Weird icon on player name plates

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When you look at groups (not from scoreboard)

There is the persons background their name and their icon but underneath is another icon I see on some players name plate but its not on all of them. Sometimes I never see it.

It looks like a G and then an Upside down G next to it. What the heck is it for ?

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That’s the cross play icon.

If you’re on PC that means that player is playing on console. Usually the team with less console players stomps the other.

Welcome to cross play.

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Crossplay. Those are console players.

I dunno how PC players look to Console players though. Do crossplayers see other crossplayers symbol?

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So you’re saying the console players are better?

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If they are better it doesn’t mean you are any less, sweetie. :slight_smile:

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English is not my first language so I might be wrong, but I believe I meant exactly the opposite.

If my team has 2 console players and the enemy team has none, I know I’m about to experience a clown fiesta.

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Unless they changed it both sides will have a console player at least if 1 side doesnt have a console player the other side shouldn’t, that at least what they claimed in OW1 when they introduced crossplay

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Trust me, they’ve changed it.

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Is there a way to disable cross play if I am on PC ?

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No, cross play is forced on for PC players with no way to disable it.

Only console players are allowed to disable cross-play.

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That’s just not true, I’ve had my fair share of having console players on my team while having none on the enemy team

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If you’re on PS I think that’s also the logo you’ll see for Xbox players… and vice-versa.

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If you are on console, you will see an icon indicating that either someone is using the same console as you, or the crossplay icon. So if you are playing on switch, but everyone else in the lobby is on PS4 and Xbox, everyone shows the crossplay icon, too. Basically, you only get to know who is using the same platform as you, and who isn’t.

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WOW this is trash… why would they force it on us?

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At first it was praised as great new tech. But without ability to opt-out? Seems like an of consolidation for a dead/dying game. 35 million players tho ? were we just outright lied to or is that the level of trust we can put on anything they say?

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Yeah, that 35 Million number was probably correct. Just most of those people haven’t stuck around due to the error filled launch, horrible monetization, and balance issues. Probably lost some more as people finished the battle pass.

And don’t understand the panick about having console players on your team. Unless they’re significantly below your rank, you are unlikely to know they’re in your game unless you check for crossplay symbol.

A few days ago, friend of a friend joined our group. Didn’t know he was on PC. Player a half dozen games in the PC pool and the experience was the same as a normal console game. Went 4-2.

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I have zero trust in anything they say. I am going over to the bug reports for this

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