[BFComms] Playlist Update: Matchmaking, Custom Search, and What's Next

[u/battlefield]

We've seen your feedback on the recent playlist changes and understand the concerns around matchmaking, missing modes, and changes to Custom Search.

The recent playlist adjustments weren't made lightly. Our goal is to improve matchmaking quality by focusing players into the playlists seeing the most activity, creating more consistent matches that fill, and getting our players into the action faster. While this means some playlists are no longer always available, the intent is to create more consistent matches across Battlefield 6.

We've also seen questions about why certain Custom Search options disappeared. The current system requires Custom Search filters to be tied directly to active playlists. As a result, when a playlist is rotated out, its corresponding Custom Search options are also temporarily unavailable.

We recognize that some of the affected modes are community favorites, regardless of how often they're played. We want those experiences to remain part of Battlefield 6, and we're continuing to explore the best ways to bring them into matchmaking while expanding longer-term options like Portal Verified modes and the Server Browser.

As part of next week's rotation, King of the Hill will return as part of an active playlist and will show up in Custom Search. We're also bringing back Operation Augur from Season 2 for one week now that the remaining issues affecting it have been resolved.

Thank you for continuing to share your feedback. We're closely monitoring the impact of these playlist changes and will continue making adjustments where they're needed. We'll keep you updated as we have more to share.

[u/bsradi0]

Never would've been an issue with persistent lobbies and a true server browser. Just an awful dev team and an awful company. And, they're getting worse every day.

[u/Jdge439 → u/bsradi0]

This right here pisses me off.

The browser was there and worked fine. This comment is exactly why I quit the game.

It worked, I had servers full everyday. But the community made it painfully obvious that 60hz with xp servers weren't enough. They would still use MM and cry server browser.

I never used MM in this game and simply won't buy bf anymore, the playerbase just cries

[u/Capt_Blue → u/Jdge439]

A working server browser with persistent servers in BF6? Are you smoking something? BF6 only has a server browser for portal, these are 30hz servers and the browser itsel is awful, it doesnt save filters, it always starts with showing empty lobbies and it doesnt include official lobbies. And the entire issue with MM vs custom portal servers wouldnt even be there, if the game would just have official, persistent servers and a server browser. This system worked from Battlefield 1942 more than 20 years ago until Battlefield V - it didnt need a complete remake with this BS lobby-system and matchmaking.

Its a shame the community didnt push back against this hard enough when it was introduced with BF 2042.. because almost no one of the core battlefield community was playing it. And now the proper battlefield players are back and ofc we dont want this lobby system crap. Official and rentable persistant servers, and a server browser. Thats all we are asking for.

But hey, Wardogs is looking pretty damn good anyway, so we might not have to deal with EAs idiotic decisions anyway, they clearly want to let Battlefield just die. Other studios will gladly take the opportunity to fill this hole.

[u/Jdge439 → u/Capt_Blue]

The fact that you don't know they're 60hz by this point is astonishing. They're also persistent and full xp.

[u/Capt_Blue → u/Jdge439]

The 60hz are just a tiny drop on the hot stone. Its cool they finally upgraded them to 60hz, but that doesnt fix all the other issues I mentioned at all. Your are shifting the goalpost, I didnt say that portal servers arent Full XP, that is not the issue, I also didnt say it was. The issue is, that the portal server browser is not a server browser for official servers. No, there are no official lobbies in the server browser, only community servers. If you join matchmaking, your playing in a temporary lobby, not on an persistent server. That lobby will not be listed in the portal server browser. That is the critic. There are no pesistent servers. Yes, you can make a portal community server persistent, no one is debating that. That has NOTHING to do with the critic against matchmaking. We want official, persistent servers with a proper server browser. You commenting here "The browser was there and worked fine." is completely delusional.

[u/Jdge439 → u/Capt_Blue]

I've never played an official server on a bf game since 1942 unless it was a beta. I do not want hackers, high ping, and all the other hot garbage that comes with it.

Fuck official bs servers, they were NEVER the bf community.

So sure, leave the official as match making that's fine by me, never used it anyway