Private Servers?

[=247= Tony]

Will this game have private servers or official only?

[HumanGenome]

Survival Servers looks like they are offering it, says "Coming Soon"

https://survivalservers.com/services/game_servers/atlas/

From the text on the page it says "server hosts" so hopefully this also means player hosted servers and a re-creation like ARK Server Manager but for Atlas. We shall see!!

[vackillers]

I have posted this a few times on the forums but i'll do it again in case people missed it.

"Appealing to their community's whims is especially notable because Studio Wildcard will also be releasing all of the dev tools for Atlas so that players can make their own servers—an extremely uncommon thing for an MMO. Using either a provided dev kit or the Unreal Engine, players can resculpt the landscape, create their own mods, and host their own Atlas servers at no extra charge beyond the cost of server hosting."

direct quote from PC gamers article while on a gameplay test

https://www.pcgamer.com/atlas-mmo/


edit: still don't quite know how this is going to work yet considering the scope and size of this game essentially being the size of 1,200 ark maps slapped together but I am now at least hopeful, we'll be able to host our servers, especially if mods continue to be a thing they want to include.

[wildbill]

This seems to be one game that the official servers will be better than the private servers. No one is likely to host more than a few linked servers, nothing like the official ones that link I think someone said link 64 servers together.

[GardevoirChan]

This really is the deciding factor to me, I didn't like Ark's official servers and loved to play with just me and my friends, if this is possible then I will buy the game.

[Matrix-tirol]

its great ! play on the official server with 40k ppl or with your friends on a custom server (mods, rp etc)

[TerminalApe]

i personally feel that private servers with mods will have a similar feeling to a Private server host for an MMO so if you do not fill it out with players it'll feel empty.

[Reapo]

There will be a PvE server that is seperate from the PvP Server. So pretty much SP, just a bit more lively. Unless you just really hate MP or have bad internet or comp can't handle a lot of player interaction.

[=247= Tony]

thanks for the answers. I hope it does have the option so we can do some custom stuff in our community. Love ark because of the customizable aspect

[Risen]

Myself would play on a player server first only because i can tell you the lag will be so bad with alot of people in it..player servers can limit the number of players keeping the lag down..just a thought..I will be getting the game and setting up a server for it myself just to enjoy the game better..I have played Ark for a long time love the game and hope this game can be as good as ark yes it has problems all games do but to just sit at the computer for a few hrs a day and forget about the world problems is good enough for me..

[Bones]

If there is a dedicated server I can host on my own hardware, then I will almost certainly buy 2 copies. If there are no dedicated servers, I will pass.

[Retro]

this is what streamers will most likely use to not be stream sniped, they will also probably show the best experience of the game you can get because it's more refined by the players in the world, especially RP experiences, public servers are going to be the wild west, I only wish streamers had a more easier way of getting into their servers...not going to lie i'd love to play with MRMOON or the other RPers out there, lol.

[Soulpuppet]

Originally posted by {BHC}Sgt.Reapo:

There will be a PvE server that is seperate from the PvP Server. So pretty much SP, just a bit more lively. Unless you just really hate MP or have bad internet or comp can't handle a lot of player interaction.

Oh that's cool that there will be pvp. My wife doesn't like to play PVP so I'll play on both servers. I can pvp on one and play around with her on pve this is pretty cool =D

[=7Cav=SPC.Stenberg.P]

This will likely work well on unofficial servers. The map is not the size of 1200 "The Island" maps, it is not one huge land mass surrounded by water. Rather a series of large and small islands...and as you pass from one region to another you switch servers seamlessly to create a massive "map". Should make for a cool official experience.

For unofficial, you just buy the number of server slots you want from your host and scale the size of the entire world you want. Too many and it will be barren, too few and it will be crowded.

I use arkservers.io, they are looking into it right now. Love them, $14 per map per month. I have a 6 server ARK cluster I am opening to the public soon. I may add a 2 to 6 server Atlas cluster also.

[Caldrin]

Official servers will be The ones that support 40k players.. private servers will be very similar to ark severs I would think with a much smaller section of the world.

[vackillers]

that doesn't make much sense to me but I am very curious as to how this is going to work, or how they plan to implement it.