Seems like EA and DICE underestimated the popularity of
Battlefield 1943 as servers were at capacity when the game was launched yesterday. Fear not as EA has
been adding servers and now it's doubled what they were. So, hop on in as you should be able to get a better experience now. I just started and finished the tutorial so I haven't tried the multiplayer yet but I guess I'll see shortly how the servers are holding up when I jump in.