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EA_Leeuw
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4 years ago

Re: Squad size and friends in game.

Hey @pur0drl0k0,

I am very happy to hear that you & your friends are having a lot of fun playing the game! Likewise, I have to say. 🙂

What you've described is indeed very good feedback and I can indeed imagine that in some situations, a squad/party of only a few people doesn't really work out if you've more people where you want to play with than there is space for in the party/squad.

I've been chatting a bit with a few people, who also happen to be massive Battlefield fans, and while it is no proper solution, maybe the following method can help you out a bit like some sort of a workaround:


(Please note: it also does seem to work in All out Warfare, but once the match is over, players will be moved to other servers, so it's most ideal for Portal games for example.)

To get everyone on the same server.
  1. Add Each other as friends on Origin or as EA Friends in-game.
  2. Start a party, by clicking the social tab in the right corner.
  3. Invite your 3 friends to the party.
  4. Join a server.
  5. Once everyone has joined a server everyone leaves the party, by going to the menu and social tab again and click leave party.
  6. Start a new party and start inviting your other friends, your other friend that joined with you can do the same by inviting friends.
  7. Keep doing this until everyone is on the same server.

Feel free to let me know if this has worked out for you or not. 🙂

7 Replies

  • Ai-Fluffy's avatar
    Ai-Fluffy
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @EA_Leeuw Sorry, but this is a terrible solution to a problem that was introduced in bf2042.

    !) it is a right faff doing this.
    2) Secondly people are going to miss part of the game while they queue to get in
    3) You would have to do this for every single map as without perpetual servers you are split on map rotation.

    We can have 8 people playing and have come to the conclusion that DICE just do not want team play. They want the game to be as casual as possible and have turned their backs on the people that helped make their franchise popular in the first place.
  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    Hi @Ai-Fluffy,

    As I mentioned in my post, which is only meant to help out OP and others when there's no official in-game support for this, this is meant as a possible workaround in these situations.

    Thanks.
  • Ai-Fluffy's avatar
    Ai-Fluffy
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Yes I realise this but its important to admit and for people to remember that this is something that was removed from BF.

    It is also something that should have been added soon after release.

    This is not the first time a player has brought this up.

  • ABC-Warrior-rea's avatar
    ABC-Warrior-rea
    4 years ago

    Thanks, I will try this tonight.

    As you say, it's a workaround, but I hope DICE recognises the need to provide a real fix for this problem.

    Making the party size bigger would instantly solve this issue.

  • nocturrnal's avatar
    nocturrnal
    4 years ago

    your work around works but not as well as we like, just like everyone says, you're waiting in "Q". since the upgrades and patches most of our teams/ players have returned to give this another shot. Having to try to join everyone in a room takes time and kills the mood for all of us. Please find a solution for this issue. we are loyal fans; everyone has thrown away Call of duty 🙂 that's how loyal we are. have an option where we can add several squad groups to enter a room together and rejoin the next room together. 4 per squad is fine, just keep sister squads together also. This game has so many options and modifications that, like others have said, " it bizarre" that this is still an issue.

    thank you 

  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    4 years ago
    @Ai-FluffyThe claim there is no proper solution this this makes me so angry. There is a proper solution, it’s called a SERVER BROWSER, like we had in past games and frankly, had a reasonable expectation would get again. Having to even consider a basic workaround on how to play with friends in a multiplayer game is RIDICULOUS. I’m sure everyone appreciates the help @EA_Leeuw offers, but holy cow this answer is so far off base and bs that I have to get a drink to wash the taste from my mouth. We tried this months ago, and the vast majority of my clan mates walked away from this roadkill. From over 100 we’re down to three of who still play this so called AAA game. I’ll check out the Twitch stream of the Dice devs playing Hell Let Loose, maybe they’re onto something.
  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    To stop this this from going off-topic, it will be locked.

    Feedback is always welcome, but only as long as it is constructive. 

    If you have feedback regarding a Server Browser, there's already a thread for this here.

    Feel free to add your feedback in that thread.

    Thanks.

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