30 seconds. Once I end up in Quake squad, I ragequit hitting ALT-F4 and punching a pillow.

MM for a team-based game is probably the dumbest decision I have ever seen in a AAA title. Talk about tone deaf. 

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@Adamonic wrote:

I literally give it 30 seconds. Once I end up in Quake squad, I ragequit hitting ALT-F4 and punching a pillow.

MM for a team-based game is probably the dumbest decision I have ever seen in a AAA title. Talk about tone deaf. 

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I agree, I don't like MM, but that said MM in a team-based game has been around for a long time now. Halo has team modes with MM (and at least up until Infinite would at least keep the existing lobbies and randomize the teams), CoD would do the same (although myself and many were annoyed when they forced MM with Modern Warfare 2 a long time ago instead of the servers from COD4:MW)

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@Sc0tch_WhiskeySame thing today as always

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It's high time DICE sorted this so all players can play as and when they want to, not when MM decides.

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@Adamonic wrote:

I literally give it 30 seconds. Once I end up in Quake squad, I ragequit hitting ALT-F4 and punching a pillow.

MM for a team-based game is probably the dumbest decision I have ever seen in a AAA title. Talk about tone deaf. 

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Yeah the mind boggles that anyone thought MM was a good idea. !

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@RayD_O1Next week we will find out if one of those fixes is MM.

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Yeah we can only hope, though it is hard to be optimistic isn't it.

What is odd is they know the current playerbase of around 6K active players at any given time is about 1-2% of the total potential players (those that bought the game). So there are 50x to 100x more players not playing then playing. So why not fix the biggest thing that PREVENTS players from playing and make MM for quick match only?

There are small regions that don't have enough players to fill a single server in a single game mode. With Crossplay off, those numbers are even worse. 

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@Adamonic wrote:

What is odd is they know the current playerbase of around 6K active players at any given time is about 1-2% of the total potential players (those that bought the game). So there are 50x to 100x more players not playing then playing. So why not fix the biggest thing that PREVENTS players from playing and make MM for quick match only?

There are small regions that don't have enough players to fill a single server in a single game mode. With Crossplay off, those numbers are even worse. 

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You would wonder why DICE don't respond with positive action to stop this drain of players, MM has to go.!!