@PeppaPigKilla wrote:
I’m getting a crap feeling that it’s not going to happen.
I think if it doesn’t then the game will hype at launch but Just go the same route as bf1/5
badmins are rare
I ran many servers and kept them populated with fair rules and balance. It must of works as we kept 6/6 servers full.
but as someone mentioned, I feel console is the priority now and not pc.
I have the same feeling, but I think, more than ever, that there's a good argument for EA/DICE to give dedicated/private servers some serious consideration. Obviously it looks like a good proportion of the playerbase is interested in them, if not to rent and host one, then to at least game on them. That's your base level argument for having them.
However, I also think gaming has changed since the launch of BFV. Twitch is mature and more popular than ever, Discord has grown massively in the past few years. "Influencers" and Streamers are big as well. A big name BF streamer, being able to host his own games on his own server would be a HUGE plus to hyping BF2042. Discord owners would surely be interested in having a dedicated server for their members/Discord. This is where the argument is won or lost I think.
At this exact moment, BFV has 994 viewers across whatever streams, BF4 has 3.4k viewers. Obviously this is small numbers compared to the likes of MW or PUBG. Dedicated servers could help that, I feel.