Re: Why is there no Console Only Cross-Play?

A console/controller-only crossplay variant would be amazing

Yes it would. I fear DICE is too busy with all these bug fixes to notice these issues

I found a total of 4 conquest and 0 breakthrough matches in the 7 hours of the trial I played last night and today while crossplay was disabled on Xbox Series X. 3 of those conquests were on the same map since you get booted to the main menu after each game. All of them had about 25% bots.

Literally sat at the screen that says "Waiting for players to join" longer than I actually played the game.

They need to let Xbox disable crossplay in-game like PS5 and PC can, otherwise this problem will never go away.

They certainly should fix this, nearly broke my controller yesterday 🙂

@AutotitansMouse and keyboard support + input based matchmaking would genuinely transform this game. All the other stuff about specialists/classes/balance etc. all pale into comparison to the giant issue that input disparities creates. The game just simply is not fun on consoles, at all.

Battlefield games always have longer engagement ranges than other shooters which is why it has always confused me that it also has by far the weakest aim assist. However, in previous titles, you’ve only been playing against people with the same input deficiencies as you. Now in BF2042 we have cross-play against PC AND 128 player maps that are larger and have even less cover so the engagement ranges are even longer than your typical Battlefield.

All these factors add up to a disastrous experience for console players.

This is a big missed opportunity for EA because a lot of PC players bought consoles recently due to the state of the GPU market. If console actually played well, they’d sell a tonne of $70 copies of the game to ex-PC players.

I think many (like me) are now starting to look at Vanguard and wonder whether that’s a better option since it offers mouse and keyboard support.

@lucky_dutch+1 I've been playing COD warzone for months on Xbox w/ kb&m, it's fantastic! It feels just like a PC you cannot tell the difference in game. I'm still terrible at the game and I get see destroyed by players on Console/ controller all the time but I'm able to play with my PC friends again without thousands of dollars spent on a new PC. I feel ashamed for purchasing BF2042 just assuming kb&m support would be there. I literally played one match on controller and gave up.. back to COD until they right this wrong.

If you think 2042 they an have an unfair advantage you should try Halo Infinite Multiplayer against PC with Halos crazy long TTK, its even more evident there as multiple accurate hits become even more important and M&K destroy controller in that, and its been said crossplay will be locked on for the life of that game

Crossplay should be between consoles only 

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@MTFULemming wrote:

@lucky_dutch+1 I've been playing COD warzone for months on Xbox w/ kb&m, it's fantastic! It feels just like a PC you cannot tell the difference in game. I'm still terrible at the game and I get see destroyed by players on Console/ controller all the time but I'm able to play with my PC friends again without thousands of dollars spent on a new PC. I feel ashamed for purchasing BF2042 just assuming kb&m support would be there. I literally played one match on controller and gave up.. back to COD until they right this wrong.

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Sorry to hear that you feel you wasted your money.

It might improve in time but I think this is probably one of the games where you revisit it again in a year.

I don’t personally like the gameplay of warzone but they do handle crossplay very well. Controllers get a very strong aim assist that works well even at long ranges and all players have access to keyboard and mouse, if they prefer that.

Net result is that people play what they prefer and everyone is happy. Controllers probably have a slight advantage at shorter ranges with the aim assist but mouse is still way better for sniping. Rock Paper Scissors balance.

@HillbillyJohnNot that I know of when I've been playing it. In the team chat I've been on teams with people on pc playing with keyboard and communicated with opposite team afterword to confirm what they were using etc.

EDIT: Just checked input based matchmaking is in Ranked solo only. 

 It's meant to have SBMM but most matches I've been in have monster team stomps with multiple people on teams having 12-17 KDA so that obv is not working right

@MTFULemmingYou should try it, it's  great, funny leading up to release everyone panned the graphics, but it turns out the graphics are miles ahead of 2042.

As a BF veteran the only thing that annoys me is the super long TTK in Halo so taking on multiple enemies at a time is almost impossible, you got to try and get a player 1v1 a lot of time in battle.

There is a custom mode you can create and you can set the TTK yourself me and some friends set the TTK to half and this game was absolutely incredible!

I wish they would do that to the main mode but obviously the Halo fan base like it where it is and unlike Dice, they listen to their fan base rather than being tone deaf

@MTFULemmingI haven't tried kb&m but it's in the menu.

I agree with that!

Have cross play for console players only, or based in the input method would be super nice!

I started playing dark souls again because I'm a little off when I try to play battlefield 2042 against PC players.

And I did turn off the cross play in the Xbox, bu I was unable to find a match.

Cheers!