Persistent, 3rd party servers are clearly better but EA/DICE got out of that game a couple of releases ago and you aren't going to go back no matter how bad it gets for the franchise. It hasn't been about the experience for a long time. It's all about the money. 3rd party servers provide community. It gives players a home and place to meet people they play with daily. It allows a server owner or clan to customize the experience or simply eliminate cheaters. All of this equates into longevity and that's something EA isn't interested in.
@olT3lo wrote:Persistent, 3rd party servers are clearly better but EA/DICE got out of that game a couple of releases ago and you aren't going to go back no matter how bad it gets for the franchise. It hasn't been about the experience for a long time. It's all about the money. 3rd party servers provide community. It gives players a home and place to meet people they play with daily. It allows a server owner or clan to customize the experience or simply eliminate cheaters. All of this equates into longevity and that's something EA isn't interested in.
Yeah I would say 3rd party servers are definitely not on the horizon even though they played an important part in sustaining the BF community.
I personally would accept the system as it was in the last couple of BF's in preference to MM which imho ruins BF2042 by forcing us to play how it decides, not how we choose.
The sooner DICE replace MM with a proper server browser / persistent server system the better judging by the number of players who currently can't even get into a match.
Endlessly hanging around in lobbies is no one's idea of fun.!
DICE please get rid of MM asap for the good of our sanity.
