Since crossplay is confirmed and MP will be most likely free-to-play, please 343, make CROSSPLAY/cross input device OPTIONAL in ALL GAME MODES.

Let me start by saying that crossplay is one of the best thing that happened to gaming in recent years. The ability to play with your friends regardless of the platform is great. I honestly hope every game will include some sort of crossplay eventually.

However, crossplay MUST be optional in every mode.

I and most of my friends switched from PC to console gaming because we enjoy the slower-paced (no 720 spin headshots in 0.1 sec), more fair gameplay where everyone has similar hardware, use controller, can't tinker with settings to get an unfair advantage or cheat in general. On console, it's just a totally different experience that I love.

With multiplayer being free-to-play, I expect a very similar situation to COD WARZONE. Crossplay in COD WARZONE is FORCED. You can't turn it off (it can only be turned off in arena modes) Since the game is so popular, cheats are extremely easy to get and some are impossible to detect. There is not much accountability here. Of course, there's a massive advantage of M&K setup and other things PC brings to the table. For these reasons, COD WARZONE on Xbox is destroyed. It's not fun.

Now before anyone says "Learn to play!", "they're just better than you!", "There are console players that stomp over PC players, "mouse & keyboard, ultra-wide, 240 fps, etc don't give any advantage ". That's all right. Maybe I do need to play, maybe they are better, maybe the controller is better than the mouse, but it doesn't matter. I still want to have the OPTION to turn it off. I still want to have that console experience.

Some Q&A

But I want to play with all my friends on other platforms!

That's great! That's why crossplay/cross input device should be OPTIONAL

What about social modes?

Social modes are about having FUN. You still get EXP in social modes, you still unlock stuff, the match still must be fair. Playing against people who have a clear advantage IS NOT FUN. Make it OPTIONAL in social modes too (I'm looking at you, Gears of War 5!!!)

But I just want to get into a match fast and it's faster with crossplay.

That's great! That's why you can leave a crossplay on. I don't care if I want a little longer if it's a fair match.

In short: Please let us choose CROSSPLAY/CROSS INPUT DEVICE as a GLOBAL option that takes effect in ALL MODES

EDIT ABOUT OTHER GAMES:
COD WARZONE - Forced crossplay in Warzone mode. Can't turn it off. Awful

Sea of Thieves (first-party) - after years of asking, they've added a "PREFER XBOX PLAYERS" option which doesn't guarantee that you'll play vs xbox only.

Gears of War 5 - you can only turn off crossplay in ranked modes. The rest of the game forces you to play against PC, which is NOT fun for many.

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