PC players forced into cross-play again
We all know that EA (and so, DICE too) care way more about marketing and money than actually giving customers what they want, but this cross-play stuff is more anti-consumer than even they will usually perpetrate.
So, in case anyone doesn't know by now: -
1) There are no cross-play options for PC players. We are intended as 'filler' for cross-play lobbies. It's clear insulting console bias. EA/DICE have not acknowledged this.
2) Cross-play has been shown to worsen the experience. The 'netcode' is worse with cross-play on. There is de-sync and TTD feels worse. EA/DICE have not acknowledged this.
3) Because of cross-play not only does controller have aim assist, recoil control etc. but it has been proved that mouse control is interfered with to make recoil control fake difficult. It exaggerates movements that counter recoil making the mouse experience worse.
However you feel about mouse-controller 'balance' this is a horrible idea.
4) There is a way to turn off cross-play on PC, but people explaining how have been banned from some forums even though it is in no way a cheat or exploit.
5) When PC players turn off cross-play they end up in bot-filled lobbies. The match-making system is clearly heavily biased to filling cross-play lobbies instead of single-platform lobbies.
There can be hundreds of thousands of PC players online and you still end up with bots because they fill cross-play lobbies as a priority and don't use PC players with cross-play on (which is forced on, remember) to match with other PC players.
So what has changed: -
In the last update this turning off of cross-play on PC doesn't work.
It still says cross-play is off in the UI tile, but you are put into cross-play lobbies.
EA/DICE are utterly silent on all the related issues, but clearly want to keep using PC players as cross-play lobby filler despite the problems and despite PC players making special effort to be able to choose.
To be clear I have no idea if cross-play is also a bad thing for console players, but it could well be.
The difference is they get a choice and PC players have none.
