Can't deploy

Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform: Xbox Series X
Please specify your platform model: Microsoft Xbox Series X
Are you using any software with an overlay? No (I'm not even sure that that means)
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer & solo / coop
Which part of the mode? Conquest, Breakthrough, Solo & Coop
Please select your region: Australia
On which server did this happen? All of them
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm): Since the day game launched [to include up to just now, 23/12/21 1750 AEST]
Summarize your bug: When I reach the deployment screen and attempt to deploy by selecting a location or vehicle to deploy to, I do not deploy. If you select a vehicle as a deployment location, the 2-min countdown timer for the vehicles begins but I still do not deploy.  It doesn't matter if it is starting a new game or joining one already in progress. I have tried repeatedly, waited, have been patient, pressed 'A' over and over - but the only way is to quit the match and return to the main menu to try again. Today I attempted to play 8 games; 5 Breakthrough, 1 Conquest, and 2 Solo-Coop; each time I was unable to deploy.  I turned the XBox off, came here and wrote this, and out of sheer disgust now  will go outside and enjoy air and sunlight.
How often does the bug occur? Half of my games to every game (50% - 100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game; read the complaints; review your code; figure it out.
What happens when the bug occurs? I can't deploy, therefore I can't play your game.
What should be happening instead? I should deploy when I press the 'A' button on my controller, and actually be able to play the game [this is the service I paid for when purchasing the game]

Gamer Tag / XBox Account: DopeCanine

Edit: I should add I've removed and re-installed the game, with no change.

Edit Edit: I'll also add for this this isn't the same as the "dead lobby" issue where a game hasn't ended - for me, these are active sessions with other players in the map playing fully; I cannot deploy into the active games.