Are there any benefits of playing on private server?

[Wade]

I'm thinking about buying server hosting on g-portal.com. Are there any benefits of playing Conan Exile PVE on a private server compared to solo player game?
Is it difficult to configurate private server? I don't have friends to play with so my private server would be freely opet to other people.

[Willow Rivers]

Not difficult at all to configure. The main benefit to a server is time never stops running. You can have thralls and pets and crafting items continue to be worked on when the game is not running vs solo player game where time only goes while the game is running.

You can queue up a bunch of stuff such as ore in the furnaces, iron/steel reinforcements, etc whatever to be made over night and they will be done when you get back if you on a server. Single Player game can't do that.

Thralls the T4 named ones take like 25 hours to break in, on a server that time keeps running in Solo Player time only runs when the game is running.

With that being said you can of course change the server settings in solo player so thralls and crafting take less time. I have thralls set to .5 to cut time in half, I play solo player game.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Wade Rocketowsky:

Are there any benefits of playing on private server?
I'm thinking about buying server hosting on g-portal.com. Are there any benefits of playing Conan Exile PVE on a private server compared to solo player game?
Is it difficult to configurate private server? I don't have friends to play with so my private server would be freely opet to other people.

Was not so long ago I shared my reasoning why I rented a server
https://steamcommunity.com/app/440900/discussions/0/6790907198720605915/

Though, I was under the impression you play alone? Then a server would make no sense, aside from the mentioned "offline crafting" stuff like thralls. But a simple settings adjustment would do the trick for you in that regards...

P.S.: Do yourself a favour and check this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/440900/discussions/1/
Unless you plan to create a community properly, I would not recommend you to rent a server if it was not for playing with a fixed party/friends.

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by Wade Rocketowsky:

I'm thinking about buying server hosting on g-portal.com. Are there any benefits of playing Conan Exile PVE on a private server compared to solo player game?
Is it difficult to configurate private server? I don't have friends to play with so my private server would be freely opet to other people.

You have admin powers. Thats the benefit. You can also choose who can join your server with passwords.

[Sublime Entropy]

Having a decent admins and tweaking a few settings is worth it, I play on a server that doesn't use mods or decay. That alone lets me build and enjoy my time.

[Ellorien]

Making a private server and allowing random players to join defeats the purpose of having a private server and means asking for trouble. Just my lone-wolf opinion of course.

[Freak4Leeks]

if your going to play solo anyway don't waste your money on a g-portal server just make your own one using the dedicatedserverlauncher

[JJ]

Originally posted by Wade Rocketowsky:

I'm thinking about buying server hosting on g-portal.com. Are there any benefits of playing Conan Exile PVE on a private server compared to solo player game?
Is it difficult to configurate private server? I don't have friends to play with so my private server would be freely opet to other people.

I exclusively host my own server on G-Portal. You can add some fantastic mods, including the delightful and detailed Savage Wilds map. You can control taming speeds, harvesting etc just so much better as some of those are an absolute grind on official servers. Play it however you want.
I would highly recommend it, as you can limit who joins your server by region - for example ONLY EU or exclude certain areas. It does help. You'll just have to keep a keen eye on people who are on the server, but I think it's the best way to play it personally.

[Wade]

Originally posted by JJ:

Originally posted by Wade Rocketowsky:

I'm thinking about buying server hosting on g-portal.com. Are there any benefits of playing Conan Exile PVE on a private server compared to solo player game?
Is it difficult to configurate private server? I don't have friends to play with so my private server would be freely opet to other people.

I exclusively host my own server on G-Portal. You can add some fantastic mods, including the delightful and detailed Savage Wilds map. You can control taming speeds, harvesting etc just so much better as some of those are an absolute grind on official servers. Play it however you want.
I would highly recommend it, as you can limit who joins your server by region - for example ONLY EU or exclude certain areas. It does help. You'll just have to keep a keen eye on people who are on the server, but I think it's the best way to play it personally.

Thank you for sharing your experience, I think after playing solo for a while I will try private PVE server. I don't care about price, money is not issue.

[Tint]

I just got a G-Portal 10 slot server for just myself and a friend. I haven't done much on it but build a "start area" for us with armors on display to use the fashionist mod to change the look of armor if we want. Today I did a little running around and noticed Im getting a lot of lag spikes. Did some googling and youtubing and apparently lag with G-Portal is a normal thing. I didn't bother to research before buying since their servers are called "official" and I figured it if was "official" they wouldn't provide you with a junk server to ruin the customer experience. My friend has not yet logged in and I fear when she does we might be rubberbanding all over the place.

The whole reason for us getting a dedicated server was so she could log on when Im not on, we were playing the solo/co-op mode but I had to be online in order for her to get on. Plus in co-op mode she was always tethered to me and couldnt go to far away, and if I died it would teleport us both back to my bedroll.

We'll see how it goes once she gets on. Fingers are crossed but not holding my breath.

[Xevyr]

I don't really recommend G-portal, though obviously, it's your choice.
They're pretty much the worst hosting company for Conan..
I mean, they host officials too and those are of horrible quality so I don't get why anyone would willingly rent from them :D
Although I had a few good reports of private servers being a bit better from them, but even they always have problems with mod updates etc. always the last to get our updates.

[Miss Murder Mittens]

There is zero reason why you cant or shouldnt host a private server if that is your desire. Most of the active communities start out with just 1-2 players and grow as the admin learns more and gets more comfortable with being an admin and all it entails. You dont even have to grow at all if you dont want to but having a private server gives you far more options for that in the future than single player/co-op does.

Even if money isnt an issue I would still agree with Xevyr and recommend you shop around for hosts and consider how you want to use your server. Some hosts offer higher RAM options than others which is great for people playing with lots of larger mods (AOC, EEWA, + multiple map altering mods etc). Some just offer more standard stuff and are just fine for people playing with minimal mods etc or lower impact mods. But it def pays to shop around regardless of how you plan to play. The price differences can add up! Play around with building a server setup (just pricing it out with the various options, not actually buying it!) on various hosts and you'll see what I mean.

[BMN_Narrlequin]

Can disable decay. <3 And as others mentioned, you can determine who you want to let on it or not.

[Wade]

I just bought private server on G portal, occasionally there are some lags, but not terrible.
If you want to join me look for Hyperborea on the servers list. It's PVE only.

[Tint]

Originally posted by Two Ton Shoe:

I just got a G-Portal 10 slot server for just myself and a friend....

Just a follow up to this, friend got on and not too bad, couple lag spikes here and there but for the most part its fine. Nothing game breaking or death causing for now lol