@Clarktastrophe31
I couldn't agree more! I've already said similar things many times in the history of this game.
@Trofton @ProvingStone @Clarktastrophe31
This buggy behavior isn't new indeed. I already experienced this around the time people were complaining a lot about lobbies that never filled up because players would all be thrown into the same faction, I think it was around the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. From all that I could gather, this issue behaves as follows:
- Both factions have 2 heroes/villains locked each: Ani and Obi for the Lightside, Grievous and Dooku for the Darkside;
- All Star Cards don't work at all;
- Emotes can't be used;
- These effects last as long as you stay in that lobby: respawning doesn't fix it, nor waiting for the match to end and changing factions.
When the End of Round Matchmaking (EoRMM) kicks in, it usually fixes the behavior. Leaving the lobby and finding another one usually fixed the issue too. Back then I associated this issue to 'bad lobbies', pretty much just like that one which doesn't allow one of the teams to ever fill up, or that other one, which was a lot rarer, that allowed HvV lobbies to break the 8 player limit and let more then 4 players to play on each side.
However it seems this bugged behavior is now happening much more frequently. I haven't experienced it yet, but I'm seeing several reports popping on this issue lately. I bet this is a server issue, just like before. So devs are better equipped to fix this issue because it probably doesn't require client patches, something EA/DICE is reluctant to do since they cut support for this game.
Sorry for not being able to provide any workaround for this, but I hope these insights in the issue prove helpful to fix it.
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