Why is there no Console Only Cross-Play?
We should get console crossplay only so me and my friend can play together without being killed every 2 seconds by some xtreme fast pcplayer.
they have unfair advantages over console players… ...
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Console players have an unfair disadvantage when facing PC players in crossplay lobbies.
This is very annoing and a turn off from Battlefield 2042. I have already a couple of friends who stopped playing from how frustrating this is. Controllers cannot compete with mouse and keyboard. The only solution for console players is to disable crossplay. However, if one does this, its nearly impossible to find a match with only their specific console players. When trying to start a match, it says "waiting for players to join," but the game never starts.
To fix this, DICE needs to limit PC players to only controllers, excluding mouse and keyboard. The other solution is to exclude PC players from crossplay with console players. Let only Xbox Series X players and PS5 players duke it out.
DICE.... This needs a fix!
@AutotitansMouse and keyboard support + input based matchmaking would genuinely transform this game. All the other stuff about specialists/classes/balance etc. all pale into comparison to the giant issue that input disparities creates. The game just simply is not fun on consoles, at all.
Battlefield games always have longer engagement ranges than other shooters which is why it has always confused me that it also has by far the weakest aim assist. However, in previous titles, you’ve only been playing against people with the same input deficiencies as you. Now in BF2042 we have cross-play against PC AND 128 player maps that are larger and have even less cover so the engagement ranges are even longer than your typical Battlefield.
All these factors add up to a disastrous experience for console players.
This is a big missed opportunity for EA because a lot of PC players bought consoles recently due to the state of the GPU market. If console actually played well, they’d sell a tonne of $70 copies of the game to ex-PC players.
I think many (like me) are now starting to look at Vanguard and wonder whether that’s a better option since it offers mouse and keyboard support.
@lucky_dutch+1 I've been playing COD warzone for months on Xbox w/ kb&m, it's fantastic! It feels just like a PC you cannot tell the difference in game. I'm still terrible at the game and I get see destroyed by players on Console/ controller all the time but I'm able to play with my PC friends again without thousands of dollars spent on a new PC. I feel ashamed for purchasing BF2042 just assuming kb&m support would be there. I literally played one match on controller and gave up.. back to COD until they right this wrong.
If you think 2042 they an have an unfair advantage you should try Halo Infinite Multiplayer against PC with Halos crazy long TTK, its even more evident there as multiple accurate hits become even more important and M&K destroy controller in that, and its been said crossplay will be locked on for the life of that game
Crossplay should be between consoles only
- @FG44141 I thought Halo Infinite had input based matchmaking?
@MTFULemming wrote:@lucky_dutch+1 I've been playing COD warzone for months on Xbox w/ kb&m, it's fantastic! It feels just like a PC you cannot tell the difference in game. I'm still terrible at the game and I get see destroyed by players on Console/ controller all the time but I'm able to play with my PC friends again without thousands of dollars spent on a new PC. I feel ashamed for purchasing BF2042 just assuming kb&m support would be there. I literally played one match on controller and gave up.. back to COD until they right this wrong.
Sorry to hear that you feel you wasted your money.
It might improve in time but I think this is probably one of the games where you revisit it again in a year.
I don’t personally like the gameplay of warzone but they do handle crossplay very well. Controllers get a very strong aim assist that works well even at long ranges and all players have access to keyboard and mouse, if they prefer that.
Net result is that people play what they prefer and everyone is happy. Controllers probably have a slight advantage at shorter ranges with the aim assist but mouse is still way better for sniping. Rock Paper Scissors balance.
- @lucky_dutch I absolutely agree. Being a long time BF player, I think the thing I don't care for about Warzone is the every squad for themselves vs BF where it's two teams fighting. That dynamic just feels weird to me, but my squad has won a handful of times and that is very satisfying and keeps you coming back
- @MTFULemming https://battlefield2042kbm.com/ Spread the word
- I have played on PC and now I do it on PS5. There is a lot of difference, only DICE and EA can think of playing together. Do you think it is just a keyboard and a mouse the difference? There are many things, PC computers that are worth $ 2000, graphics cards ... 120 or More fps, macros, gaming monitors
Support for mouse and keyboard on console would be great imo
@EA_Aticor others that are modding this topic/subjectI have cross play turned off both in system level (wish I didn't have to do that, as then I can't play sea of thieves qithnmy friends, without having to turn it on and off every time in system level). And in game ofc.. But, I never get to play a online game unless cross play in on in system level, and in game.
I am in Norway,.and.on Xbox serie X
Then I have to get killed by hackers sniping me with a sniper rifle from a helicopter at very high speed.... 🤷🤷😔 One bullet one kill. We do NOT want to play with hackers and cheaters. Fix this for console player's. This is the worst I have ever seen in a game. Not one single game, have I been able to play, without some sort of hacker or BS
Give us what you promised us EA. Ability to play with only your platform.. Having to go and turn off cross play in system level is so weird. And even then it's impossible to find a match. Had Xbox since 360 period. And I have never had such a bad experience in my life with a game. And from the looks of it, this thread proves that this is not a time of day issue (I tried myself). People that have system level cross off, doesn't get games either... And from the looks of it, it has been like this for almost 1 year now 😦😲😲 This makes me think I should start asking for a refund in my 150€ purchase! Doesn't seem like EA/Dice is taking this seriously. 8 didn't pay for this game, to only be able to play with PC players. And having to hassle with system level settings ect ect when switching games.. This is obviously disrespect towards the console community! This shouldn't even take 1 month to fix.But here I'm sitting with the same problem that people where having in December.. that's insa
I will be asking for a refund. Demanding it actually. Thankfully we have rights in our country against stuff like this!! It's a shame, because BF2042 is now becoming a good game. But I refuse to play against hackers/cheaters. Been trying for 1hour and 30min now, in and out of matchmaking, and no match is found. I have tried this long, while streaming it, just so I have evidence when demanding my refund. Being forced to play against PC players that are hacking, using aimbot out of a fast moving helicopters and what not
it is hurting our buisness as content creators, as well as actually wasting personal people's time & money clearl
i really can't understand how this has not been fixed in almost 1 years, since this thread started in December. as I know many are on the fence on buying the game now, that it is starting to get very good actually... Sadly, many will not consider buying it before it's being fixed, when they find out soon somehow 🤷 guess people are able to do a search on the web or something... Coz I did, and there is a several hundreads of topics on this all over the web. But this topic, that we being forced to crossplay & hacker/PC crap is not acceptable in and on any level. Clearly dice/Ea is not doing anything about it, it sick
Ps: I will be posting every single day until this is fixed.
Or give us cross play with Xbox one players on 64 ayer.maps...
Or even simpler, let us progress on the battlepass we paid for, in solo/coop mode. Since the game actually is broken on console 🤷 somebody in a helicopter headshooted me with a 50. Cal heli in full speed from a very very long distance.. no idea how far it was, but damn.. that's was almost impressive, even for a hacker... 🤯 Since dice doesn't have a good anti cheat clearly, why on earth would u force this on console players by having it on by default ? Will be writing to Xbox about this as well, because I think dice and Xbox actually needs to communicate about this whole crossplay thing. Since they have the option to disable it in system level, it is causing some sort of issue with the in game enable/disable... I just refuse to just sit here and do nothing.
- @SunnyDrip76 Don't understand the need to have crossplay with PC they can't do anything to fix hacking and Cheating issues but for some reason they still allow consoles to have to deal with this. Why all these gaming companies feel the need to push crossplay with PC is ridiculous until consoles are not so limited in what they can do will never work. Pretty much every lobby I have played in the top few players in the lobby basically dominate and they are PC on both sides.
