stupid matchmaking

I very much agree with you that it would be better for Dice to go back to the system of BF1 or something similar. Persistent servers and a server browser was much better for a lot of reasons. We didn't know how lucky we were back then. However, I play on console with crossplay on and I'm not sure if I've seen a cheater yet in this game. I realize I'm also at a slight disadvantage playing on a controller vs PC players who have keyboard and mouse but I've still done fairly decent and had a good time...and most of my games have definitely had a lot of PC players in them (I typically check the scoreboard to see what platforms are in my match). I just typically stick close to my squad mates so I'm less likely to get outgunned. So if you're not finding enough players to play with, I'd definitely turn crossplay on and give it another chance. I will say it would be nice for Dice to make the crossplay system so that consoles always play together, but a console player only ends up in a PC lobby if they party up with a PC player. That's how it is done in Rainbow Six Siege and I think that is a more balanced and fair way to do crossplay.