Battlefield Dev Explains Why Only Portal Mode Is Getting A Server Browser

Battlefield 6 fans are sharing plenty of feedback--both good and bad--following the game's first open-beta weekend, and one recurring theme has seen players requesting a BF6 server browser with persistent servers. Producer David Sirland has responded to fans on social media, explaining exactly why DICE only has a server brower for Portal mode.

In response to a player asking for a way to matchmake with larger groups of players, without having to rejoin after every game, Sirland said that the Portal server browser "is basically enabling that." While Portal's main selling points are user-created game modes and custom experiences, Sirland says that the mode still fulfills the main function of a server browser, even if players may have to filter out the verified servers from the custom experiences.

"The combination of the pool of the persistent servers and the spun-up ones is not very useful," Sirland explains. "Matchmaking servers spin up in seconds (get filled with players), and spin down after game is over. That couple of seconds plus when servers lose a lot of players mid-game is the only time you can join, which makes it a tricky combination (and full of queuing to join issues)."