Public multiplayer dead?

[Cummies]

Right now the most populated server has 15 people on it, followed by a server with 10, then 9 till there's a bunch of server with only 2 players and then a damn sh'tload of servers with no players at all.

What is going on with Arma 2?

No one plays Unsung, Invasion 1944, Hell in Pacific or vanilla anymore. The only servers that's left are Dayz and Life servers with barely any population at all as I mentioned before.

It looks like Arma 2 has been 'sucked dry and dead' by the kids that only came because of Dayz, the remains are all the dead servers with awful gamemodes.

Seems like everyone of the old Arma fanbase has lost their motivation to play.
Or are there still good servers around?

[All The Doctors Hate Me]

Most people moved on to Arma 3. It's just a normal pattern, and it was dying anyway.

[Cummies]

Originally posted by All The Doctors Hate Me:

Most people moved on to Arma 3. It's just a normal pattern, and it was dying anyway.

Guess you're right, remembering back Arma 1's multiplayer also died pretty fast when Arma 2 came out.

I too have moved to Arma 3 but I always come back to Arma 2 because of the high quality mods and variety like the one's mentioned above. I mean Arma 3 got some good mods like RHS or IFA3 but everything else feels so unfinished and low on content.

[All The Doctors Hate Me]

Originally posted by Juice in the Oven:

Originally posted by All The Doctors Hate Me:

Most people moved on to Arma 3. It's just a normal pattern, and it was dying anyway.

Guess you're right, remembering back Arma 1's multiplayer also died pretty fast when Arma 2 came out.

I too have moved to Arma 3 but I always come back to Arma 2 because of the high quality mods and variety like the one's mentioned above. I mean Arma 3 got some good mods like RHS or IFA3 but everything else feels so unfinished and low on content.

Yeah, it's weird. The Arma community is really "versatile", for the lack of a better word.

The mods are better but I think Arma 3 will catch up, eventually. It's basically a matter of time considering the advancements that have been made.

[Gaz]

I really hate myself because I put over 300 hours into Arma 3, only to come back to Arma 2 and realise this is what I should have been playing that whole time. Wish I had played sooner, before it started to die. Luckilly I have a couple servers that have a nice population, so I can always get some player interaction.

[PiZZADOX]

The mods for arma 3 are ♥♥♥♥, not to mention AI performance is terrible... the ACE mod is simply not a replacement for ACE 1 and 2, and for that reason I continue to play Arma 2 with my unit. If you are interested, we play every weekend and have 15-18 people an op with a dedicated server and custom built missions.

[TheCrazyGuyWithA50CAL]

theres like 40 servers with 15+ people on atm

[Cummies]

Originally posted by Kawasexy Ninja:

I really hate myself because I put over 300 hours into Arma 3, only to come back to Arma 2 and realise this is what I should have been playing that whole time. Wish I had played sooner, before it started to die. Luckilly I have a couple servers that have a nice population, so I can always get some player interaction.

Originally posted by PiZZADOX:

The mods for arma 3 are ♥♥♥♥, not to mention AI performance is terrible... the ACE mod is simply not a replacement for ACE 1 and 2, and for that reason I continue to play Arma 2 with my unit. If you are interested, we play every weekend and have 15-18 people an op with a dedicated server and custom built missions.

Couldn't have worded it better myself.
And yeah Arma 3s Mods and AI are terrible, especially the driving AI. Can't put a vehicle in a group of soldiers because the driver will at least run over three of them till they have reached the waypoint.

[WombatCombat]

there is a few domination servers that are good like Task Force, there is also a life server called JGGaming that is pretty active.

[Cummies]

Originally posted by ☣ ωσмвαт¢σмвαт ☣:

there is a few domination servers that are good like Task Force, there is also a life server called JGGaming that is pretty active.

I wanna play vanilla Arma, or I44, Unsung, CWR², Hell in Pacific etc. like it was before Arma 2 went mainstream.

If I wanted to play Life, Wasteland or ShîtZ I wouldn't have made this thread

PS: Domination is okay tho.

[Gaz]

Originally posted by Juice in the Oven:

Originally posted by ☣ ωσмвαт¢σмвαт ☣:

there is a few domination servers that are good like Task Force, there is also a life server called JGGaming that is pretty active.

I wanna play vanilla Arma, or I44, Unsung, CWR², Hell in Pacific etc. like it was before Arma 2 went mainstream.

If I wanted to play Life, Wasteland or ShîtZ I wouldn't have made this thread

PS: Domination is okay tho.

It appears you're playing Arma 3 right now. Since you dislike DayZ or any of the modes that still have players, may as well uninstall Arma 2. I still think A2 is better than A3 and wish I had more hours on A2, but it is obviously dying. But in 2017, who buys Arma 2 to play the original gamemodes? All people like is DayZ, which I think is alright, because that's all I like as well.

[Cummies]

Originally posted by Kawasexy:

It appears you're playing Arma 3 right now. Since you dislike DayZ or any of the modes that still have players, may as well uninstall Arma 2. I still think A2 is better than A3 and wish I had more hours on A2, but it is obviously dying. But in 2017, who buys Arma 2 to play the original gamemodes? All people like is DayZ, which I think is alright, because that's all I like as well.

Correct I was playing the Iron Front mod with Geist texture mod. It's the only really 'fleshed out' ww2 mod for Arma 3.

And I won't uninstall Arma 2 just because the stupid game modes people play/used to play, I still have fun in SP with the good mods. It's just a shame and waste of peoples hard work that the mods I mentioned in my original post aren't getting played in MP anymore, vanilla Arma even.

Armas original fanbase would still buy it to play the way it was meant to be played and originally advertised, as a military simulator (See: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8NRrOUj4rg5VkySZT86ETvfG9w5oc6HbPbg0WpCmjzfNBLDXV ), just like people still bought and keep buying the epitome of Arma: Operation Flashpoint CWC + RR, unfortunately though that the original fanbase got outnumbered by all the newcomers that only care for the dumbed down game modes.

I don't even really hate all these stupid game modes if it wasn't for the fact that the multiplayer only consists of them. And if it isn't Wasteland, DayZ, Exile or some Life servers, then it's shíte like King of the Hill which is equally bad.

I remember the times of Operation Flashpoint, Arma 1, and Arma 2 before it went mainstream, where you could just open your server browser, select any server you'd like and expect competent, communicative and teamplay-based military gameplay, which didn't always send you back straight to the respawn after dying but had stuff like "permadeath" (OFP times) instead, where you'd be unable to play on the server you died between a week up to a month as a punishment for bad tactics/playing.

Of course there's also been black sheeps in the playerbase now and then, but never has Arma been that bad in terms of it's multiplayer content/choice of servers.

I am only 21 but almost feel like some old sack after this rant, like the ones getting upset about todays youth or something.. imo. Bohemia should just split the playerbase, create one only military oriented-platform for their original playerbase and make another one for all those who prefer different gameplay but would still like to create their own content.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Not sure if they still going but i used to play a lot of domination on the art of war servers. Search TAW and be sure to up the max ping a bit in server browser :)

[Hieliksuslik]

I mean- I always have an absolute ♥♥♥♥ fps offline and on, but I'm always up to play. I'm not the best at the editor but i can make decent scenarios and play the game okay.

[PiZZADOX]

Juice you sound like you would fit right in with our group... another tortured soul needing his arma fix in a world full of dayz and life players...

[[40-1]King_Kosher]

Originally posted by Juice in the Oven:

I wanna play vanilla Arma, or I44, Unsung, CWR², Hell in Pacific etc. like it was before Arma 2 went mainstream.

Why not host a Server, offer weekly rotation regarding Modset and build a long-lasting community? My own Ace/Acre Insurgency Server with Takistan&Zargabad always attracted people within minutes of starting the box (granted,some of them were not smart enough to join with the right mods enabled but still...) but i ported the mission to ArmA 3 in the end for several reasons BUT its a fact that more people could play ArmA2:OA with good frames than ArmA 3, even today