Battlefield 2042 is struggling with various problems at launch.
The Early Access release of Battlefield 2042 is anything but smooth. Many complain about connection problems, numerous players are leveraging the progression system in Portal and criticism is loud on social media because of the lack of features. We summarize the most important points for you.
Technical problems
Many players who wanted to start playing yesterday Friday for the Early Access release were faced with a strange mistake during matchmaking. Battlefield 2042 indicated that that Failed to load persistent data
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Developer DICE said the problem is known and they are working on a fix. In fact, the error message only appeared sporadically later on. On our sister side My MMO One player also found that the problem could be solved for him by disabling the crossplay functionality.
Meanwhile, DICE informs about the progress of problems on its own Twitter channel:
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In addition, Battlefield 2042 players complain of various bugs and performance problems that also affect PCs well above the minimum requirements. So the experiences coincide with those of Dimi, who was able to try Battlefield for our test before the release:
First test result
Battlefield 2042: we are at a loss
Progress? Yes, please all at once
A curious problem leaves us somewhat puzzled: Since Battlefield Portal distributes experience points just like the All-Out Warfare mode and Hazard Zone, players simply created servers full of bots with only one HP and happily grinded tons of weapon and level XP .
We can confirm the efficiency of the servers: We unlocked three weapon levels in just one game. The existence of this simple exploit raises the question of whether DICE could not have seen it coming. Now players grind themselves to the maximum level within a very short time. Therefore, the XP gain on the DICE portal servers was unceremoniously deactivated at the weekend:
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Our test video shows what is currently still a problem with Battlefield 2042 with an initial conclusion:
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Battlefield 2042 is good, but it shouldn’t appear like this
Criticism because of missing features
On social media, such as on Reddit, players complain about the missing functions of the new Battlefield 2042. Above all, players miss the scoreboard, on which their own performance can be compared with that of all other players on the server. Battlefield 2042 currently only shows your squad’s performance and personal performance compared to squad members.
Many players also miss the global chat. Battlefield 2042 only allows you to write messages to your own team. According to critics, a lot of the multiplayer atmosphere is lost. In another article you will find further criticisms and a lot of praise from the community.
The most serious point, however, concerns the design decision to incorporate a random bullet spread. This ensures that many bullets in continuous fire do not hit exactly where you are aiming. Critics accuse DICE of showing consideration for weaker players by giving every player a handicap.
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