The Spawn Map is Riddled With Problems
Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PlayStation 5
Please specify your platform model. Sony PlayStation 5
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Game Menu
In which game menu were you when the bug occurred? Spawn Map
Please select your region North America
On which server did this happen? Any Server
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) All the time
Summarize your bug The Spawn Map is Riddled With Problems
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the game with a controller on PS5, possibly all other platforms and try to use the spawn map
What happens when the bug occurs? One of the below things happens on a constant basis
What should be happening instead? It needs to be tweaked to work better.
The spawn map is a continuous test of patience in every match that is played.
In every single match, the following things occur:
- You can only choose to spawn in a vehicle at the beginning of the match if you're the driver, so ~12 people total spawn in a vehicle and 120 people have to spawn on foot. I have to spawn into the game, pause it, then redeploy to spawn in a helicopter as a passenger for example. Please put blue boxes around vehicles and let us spawn as passengers at the beginning of the match.
- Sometimes vehicles glitch at the beginning of a match and have a box around them, but that's actually a bug, you can't actually spawn as a passenger.
- If there are multiple spawn points at the beginning of a round, it doesn't matter which one you choose, it doesn't lock it in and the game still spawns you wherever it wants.
- Your squad mates will commonly show a green box around them even though when you select them it says they are in combat, so you can't spawn on them, so the box should be orange but it's still green. This happens multiple times every round.
- There is commonly a green or blue box around a vehicle even though all seats are occupied, shouldn't the spawn box around the vehicle go away or turn orange if your cursor is over it?
- If you're trying to spawn on someone that dies, the cursor jumps back to another spawn you don't want to spawn at and it causes you to accidentally select it. The cursor just needs to stay in place or reject spawn attempts for a couple seconds if it automatically moves.
And for the most frustrating issue with the spawn map:
- Half the time moving the analogue stick or d-pad doesn't actually move the cursor, sometimes you have to move the analogue stick left to move it down, or up to move it right. Sometimes you can hit the up arrow 10 times, then on the 11th time it finally moves up to the spawn point. This is continuous in every match, it doesn't snap properly to the point you're trying to select and seems to stop paying attention to your button inputs half the time. This causes a really tedious experience every time you're trying to spawn.