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There is a server browser. The existing server browser shows you available servers that aren't matchmake instances (which constantly change).
When you say you want a server browser added it probably would help if you communicated what you want. If you ask for something to be added which already exists (at least by those words), what do you expect to change?
- UP_Hawxxeye17 hours agoLegend
I think when they ask for a server browser, people also ask for dedicated official servers that do not exists as instances but rotate maps
- Ty_Ger0712 hours agoRising Ace
"I think when they ask for a server browser, people also ask for dedicated official servers that do not exists as instances but rotate maps"
TLDR: That already exists. I think people just like to complain instead of taking the time to realize that what they want already exists and they are too lazy to use what they claim they want. They act like a server browser should be AI that predicts what every person wants and should not take any effort to search or filter. They will never get what they want, because it is impossible to please them; and instead what they really want is to complain about how much they hate matchmaking and at the same time refuse to stop using matchmaking.
If you look at BattleFieldOfficial, you will see that their experiences are listed in the portal server browser. Hardcore conquest, hardcore rush, hardcore breakthrough, infantry breakthrough, closed weapon breakthrough, closed weapon conquest, bomb squad, ace pursuit v2, gibraltar gambit, etcetera, etcetera. They have 16 different experiences to choose from, and a huge variety of servers for each of those experiences.
They do have a mechanism of highlighting that content on the main page and letting people join into an existing server in a smooth way, but it isn't matchmaking. It kind of feels like matchmaking, but is different. There is too much content to highlight on the main page of the game, so just some is presented at any time. The rest of their content you need to find using the server browser, just like any other creator's community content. Once you do, you will see that BattleFieldOfficial is just one source; there is so much more from so many other people. Lots of it is crap and broken old bot farms, but a lot of it isn't. You need to use the server browser, like any server browser you have ever used before, to filter out the content you want to see.
I think an unavoidable problem is that matchmaking servers are not conducive to being in a server browser. From my understanding, they are instances which constantly change as needed. A matchmake server could be breakthrough of a certain map one round with cross-play off and only playstation users, and then the next round it is cross-play on in conquest of a different map. Maybe one round it is gauntlet, the next round it is redsec, and the following round it is breakthrough. It is cross-play on, then it is cross-play off. It shifts as necessary for changing demand in different areas. If you search for a specific map, in a specific mode, with or without cross-play, an existing empty matchmake server closest to you may suddenly switch to what you want in order to host the game you wanted.
I don't think a server browser can support that. You can't place those servers into a server browser, because by the time you see them in the server browser, scroll through, decide which one you want to pick, and join it, it may now be a totally different server. I don't think that would be an experience people would enjoy and embrace. Instead, they would complain about the server browser "bug".
For that reason, if someone says what they want is matchmake servers in a server browser, they are being unreasonable. But if they say they want official servers in a server browser, that already exists. They just need to choose whether they prefer matchmaking, using an algorithm they don't control, or browsing for servers.
So, maybe what you are really saying is that you wish EA would create more BattleFieldOfficial servers in the server browser for people to join. It would need to be a fixed server, not a matchmake server, like all other community servers. Are the servers that BattleFieldOfficial has already published not good enough? Is the variety lacking? Or what is the problem?
I think the thing that was stated as being wanted, already exists. There's no reason to add more if no one uses the server browser. A lot of those servers are empty.... Maybe you just need to start using the server browser which DOES EXIST to join a server.
The official servers with 100% xp are in the server browser. No one plays them. Should more be added? Would that fix it?
116 people in the most populated option.