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xXGugusseXx
3 years ago
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Thanks DICE for finally making console crossplay only :)

it's all in the title.

Don't think it was in the changelog for 4.0 so it's a stealth one, but now with crossplay on and playing on console I play only against other console players (PS5/XsX), even if I can see 1 or 2 PC players here and there.

Nice thing is that matches starts with 32 players for CQ128, which helps quite a lot when playing late at night when the console population is not enough to populate a full 128 players server. Past 1 or 2AM you get quite a lot of AI, but if that's the price to pay to play only with other console players, I'm fine with it.

Games have been so much better like that...

For the PS5 players having hard time to find matches with crossplay off, you can now turn it on safely. Same for the people playing the old gen version, you can come back and enjoy 128 players matches and better graphics.

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  • Straatford87's avatar
    Straatford87
    3 years ago

    Hey everyone,

    Just confirming that we didn't implement console-only crossplay.

    We currently have a bug that started occurring over the weekend where players on console will matchmake into the 128 player Flashpoint Conquest experience, while PC matchmakes into 64 player Flashpoint Conquest.

    This means that for the Flashpoint CQ specific playlists, console and PC won't matchmake together, even if cross-play is enabled. We're preparing a fix for this bug right now.

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  • xXGugusseXx's avatar
    xXGugusseXx
    3 years ago

    ok, I've got the answer...

    This :

    Is only happening with the Conquest 128 Flashpoint playlist (the one they added for S4 with cq flashpoint 24/7). Normal conquest or all BT playlist have the normal PC/Console split. Only this playlist has 99% console players and a few PC players certainly joining some friends on console.

    Can a PC player check if they only have PC players when playing this playlist ?

    Now the question is to know if this is a bug, or a test before using a new matchmaking system for all modes/playlists.

    @EA_Leeuw : are you aware about a possible test to matchmake people depending on their platform ?

  • JohnnyBBad's avatar
    JohnnyBBad
    3 years ago
    @corupio +1000. I’ve been asking non stop on Twitter, here, on Reddit to please let console players only match with console players. It finally happened on this one playlist and it’s so unbelievably welcome. Please please please let this be a thing. Console players do not want to match with PC players unless they are joining a friend in that platform. The answer is simple. Let PC lobbies be PC lobbies. Let Console lobbies be console lobbies and if a console player want to friend up with a PC player, put the console player in the PC lobby since they are opting in. Never let the PC players in the console lobbies.
  • BizzyVaping's avatar
    BizzyVaping
    3 years ago

    I haven't seen a single PC player on conquest Flashpoint since S4 started.

    Im hoping it'll stay that way. This one change (error?) singlehandedly made the game 100 times better.

  • BizzyVaping's avatar
    BizzyVaping
    3 years ago

    Could it be that they might have added input based priority?

    The flashpoint modes seem to be really popular right now, but breakthrough on flashpoint is kind of terrible. Maybe that could explane why conquest always seem to be filled with console players, but breakthrough isn't (Because people get tired of beeing snipe every 2 steps and go to conquest instead)

    The other modes filling up with a mix of players would be natural as most people are on flashpoint atm, so the other modes/maps get filled with a who ever is trying to find a match there.


    Has anyone tried TDM or Rush to check if they are filling up with console players?

  • OldSkoolzFinest's avatar
    OldSkoolzFinest
    3 years ago
    @corupio I said the same thing, and the gameplay feels different but for the better.
    One on one gunfights are even and fair because everyone has the same input so there’s no erratic superhuman movement made buy M&K players at the moment. Feels so damn good.
    Crossplay with PC was one of the worse things to happen to not only this game but the whole online shooter genre.
  • corupio's avatar
    corupio
    Rising Traveler
    3 years ago

    I'm loving it so much, we just need it permanent and in all modes.

    Server browser wouldn't hurt too.

  • Straatford87's avatar
    Straatford87
    Icon for DICE Team rankDICE Team
    3 years ago

    Hey everyone,

    Just confirming that we didn't implement console-only crossplay.

    We currently have a bug that started occurring over the weekend where players on console will matchmake into the 128 player Flashpoint Conquest experience, while PC matchmakes into 64 player Flashpoint Conquest.

    This means that for the Flashpoint CQ specific playlists, console and PC won't matchmake together, even if cross-play is enabled. We're preparing a fix for this bug right now.

  • imptown's avatar
    imptown
    New Vanguard
    3 years ago

    @xXGugusseXx  Conquest 128 Flashpoint it is! Thanks!

    Regular Conquest was putting me in with PC players yesterday but I logged into Conquest 128 Flashpoint 8AM CST this morning and I don't see any monitor icons,

    I hope they do this with TDM at some point.

  • ArchAngeL-PCX's avatar
    ArchAngeL-PCX
    3 years ago
    @OskooI_007 Not suprrising. BFV is riddeled with hackers on PC apparently. It was only a matter of time before this game was as well.

    I may try again but the last time I tried PS5 only, I couldn't find a match. Maybe there will be more since its free on PS Plus this month.

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