With the Player Base rapidly shrinking I think it is even more important now that they reduce the number of players needed to start a round.
I notice that they actually increased the number of players needed to start World Tour (Official Portal Mode). It was always a one player start (like most of the OPM's) but they raised it to 4 which seems strange.
How do you guys feel, would you be happy with one player starts in all modes. ?
@RayD_O1 @Man_iLoveFishing Yes I had the same feeling so the the issue @sk1lld described is a non-issue.
the loading into a game just before it ends only be thrown back into mm is one of the most frustrating things, as @RayD_O1 said, we spend too much time waiting in lobbies that should be spend on playing.
@RanzigeRidder2
I strongly believe with the dwindling player numbers this is something we need to push for.
Otherwise it will become a ghost town due to more and more players quitting out of pure frustration 😕.
@Man_iLoveFishing wrote:
@RanzigeRidder2And it does fill up, so well when game loads in, either you get victory or defeated message, then start again with scrambled eggs
As well as needing one player starts, we also need the ability to play through map rotations, less time in lobbies more time in game I say.
@Lancelot_du_Lac wrote:
@sk1lldNot sure how much 'value' I put on a game that I can't play when I want to.
Full disclosure - I am in Oceania, and haven't been able to play any game mode, except Conquest (and only in peak times), for months. If it wasn't for Portal...
If EA cannot guarantee a reasonable level of player support, they shouldn't launch it into smaller markets.
It is imperative that all players have access to BF2042 at all times.
Imho this could be simply achieved if we had one player starts in all modes in both AOW and the Weekly Portal Official Experiences.
Sometimes its nice getting a warm up bot killing match in with some human players tossed it.
@GrizzGolf
Yep it works well. 👍
One player starts, backfilled with bots gets the match started instantly.
Much better than queueing in MM to reach a specified required number, and usually the bots get replaced with humans fairly quickly until the server is full.
@RanzigeRidder2 wrote:
@RayD_O1Exactly! Playing the same map twice in a row is also annoying af
Also not getting to play your favourite map for days on end is another downside. 😒
One player starts and and the ability to play through map rotations would resolve a lot of issues.
I notice even more of the Official Portal Experiences that were previously one player starts are now requiring a minimum number of players to start.
This is a major backward step imho that will make it even harder for players in regions with low player counts or players wanting to play with crossplay off.
I think this decision should be reversed and one player starts should be returned to OPE's and extended to AOW so we can all spend more time playing and less time queueng in lobbies.
Yes I also noticed that the waiting times in the lobbies were buffed.
