I've already made a thread about this same thing, but jesus, its getting WORSE! We are seeing MORE AND MORE servers pop up. Lets go ahead and collect some numbers.
At the time of writing (5PM EST), we see:
EU- Germany - 36
EU - Central Eurpoe - 76
EU - France - 14
US Central - 35
US East Coast - 59
US East Coast 2 - 72
Awful. Only two servers have over 60 players, and 2 of them are literally boring as shit.
Now lets look at player owned servers.
At the time of writing, only ONE server had 50 players.
Only 4 had over 40
Only 1 had over 30 (excluding the ones previously mentioned)
Come on. How in hell is that fun at all? If players that play on these empty servers do it to have a rare(very very very rare)/no PvP experience, then go and play on a PVE server. The game for the majority of players was just ruined because of it.
Also, lets talk about abuse. I have never played on these player owned servers before, but.....
A friend told me he was banned for dropping the owner with a P250 on [INSTANT CRAFT]Faternity Of Assassins PVP US East Actively Mod.
There is a thread [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1323145"]here[/URL] that talks about one abusive server, and others share their experiences on other servers.
And now players can actually edit the server files to change craft times and such? Some people might say that this is a good thing, and I won't argue over that. However, in my opinion, I hoped that this game would NOT become some customizable game where every little thing could be changed to COMPLETELY change game play. It ruins what the game is about. Instantcraft servers? What are we going back to something like Minecraft? Come on...
These servers are really going to ruin the game for all unless somehow, some way, you do the following:
1. Create a list that is FIRST shown of official servers
2. Rise the playerbase NOW.
You might ask why the playerbase has to be raised ASAP? Because, as counterlogical as it is, players will quit because of how boring the game is. Doesn't make sense to you, then you obviously play the game for some other reason than most of the population does. I get that some will say that not having as much PVP is a good thing. Sure, you might feel that way now while you're a new player or whatever you are, but you will most likely, in the future, see differently. Trust me.
What are your thoughts? And Garry, I'd like to see an actual reply from you instead of the, what are in my opinion, smart aleck replies such as:
[QUOTE=garry;42792591]Why would people pay to host a server just to ruin the experience of joining players[/QUOTE]
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They have already increase the number of keys available to 500. IT's a matter of time...have patience. Keep in mind at this stage of the game you're testing - not playing. It's about building, looking at bugs and reporting them. Sure players are dispersed as of now, but in a couple of days, perhaps even a week, it'll normalize.
[QUOTE=garry;42804870]Do we need less server or more players? You guys really are not forward thinking.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=garry;42804940]I don't see it as a problem. You guys complained when there were only a few servers, now you're complaining that there's too many. These things balance themselves out. If you want to join a server with a lot of players - then do that. If you want to join a server with few players - then do that.
No-one is taking that choice away from you.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=garry;42804995]If people wanted to be on a server with 150+ people they would all join that server. They obviously don't.[/QUOTE]
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