They really just need to add a check box in the server browser for Official and Custom. That way you wouldn’t have to search by name to find custom servers. But DICE seemingly didn’t want custom servers to be prosperous in BF1. There’s hardly any populated custom servers on PC.
Agree on EA (Dice) comment.
Not so in custom servers, I have 6-7 favorites of which 4-5 are full with quece most evenings
Gotcha. I was starting to think you were one of those “dedicated server means my server is its own dedicated physical box” people.
Its exactly why they don’t want rented servers. EA is in business to sell you a new game every 1-2 years. Not every 3-4 years. They figured out that making the games too polished combined with rented servers is creating too much longevity in a game, just like with BF4.
Might have been because it was the middle of the night, but I was searching for custom servers last night and only found 3 or 4 that were populated. Or maybe I just didn’t use the right keyword - which is one of the biggest problems with finding custom servers imo.
my point as to why I keep bringing up ARMA is that there used to be a similar (though never to the same extent) scene in the battlefield community.
I mean why else would BF2 be used as the basis for “Project reality” and a bunch of other mods if it wasn’t for the somewhat sandbox-y nature of BF-1942-through-2142.
You are right though, ARMA’s success is somewhat of an anomaly, yet it’s becoming less so with each iteration and/or “fad” it births out. (in the sense that “it’s no longer an anomaly if there’s a clear/set pattern between what a game does/offers and what the outcome is regarding it”).
Official servers are terrible because you have no power to remove hackers. Also people whine constantly since there are no admins to tell the to shut up and PTFO.
Community servers are terrible because they’re loaded with 12yo badmins that think you should respect them because mommy rented them a server. They’ll ban you for ANYTHING (see TBG in BF4) including making comments in chat they don’t like, or for simply playing better than them.
I rented a server in BF4 and you know when I kicked or banned users? When they CHEATED. That’s the only time. You could say whatever you wanted to me, I didn’t command some fake respect for being an admin. That’s the only time someone should be banned from a server, for CHEATING.
Disruptive gameplay …
- chat spam
- cheating
- political/religious discussions (part of chat spam)
- excessive player abuse (taunting is fine, but there’s a limit)
- Team Grieving (destroying friendly assets, repetitive vehicle theft, Team killing etc.)
Rev0verDrive wrote: »
Disruptive gameplay …
- chat spam
- cheating
- political/religious discussions (part of chat spam)
- excessive player abuse (taunting is fine, but there’s a limit)
- Team Grieving (destroying friendly assets, repetitive vehicle theft, Team killing etc.)
Rev0verDrive wrote: »
Disruptive gameplay …
- chat spam
- cheating
- political/religious discussions (part of chat spam)
- excessive player abuse (taunting is fine, but there’s a limit)
- Team Grieving (destroying friendly assets, repetitive vehicle theft, Team killing etc.)
It’s a game, not a political, religious, ethnic or sexual preference debate.
Stick to game relevant topics, if you want the others, try Twitter 
Thank you. Can’t begin to count how much political and religious rants I see in chat. It’s a game server, not a soap box to preach your views on non-game related topics. It’s hard to communicate via chat with your squad/team when there is a constant stream of crap polluting the chat box.
I have a bad feeling this is true. The server program for BF1 has been universally seen as a mistake. If DICE had plans to revamp the system in a way that players would like it would have been designed, built and ready to announce by now. They seemed to listen to the community feedback in so many other areas I really hope we’re wrong.
When loyal BF YouTubers like Westie say they have serious concerns about BFV it’s time to stand up and take notes..he also mentioned his concerns in regards to the “Rental Server” program and will try to get some answers in the up and coming Gamescom..( Good Luck with that!! )
I’m not sure what EA/DICE are thinking in regards to their silence in regards to critical issues their gaming community are asking…it seems to me it will backfire to their detriment.
COD made the successful transition from offering rented servers and a server browser to matching making only and didn’t lose much in sales. They continue to serve up an old game with a fresh skin and people continue to buy that garbage. Perhaps EA’s realized that even though they’ll lose sales to the dedicated BF fan who has bought their games since the beginning, they’ll make up the lost revenue by saving on development costs. One BF game they remove rented servers and the next game they won’t provide a server browser and we’ll be on 100% Quick Match.
I still dont see the necessity of having an RSP program. I mean the point of buying the game is to play the game as it was designed.
While having the ability to customize is fun…in the end, from what I seen on rented servers, is people to have the ability to kick people who they loose to repeatedly (under the false pretense of hacking) and to change the game to be in their favor (i.e. limiting classes and weapons).
To me it’s more destructive than constructive.
The thing about rented servers is it provides the ability to establish a server that gets traffic every day. That means that you can login in and know that there is a particular server you enjoy playing on that’s going to have traffic. Every day. You don’t get that with Official servers. It’s rarely the same server going each day. Games die faster when you don’t have established community servers to play on. In particular on the west coast where there is always less server activity than the east coast. I’m a west coast player and after 6 months of this game’s release, I had to start going to east coast servers if I wanted to play DLC maps, which means that I had to tolerate a 90+ ping. That gets old really fast. I was losing interest in BF1. So I started my own server on the west coast, it managed to get popular and now today, players on the west coast can logon and know that they can find at least a couple of rented west coast All Maps servers to play on. I’m sure it helps maintain their interest in BF1, as most players don’t like dealing with 90+ pings every time they want to play a game.
To see why we want a functional RSP, read this thread, many of us have stated reasons.
I get it can maintain interest, on a business side though it keeps people playing a older game instead of buying a new one (take BF4 for example).
As a player, I get it and I would like to play a game I like forever. But I also get why DICE my be avoiding rented servers just for that reason as well…it doesn’t give them the return to make a profit on it.
I understand the next game agrument. However, I and others still play BC2, BF3, & BF4, but bought BF1 and played it and would have bought BFV, variety of time periods is good. EA’s approach has and will cost it sales going forward.
Edit: well did play BC2 until EA moved to " new data center" and broke login process and servers.