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@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:
@RayD_O1Yes, with the next BF not launching anytime soon, and competition like Delta Force around the corner it would be in their own best interest to keep BF2042 alive for as long as possible.
So 1-player starts really is necessary!
My stance on crossplay is clear, so the moment I can’t find matches without it anymore I’m done with this game.
100% this, I strongly believe that 1-player starts are needed urgently to stop players from leaving and moving on to other games due to the lack of access to BF2042.
It should be so simple to implement as a lot of the Weekly Official Portal Experiences such as World Tour etc used to be 1-player starts up until a few months ago.
- sk1lld1 year agoLegend
- SharpGoblin1 year agoLegend
Flip the switch Dice!
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:
@RayD_O1Yep should indeed be easy to implement. We had it before so bring it back!And the sooner the better I say, so all players have access at all times.
DICE please make it happen.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
DICE please introduce 1-player starts in all game modes so all players have access at all times.
Imho it will help keep BF2042 alive until the next Battlefield.
- SharpGoblin1 year agoLegend
@RayD_O1 wrote:DICE please introduce 1-player starts in all game modes so all players have access at all times.
Imho it will help keep BF2042 alive until the next Battlefield.
Yes, definitely!
- RayD_O11 year agoHero@SharpGoblin
I feel they should implement anything that helps to extend the life of BF2042, it's a long time until the next BF launches. - RanzigeRidder21 year agoLegend@RayD_O1 Exactly! They should keep the game going. 1-player starts would be best but I’ll take any lowered player threshold at the moment.
Reduce Conquest to 8-player (2 squads, 1 each side) for example. Let it fill with AI and backfill with real players as soon as someone starts to search for a match. - sk1lld1 year agoLegend@RanzigeRidder2
I agree reduce the number of players and let it back fill with real players as the match goes on. - Lancelot_du_Lac1 year agoSeasoned Ace@sk1lld I appreciate that it costs money to spin up servers, but the fact that EA lets this situation continue for current players doesn't fill me with confidence that EA have any care for their existing player base.
We have long memories, and the days of automatically buying the latest iteration of a popular game have long gone. Consumers are not as forgiving any more. - sk1lld1 year agoLegend@Lancelot_du_Lac
And yet hundreds if not thousands will pre order the next Battlefield sight unseen.
/sigh - RanzigeRidder21 year agoLegend@sk1lld Let’s hope not. For sure I won’t be one of them.
BF2042 has alienated a lot of the Battlefield community. This already started with BFV and how support for that game ended early.
The key will be how many new players who are unaware of all the previous drama they can lure in. - RayD_O11 year agoHero
@sk1lld wrote:
@RanzigeRidder2
I agree reduce the number of players and let it back fill with real players as the match goes on.Imho they should be looking at all aspects of player retention.
Reducing the number of players needed to start a round would be simple to implement and would help all players to get the best out of BF2042 until the next BF arrives.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
Really missing the 1-player starts that we had previously on the Official Weekly Portal Experiences. ☹️
I firmly believe that the introduction of 1-player starts for all game modes in AOW / Official Portal Experiences would truly benefit all players and help keep BF2042 alive.
- SharpGoblin1 year agoLegend
Everyone would benefit from one-player-starts.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@SharpGoblin wrote:Everyone would benefit from one-player-starts.
They really would, and it would help to keep the game populated until the next Battlefield arrives.
- RanzigeRidder21 year agoLegend@RayD_O1 It should be so easy to implement. It has been there before give it back to us and extend it to all gamemodes!
- sk1lld1 year agoLegend
They were able to do this before so should be a simple thing to do again. One start would be epic if implemented.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:
@RayD_O1It should be so easy to implement. It has been there before give it back to us and extend it to all gamemodes!Agreed, and imho it would give the game a much needed boost and the whole gaming experience would be transformed.
Think of how different things could be if all players could just join a game whenever they wanted.
Instead of hanging around getting frustrated waiting to reach the required number, and watching in frustration as players give up and leave.
- K9_Dexter1 year agoNew Traveler
They couldn't even do 1 player start for Christmas in Holiday Protocol. So lame I used to play most days, now maybe once a fortnight.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
Imho reducing the number of players needed to start a round would be simple to implement and would help all players to get the best out of BF2042 until the next BF arrives.
DICE please make it happen.
- SharpGoblin1 year agoLegend
1 player starts would be nice.
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@SharpGoblin wrote:1 player starts would be nice.
It would certainly make life a lot easier for all players that's for sure. 👍
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@K9_Dexter wrote:They couldn't even do 1 player start for Christmas in Holiday Protocol. So lame I used to play most days, now maybe once a fortnight.
I would imagine you are not alone. 1-player starts in all modes would allow all players to be able to play when they want to.
- sk1lld1 year agoLegend
Please reduce the numbers to start a round. I would not hurt anything to do!
- RayD_O11 year agoHero
@sk1lld wrote:Please reduce the numbers to start a round. I would not hurt anything to do!
I really hope they implement one player starts in all modes.
Anything that can be done to maintain player retention should be implemented to make it easier for all players in all regions to get into matches.