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Luigi Shizzione Jul 10, 2024 @ 10:20am
No official servers?
How is this game supposed to flourish with official?
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nolaJeff Jul 10, 2024 @ 10:39am 
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
How is this game supposed to flourish with official?

It's never had official servers. The game was started by a small independent development team. They didn't have resources to pay for and police a bunch of official servers. Most servers are run by clans that do their own policing, some well, some not so well.
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Luigi Shizzione Jul 10, 2024 @ 1:19pm 
Originally posted by nolaJeff:
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
How is this game supposed to flourish with official?

It's never had official servers. The game was started by a small independent development team. They didn't have resources to pay for and police a bunch of official servers. Most servers are run by clans that do their own policing, some well, some not so well.

All valid points but I don't see any of that as being an excuse to forgo official servers. As someone who just picked up this game, it shouldn't be beholden on me to waste time figuring who the good/bad admins are. And it's not it like it costs an arm and a leg. It's just a choice they are making and its not a good one for the long term viability.
Last edited by Luigi Shizzione; Jul 10, 2024 @ 1:20pm
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Luigi Shizzione Jul 10, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
Not to beat a dead horse here either but, I spent 30 minutes just trying to get into an active server which all have reserved slots for pay.

I never did get in the server I tried and quit in frustration after 30 minutes.

So now I'm like should I just refund now? The only reason I haven't is because Squad takeover and I believe in that group of devs.
Last edited by Luigi Shizzione; Jul 10, 2024 @ 1:25pm
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Aquanaut Jul 10, 2024 @ 1:57pm 
But Squad doesn't have official servers either, and its servers function the same as those in Squad 44? Community hosted, whitelisting, queues, etc. If you like Squad, why would this be any different?
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HighPlains Drifter Jul 10, 2024 @ 5:02pm 
Originally posted by Aquanaut:
But Squad doesn't have official servers either, and its servers function the same as those in Squad 44? Community hosted, whitelisting, queues, etc. If you like Squad, why would this be any different?

Don't point that out, it destroys his argument !
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Luigi Shizzione Jul 10, 2024 @ 5:19pm 
Squad has 7000 players right now and 44 is lucky to have 700 - so our options are pretty limited.

Eat my shorts Clint! :spazwinky:
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Strelokest Jul 10, 2024 @ 5:51pm 
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
Not to beat a dead horse here either but, I spent 30 minutes just trying to get into an active server which all have reserved slots for pay.

I never did get in the server I tried and quit in frustration after 30 minutes.

So now I'm like should I just refund now? The only reason I haven't is because Squad takeover and I believe in that group of devs.

It's the exact same as trying to join a decent server in Squad. Choose a server and sit in the queue until a match ends at which point you will always get in because that is when people leave. The real Gs know to use the battlemetrics server list to find out what server has had the current round running the longest by looking at the realtime player count chart.

And official servers wouldn't fix this, either. It's just the nature of a small playerbase shooter where people play full rounds instead of dropping out midway through.
Last edited by Strelokest; Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:05pm
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Reitz Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:12pm 
People who want official servers have really suspicious reasons usually. Whats your?
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Aquanaut Jul 10, 2024 @ 10:18pm 
Originally posted by Strelokest:
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
Not to beat a dead horse here either but, I spent 30 minutes just trying to get into an active server which all have reserved slots for pay.

I never did get in the server I tried and quit in frustration after 30 minutes.

So now I'm like should I just refund now? The only reason I haven't is because Squad takeover and I believe in that group of devs.

It's the exact same as trying to join a decent server in Squad. Choose a server and sit in the queue until a match ends at which point you will always get in because that is when people leave. The real Gs know to use the battlemetrics server list to find out what server has had the current round running the longest by looking at the realtime player count chart.

And official servers wouldn't fix this, either. It's just the nature of a small playerbase shooter where people play full rounds instead of dropping out midway through.

Exactly, the methodology is the same. Just find a server with agreeable admins/game flow and queue as you would in Squad. Not sure how official servers with no moderation and inevitable griefing/toxicity would be a good thing.
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drongo Jul 10, 2024 @ 11:54pm 
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
Not to beat a dead horse here either but, I spent 30 minutes just trying to get into an active server which all have reserved slots for pay.

I never did get in the server I tried and quit in frustration after 30 minutes.

So now I'm like should I just refund now? The only reason I haven't is because Squad takeover and I believe in that group of devs.

You can now join one server while you wait in queue for another server, this is a new feature that not many people know about.

Just join a server that is seeding, then join the queue for the other server, play have fun, help seed a server then when your spot in the queue is ready you will be connected to that server, if everyone did this we would have shorter queues and more full servers.

Also no we don't need official servers.
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Luigi Shizzione Jul 11, 2024 @ 7:24am 
Originally posted by Azza:
Originally posted by ShizniticuS:
Not to beat a dead horse here either but, I spent 30 minutes just trying to get into an active server which all have reserved slots for pay.

I never did get in the server I tried and quit in frustration after 30 minutes.

So now I'm like should I just refund now? The only reason I haven't is because Squad takeover and I believe in that group of devs.

You can now join one server while you wait in queue for another server, this is a new feature that not many people know about.

Just join a server that is seeding, then join the queue for the other server, play have fun, help seed a server then when your spot in the queue is ready you will be connected to that server, if everyone did this we would have shorter queues and more full servers.

Also no we don't need official servers.

Now that's some useful info, thank you!
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Luigi Shizzione Jul 11, 2024 @ 7:24am 
Originally posted by Lehr Hoggo:
People who want official servers have really suspicious reasons usually. Whats your?

Let me see your papers.
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=7Cav=SPC.Crimzon.E Jul 11, 2024 @ 9:29am 
Originally posted by Lehr Hoggo:
People who want official servers have really suspicious reasons usually. Whats your?
Yeah this screams I want to play on un-moderated stuff
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gerzald Jul 11, 2024 @ 9:36am 
The smaller the player base, the more everybody gets to know each other on the limited number of servers, the quicker the cheaters get spotted. Now tell me again why you want lots of full official servers with no moderators and lots of randoms?
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Reitz Jul 11, 2024 @ 5:55pm 
Originally posted by ENG CrimzonEmpire:
Originally posted by Lehr Hoggo:
People who want official servers have really suspicious reasons usually. Whats your?
Yeah this screams I want to play on un-moderated stuff
Could be cheater or wanting to yell gamer words in peace which imo is rly dumb to do ingame.
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