Hi, It started approximately 2 weeks ago, I click play on Breakthrough (128 players) and I could not find a game at all, I do get a game or two in Conquest (128 players) after long hours of queue. I tried turning crossplay off and on but still couldn't find a game at all, I also tried leaving it on matchmaking for 3 hours straight (non-stop)Join Game>Waiting for more players>Jumps to the main menu>Waiting for more players>Jumps to the main menu>Waiting for more players>Jumps to the main menuIs there any tweak I can work on or there's nothing I can do about it? I tried searching on the internet but I couldn't find any tweak that works, I do want to play this game but I guess there's no luck for me.

Honestly, the game needs a server browser real bad... The matchmaking is terrible. The portal maps need to be incorporated into 2042 or something. I dont even think 60% of the player base truly understands portal mode

The purpose of this thread is to try to coordinate all our efforts into one main thread and to finally get our message through to DICE that MM is just not working.If you want change and would like to see MM replaced then be sure to make your voice heard by posting your support. DICE can you please help all players who are currently unable to join games due to Matchmaking problems.You need to prioritise this so players can get to play the game they paid for. !!On this forum there are many threads where players are asking for a proper Server Browser / Persistent Server system to replace MM which is simply not up to the job for reasons spelt out on these threads :Endless Matchmaking - Waiting For Players (Asia) - Answer HQ (ea.com)Add a server browser please, I want to do the weekly challenges !! - Answer HQDICE add a Server Browser / Persistent Servers to AOW - Answer HQWhat are the top 3 things you would change about BF2042 ? - Answer HQMM is just an unnecessary frustration which is causing players to spend hours searching for a game or are unable to play at all.!!Even players who are lucky enough to get to play are constantly complaining about having to play the same map over and over or don't get to play certain maps for days.It is evident that BF2042 can not continue with an MM system which is totally inadequate and is destroying players enjoyment of the game.Anyone having these MM issues should add your weight to this thread daily and keep it at the top of the list.DICE you really need to take urgent action to resolve this major issue which is driving players away from BF2042.

@Pordigy86 wrote:@OskooI_007 I thought so too, I can only get a game or two in Conquest Large (128 Players), Breakthrough Small (64 Players) after 1 hours of queue approximately.During the holidays, I leave it on matchmaking and I fell asleep on the couch, when I wake up, still matchmaking lol.I'm a fan of Battlefield series since Battlefield 1942 and I bought the Ultimate Edition, darn it lol.There are more of these threads appearing daily. As the player base has dwindled the MM problems have become more acute.In my opinion MM is not viable and needs replacing to allow all players access to the game they paid for.

@RayD_O1 Yep this should probably be a top priority if not the #1 fix Dice/EA should be looking at in the shortest order. The dwindling player base has pushed this into 5-Alarm emergency territory.

This should have been done before the game launched, I don't know what they were thinking and i didn't see this type of play in the DemoVideos

Endless Matchmaking - Waiting For Players

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Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@RayD_O1Don't get me wrong, I am not against any of the above and believe we should be able to play in parties larger than 4 with our online friends across the world.

Servers should persist or at the very least 'random squads' should be kept together until some one leaves as that is how online friendships grow.

The current system prevents that and is my biggest complaint about BF2042, the social aspect.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/There-can-be-only-4/m-p/10952944#M31852
Cheating should perhaps have been in inverted coma's as I don't mean cheats as in wallhacks or aimbots but trying to gain an advantage through ping. High pingers can and do spoil a whole server for everyone.

All I am saying is that an 'open' server browser may fix one problem but then introduce others that have been long complained about.

It is a difficult balancing act I suppose.
kregora
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@RayD_O1A server browser could mitigate the matchmake issues, but it also would allow the public to estimate the total numbers of BF2042 players.
And I believe that EA is too embarrassed to allow a server browser to happen.
RayD_O1
Hero
4 years ago
@Trokey66 wrote:
@RayD_O1Don't get me wrong, I am not against any of the above and believe we should be able to play in parties larger than 4 with our online friends across the world.

Servers should persist or at the very least 'random squads' should be kept together until some one leaves as that is how online friendships grow.

The current system prevents that and is my biggest complaint about BF2042, the social aspect.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/There-can-be-only-4/m-p/10952944#M31852
Cheating should perhaps have been in inverted coma's as I don't mean cheats as in wallhacks or aimbots but trying to gain an advantage through ping. High pingers can and do spoil a whole server for everyone.

All I am saying is that an 'open' server browser may fix one problem but then introduce others that have been long complained about.

It is a difficult balancing act I suppose.
I understand what you are saying and I don't think we are actually that far apart on how we feel about the impact MM is having on the social aspect.
I very rarely feel that I am part of a team in BF2042 in comparison to previous BF's.
It is as you say a very difficult balancing act and I don't claim to have all the answers but I feel strongly that MM is currently the greater of the two evils.
And I feel that the many disadvantages we are experiencing daily with MM pretty much negates any advantages it may have in countering the other problem which can arise when a player joins out of region with very high ping.
I genuinely feel sorry for the players who have no servers nearby and are forced to play further afield. They bought the game and are currently unable to play.
If they had a server browser I would hope that they maybe could find a server in a neighbouring region.
I would also say the players who deliberately play out of region to try to gain an advantage through high ping would hopefully be in the minority and not representative of the players on this thread / forum.
There is no 100% simple solution but I really hope that DICE revert back to the server browser system as I think MM is dragging BF2042 down.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@RayD_O1 In its current guise, it is certainly not helping.
JIHADxJEEPER
4 years ago
Just having both should solve the issue….kind of like all the other recent BF’s, you can quick match/MM or go to the server browser if that doesn’t work. They should at least try to keep the small amount of players left…you know…actually playing!
Lancelot_du_Lac
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@RayD_O1 I haven't been able to find a Breakthrough game in days - just endless match-making. I thought bots would have prevented this problem.
I don't mind playing against bots, at this stage, I just want to play a game!
Tank2042Man
4 years ago
@RayD_O1 Yep we need an AOW server browser. I'm fed up of starting new rounds half full and by the end the server is full of real players and then the MM splits us all up again and I end up joining a new server that is half full again!

The real players are obviously there but this MM route keeps splitting us all up.

Plus I want to play all maps in rotation just like previous games instead of playing the same map several times in a row.
RayD_O1
Hero
4 years ago
@JIHADxJEEPER wrote:
Just having both should solve the issue….kind of like all the other recent BF’s, you can quick match/MM or go to the server browser if that doesn’t work. They should at least try to keep the small amount of players left…you know…actually playing!
Absolutely, having the option of both like previous BF's would certainly work.
RayD_O1
Hero
4 years ago
@Lancelot_du_Lac wrote:
@RayD_O1I haven't been able to find a Breakthrough game in days - just endless match-making. I thought bots would have prevented this problem.
I don't mind playing against bots, at this stage, I just want to play a game!
And you should be able to play the game you paid for. !!
Players should not have to put up with endless matchmaking and the longer this goes on the worse it will get as more and more players will leave as a result.
DICE needs to sort this urgently or there will be no player base left by the time Season One arrives.
RayD_O1
Hero
4 years ago
@Tank2042Man wrote:
@RayD_O1Yep we need an AOW server browser. I'm fed up of starting new rounds half full and by the end the server is full of real players and then the MM splits us all up again and I end up joining a new server that is half full again!

The real players are obviously there but this MM route keeps splitting us all up.

Plus I want to play all maps in rotation just like previous games instead of playing the same map several times in a row.
You sum up my feelings exactly,
Imho MM is currently destroying the whole BF2042 experience.
It has added so much unnecessary frustration that could be avoided if DICE would listen to the players feedback
on these forums.
DICE need to act on this SOON.

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