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d402b7cd42e3eb90
Seasoned Rookie
7 days ago

EA, are you really going to kill BF1 like this?

It's been more than a month since the EU servers for PlayStation have been broken. It's been basically three weeks since US servers for PlayStation suffer from lag issues every day. There issues are well known to everyone by now. There are dozens of posts here, on reddit, on twitter and now even videos on youtube. 

Battlefield 1 is my favourite game of all time. It's not my favourite shooter or my favourite online PVP game, it's my favourite game of all time, full stop, and I get the feeling you're trying to kill it. 

The game has had a massive influx of new players in the last months and you're doing your best to drive them away forever. It seems like you're trying your hardest to make me finally give this game up. 

Why haven't we heard anything? Are you even trying to fix this problem? What are we supposed to expect? Is this ever going to be fixed? I don't expect everything to be fixed when I demand it. I understand these server problems are tricky. I just want COMMUNICATION, I just expect to be treated like the paying customer that I am. 

So please, can I have an official word from anyone working on this? How long are we to live like this? Is anyone working to fix it? Why is it that when American servers break, they are fixed within hours, and European servers haven't been fixed in months? 

Can anyone offer an explanation? 

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  • Hi d402b7cd42e3eb90

    I know it's incredibly frustrating, but it's been confirmed that this issue is being looked into (there's a confirmation from EA_Pulsar here in case that helps: https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-franchise-discussion-en/game-disconnets-when-you-choose-tank-plane-od-cavalry/11928138/replies/11930885). I'm sure that when there's a fix, one of the Community Managers will make an announcement here, but it's unlikely that they'll post anything in the meantime if there is no news to share. 

    While I do not know the exact nature of the problem, this should not be taken as a sign that EA are trying to kill off Battlefield 1. If that were the case then more than just PlayStation servers would be affected and there would also be a general announcement about multiplayer ending, as was the case with Battlefield 1943 and Bad Company 2 etc last year. 

  • alsax2002's avatar
    alsax2002
    Rising Traveler
    7 days ago

    We are too much more players in BF1 than 1943....... If they want to finish the game this is the way to do it.

  • jwdg298's avatar
    jwdg298
    Seasoned Rookie
    7 days ago

    Well said Sir. I am also in the same boat, I don’t play ANYTHING else and have love this game since day 1. It’s a sad state of affairs when we get no information whatsoever from EA except “we’re looking into it”. I’m sure an occasional update in progress would be greatly appreciated but as it stands we are all in the dark. It seems to also be affecting US servers as well now so maybe we will see progress. They were happy to take our money……..

  • d402b7cd42e3eb90's avatar
    d402b7cd42e3eb90
    Seasoned Rookie
    6 days ago

    I am aware of this one community manager reply, because I've been looking for answers in this forum for the last 4-5 weeks, I actually replied to it, asking for an update and got nothing. I don't think that one forum answer from one community manager in a forum that 0.05% of the player will ever visit is acceptable. Let alone the fact that the reply is almost a month old. What I mean by "trying to kill this game" is not that they are somehow behind the servers being bugged, I'm rather implying that their lack of action and forthcoming information is actively driving players away. 

    I'm not just incredibly frustrated, as you say, I'm finding all of this unacceptable. How is a one month old community manager reply supposed to help? How do we know that this community manager has any clue about what is actually going on? 

  • sulikuw80's avatar
    sulikuw80
    Rising Novice
    5 days ago

    BF1 on Playstation - since month, on all european servers , and about half of US, you can not progress, you can not unlock DLC guns, you can not spawn on vehicles, even can not do weekly chalanges, but EA still charges full price in PSN store for BF1 revolution version - it is called fraud. While from EA there is completely no response about this issue. At least EA should inform new costumers games is broken before they buy it. 

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