16k players and joining empty lobbies?

[SoundPulserino]

What is up with the matchmaking to constantly throw me in lobbies with single digit players waiting for matches to start, I can rarely ever find a match that is either solidly filled or in progress

[Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ]

seems like a scam to be honest../ dont know why theres like two servers with 200+ people

[[ACPL] Jon]

1 - turn Crossplay ON. It is a necessity because it's a binary choice: either you play in crossplay servers or not, 99,5 % of players play in crossplay servers.

2 - servers are getting filled to the brim and THEN they populate new lobbies so the game will attempt to throw you into any non-full (but with a lot of players) server first. Then if it can't find one (all full) it throws you into an empty one. But as almost noone waits there's a moment when you have X full servers (that get insta-refilled anytime someone leaves and someone matchmakes) and not enough other players hopping into matchmaking and stickling to a server until it fills the server's minimal quota to start the game.

3 - if it's not one of the above, then your internet connection is too weak \ too isolated (highly secured NAT) to be able to connect you into a normal matchmaking.

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

seems like a scam to be honest../ dont know why theres like two servers with 200+ people

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm guessing doing a quick google search for 3 minutes is harder than spouting "scam" bullsh!t. Get your act together.

[SoundPulserino]

Originally posted by ACPL Jon:

1 - turn Crossplay ON. It is a necessity because it's a binary choice: either you play in crossplay servers or not, 99,5 % of players play in crossplay servers.

2 - servers are getting filled to the brim and THEN they populate new lobbies so the game will attempt to throw you into any non-full (but with a lot of players) server first. Then if it can't find one (all full) it throws you into an empty one. But as almost noone waits there's a moment when you have X full servers (that get insta-refilled anytime someone leaves and someone matchmakes) and not enough other players hopping into matchmaking and stickling to a server until it fills the server's minimal quota to start the game.

3 - if it's not one of the above, then your internet connection is too weak \ too isolated (highly secured NAT) to be able to connect you into a normal matchmaking.

Originally posted by Pʳᵒᶠ ◁⌧▷ Cʳᶦⁿᵍᵉ:

seems like a scam to be honest../ dont know why theres like two servers with 200+ people

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm guessing doing a quick google search for 3 minutes is harder than spouting "scam" bullsh!t. Get your act together.

My NAT type isnt restricted at all, ive had that issue before in other games when I noticed and was able to resolve that, and I do have crossplay on, I always make sure its enabled in games that have them thankfully.
Whats really strange is that my first match of the session always seems to find either max pop, or high pop lobbies which works out really well, and either directly after, or a couple of games in, Im stuck with >16 player lobbies untill I quit and relaunch the game. Really funky matchmaking.

[Keel]

Makes no sense that they refuse to make a server browser.

[v^v^v^v^√\/]

Originally posted by Keel:

Makes no sense that they refuse to make a server browser.

They have a server browser, it's called Portal

[iju7]

Originally posted by v^v^v^v^√\/:

Originally posted by Keel:

Makes no sense that they refuse to make a server browser.

They have a server browser, it's called Portal

that's not real server browser. that's just for custom games. not official servers.

[v^v^v^v^√\/]

Originally posted by iju7:

Originally posted by v^v^v^v^√\/:

They have a server browser, it's called Portal

that's not real server browser. that's just for custom games. not official servers.

Because there is no such thing as a permanent official server in BF2042. All official servers are created on demand as in any other modern game of the same scale. This is not 2011 anymore.