how many players to a server

[Kakarot]

I have like 7 friends who wanna play, how many can we fit on the server?

[Prinny]

as many as steam integration works.

it's not server, it's peer to peer (almost). someone boot the game click host then other join him through friend list. that's what Steam Integration means when it comes to multiplayer settings.

or at least, that's what other games with steam integrated multiplayer does. Like Secret of Grindea, Divinity, etc

[Awision]

Will there be a server browser ?

[HumanGenome]

There are no details as to whether it is p2p or server. There was a server executable in the last one and it's reasonable to expect that there will be a server in the new version.

[Prinny]

find one game that only has team integrated co-op and is with complete server from outside host/source. I'll save you some time... it's either lobby+peer to peer or "private instance from one's computer" like Secret of Grindea.... which is basically p2p but without lobby.

[Xilo The Odd]

i hope we get a dedicated server software at some point, would love to run a private world for my friends list that wouldnt require me to be logged in.

[Prinny]

I don't. true there are RNG quest but any world event would be scrap. some things might not repeat and as far as I know, dungeon monster dont respawn.

but... that's only with Alpha knowledge. it could be different.

[Hans Pebble]

i want some sort of big main server, would be kind of cool.

[Swan Lake]

@Zebu:
Odd that you'd say dungeon monsters don't respawn based on alpha experience, since in alpha they DID respawn.
I don't see why you think a server wouldn't work besides that, though. Consider how large the world is and just how many dungeons are actually available. Plus, nobody would be forcing you to play one of these servers. It would just be something nice for those who like larger/dedicated servers to hop on and find other people.
Also to answer your "find me one game..." thing from up above, Terraria does this. You can choose to either directly connect to a friend using steam's peer2peer service, OR you can run a server and port forward. :)

[KodaiRyu]

Originally posted by Raptor:

Will there be a server browser ?

No, your friendlist is server browser, you just join to your friends game without any port forward stuff

[RedAssassin]

You have 7 friends who want to play? Damn, none of my friends even know about the game. I'm probably gonna have to play it solo.

[FsGoD]

Originally posted by TheRedAssassin:

You have 7 friends who want to play? Damn, none of my friends even know about the game. I'm probably gonna have to play it solo.

My friends took 1 look, 3 hours later and bailed to play something better. We had the Alpha hack to go up to 8 players years ago... we played for days back then.