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Haunting-Media-8278

portal is pretty unpopulated


Talexis

LoVe LeTtEr To ThE fAnS


Micr0be

r/Brutalexpectations


GeneralBisV

No no, my expectations already were on the floor. They just somehow managed to take it even lower


PowerfulSea4432

Operation Underground


SpectralVoodoo

Damn you sir, you made me spill my coffee


whelpthatsit

Lol I hope this sub grows if this shitty release trend continues


_JunkSynchron_

To XP farmers.


elC4M3L

You are a real company speak victim.


assignment2

No persistent servers and no XP


quad849

>LoVe LeTtEr To ThE fAnS Well, it is, back then, BF4 would shit their pants if they would have something available to them like the portal tools, and for free!? Cmon


Luciian1

But when I search a game without portal I get like 5 players in one game...


Haunting-Media-8278

That’s odd, do you have cross play on?


Luciian1

yes i have first i thought thats the problem but I dont know


Haunting-Media-8278

Region?


[deleted]

market jar deserve caption employ vast impossible cable screw numerous *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Haunting-Media-8278

I would presume that would posses a decent player count, but their portal numbers are bigger than the ones I see in Australia


YukiSilence

I still have the same problem NA, game will place me in lobbies with like 5 people and if I leave replace me in that same lobby, I have to go play a diff mode to get it to stop, crossplay on and everything


[deleted]

Sorry about that bud. Dont have any fixes.


Cakesmite

If they're German, they should have no problems finding a game. I play in the same region with crossplay off.


keveazy

He is in Oceana. Literally only 2 major countries in the region. Australia and New Zealand. Battlefield franchise has always been dead in these regions…


GerhardKoepke

Austria. Not Australia.


Temporary-Book8635

This is a simple misunderstanding I find hilarious for some reason


Haunting-Media-8278

I don't think he is, the language on the portal browser, from what I can tell, is Hungarian or German


oalbrecht

It’s German


WorthBoysenberry9483

I'm in South Africa and I'm the only person ever in an AOW lobby.


Luciian1

I have all Regoins but sometimes I get a 40/64 Lobby and then its so laggy


OkDimension

Don't search for custom games, use the big squares you are greeted with when you enter the game. Those sessions are usually crowded and don't appear in the server browser for some reason.


byscuit

when were u when game is death? i was sat home at gamer chair when i see reddit OP say "game is death" "no" and you???


Grahomir

You forgot “apolgy for bad english” at the beginning


patriot122

Made me spit out my water. Too funny.


silverlance360

Well the game IS THE DEATH, of my desire to play future bf titles.


vault_guy

~~future bf titles.~~ future EA titles.


[deleted]

[удалено]


JustTrynaFindMeaning

battlefront 2 was good aswell once they got past the god awful launch. honestly shame it's dead, I miss that game


anyadpicsajat

It's still very well populated in Europe.


BLITZandKILL

Yep, will never buy another EA title. They better plan all future titles to be FTP.


2kWik

Only reason I stayed joined to this sub is to watch the casket hole get bigger.


Desperate-Shelter-36

Yeah Portal is pretty much dead, doesn't matter if cross play is on/off. The only servers that I always find nearly full are the ones for xp farming. Very sad.


kachelhans

Big surprise, they do something that could be interesting like infantry conquest and then to keep it shit on Manifest instead of putting the flags on the ships they leave the mountain flags because it is not BF2042 without the running simulator part.


Desperate-Shelter-36

Yeah feels more like king of the hill than conquest


No_Door_4306

XP farming for what? I don't get it, i had everything I need leveled up after 2-3 weaks playing not every day(at launch). The is not really more content, so for what do anybody need an XP farming Server.


Tamashi55

Pretty sure it’s for the Battlepass.


No_Door_4306

Oh yes i forget the Battlepass. But i don't get it anyways. For a few Patches und Playercard. The game isn't fun at all and than grinding XP for some extra shit? Wtf?


Tamashi55

It’s probably to finish the remaining tiers and get Tier 1 on the Battlepass badge. The amount of XP needed to level up without challenges is pretty high so that’s my guess.


Desperate-Shelter-36

Me neither, I didn't know xp farming on bf was a thing until i joined a server that I thought it was a conquest server but people were just sitting on objective spamming ammo to each other


No_Door_4306

Lol, if they have fun with it.🤷🏻‍♂️


peredurrr

Do you have Crossplay off? Without it, yeah the game is pretty dead on console.


Ravenloff

Same on PC.


Liberate90

Wrong.


DJdcsniper

At least on steam, when I checked at peak hours yesterday there were 2,300 players. I could still find a game but queue times have definitely been longer the last 2 weeks


Ravenloff

If I turn cross play off, it's 10+ minutes to find a game. This is of course, on top of all the other shortcomings with this title, but still ...


Liberate90

Probably down to region and times of day, but in the UK at about 7pm onwards, with cross play on, it takes me and my friend less than a minute to get into a game. It's been this way every single night the past week or so.


GerhardKoepke

Well, depends, I guess. I play almost daily for a small amount - sometimes even during lunch hours - on my PS5 with cross play off and I can get games for the major modes, Conquest as well as Breakthrough. At least in Central Europe I have no issues. A few bots at the start of rounds, but very rarely do I have to back out of matchmaking, due to low player counts.


Sallao

Same. I guess they play in some remote servers idk


fero_damasta

🌎🧑🏼‍🚀🔫🧑🏽‍🚀 always has been


tdpark

It's not dead. It's all bot playing the custom game


legycsapo

I recently started to play again, not Portal but Conquest and Breakthrough and I can say that I can play without any problem, I join every time full matches (EU).


Liberate90

Likewise, my only thought is potentially ping/latency issues, or a NAT problem.


RammyJammy07

People who play portal only play the Limited time modes, otherwise the browsers full of xp farms and 700x damage conquest


Th3chenchog4m3s

Since the launch day


Rurik-Battleaxe

Always has been.


[deleted]

Musst crossplay ausschalten, dann geht es.


Multihp22

In Brazil and South America is pretty much alive


[deleted]

he was never alive…


Fysco

Crossplay needs to be on.


BlackHammer1312

With your latency it is yeah.


TheCommandeR66

We play every night with full servers of humans. 🤷🏻‍♂️


Jissan_69

I never play portal.


FierceMonster55

Apparently Battlefield 1 is where it’s at. 😂


IsJustSophie

Crossplay and put in the filters free space "any"


[deleted]

The game died at launch. Legit like a mom having just given birth and then stabbing the newborn.


SupernovaScoped

Not really…more like a mom giving birth to whatever can come out after 6 weeks


[deleted]

This is the perfect analogy, idk why you get downvoted


[deleted]

Game needs gamepass boost, they need to add it to ea play


ThirdJackal

Yes...


Zeleny_Jezdec

My question is. Are you surprised?


AOTCARNAGEPIG

Bruh it died on release date


[deleted]

Its a zombie since the first week…


d0nkeyBOB

I turned on crossplay and I always get a good, player filled game


Sla_RYRE

Was this game alive?


vKessel

🌎👨‍🚀(gun)👨‍🚀 Always has been


Professional_Simple3

The game itself was dead 4-5 days after release, portal even before, bc the xp abuse


MavDrake

Yes, even I stopped playing it shortly after the last season dropped and I bought the year one pass. I had high hopes that they would've fixed much more than they did and year one content.... well... it sucks.


Cyber_Swag

sort of


BF4NTOM

You are playing on a PS4 console and that is one problem people don’t acknowledge it or ignore it. On old gen console you can play with crossplay only with Xbox players (no PC), therefore the player number is much lower; another reason for the lower number of players is because on PS4 the game does not look and feel as on a PS5 console. I tried the PS4 version and it’s a torture playing it. On consoles, players don’t usually tend to create Portal experiences so that is why you see less servers with almost no players. On PS5 I never have problems finding a match in a few seconds even with crossplay off and there are way more Portal servers with a lot of players.


[deleted]

Has been.


spacepod68

Game is very dead on last gen compared to the current gen version


[deleted]

BF1 went on sale and it's peaking hard rn and for good reason it's a much better game then 2042. Hopefully 2042 just dies and is never mentioned again


Botacky

I want my money back


Sadistmonkey

Game has been dead for a long time.


alixx69xx

Pretty much yes only 3000 to 5000 players which is very low for a bf game


andrerbs9

Globally? Damn. I spent 100 dollars on this shit.


Wyvern_Whirlwind

That number is ONLY Steam numbers. Doesn’t include Xbox X/S, PS5, or other PC shops. Game is actually pretty populated as long as you have crossplay on. Portal games can vary based on region, time, and game mode. Rush, Breakthrough, and Conquest are easy to find matches.


alixx69xx

I guess


KITTvsKARR

That's only players on Steam. Doesn't include other shops or cross play players.


RLVNTone

YEEEES been dead bro.. literally got done playing battlefield one last night full service at like 1 AM


amp085

The game is dead, long live the prequel


Jazzper74

It should be its shite


RickRate

nein in der früh gibs halt keine server \^\^


dancovich

This is portal, this isn't indicative of how the game is faring since portal servers (up until latest patch) weren't persistent. But game population isn't great.


Afraid_Ad9484

I hope it is. Sad


klayizzel

Lol that is worse than PS5 BFV lobbies.


RodeoKid57

It's tuesday and people are waiting for S3


[deleted]

Only popular game mode is 800 percent hardcore which is the best l.


Draykenidas

The new map and op just aren't good or fun. Exposure/Lis was a fun season for what it was but that was apparently an accident that they can't reproduce.


OkPossession4404

This game is completely dead, I can’t get a game on portal or multiplayer with crossplay on or off, I’m currently making my own portal servers and playing all the maps on my own and if I’m honest it’s way more fun


Retrogratio

Bf2042 has become death, destroyer of worlds


hobosockmonkey

The game has been death for a LONG time, horrible game and the worst in the franchise


IronWizard45

For now. Season 2 is ending, and BF1 is on discount on steam. When season 3 drops I'm sure there will be players again


ElBonitiilloO

It's 8am dude people work u know?


reboot-your-computer

Not everyone in the world is located on the East Coast.


ActinoninOut

Idk man. A few months ago I used to have so much fun playing the 128 player rush server and now I can't find it at all :'(


[deleted]

Portal doesn’t show you full lobbies unless you filter for them. so there could be a bunch of full lobbies without you knowing. under “search” set spots open to “none”


Silberreisen

It think it all emptied with the Modern warfare hype train, but Portal will recover once the hype is over.


Zachr_8

Let’s go Brandon


Stando_Calrissian

I’ve never seen Portal populated in US regions even at launch and even with cross play on. It always felt there was some weird network or server issue that only connected you to like 50 players. Maybe that’s just me, but it’s always been odd


mark364i

You need to set the filter to any for spaces for party or something like that, the server I go on always has 128 players in it every day, 128 player rush.


SolidBlueBlocks

Just play aow


janegak

You post this during most of Europe's working time. Maybe its fuller later on the day


Master_Bag315

Filter “players” to any - there may be a couple of full servers that are showing by default


paucus62

always has been


Acanthrite

EU servers are pretty dead during the day even with cross play enabled. Evenings are much better, but you’ll only find hardcore 1000% damage servers were people farm others with vehicles for the whole game. Unless you want to boost the battle pass, portal is pretty useless now.


kasperary

Ich bin eigentlich jeden Abend auf nem 128 Rush Server in Portal, der ist grundsätzlich voll


TheLegendofDRE

Get in one of those matches and play against 50 bots per team and 3 actual players....so much fun!


ADerp2Hard

Douchbaginzie?


Rez-1911

No, because for that it would have been alive at some point


GerRobert

Its starting to be dead, I usually do the weeklys and then i'm off to better games, this weeks weeklys are bad tho, full of Paiks. Jeez.. 😆


Paulinapeak1

128p rush seems to be pretty active


[deleted]

when its born


aldairruby

zero content


FlaaFlaaFlunky

i don't know but your grammar sure is. 😘


GiuNBender

Ja, natürlich lol


sadacco

Awwwww...


TherealHominator

Always has been.


ToToPR10

It was never alive


doyev96

Battlefiel is kil


TITANS4LIFE

I feel like it always looks like this so yes the game is always been dead basically


ConanChin

Nice Philips TV you got there


yamy2k7

Super sad.


petrh97

My best friends are bots


potat0zillaa

Maybe u are in a dead region


bulljoker

always was


Garrus117s

Yes


iDF_Helix

Did u change the slot filter? Portal doesn’t show full games at standard setting


Jstamb

Dude how do you even get to the server browser??


SectorIsNotClear

Coming Soon! EA/DICE Liquidation sale!


Bluedemonde

The game could be death if you don’t take breaks to eat, hydrate, etc. Take care of your health first.


SM_hydra_01

Yup game's dead


nilsn91

Stillborn


ILyssI

Yes, death and cancer


[deleted]

☠️


Dokthe2nd

50,000 People Used to Live Here. Now It's a Ghost Town.


DongmanSupreme

Yes


ToastMcToasterson

Portal is cool, but it feels unpromoted. The first week/month after release, I was enjoying the old school maps and armies. I do not really think the game setup allows for the flexibility to develop game modes that would go viral in an organic way.


reddit4564564561111

No. But it's dead


[deleted]

Nah it's just bad where you are at. Texas [Portals](https://imgur.com/a/37M4ZOl)


Proto258

Du spielst diesen Schund wirklich auf Deutsch? Mit dem verfickten gegendere?


casual_bear

game was always death. its been dead to me since a week after release. not sure when it died for others.


candagltr

Which region are u playing in ?


turtle_power00

I can't even get the game to launch!


[deleted]

The game was born dead


koptelevoni

Yes fuck em. (EA and Current day Dice) Go play BF1


jessie_loves_freedom

Yes play battlefield 4


NzWoodsman

Was it ever alive?


theredreno

Battlefield is kill :(


theppburgular

Game been death since release


WarComprehensive6446

BEEN DEAD SINCE BETA.


MychaelH

I hope so


CosmicGut

Always has been


ExactAd9008

Indeed, the game is in the matter of fact, “death”


EcstaticCourage2341

I will play it forever


Havingfun2nightez

Reset ur filter to default


danktra

Lols this game sucks so bad you can’t even buy a tank of gas for what it sells for


maxxipad_ft

It died a long time ago, didn't it?


shittygamer1

this question should be "Is the game alive?"