Battlefield 2042 early access for players who ordered the Gold and Ultimate editions of the game is underway. The full release of the game for the players with Base Edition is set to launch on the 19th of Nov. Historically, Battlefield games have always had a rough launch, but so does many other games in the same genre. The issue we are going to talk about is the Battlefield 2042 stuck at ‘Waiting for players to join’ screen. Some players are stuck at the joining screen for over an hour without the game budging. It’s a serious concern that very few people are talking about due to server errors being the main issue. If you have encountered the problem, here is what you need to know.
Fix Battlefield 2042 Stuck at ‘Waiting for Players to Join’ Screen
There can be a bunch of reasons for the Battlefield 2042 Stuck at ‘Waiting for Players to Join’ Screen, such as the lack of matchmaking when you have the crossplay feature disabled. Players on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S would want the crossplay feature disabled because of the obvious disadvantage they have against PC players. However, with the crossplay disabled it can become more difficult for the game to find a match. One of the fixes for the issue is to enable crossplay.
Also, when joining ensure that you are not joining a server that has been removed. Even when the server is removed it can still appear in the list. Another thing you need to ensure is the capacity of the server, ensure it’s not full.
Retrying with the crossplay enabled is the best fix for the Battlefield 2042 Stuck at ‘Waiting for Players to Join’ Screen. If the waiting goes for more than 5 minutes, cancel and retry again. After repeating the process a few times, you should be able to get into a game without having to wait for very long.
You should note that waiting for a very long time may not be the way to go in this situation. If you don’t find a match in say 5-10 minutes, abandon the queue and try again. At least that’s what some users are suggesting on Reddit.
While turning on the Crossplay will help you avoid this error and get a match easily, it may lead to the dreaded error that goes by the name – unable to load persistence data. It’s a messy situation. We hope that DICE and EA would get to the bottom of the issue and fix their game.