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It is worth persevering, imho cross play off is a much better gaming experience all round.
- 3 years ago@RayD_O1 How long do you normally wait for a match with cross play off on console?
- RayD_O13 years agoHero
@killCAMPERS
I actually play on PC, but in answer to your question the easiest way to test out crossplay off is to join an official Weekly Portal Experience, that way the server will start and fill with bots.
As you play other humans should join at least that's how it works for me here in the UK on PC. By afternoon / evening the servers are usually populated by at least half humans and the rest bots.
This weeks Portal experiences are All Out Superiority and Tactical Conquest, at other times you get World Tour and Rush XL playlists etc.If I want to play AOW modes like the Discarded Rework Map I have to wait until the afternoon before the server fills up/ starts (as there are no bots to help start the server in AOW. it takes 32 players to start a 128 player game)
- GrizzGolf3 years agoSeasoned Ace
@RayD_O1 wrote:@killCAMPERS
I actually play on PC, but in answer to your question the easiest way to test out crossplay off is to join an official Weekly Portal Experience, that way the server will start and fill with bots.
As you play other humans should join at least that's how it works for me here in the UK on PC. By afternoon / evening the servers are usually populated by at least half humans and the rest bots.
This weeks Portal experiences are All Out Superiority and Tactical Conquest, at other times you get World Tour and Rush XL playlists etc.If I want to play AOW modes like the Discarded Rework Map I have to wait until the afternoon before the server fills up/ starts (as there are no bots to help start the server in AOW. it takes 32 players to start a 128 player game)
Hey @RayD_O1 so it got better with the hitreg and all that junk with crossplay off? I'm on PC as well so if that's what helped you ill do the same.
- RayD_O13 years agoHero
- 3 years ago@RayD_O1 Thanks. I'll try the weekly Portal Experience.
- RayD_O13 years agoHero
@killCAMPERS wrote:
@RayD_O1Thanks. I'll try the weekly Portal Experience.Hope it works out for you š
- 3 years ago@RayD_O1 It is frustrating though. The wait times for a match with cross play off can be really long. And I'm still getting placed in servers all alone at times. Anyway, thanks again.
- RayD_O13 years agoHero
@killCAMPERS
Did you get a chance to try the Official Weekly Portal Experiences.
On PC, the servers will auto fill with bots to get the server going, and then should fill with other human players to replace the bots over time, does the same apply to consoles. ?
I personally would also like to see the numbers of players needed to start rounds in AOW reduced from 32 (in 128 player modes) to say 8 just to get the servers going. So many players join and then leave as they don't want to wait so long for 32 players to join.Once servers get going they fill up fairly quickly so I am not sure why the level needed to start is set so high at 32.
- 3 years ago@RayD_O1 At the moment, the main Portal experience is vehicle based. I'm not a fan of vehicle only modes. I tried the other conquest mode and it just took forever to find a server. I left the server search after 2-1/2 minutes. Hopefully, next week the main Portal experience will be infantry based. Right now, I have no incentive to play until Portal is more infantry friendly.
I agree about starting matches sooner. At least 50%+ of the time I am placed in matches that have already started. Which is fine. I just hate it when I'm added in a match when its seconds away from ending. That happens way too often. - RayD_O13 years agoHero@killCAMPERS
I understand, hopefully they bring back World Tour to Portal on Tuesday so you can get a chance to try the Cross play off, playing a mode of your choice. š - 3 years ago@RayD_O1 That would be awesome.
I don't play COD anymore because their servers are garbage. BF has always had superior servers despite having a fraction of the player base of COD. As much as I have issues with BF, COD is way worse.
BF is the one and only FPS war game I like playing. So, I hope the console side gets more love now and in future BF releases. - RayD_O13 years agoHero@killCAMPERS
Yeah same here I have always been a BF fan since the word go.
Hope you get to play / enjoy BF2042 and future BF's on your console. š - ATFGunr3 years agoLegend
@killCAMPERS wrote:
@RayD_O1That would be awesome.
I don't play COD anymore because their servers are garbage. BF has always had superior servers despite having a fraction of the player base of COD. As much as I have issues with BF, COD is way worse.
BF is the one and only FPS war game I like playing. So, I hope the console side gets more love now and in future BF releases.BF is the only series worth playing IMO. I may dip a toe into a Star Wars game (not trying the new one on PC anytime soon thatās for sure) but for good multiplayer action you just canāt do better than a BF series game for fun. Maybe 2042 will finally make it on the list if they help at it, but Iām not sure if theyāre even still working on PC optimizations anymore. Even if vehicle warfare isnāt your thing, the goal was to try the game with Crossplay Off and see how it feels for you. Iām curious how impactful it is on consoles? 2042 was designed for consoles and ported to PC as are all AAA games now, if you folks get any more love over PC theyāll just be ghosting us in our texts š
- 3 years ago
@ATFGunr wrote:BF is the only series worth playing IMO. I may dip a toe into a Star Wars game (not trying the new one on PC anytime soon thatās for sure) but for good multiplayer action you just canāt do better than a BF series game for fun. Maybe 2042 will finally make it on the list if they help at it, but Iām not sure if theyāre even still working on PC optimizations anymore. Even if vehicle warfare isnāt your thing, the goal was to try the game with Crossplay Off and see how it feels for you. Iām curious how impactful it is on consoles? 2042 was designed for consoles and ported to PC as are all AAA games now, if you folks get any more love over PC theyāll just be ghosting us in our texts š
IMO, it's not the clients that need fixing any longer; it's the servers - my boy used to get less than 60fps at 1080p with a 3060. He now gets ~120. CQ128 is just awful, in terms of performance at busy times like the weekends. Double XP events don't help either.
- 3 years ago
Turning off crossplay helps it, but we still have the issue of lower rank players getting a rather obvious boost, which often feels like playing against console players. The lock shots, the instant death, the bullet sponge players. Always low rank. They have zero recoil and rapid fire on some of the worst weapon setups for close range, most often the SVK with stock 4 power scope and high power rounds, which are atrocious for accuracy and speed at close range against a moving target. Yet they always miraculously manage it.
- RayD_O13 years agoHero@killCAMPERS
Did you manage to get a chance to try World Tour this week with cross play turned off.
Hope it works out for you. - 3 years ago
@RayD_O1I did. I played mostly with bots. The wait time was about 2 minutes before connecting to a match.
They really need to work on the cross play performance. It shouldn't be as bad as it is.
The cross play on COD was better. Unfortunately, their servers got worse over time. At release I would get on COD servers with a 24 ping. Three months later, I can't get on anything better than 75. Which means lots of lag and insta-deaths. That's when I uninstalled COD and vowed never to return to COD. - 3 years ago
Was in the room between C1 and C2 covering the hallway. Wildcat drives by and missiles me through the walls.
There are several disturbing things about this
- How could he see me in there to target me in the corner
- Knowing he could shoot through walls to get me
- Pinpoint accuracy
DICE still catering to the Short Bus players
- 3 years ago@Padding_Ur_Stats I can relate. Iāve had many similar experiences. Besides the cross play issues, I think there are hacker issues as well. Iām betting the devs are working on the next BF, so their resources are being stretched.
- ATFGunr3 years agoLegend@killCAMPERSWas the game smoother? Hit reg better? Iām curious to know if itās better for consoles as I think itās better for PC for sure. If no one else is playing Off when you load, itāll take up to a minute and 45 seconds. If others are playing itāll start very quickly. I got used to it.
- ATFGunr3 years agoLegend@filthy_vegans Donāt get me started on the AWS servers⦠besides we donāt want to hijackerās KillCampers post lol. Thereās threads about it already, we know they stick and I think EA & Dice know as well. The difference is we care about it way more than they do.
- 3 years ago
This is still one of the worst things plaguing this game. No wonder the player count is trending right back down to 2022 levels, it is borderline unplayable.
- RayD_O13 years agoHero
@ATFGunr
The other major benefit is the fact that you only have to wait to join a server once.Then you just stay on that same server for as long as you like playing through the whole map rotation. No more back and forth to the lobby which wastes so much time, and no more getting put into the same map.
Playing in the afternoons on PC (UK), I regularly see 10 to 20 humans per side and the rest bots. Some regions may not yet have many players with cross play off. - 3 years ago@ATFGunr Itās definitely smoother. And - magically - I donāt get insta-killed The bots are dumb though. I see bots run right by me all the time without reacting to my obvious presence. Thatās one reason I hate playing with bots.
- 3 years ago@RayD_O1 I see mostly bots when I turn off cross play. Maybe itās because of the time of day. I live on the west coast in California. If I play during the week, I will play around 4:30p after work. On weekends I play early in the morning.
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