r/battlefield_one • • Oct 23 '19

Discussion Guide to Finding BF1 Populated Servers

2.0k Upvotes

courtesy and credit of this post go to u/ElectronicCow3

Thanks.

An easy guide to get into populated servers

Hello Battlefield 1 fans and r/battlefield_one members!

You probably witness the fact that more and more people are asking if the game is still alive because they can't find any servers.

Witnessing an undergoing flood of posts concerning the inability to get into a populated server, this post will be an answer as an easy to go guide on how to get into full servers, especially using the server browser.

1. The Battlefield 1 population

First of all, it's important that you know that, even if the number of players isn't close to BF:V, it's doing pretty well for a three years old game. You can look at this website to look at the actual player count on each platform:

Battlefieldtracker gives you an insight of what is the population on each platform everyday and in a set hour. This gives you a good idea of the amount of players playing in a period of time and what are the most popular hours or what are the days of the week where the BF1 population is bigger: https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/insights/population

2. Which game mode should I play in?

There is no universal answer to this question. We encourage everyone to play the game modes that suits them the best. Although, here are the most popular game modes at the moment classified per game type:

Infantry combat: Team Deathmatch

Large scale "All out Warfare": Conquest

Assault/Defense: Operation

Misc: Weekly rotation*

3. Should I use quickmatch?

We recommend that you only try using the quickmatch option on Friday nights and weekends (Conquest game mode-Base game maps), when the BF1's player count is at his peak. Every other day or if it doesn't work, you should ALWAYS use the server browser. You can also use the weekly rotation quickmatch option in the game's homescreen.*

4. How to use the in-game Server Browser?

When you're using the Server Browser, you must select the correct filters. There is a total of 9 options/filters to choose and here are the recommended ones to maximize the amount of populated servers available:

Game modes: You can choose any game mode that you want. Although, we recommend you only put one game mode at a time. Don't search servers with multiple game modes selected, as it can cause the server browser not working as intended (ex: not showing any servers or less than there really is).

Maps: You should select all the maps if you have the Premium Pass or BF1's Revolution Edition. If you only have the base game, it's recommended that you select these 13 maps: Amiens, Argonne Forest, Ballroom Blitz, Empire's Edge, Fao Fortress, Giant's Shadow, Monte Grappa, Nivelle Nights, Prise de Tahure, Rupture, Sinai Desert, St. Quentin Scar and Suez.

Classes/Vehicles**: Leave it blank

Weapons**: Leave it blank

Advanced**: Leave it blank

Rules**: Leave it blank

Slots: You must select these options: NONE (full servers, almost guaranteed queue time), 1-5 and to some extent 6-10. NOTE: YOU SHOULD NEVER USE THE "ALL" OPTION, AS IT WILL ONLY SHOW YOU EMPTY SERVERS.

Regions: Select the region you're in. If you don't find any servers, select the region the closest to you.

Name**: Leave it blank

5. Have fun on the Battlefield!

There you go! You are now all set to find the populated servers that suits you and to PTFO! If you have any questions and/or need some clarification, just let us know and we will answer them or edit this post.

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*Almost each week, there is a weekly rotation on the BF1's homescreen. Sometimes it's map rotation (ex: Turning Tides maps only servers) and sometimes it's gamemode rotation (ex: Shock Operations only servers). These servers are usually well populated.

*\* You should only use these filters if you want to get into specific servers or custom servers (ex: hardcore).


r/battlefield_one • • 2h ago

Image/Gif The level of detail is unsurpassed.

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r/battlefield_one • • 35m ago

Image/Gif M1911 Doughboy appreciation <3

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r/battlefield_one • • 18h ago

My Proudest Moment.

284 Upvotes

r/battlefield_one • • 13h ago

Is this a first? 🧐

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r/battlefield_one • • 11h ago

Happy 10 years to the worst game of all time. πŸ”₯πŸ™ŒπŸ½ by yours truly ~ v70MPHOnMyTruck

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I was too lazy to edit the endless amount of clips I have into one whole video which would be like probably an hour long. (Was gonna be my 10 year anniversary video)

I will edit it at some point and upload it to YouTube but for now I’m gonna enjoy getting trashed and being miserable on the only game I play. πŸ˜‡

So instead I’m posting my lowlights. πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Starting off strong with the first clip of me telling bro that the L Class turret was looking at us and to pull up. He got that tho. πŸ‘€πŸ”₯

And then ending off with a banger, me following a random blueberry to my death after my friend asks me why I spawned on him. πŸ‘πŸ½


r/battlefield_one • • 3h ago

Video Rush B but in BF1

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r/battlefield_one • • 7h ago

Video 125% damage and no spotting is pretty fun

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r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

10 Years .. still a Masterpiece ❀️

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r/battlefield_one • • 21h ago

Mantel Gun

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154 Upvotes

Finally got around to purchasing some ammo for my mantel gun. Now I just need to shoot it.


r/battlefield_one • • 9h ago

Discussion I have changed so have my tastes, here my new tierlist

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In detail, this tierlist is my opinion on maps for their conquest gameplay and my own performance in them during conquest. I've been playing support to get the huot (which I've finished) and my tastes have gone from high firerate is best firerate to a level where I get sick if I use a gun with a firerate higher than 650 along with tolerance and more frequent use of ADS. I've turned from a hipfire annihilator using sweat junkie into a fedorov avtomat low recoil loving junkie. Ameins is in A tier due to personal biases as i once got a 27/8 KD once.


r/battlefield_one • • 5h ago

Video Anyone else’s hit registry like this?

6 Upvotes

Sorry for the poor quality. But is anyone else’s hit registry this bad? To me this looks like it should have been 3 solid hits.


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Video Was playing with my tank today and I found out another use for the trench tail

96 Upvotes

Today, I was playing with my Renault FT-17 light tank. Simply blowing up the town and the trenches, admiring my badass emblem on the side of it, all that good stuff. As you know, the FT-17 has a tail on the back of it that is primarily designed to keep the tank from falling into a trench when going across one. However, I noticed that it was just as wide as a door, and a lightbulb went on above my head.

I drove up to the nearest door, turned the tank around, and rammed the tail into the door. It broke the door and I was ecstatic. I can finally open doors without difficulty without getting out of my tank. Anyways, I made this discovery public so all of my other light tank users can indulge in being able to ram doors down without getting out of the tank and risking damage to your mortal flesh.

Thanks for reading!


r/battlefield_one • • 3h ago

Looking for ghost clip

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Does anyone have link for that one ghost bug video? Recently i also encountered same ghost bug of player model walking near objective G in sinai desert. So i wanna show my friend what i exactly saw there.


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Image/Gif Did the Easter egg irl

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r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Video Yeah, I don't think the tank lifestyle is for meπŸ’”

114 Upvotes

r/battlefield_one • • 14h ago

Question BOT VS HUMAN SERVERS

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TLDR: Some servers are shown as almost full but, upon entering, are mostly filled with BOTS. How do I know the servers that have actual players VS those with bots... without having to enter and wait the whole loading screen just for it to be an empty server.

Hello, I'm a new BF1 player, been playing for about 1 month I guess. I'm having a blast dying most of the time, getting kills sometimes too. I absolutely adore it because my potato pc can handle it.(16gb ram + GTX 1050). I reckon it's the game with the most amazing (realistic) graphics that my pc can handle.

One thing I do notice is that when going through server browser, servers that are seemingly filled with players turns out to be 90% empty with most players having zero KDA i.e. bot players. My question is: are there any way to know whether a server is actually filled with players actively battling against each other or empty but filled with bots.


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Image/Gif Happy 10 year anniversary!

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59 Upvotes

BF1 was the first game I ever bought. I shared an Xbox with my older brother when we were growing up, and all the games we had we his. But BF1, that was mine. I was in secondary school when it came out, and I'd saved up enough to buy it. Finally got it in early 2017, best purchase ever! What a game, still playing it to this day!


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Video Great streak and cleaning the trench by myself

112 Upvotes

Commemorating Battlefield 1 10th anniversary, I wanted to share the best video I ever took while playing the game!

I had this video sitting there since January, 2017 I think and I posted it in r/Battlefield, but never here

Hope you like it!


r/battlefield_one • • 8h ago

Question DLC sale?

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I have battlefield on EA Play, it’s DLC bundle is the same price as the full steam price of BF1 Revolution. Should I just play the base game now and wait for steam to have a sale on BF1 or is that rare to happen? If so I’ll just rebuy the game now on steam without having to wait for sales.


r/battlefield_one • • 22h ago

Tiny Battlefield 1 - Giant’s Shadow

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r/battlefield_one • • 13h ago

Sniper Auftrag

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Bei denn Klassen Missionen muss man mit dem Fernglas Ziele anvisieren und ich weis das mit Zielen Fahrzeuge gemeint sind aber ich hab das ein paar Runden gemacht aber die Mission ging nicht weiter was mach ich falsch Leute


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Video Top tier partnership

33 Upvotes

players like him make me come back to the game often!


r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Video BF1 my beloved

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r/battlefield_one • • 1d ago

Discussion Fun event this evening!

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Search for this server in the server browser on PC

The lineup

Fort de Vaux β€” Kolibri Only

Ballroom Blitz β€” Melee + Syringe Only

Amiens β€” Back to Basics

Passchendaele β€” SMG08 only double damage

Achi Baba β€” Pieper M1893 Only

It starts in about 20 minutes but it will last a couple of hours ;)