No private servers ?

[Wanuboi]

I've recently heard that it was really not going to be like Conan Exiles in terms of multiplayer and that it will be more like MMORPG ? So no private servers and constantly with randoms. Is that right ? If so my hype just disappeared.

[Gothdrak]

Origineel geplaatst door Iggy (Community Team):

We explained in one of our recent blog posts a bit of the server infrastructure we're using for Dune: Awakening, as well as the possibility for private servers in the future:

Due to its multiple MMO-based features, there is no single-player mode. You will have to be able to join our servers. Our plan is to allow private servers, at least for the Hagga Basin map, but we can’t promise this will be available for launch.

You can read the full article here:
https://duneawakening.com/en/what-makes-dune-awakening-an-mmo

You need to launch with private servers. If you still can make a single player mode. You do one of those two things you will have a successful launch. I understand it is your game but if you want you really need to listen to player base. One thing developer have not been doing for a hot min. Thats why its been pretty disastrous for a lot of developers. All this is coming from a player that has over 2,000 hours in Conan Exiles. Also make micro transactions more affordable. I invested over $500 on Conan Exiles alone. Then I stopped because there was no price reduction.

[Abigor]

from what i watched its not really that much of a survival game. being mmo it will probably just flop like age of conan. and then funcom will go oh 29$ month sub for that.

[Widower]

Oh well...that's the end of that then.

[Dark]

Yeah, I'm not going to play this with out being able to host my own server. I've been in the beta, and the player housing sprawled all over the place looks like total ♥♥♥♥ and ghetto hell. Not the kin d of game I want to play.

Plus I want to control my survival aspects to my liking. So, no Private servers is a big deal breaker for myself and many of my friends who play these games with us.

[🕹️Mr.Griffin]

Origineel geplaatst door Walking Ghost:

I'm sorry but this game will fail hard.

With no private session, forced pvp, and no nudity.. you are ensuring that none have the power to improve their experience and the experience of others.

There is no other way to put it, your vision, approach, and execution were always lacking. If you do not allow the players to help you, this game will be dead on arrival.

Removing freedom, flexibility, customisation, and creativity from your game.. what could go wrong, right?

First of all, when someone from the community moderation team comes to clarify some of the issues people have and provide good, clear information to help us, the least you can do, no matter what your opinions are and how you feel about the game, is to be respectful and mindful towards them. They are only trying to clear up some facts and they are just working for a company, so it would be nice if they were treated with respect as well. Don't you have any manners at all?

And on the fact of not being able to change your settings and play how you like, most online games cannot allow that because it needs to be balanced for everyone. Everyone must be equally invested in the game. If you do not feel like you want to invest time in this game, go play something else. That still doesn't make it a bad or failing game. The vision of the game is what you make of it. I like it, I will play it, and our guild is almost full, all good and fun people. We will try to have a good time, will we have a good time? We do not know, but I am sure we will because I have faith in Funcom's ability to make a good games.

Peace..

[JasonCGuitar]

Me, the wife and our 25 man group all just refunded. If there are no Private Servers we will not play. We arent into sweats, and games like this invite them. You had us with Conan Exiles for years, and we had hoped to get into this. But Nope, now you have totally lost us.

[LAW | Semi_The_Shadow]

Origineel geplaatst door JasonCGuitar:

Me, the wife and our 25 man group all just refunded. If there are no Private Servers we will not play. We arent into sweats, and games like this invite them. You had us with Conan Exiles for years, and we had hoped to get into this. But Nope, now you have totally lost us.

Dangit well you will be missed, me and my 25 friends just bought the deluxe version of the game so we hope to see you in there if you change your mind, maybe they will add private servers later

[jdpvagabond]

I was on the fence but I'll definitely be holding off till they launch private servers. I don't mind the MMO elements, but Funcom servers are notorious for many, many issues that just break their games and make them unfun to engage with.

[🕹️Mr.Griffin]

Origineel geplaatst door JasonCGuitar:

Me, the wife and our 25 man group all just refunded. If there are no Private Servers we will not play. We arent into sweats, and games like this invite them. You had us with Conan Exiles for years, and we had hoped to get into this. But Nope, now you have totally lost us.

That's okay! It frees up some room for other people who want to engage with others and form real friendships and conflicts. We respect both equally and, at the same time, we have fun gaming and fighting over the spice. It will be a blast!

We also have a nice setup of people on our Discord ready to go, and we are all excited to dive in. I hope we get the maximum number of members, but I think we will start with around 17-20ish. However, many people are now flocking in because of the Twitch stream, so we will be okay. And for the people who are leaving, there's always a percentage of those people, and I know there are even some in your group who will play anyway, so it will be just fine.

The time we get to enjoy this world will be worth it, at least for me, and it's my €80 well spent. Even if the game were to end up in a state of doom, the worst-case scenario, I will still get my money's worth playing the story with my friend and having a good time until the servers die off and everybody has left.

I genuinely feel happy in my gaming life right now, knowing that there's a chance a good game will be born. And in the remote chance that it fails, at least I will know that Funcom gave it a good try. But the doom and gloom will only prove true if the majority of people turn away from feeling connected with others and only want to live in their own fake communities where everything is free and there are no hardships, and are only controlled by one person. And I guess that would be you, Jason.

But the thing is, Jason, you just can't control everything. You may think that's how the world works, but it's not!

And sure, you can try to rise up with some pitchforks and try to prove your point, and sometimes you might get your way, but sometimes you won't... I am sure that Funcom, as they have already told us many times before, is working on making PVE dedicated server systems hosted by Funcom or not i do not know for sure.

But it will take a while to set up because of balancing issues, although they are looking at ways to make it work. Isn't that enough for you? Funcom is reaching out to all of their fans, pleading for some more time to make your way of playing better, and you slap it away before you've even seen the final result? That's very sad, Jason, very sad.

And in case you change your mind and want to join the people in your group who will play anyway, just try to imagine how some of the developers are working hard to create something wonderful for us to play and enjoy ourselves on so many different levels of gameplay, from solo experiences to massive battlefields. Isn't that just wonderful?


Hey, Mr. Principal, my essay is ready! Do you like it? Is it good?

[(J)]

Origineel geplaatst door Gothdrak:

You need to launch with private servers.

I don't believe this is a reasonable request with two months till release. They haven't put development time into a single client that can run this game world. They banked the release on their meshing tech and spreading out the load across multiple servers.

I think we may get private options later on, but it may be a while.

[Glad]

Origineel geplaatst door -=Mr. Griffin=-:

Origineel geplaatst door JasonCGuitar:

Me, the wife and our 25 man group all just refunded. If there are no Private Servers we will not play. We arent into sweats, and games like this invite them. You had us with Conan Exiles for years, and we had hoped to get into this. But Nope, now you have totally lost us.

That's okay! It frees up some room for other people who want to engage with others and form real friendships and conflicts. We respect both equally and, at the same time, we have fun gaming and fighting over the spice. It will be a blast!

We also have a nice setup of people on our Discord ready to go, and we are all excited to dive in. I hope we get the maximum number of members, but I think we will start with around 17-20ish. However, many people are now flocking in because of the Twitch stream, so we will be okay. And for the people who are leaving, there's always a percentage of those people, and I know there are even some in your group who will play anyway, so it will be just fine.

The time we get to enjoy this world will be worth it, at least for me, and it's my €80 well spent. Even if the game were to end up in a state of doom, the worst-case scenario, I will still get my money's worth playing the story with my friend and having a good time until the servers die off and everybody has left.

I genuinely feel happy in my gaming life right now, knowing that there's a chance a good game will be born. And in the remote chance that it fails, at least I will know that Funcom gave it a good try. But the doom and gloom will only prove true if the majority of people turn away from feeling connected with others and only want to live in their own fake communities where everything is free and there are no hardships, and are only controlled by one person. And I guess that would be you, Jason.

But the thing is, Jason, you just can't control everything. You may think that's how the world works, but it's not!

And sure, you can try to rise up with some pitchforks and try to prove your point, and sometimes you might get your way, but sometimes you won't... I am sure that Funcom, as they have already told us many times before, is working on making PVE dedicated server systems hosted by Funcom or not i do not know for sure.

But it will take a while to set up because of balancing issues, although they are looking at ways to make it work. Isn't that enough for you? Funcom is reaching out to all of their fans, pleading for some more time to make your way of playing better, and you slap it away before you've even seen the final result? That's very sad, Jason, very sad.

And in case you change your mind and want to join the people in your group who will play anyway, just try to imagine how some of the developers are working hard to create something wonderful for us to play and enjoy ourselves on so many different levels of gameplay, from solo experiences to massive battlefields. Isn't that just wonderful?


Hey, Mr. Principal, my essay is ready! Do you like it? Is it good?

Damn bro, what the hell was all this? Just... Log off, this can't be healthy for you

[L3wt]

This game will fail hard lol. Everyone knows Funcom has NEVER had good public servers.

[ilke]

DOA

[mick_row]

after successfully self-hosting games like dayz & conan for years (and loads of other survival games), which were highly modified to match our community and player base, we and our players are all in agreement not to waste any money on a game which does not support private servers (yet). once they come around and make it happen, we might give it a try.

[Gothdrak]

Origineel geplaatst door mick_row:

after successfully self-hosting games like dayz & conan for years (and loads of other survival games), which were highly modified to match our community and player base, we and our players are all in agreement not to waste any money on a game which does not support private servers (yet). once they come around and make it happen, we might give it a try.

All of this. You think they’d learn. If it doesn’t come out with private servers on launch, I’m not playing until I see a private server and full mod support. You would think they’d understand the reason they’re still in business is because of us. Nope still don’t get it. Do they?