Hello DICE, we want to play Firestorm 24/7 but can't. Simple fix needed.
TLDR: Please let us choose our server region (like Asia, Oceania, Europe - not to choose the exact server to avoid cheating like teaming up) for Firestorm so we can find games faster and play it 24/7. Ping is not an issue for many of us.
I know we have so many bugs already but this one I believe will help to maintain or even increase the playerbase for Firestorm.
In the first weeks of Firestorm, I could gather my Indonesian friends to form 4 Firestorm squads.
It was literally one of the happiest moments in my life, when we all could laugh no matter we win or lose the game.
We have Facebook group, PS4 message group, and even WhatsApp group.
With each and every passing day, many of us lose interest. It's very difficult now to even form a squad.
I'm sad.
I'm one of the loyal Firestorm players. 90% of my BFV playing hours have been for Firestorm.
I also livestream everyday, I almost dedicated my channel exclusively for Firestorm.
I know many other other people across regions who love Firestorm and want to play it all day, all night long.
Oceania and Asian players sometimes get merged into the same server in Oceania or Asia.
We usually fight with or against the same people all the time.
Since we desperately need players here, many of us usually add each other from our random squad.
FYI with how Firestorm works, if you're the only guy from Asia and the 3 other guys are from Europe, chances are you'll join them in European server.
Because of the difference in time zone, I need to find friends from different regions so I can play longer (if not 24/7).
From 3 PM, I can join Oceania squad with 190-200 ping in Oceania server, no problem, I still managed to win there. I still consider myself lucky if I can find full server in under 5 mins. Sometimes, me and my Oceania friends also get sent to Asian server and many of them don't have issues with ping.
From 7 PM, I can join my Asian/Indonesian squad to play in Asian server with 16-18 ping. Some games are quick to find but still I have to consider myself lucky if I can find games in under 5 mins until 11 PM.
From 11 PM until 8 AM (yes, I can stay up that long), I can join my European friends in European server. I can get up to 170 ping but finding games is really quick so I love playing with my European friends. My Asian friends could get varied ping in Europe from 140, 200, to even 300 but all of us have actually managed to win 64-player battle(s) there.
Now, I have almost no desire to play Firestorm again with my Oceania/Asian friends because I can't stand the waiting time (which becomes longer and longer everyday) and empty servers anymore.
Every now and then, one or more players fail to join the game so many times we are forced to wait forever to find games again.
I lost count how many times me or my friends had to cancel our Firestorm plan for the day because the game kept kicking us out.
I'm one of those guys who can stay up until early morning but can't find Firestorm games quickly after midnight.
Many times, I stayed up with Oceania/Asian friends until crazy early morning.
We want to play in European server if Oceania/Asian servers are already/still empty.
I even managed to convinced some of my friends in Asia and Oceania to livestream their Firestorm games, hoping we can get attract more players. But at the end, we can see that Firestorm (or BFV for that matter) livestreams are not that popular.
At the end, who wants to see a livestream with lots of dead air or non-sense squad chat for 30 mins (yes, sometimes that long) while we're trying to find a game?
I've tried many other battle royale games including PUBG, Apex Legends, Blackout, and Fortnite but at the end, I keep coming back to Firestorm.
My Asian/Oceania friends are leaving Firestorm one by one, and looks like I'll follow them sooner than later if no changes are made.
I love Firestorm, but it hurts. Literally hurts.
Please help.