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CascadiaSRL
3 years ago

Should the next Battlefield game be console only?

With all the talk being that console players want crossplay with consoles only and getting rid of those disgusting cheating PC players should the next game release be console based only? I will say ...
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Boro666pl
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
@CascadiaSRL wrote:

With all the talk being that console players want crossplay with consoles only and getting rid of those disgusting cheating PC players

I play on PC and I don't see any PC cheaters, at all. The biggest problem are console "cheaters" with insane aim assist. They get headshots left and right. No skill involved. Just wave your pointer and press fire at random. Amazing gameplay.

But the crossplay should stay and it's an amazing feature. It allows community and player base to grow. In previous BF games, with no crossplay, it was really hard to play at night for example. Only like one map where people run and gun like aholes in those bullet ridden clusterfs. I bet you miss those.

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DigitalHype
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
They just need a smarter matchmaker. Make no-crossplay the default and fall back to crossplay if not enough players. Instead of forcing everyone into a static pool, add some logic to it with priority. It would slow the matchmaking times for a low population game. But it would still allow DICE/EA to take advantage of the increased pool of players by default. Give us 3 options.
  • Option 1 (default): Attempt to match with players on my same platform first. If not enough players found then match all platform.
  • Option 2. Always attempt to match with all platforms.
  • Option 3. Never attempt to match with other platforms.

With option 1 as default, it would still let DICE off the hook when it comes to not having enough players to seed the matchmaker due to times of low popularity. And if they want to do SBMM, they can still put checks around Option 1 for standard deviation of skill, and if exceeded some maximum it would switch to crossplay.

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