Battlefield 6 Open Beta Matchmaking Woes Surface on Second Day as Custom Matches Filter Seems Broken
It’s the second day of the Battlefield 6 Open Beta, and while DICE added new modes, it seems they broke something as well. Players are having issues matchmaking now on consoles and PC, and it’s not due to the player count.
Today, DICE added the “All-Out Warfare,” “Closed All-Out Warfare” and other modes to the featured tiles, which is good, right? Unfortunately, trying to find a match — especially for Rush and Breakthrough outside of the All-Out Warfare will yield a long wait.
This is particularly true if you’re trying to find a game of Rush, which has been pulled from the featured playlists, and can only be accessed now via the custom search filter.
Battlefield 6 Open Beta Second Day Matchmaking Woes Surface
Based on our testing, finding matches choosing the All-Out Warfare works like a charm, but the Closed All-Out Warfare, and more importantly, the custom search feature that was detailed by DICE a few days ago, doesn’t seem to be working as intended.
We’ve tried it multiple times, and while you do get into matches of Rush and Breakthrough, it sometimes bugs out and fails to load any players at all or you get stuck in matchmaking purgatory. When this happens, it’s best to back out and restart the game, which should resolve the issue, proving it’s not due to a lack of player count. Checking Steam, it’s creeping up to over 400,000 players on that platform alone, and this number should be significantly higher since that’s not even counting the Epic Games Store, EA App, the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S player bases, which should be in the millions.
This has been noticed by players on social media as well, although it has improved throughout the day; there are still issues that we hope DICE will fix over the weekend.
If you’re trying to finish the new challenges or just want to play Rush, you’re a bit out of luck, as you’ll be at the mercy of whether custom search works or not.
For those who’ve noticed or experienced the same issue, please leave a comment below and let us know what you did to resolve it. DICE hasn’t said anything about it yet, but let’s hope they don’t need to if the issues are sorted.
Battlefield 6’s Open Beta will last until August 17, and starting tomorrow and throughout the weekend, DICE will roll out the following modes:
Day 3-4, Saturday 16th – Sunday 17th
- Conquest
- Close Quarters; Fast-paced playlist on smaller maps (Domination, King of the Hill, Squad Deathmatch).
- All-Out Warfare; Epic battles across expansive maps (Conquest, Breakthrough, Rush)
- Closed Weapons All-Out Warfare (Conquest, Breakthrough
Don’t forget, there is a community challenge that, if completed, will net everyone who played the beta a new weapon skin that can be used in the final version of the game when it’s released.
Battlefield 6 will be released on October 10 on the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
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Funny the population of this beta is in the millions, but I’m still getting PC players in my “preferred crossplay” console lobbies. Starting to think that entire thing is just a lie and it’s just throwing everyone in a pot and kicking out a game as fast as possible with very few parameters.