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How is the State of the multiplayer?

IMPULSE715 · 24 Mar 2026 at 22:05 · permalink

Too much bots and no Players?

MedicMain · 25 Mar 2026 at 04:18 · permalink

no

LenaElsa · 25 Mar 2026 at 04:48 · permalink

actually it's pretty enjoyable as long you search on portal

luisferreira9 · 25 Mar 2026 at 09:04 · permalink

portal is where most players are

IMPULSE715 · 25 Mar 2026 at 15:35 · permalink

portal is where most players are
Too bad its full of 400% damage servers.

TheZaramas · 27 Mar 2026 at 16:17 · permalink

If the matchmaking gods are in your favor you'll find the thousands of players on official modes.
It's a big "if" on 2042 though

vfgfgggvbcbdfbdfbsvvs · 27 Mar 2026 at 16:48 · permalink

Team death match always has full lobbies. Other than that, portal and conquest are the only modes to play with real players.

Morohir · 27 Mar 2026 at 18:41 · permalink

EU, (even) thursday, official conquest matches, full player lobbies

luisferreira9 · 28 Mar 2026 at 18:38 · permalink

hm idk but here in Asia I always see 128player servers

PaNtH0mP4rAd0X · 31 Mar 2026 at 09:15 · permalink

The 128 player conquest servers in EU are most times half full with bots.
Thanks for forced matchmaking and no server browser. Why people still give money to those EA greedy ♥♥♥♥♥ is a mystery to me

Choc0Vani · 18 Apr 2026 at 22:10 · permalink

EA killed off 85% of the regular player base by forcing their secure boot nonsense - that's why the multiplayer servers are so empty now.
"When EA introduced the Secure Boot change, it wiped out about 80%-85% of Battlefield 2042's regular player base (1k vs. 5k-7k). Well done, EA."
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1517290/discussions/0/592904528464128540/?ctp=17#c807971654830563837

vfgfgggvbcbdfbdfbsvvs · 18 Apr 2026 at 23:20 · permalink

EA killed off 85% of the regular player base by forcing their secure boot nonsense - that's why the multiplayer servers are so empty now.
"When EA introduced the Secure Boot change, it wiped out about 80%-85% of Battlefield 2042's regular player base (1k vs. 5k-7k). Well done, EA."
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1517290/discussions/0/592904528464128540/?ctp=17#c807971654830563837

Wrong and Wrong! Secure boot was enabled on BF2042 in May of 2025. The player base was 5k-10k on PC alone well until BF6 came out. At that time the numbers went to 5k and below regularly. Now it hovers around 1k. It wasn't secure boot but in fact the start of bf6 that brought the numbers to what you see now. BF2042 actually saw higher player numbers in 2025 that at times in previous years. BP for BF6 was a one reason.