Endless Matchmaking - Waiting For Players

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@Sc0tch_Whiskey wrote:
@RayD_O1I’m happy they are working on fixing the game . Maps and stuff. But all that doesn’t matter when you can’t play.

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We will make sure we keep the pressure on DICE to resolve this by posting here daily. !

Question is are they listening? There are a lot of posts now about this and I have yet to hear Anything. 

@RayD_O1
I'm afraid, keeping those threads alive by re-posting once a day will only achieve one thing: they will not even read them anymore. I don't think we will get a response to this specific topic here.

And, @RayD_O1, as you are well aware, I am 100% with you on that one and I want this to be fixed. I even made a concrete suggestion how this can be fixed with more or less negligible effort (or made 100x better when compared to the current state at least), but I also thing this suggestion was burried too deep.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Thoughts-on-the-Feedback-Loop/m-p/11334772#M92202

I think this can be done NOW and I definitely want a response to this concrete proposal by EA/Dice. Either they say they will implement that now, or that they will not do it and would have to tell us why they don't do it. I am fine with both responses (if it's the second option, then I will uninstall and leave the forums, because then, all hope is lost).

OK, there is a 3rd option and that would be that they have a better solution in place that they intend to roll out with the patch next week, I am fine with that as well of course.

But the only way in my book to get noticed is by posting this in a new thread, as concrete and precise as possible, address the CM directly and hope for a response. They will then definitely read it. No response would also mean that they do not care. Maybe you post something, or I might start a thread on Monday.

PS: to address the point that 'all players should be able to play'. If they allow for those games to be found via the existing server browser, then yes, all players CAN join. But I must say that I personally hate having those high ping players in my match that are impossible to hit while lagging around in the map or getting the 'peakers advantage'. It is just unfair to us players that play with 10ms ping to get killed by 150ms ping players because of this. Dice would have to provide servers in all region so that those players can play on servers closer to them. But I also don't want to muddle the water by mixing those unrelated topics. Yes, all players should be able to play, and if this solves it as a side effect, the better. But even if it does not, it still improves the experience for everyone and costs Dice one day of work for one or two engineers. AT MOST. Let them do that first NOW or tell us why exactly they do not care.

PPS: I did what I proposed. Let's see what the answer will be: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Concrete-and-simple-to-implement-proposal-that-would-improve/m-p/11336398#M92408

@DuaneDibbleyBy all means feel free to start a new thread. There's definitely nothing wrong with asking the question AGAIN.!!

I would point out that the CM's have already been tagged on many of the posts on these threads and have failed to answer.

I have also noticed recently that CM's have been asked direct questions in many threads and have responded with non committal vague answers so I am not sure they will be prepared to answer this particular question directly either with a meaningful answer.

I intend to keep the posts alive as they contain real players experiences / complaints / detailed feedback etc, which they may choose to read or not ,but the facts are still there and speak for themselves.

On the subject of pings and out of region players, imho it's up to DICE to provide a means for ALL players who have purchased the game to have access to the game. If that involves them having to add servers in certain areas then so be it.

I just don't want DICE to forget about the players struggling daily to even join a match.!!

I genuinely hope they do give us an answer SOON, goodness knows we have been asking for one for long enough. But ultimately I want them to provide us with a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers just like we had in previous BF's. How they achieve that is up to DICE to sort out, that is their job, and they have always done it in the past, so it shouldn't exactly be rocket science.!!

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@Stim_U_Tacs wrote:

For many Dice releases now they've been trying to push us away from our attachment to server browsers. I can only assume it's because they want to create a persistent experience across PS/Xbox/PC. Perhaps it's also about tighter control over the player experience. The problem with this is that it also is a game community killer. Sometimes I want to play with the same group (not just squad) of players regularly.

I still go back and play on my favorite BF4 Gun Master server as do hundreds of other regular players because we are familiar with each other and enjoy playing together. This kind of interaction and dedication simply won't happen with the current 2042 match making model. Sure, they try to have this functionality in the Portals, but it doesn't really work in such a limited environment.

Server browsers and persistent servers are a must, even across platforms.

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As you say they maybe do want to try and control the player experience. One thing for sure is MM has been a nightmare experience that causes unnecessary frustration. ☹️ 

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@RayD_O1 wrote:

@DuaneDibbleyBy all means feel free to start a new thread. There's definitely nothing wrong with asking the question AGAIN.!!

I would point out that the CM's have already been tagged on many of the posts on these threads and have failed to answer.

I have also noticed recently that CM's have been asked direct questions in many threads and have responded with non committal vague answers so I am not sure they will be prepared to answer this particular question directly either with a meaningful answer.

I intend to keep the posts alive as they contain real players experiences / complaints / detailed feedback etc, which they may choose to read or not ,but the facts are still there and speak for themselves.

On the subject of pings and out of region players, imho it's up to DICE to provide a means for ALL players who have purchased the game to have access to the game. If that involves them having to add servers in certain areas then so be it.

I genuinely hope they do give us an answer SOON, goodness knows we have been asking for one for long enough. But ultimately I want them to provide us with a proper Server Browser / Persistent Servers just like we had in previous BF's. How they achieve that is up to DICE to sort out, that is their job, and they have always done it in the past, so it shouldn't exactly be rocket science.!!

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What I propose in the new thread I created: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Concrete-and-simple-to-implement-proposal-that-would-improve/m-p/11336398#M92408 is easy to implement right NOW. I would be fine if we get no response here but it is just implemented. We now know that they read our posts (that is a good thing!) and I got a reply twice (even better). But this is the one I feel most strongly about, because if they don't:

a) say, they forward it to the 'team' and will try to get this out to us ASAP,

b) tell us the REASON!, why this cannot be done now or

c) inform us, that this is anyway coming with the next patch

we know how much actually they care and actually intent do make this game enjoyable.

I think c) is unrealistic and b) would mean that this is my last post here (unless the reason they provide does indeed make sense). So I strongly hope for a) -- but I am not holding my breath.

Oh I see you have already created a new thread, our posts crossed.