Mcleane 24 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Now some discussion has been happening over this recently on the forums and even within my own group of friends. So What is your preference and why? I personally have always gravitated towards private hive servers and not because it stops server hopping as that can be stopped with the simple implementation of a downtime every time you join a new server, but more because of the community that builds around a private hive server you get to know everyone if you play on it long enough the douche bags the guys that can help you when your in a fix it's great but a lot of the community came from side channel which currently is not in the SA and I am not sure yet if I want it in or if it was implemented for there to be no voice side channel so we don't have to listen to people rage when they die there are pros and cons to both private and public hive and below I will try and update them as you guys post comments on you own opinions. Public Hive Pros - you can switch the server if you encounter bad performance, a hacker or anything else you don't like about the server. - no power abusing admins and admin friends. - no donator gear, donator bases/houses, donator helicopter etc. - no extra loot, buildings etc. Cons - It encourages people to ghost. - server hopping. - no possibility to rollback server after hacker attack. Private Hive Pros - You get to learn the location of tents & cars. - You get to know the players you play with & some private hives even have forums. - There will be admins only focusing on their server. - Sense of community. - No ghosting or server hopping. - possibility to rollback server after hacker attack. Cons - If the server sucks, crashes or goes down, your character is lost. - Possible bad admins and admin friends getting free loot. Edited January 16, 2014 by Mcleane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gugolas 228 Posted January 16, 2014 It depends on how the game develops. I fear private hives because I fear server admins, and because I'm not 24/7 able to play so if the server is down during my 2 free hours I lost my day of gaming.If they will fix server hopping, I'll stick to the public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoboss 224 Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Pro for all: You have a choice. No one is forcing you to play on either one. Public:Pro: you can switch the server if you encounter bad performance, a hacker or anything else you don't like about the serverCon: It encourages people to ghost, server hop and combatlog. Private:Pro: No ghosting or server hopping. Combatlogging only to a certain degree. (You could leave, but can't be sure the guys attacking you aren't still there when you come back.) You can somewhat develop a own community on your server. People get to know each other, and its much more likely to run into someone again.Con: If the server sucks, crashes, goes down, your char is lost. You can't escape bad admins or hackers. Edited January 16, 2014 by phoboss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmashT 10907 Posted January 16, 2014 I prefer public, although the sub-private hives that are planned sound like a good middle-ground, offering the best of both. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frosti 2165 Posted January 16, 2014 Public Hive Pros: - no power abusing admins and admin friends - no donator gear, donator bases/houses, donator helicopter etc. - no extra loot, buildings etc Cons - server hopping - no possibility to unfuck server after hacker attack Private Hive Pros - possibility to unfuck server after hacker attack Cons 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulfirez 901 Posted January 16, 2014 Private hive once you find a good one hard to go back to a public game i just found more interesting interactions on private servers. Suffered far less hackers everytime i went to a public server in the end someone would use some major server wide hack be it teleport everyone together or the gangnam style dance one ( which i did find funny specially when the zeds danced) stuff like that ruined it for me lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lommetyv 47 Posted January 16, 2014 The day I discovered private hives on the mod I ONLY played on private hives. ¤ No server hopping, which means players will actually roam the map. :)¤ No ghosting! (Logging off in combat, join another server, go behind the enemy, log back to the original server & kill your opponet) ¤ There will be no combat-logging & joining another server. You have to join the same server, which means you can camp his combat-log spot. >:(¤ You get to learn the location of tents & cars.¤ You get to know the players you play with & some private hives even have forums. ^_^¤ There will be admins only focusing on their server. Private hives would solve a few issues. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImageCtrl 719 Posted January 16, 2014 I prefer public, although the sub-private hives that are planned sound like a good middle-ground, offering the best of both.I prefer private, although the sub-private hives that are planned sound like a good middle-ground, offering the best of both. :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mcleane 24 Posted January 16, 2014 I've updated the pros and cons to give a clearer view. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
