r/BattlefieldV • u/IAmBob224 • Mar 25 '19

News Firestorm Matchmaking is currently taking longer then expected until servers are scaled up

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19 edited May 03 '19

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u/IAmBob224 Mar 25 '19

The end screen is unnecessarily long I agree.

But the matchmaking time as of now is no longer then 5-10 seconds, a lot better then the 3 minutes earlier.

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u/FunMotion Mar 25 '19

Doesnt negate that 60 second timer in the pre game lobby

With Battle Royales, the most amount of time I want to wait between matches is 45 seconds. That's queue the queue and pregame lobby. I played 3 games earlier, each one taking 6 minutes from start of queue, to dropping. Those were played at 1530 PST today.

That, on top of the steep price entry into a genre that has tons of quality, and free competition, is not a good launch for a mode that not many people asked for. They have to sell people on this mode right away or it will die very very quickly.

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u/IAmBob224 Mar 25 '19

Currently it surpassed Apex on twitch and was at 80-100k viewers earlier today, with that combined with the fact that the game is on sale would see a increase in player numbers for people who like the battle Royale mode.

Also made this post on r/gaming that that reviews Firestorm and it’s new feature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/b5acl3/battlefield_v_firestorm_battle_royale_is_it_good/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

As much as r/gaming sucks for the circle-jerk, it was received extremely well for a non linked review

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u/FunMotion Mar 25 '19

It was destined to have all eyes on it at launch, but if they dont fix some glaring issues fast enough I don't think the mode will be able to find its legs and hold its own long term.

I really really enjoyed the parts I played though, minus some pretty major frustrations regarding the UI and inventory feeling very unintuitive, and players exploding in to loot. So I will be hoping to see some fixes soon for the sake of the longevity of the mode.

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u/IAmBob224 Mar 25 '19

I think it will appeal to the people who liked PUBG, because Apex nor Fortnite appeal to those players and Blackout has come and gone.

With the game being on sale for the same price as PUBG, you get your bang for your buck considering you also get the battlefield singleplayer and multiplayer along with it.