Rev0verDrive wrote: »
Disruptive gameplay …
What was wrong with the way it was in BF4?
If you want a server you rent it/run it the way you want and have it visible to everyone playing and let players decide what server they want to play on.
It’s very simple.
I think that EA wanted some of that sweet, sweet server rental money.
So that’s what they tried in BF1 and frankly if any of you are part of a community with 50 or more people you know what happened to the community mine fell apart, well not really but not everyone bought it so we all started playing different games.
Although it would be an honor of sorts to work for DICE I’m too old to be dealing with corporate bureaucracy. I’d rather do my own thing and publish through Steam. 
Well we want to have because with the help of Procon (or other rcon tool) (PC) and clans/communities, BF3 and BF4 servers are still running.
When we had BF4 servers 2 years ago, we have full rotation CQ (48P) and full rotation mixed server (32 + commander) nearly all modes supported(Rush/Dom/small CQ/Obliteration/CTF) and that’s what I call variety.
They should have just implemented Battelog into their games instead of getting rid of it. The Battelog server browser was much, much better than what we have now.
My only, rather major, problem with Battlelog was the fact that I had to use a web browser to launch a multiplayer match in a AAA franchise game on PC. That was literally it. They could have put this feature in the actual game and I would have had no issue with it.
I loved Battlelog, it was very good but if you remember there was a lot of whining and complaining about it so we got this worse system instead 
I would take Battlelog back if we would have an option for it …
I’m not fussed about dedicated servers . 60hz server tick way overdue on console been 30hz since forever, beta was 30hz on cq. I know pc is more powerful but last gen had 30hz servers too so it’s time
they should go back to how it was in bf1942 and BF2 with dedicated servers.
Servers that can actually handle the game would be a good start. Active admins would be nice to have.
That was the main thing I disliked about it too - having to use a browser to launch the game. Otherwise I had no issues with Battlelog.
No, lack of player interest in those full map rotations killed off those servers.
I havent been around in BF4 scene lately but I can believe that’s the real reason. I mean communities tries to run servers that people like, it’s not like clans/communities are only making servers for themselves-otherwise those servers would be empty
Without Rentable servers BF4 would be dead already
Heck we still hop on and play Bad Company 2 every now and again. Still a really fun game, especially if you liked it when it took more skill to fly the helo’s. I loved that flight model in BC2.
back in the BF3 days I Owned 2x 64 player servers one running canals TDM in pure hardcore mode 24/7 and that thing was CONSTANTLY full.
my other server (also hardcore, of course) had a cool map rotation and was very busy, but not busy as the canals one.
Rented (and managed servers by US) is a MUST HAVE.
same here, not pre-ordering until we hear something.
What a lot of Quick Match players probably don’t realize is that after BF5 is released, EA will start turning off the BF1 official servers. Which means it will be the rented servers that keep BF1 going.
That is still one of my favorite games to play. The only complaint I have about it is the quirky movement that doesn’t allow strafing while running. Definitely takes some getting use to.
I doubt it. Players will flock to the full servers, but very few will join an empty one to get it running.
If you can no longer find good servers, what do you do? Likely find another game.
First off, to answer some of the other responses, I too believe rented servers are keeping BF3 and BF4 alive. Only a fool would think otherwise.
“Players will flock to full servers”, yes, and how did those servers get full in the first place? Because players want to play maps they enjoy. I know there are players who would rather play on full map rotations (I’m one of them usually), but the truth is the majority want to play on limited rotations. If that wasn’t the case, then full rotation servers would fill more often and stay full. They don’t.
Stop blaming things you don’t like on rentable servers.
Correctomundo, perhaps if people played either BF4 or BF1 for longer than 5 minutes they might be able to appreciate the value of community servers and not spend more time trolling a thread telling us we don’t need them.
Only a fool would think community servers keep a game alive? Huh, woah… I guess Rainbow Six: Siege servers must be completely dead! No point jumping into some Quake Champions.
Man, that sucks! I was going to play some CS:GO, but the official servers are probably dead there as well!
On maps they enjoy? Or do they merely join meat grinders to pad their stats and rank up more quickly?
I don’t doubt that there’s a subset that loves chaos… but these kinds of servers seem to have gotten way more popular with the Frostbite games. I’d attribute the increased interest to other factors than just enjoying the gameplay experience alone.
Without rentable servers, my experience would be more enjoyable. That’s just the way it is.
There’s nothing wrong with disliking something.