I'd suggest that a big part of why people aren't playing in teams is that 2042 has, systematically, removed every tool from previous games that would allow that to happen.
As things stand, its nigh impossible to get more than three of your friends on the same AOW server. There are a couple of clunky, exploit-ish, workarounds, but they're not reliable.
Think of all the in-game tools that would be used to organize play. They're all missing.
It is still baffling to me that, in the game where they double the team size, they utterly gut the ability to organize a team.
@nixRidge wrote:
@TAW_RinkoYes, I really wish the game had a proper server browser... Portal is not a server browser.
Launching BF2042 without a proper server browser / persistent servers is a major contributory factor to the epic failure of this game.
The BF player base was never going to accept MM as an alternative and the current player stats speak for themselves.
The mind boggles at many of the decisions they have made with BF2042 and MM is right up there as one of the worst.
For me and I apologize if this seems long.
Dedicated servers are a must have in Multiplayer fps's I've been playing since BF1942 released, it had huge maps like we have now "Running simulator" open sand box with clear objectives. What was different to me was the dedicated servers. It built a community where we would get together and make friends, compete and have a good time.
We would get together on Team Speak laugh and cry so hard. Compete on Team Warfare League.
The soul of the latest games is missing "Last 3 anyway IMHO", replaced with MM and phony dedicated servers and no way for a group of players to play together in a group.
It has no life.
Just and old guys opinion.
