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Re: Why do I have to join a new server every time a round ends in battlefield 2042?

Don't click leave. If you just wait at the end of the round it puts you into another game automatically. I've played with the same squad 3 games in a row and seen the same people in the chat so it does work. 

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  • @twonkydo0 wrote:

    Don't click leave. If you just wait at the end of the round it puts you into another game automatically. I've played with the same squad 3 games in a row and seen the same people in the chat so it does work. 


    The problem is that it is always a new server, for portal I ran rush defense 4 times in a row and 3 of those games I got in mid-game.  Not the best approach, I think it should be looked at.


  • @twonkydo0 wrote:

    Don't click leave. If you just wait at the end of the round it puts you into another game automatically. I've played with the same squad 3 games in a row and seen the same people in the chat so it does work. 


    Yep pro tip right there. That's what I do, just let the game automatically match make you and almost every time you will join at the start of the round.

  • JOGAGATYA's avatar
    JOGAGATYA
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @Tank2042Man The problem really is that you don't carry on playing with the same squad/team, even if the round starts from the beginning. Also: i want to play ALL of the maps one after each other. Not the same 2-3 maps in 10-15 rounds.

  • @JOGAGATYA wrote:
    @Tank2042ManThe problem really is that you don't carry on playing with the same squad/team, even if the round starts from the beginning. Also: i want to play ALL of the maps one after each other. Not the same 2-3 maps in 10-15 rounds.

    Oh I agree with you 100%

    Just pointing out how to avoid joining rounds mid match.

    EA or Dice have been trying to do away with the browser since they brought the series to consoles and in fact they did just that with BC1 and BC2.

    Thankfully they felt enough pressure to bring it back in BF3 so I hope the playerbase keeps the feedback coming to get the browser back in 2042.

  • HudsonSSD's avatar
    HudsonSSD
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    Yes it definatley helps but not all the time though

  • xXGugusseXx's avatar
    xXGugusseXx
    4 years ago
    @Lancelot_du_Lac that won't solve this problem (I already had Renewal 3 times in a row doing so). Leaving the countdown go to the next match just solves the problem to start mid-round, but the map rotation is still random and you can have the same map one after the other... That's why we need a server browser.
  • CountSero's avatar
    CountSero
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I have made a thread what are my thoughts and observation about the new server structure

    It seems for me that they are using a kind of multi cluster sever structure which are hosting server session for each round and when the round ends the server session is closed

    When my assumption and observation are true the structure behind this is impressive and very efficient because there are only server sessions active which are needed. So there are many full servers.

    but on the other side it lags many QoL features like checking how long a round is running, checking which maps the player has already played and don’t put him on the same map several times in a row and so on.

    Yes, a sever browser is a nice feature but related to none permanent servers it only shows you active sessions

    See you on the Battlefield

  • frekwalda1's avatar
    frekwalda1
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Well when i wait for the timer to end, put me back into same map over and over again. Can not tell what the ping or if the server is even in my region as I live in northern canada. I need to see the ping and region i am in to make sure i have the  best possible ping going. So need to pick and chose my server. Most of the time squads are always different never same people. I also spend more time waiting to connect to a server then playing and have not been able to get onto a breakthrough server for 3 weeks, just time out every 15 minutes and reconnects me back to the same server with the same people in chat.

  • Michaelp800's avatar
    Michaelp800
    Rising Adventurer
    4 years ago

    I worry that there is a "skill based matchmaking system" behind it. But I can't prove that.

  • RayD_O1's avatar
    RayD_O1
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @JOGAGATYA Agreed, that is one of the biggest annoyances never knowing which map you will get, never being able to play through the map rotation.
  • FlibberMeister's avatar
    FlibberMeister
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I have to say that this one implementation alone is pretty high up there on making this so much less of a battlefield experience. 

    Sure have match making if people don’t want to use a server browser, but for the love of god Battlefield was always about 2rounds per map with a bit of a team shuffle, and continuous map rotation.

    It boggles the mind what they thought they were doing. It’s actually really quite insulting to be honest.

  • Noodlesocks's avatar
    Noodlesocks
    4 years ago

    @Michaelp800 wrote:

    I worry that there is a "skill based matchmaking system" behind it. But I can't prove that.


    Something like that. They trialed it for a short period in Battlefield 5 and it was widely hated by the players. Naturally Dice Sweden thought they knew better and went ahead with it anyway for 2042.

  • frekwalda1's avatar
    frekwalda1
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @Michaelp800 I don't think this is the case as I have seen players just starting out playing and i am ranked 50 in my squad. Seems to be based on region from what i am getting in the chat in the game while waiting for players to join.

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