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Weird almost empty lobbies

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:15 · permalink

I have some problems with matchmaking in 2042. I live in Germany, and somehow every time I try to play the game, it sends me into lobbies with only 13-16 people, all S rank. When I try to get into a new lobby, it sends me back to the same lobby or another empty one. Can someone explain why that is or if I can fix it? Thank you very much.

950101311X · 11 May 2026 at 11:26 · permalink

game is not all that active so finding full servers can be tricky. Are you playing at peak times? That should make finding a lobby easier.

You can check on steamcharts to see when the game is most active

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:42 · permalink

There's usually only 1400 people on at any given time. The weekends are usually busier.

aa772763738 · 11 May 2026 at 11:43 · permalink

Do you have crossplay on?

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:52 · permalink

That's not good. I play whenever I have time; the fullest lobbies I get are around midnight. I can chexk steam but i only play on xbox. Thank you for the response.

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:55 · permalink

That makes me sad. I already had a tough time stopping playing BF4.

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:56 · permalink

Yes, it's always on. Last time I had it off, I couldn't even find a lobby with people in it. I play on Xbox.

ellr16 · 11 May 2026 at 11:58 · permalink

I agree. Bf 6 is such a pain in the ass. I can't seem to get used to it.

79steam · 11 May 2026 at 12:12 · permalink

Use vpn to play in another eu region. Or east coast USA.

pallch1 · 11 May 2026 at 12:21 · permalink

It’s the same on BF6 it’s mostly lobbies full of bots …. I have crossplay turned off though so maybe it’s because of that but I don’t want to play with PC players

AxemanProductions · 11 May 2026 at 12:30 · permalink

At least you can get to lobbies, a lot of people get a black screen and cannot enter games.

FinnBarrah · 11 May 2026 at 15:24 · permalink

Tried getting back into the game. Same for me. Whole game of a huge franchise and publisher seems to be unplayable for lot of the remaining players for days now??

CapitanMurasa · 11 May 2026 at 15:43 · permalink

This weekend I notched tons of bots in every game. Prior to this weekend I had not noticed any at all. It’s kind of a bummer. I really like 2042 and don’t even bother with BF6 anymore.

Juniper · 11 May 2026 at 15:45 · permalink

Looks like DICE broke the game. Well if you didn\t pre-order Battlefield 6 before. Now it\s time to help DICE out with buying Battlefield 6 now. Ignore the fact that they might do exact same thing with Battlefield 6 when new Battlefield came out.

bladeMain · 11 May 2026 at 17:08 · permalink

I’m on xbox as well. The game’s totally broken for most people right now, we’re waiting for them to update it :-(