The problem with Battlefield 6 and the communities

Its a disaster.

This game could be GOATED. But its missing some core pillars.

DICE/EA really? Why this server setup?

We spend more time frustrated, quitting back to menu because the server is botted or its the same server again.

After every fun round, the players and squads are separated into different servers/lobbies that dont fill. No consistency and its just plain stupid.

Bring back a proper server browser so we can choose what we play and who we play with!!  Didnt you learn from 2042? Its not better in any way from the way it was always done. Fix it before we lose numbers!!!

BTW!!! This isnt COD.

FINALLY SOMEONE HAS MANTIONED THIS! DICE PLEASE

100% agree. This is so very important for the longevity of the game.

Let people pay extra for serious community servers and make them visible/stand out in the server browser. 

Come on DICE, these are such easy but still so necessary fixes to make communities growing and keep the game alive.

Thank you UBBE16​ 

It would be very interesting and cool if everyone shared specifics on what they would consider as essential for this to work within the framework of BF6 and Portal to some degree.

For me it would be:

1. The ability to spin up REAL persistent servers that are always there, and can be renewed on demand. Servers that are meant to offer a meaningful alternative to Official EA matchmaking servers, just with different maps and perhaps simple tweaks like closed weapon class system and disabled vehicles. Yes, this is theoretically possible today, but it simply does not work in reality! The server is buried in XP farm servers, has 0 discoverability, impossible to fill with real players, etc. In previous Battlefields, you would rent a server, gather a couple people and wait in server until it filled with random players and got promoted in the browser/multiplayer section.
2. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE OTHER USERS AS ADMINS AND MODS ON THESE SERVERS. IT CANNOT BE A PERSON DEPENDANT SYSTEM.
3. Ability for admins to switch themselves, and other players or squads for balance. This should even be a feature in the game it self to allow people to switch to losing team or beginning of round, to allow people to help balance / play with their friends

All of this is essential features. Just make a middle thing where you can pay a monthly subscription or pay a sum for a set period of time to host a server in Battlefield 6, with priority visibility, discoverability and guaranteed persistent server that is always visible, and which can be browsed directly from the "MULTIPLAYER" section of the game for discoverability.

I can keep this very short. I agree with everything the OP wrote. EA and DICE really underestimate what communities have done for the older titles to give them the lifespan they currently have. Not to mention it's financially a very smart thing to ask money for dedicated servers. Empty servers would be reduced by 90% and there would be additional cash flow to improve and support the game. 

Guys. EA don't want us to create a community via servers like in the past. There is no money in it for them. What they want, and I believe have mentioned, is to eventually release a new game every year or so., and with that they want people to buy the new game,not stay on older titles. 

If thats what their goal is then their games will undoubtedly sell less and they will lose money. Its not a if,  but a matter of when.. The industry has shown this time and time again. All the release once a year companies are becoming nobodies with horrible player retention and dwindling sales

Exactly, this would make the game so much better and allow to actually build a community around it.

Every time I try to find a proper game it’s just XP farms, hardcore, grind servers or empty lobbies with bots. The few real ones that exist are buried ten pages down and when you finally find one, it’s gone the next day because the owner can't consistently fill it, it gets shut down even when set to persistent. You can’t add other admins to help manage it, can’t switch teams to balance, can’t do anything to keep it running long term. It’s built for quick, temporary stuff, not proper servers that people actually want to play on every day.

Matchmaking is no better. You play one good round and the next game everyone is split up into new servers. You can’t return to the same match, you can’t build any kind of consistency. Half the time someone ends up stuck in queue or kicked into a new session while the rest of us are loading. It completely breaks any momentum.

Older Battlefields had it figured out. You could rent a server, set it up the way you wanted, and it would stay there. People learned which servers were good and kept coming back. That’s how the game stayed alive for years. Now it feels like everything is temporary and random. You can’t rely on anything staying. It’s honestly exhausting trying to just find a normal server that works and doesn’t vanish after a day.

If EA just added proper persistent servers again with real admin support and visibility, Portal would finally reach its potential. Right now it’s just wasted.

I'm honestly already losing interest and several other people share the same sentiment. It's a huge hassle to play with people, especially more than 4. And extremely challenging to navigate and find servers we enjoy

One of you should make an official comment and stance on this topic. You are already losing players and its gonna keep being a problem until the interest is completely gone.

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