Villayer Server Hosting Review

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So to start this off, a few weeks ago a few friends and myself decided we wanted our own server to play on. After much looking about we all decided to going with Villayer. We had read some good and bad reviews, but the pro's out weighed the con's so to speak so we took the next step and purchased a 50 slot server from them. All seemed fine for the first week or so and then the problems started.

 

Problem 1- The Node that we were on was under an almost constant DDOS attack during the peak gaming time and went on till around 0200am. Now i do know that there is not much people can do against a DDOS they could have just moved us to another node but instead we get told 'we have found the server that is being attacked and removed it, please wait before making any decisions'. Well it was not fixed and the DDOS continued unabated. While the server may not have went down, it was totally unplayable due to the ping and desyinc that players would obtain (myself in the UK would get 800+ ping and 100k Dysinc). Add to that the fact that the server could and did randomly go offline for multiple hours at a time so we would be left with no server to play on only made matters worse. These problems carried on till problem 2 started yesterday afternoon at around 14:00 (GMT).

 

problem 2- Since 14:00 yesterday afternoon, the server has been offline with no explanation as to why. The Villayer's ACP is accessible, however the server status is unknown and wont respond to anything at all. Ive had a ticket open since 1100am and at the time of writing this review (1700) still no response as to why the server has been offline for over  24 hours.

 

Problem 3 - This one is more our fault than villayer's but anyhow. Due to a group of us paying for the server, only 1 person can pay so 1 friend volunteered to be the 'bill payer' however is not available all the time ( and rightly so as he is entitled to a life away from the computer). So, ive been trying to take care of things whilst he is unavailable. Well villayer wont deal with anyone accept the 'bill payer' apparently and so our saga continues.

 

Problem 4- Villayer TS support. Do any of their support actually use it? I keep joining it to see if i can catch any reps online but today i have see the grand sum of 0 online.

 

Now, stop me if I am wrong here but how can you class this as a game server when it is so unstable it makes Charles Bronson look like a model citizen?  

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Vert Hosting, nuff said.

 

Just my opinion really. I did not have a good expierence either, and I share most of yours as well.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Curgon

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its such  a poor service. I can only hope that they dont get access to the SA files when its released. 

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just tried to call them... spent 5 mins in the que as they were busy before they tel me 'due to the large volume of calls we are getting please leave your number and we will call back'.... really?

 

WHY NOT SAY THAT AT THE START!

[diddums 3760]

Can you hear that? It's the sound of a huge head being dragged along the floor to kick your ass with its beautiful mind.

[kichilron 8550]

I have had my experience with VILayer and their support as well. Can't say anything good aobut it, really. Even though I have never experienced any downtime due to DDoS-attacks.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

Their name is nice...

Vill-ay-er

Rolls off my tongue nicely

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UPDATE

 

Server has now been moved to a new node. After one day however, it is showing as ERROR.