Bohemia, can we get more servers please?

[bent.toe 529]

With a total of 67 servers (EU+RU) it's super easy to server hopp and find people's bases, tents and barrels. Grab it all and vanish.

You guys started out with 400+ servers in september but in december you are down to 67?... Sure servers cost but atleast go past 100 per area.

Either that or lock all placeable content to the server (grab a tent and disconnect = no tent in hands when at main screen). Then people can steal but can be hunted and found. 

[xhardcorefishx 66]

Server number gets increased if actually more players are playing.

The server number at the beginning was just to counter possible thousands of player not getting on one. Now, the player statistic is more or less stable and dont require so much servers.

 

Well tho, i think there should be atleast some locked data server in some sort.

[Man Parts 241 686]

Character locked servers or private servers. 

[bent.toe 529]

1 hour ago, Man Parts 241 said:

Character locked servers or private servers. 

Locking a character is not a good idea, we discussed this in the team chat the other evening when a friend bought and joined the game.

If you lock your character and additional friends buy the game and try to join the server you are locked on...and it's full. What to do? Kill your character and start over together on another server? Sure it works..once maybe, but then another friend buy it and another one.

Edited December 9, 2018 by bent.toe

[DayzDayzFanboy 1280]

13 hours ago, bent.toe said:

Locking a character is not a good idea, we discussed this in the team chat the other evening when a friend bought and joined the game.

If you lock your character and additional friends buy the game and try to join the server you are locked on...and it's full. What to do? Kill your character and start over together on another server? Sure it works..once maybe, but then another friend buy it and another one.

I don't think I've been on a server yet that has been so full I couldn't join it, but I suppose it could happen. If every server you joined gave you a new character you could all pick a server that was only maybe a medium pop server. But this issue isn't unique, this happens in other games with server locked characters, like Ark.

It's better than having server hoppers. 

[bent.toe 529]

1 hour ago, DayzDayzFanboy said:

I don't think I've been on a server yet that has been so full I couldn't join it, 

Say you want to play on a friday evening during primetime. You spent 50+ hours on your character and last night you almost finished your base and you thought you finish it this friday evening...but it's full and 6 people in que.

When does a server become full? When 60 players have joined and got their character locked? Even if the server is half full, do the server save the remaining slots for the players that are locked to it? Or do the server allow anyone to join and lock their character? Could 300 players lock their character to NL 3855 for example, even though the server capacity is 60 players?

Nah...i rather have them lock placeable content. Only the player that place a tent or barrel can pack/move it. Sure you can steal whats in them.

Like the car...you can't bring it to another server, it's locked. 

[Man Parts 241 686]

6 hours ago, DayzDayzFanboy said:

If every server you joined gave you a new character you could all pick a server that was only maybe a medium pop server.

This is what I was thinking about when it came to character locked servers.

[Arctic Volkssturm 95]

6 hours ago, DayzDayzFanboy said:

I don't think I've been on a server yet that has been so full I couldn't join it, but I suppose it could happen. If every server you joined gave you a new character you could all pick a server that was only maybe a medium pop server. But this issue isn't unique, this happens in other games with server locked characters, like Ark.

It's better than having server hoppers. 

I remember Ark had character locked servers in the preview and it was great then they added the feature where you could transfer your character between servers and bring your gear/tames with you using the large obelisks on the map (also where you would spawn boss fights.) Was this removed?

[Arctic Volkssturm 95]

4 hours ago, bent.toe said:

When does a server become full? When 60 players have joined and got their character locked? Even if the server is half full, do the server save the remaining slots for the players that are locked to it? Or do the server allow anyone to join and lock their character? Could 300 players lock their character to NL 3855 for example, even though the server capacity is 60 players?

It would make the most sense to set it up so anyone can join a server and create a character so long as there is space for them to join. Offline players don't count towards the 60 and would have to wait their turn until space became available to join their server 

[DayzDayzFanboy 1280]

6 minutes ago, Arctic Volkssturm said:

I remember Ark had character locked servers in the preview and it was great then they added the feature where you could transfer your character between servers and bring your gear/tames with you using the large obelisks on the map (also where you would spawn boss fights.) Was this removed?

No I think you can still do this. I never did as I never got that far into the game. 

To be honest though, in response to the OP, what difference does it make. If a server is full, your mate can't join whether it's server locked characters or not. A full server is a full server regardless. 

But it stops the server hoppers. 

[Arctic Volkssturm 95]

2 minutes ago, DayzDayzFanboy said:

No I think you can still do this. I never did as I never got that far into the game. 

The good old days back before you could do that it was way easier to control a server as an alpha tribe. No worrying about 4am server invasions by 60 man mega tribes 

[DayzDayzFanboy 1280]

True

[pilgrim* 3514]

On 12/9/2018 at 1:31 AM, bent.toe said:

You guys started out with 400+ servers in september but in december you are down to 67?... Sure servers cost but atleast go past 100 per area.

Why shout for more servers now when you are shouting what a mess the servers are now ?  - just a question.
When Xbox is ROLLING REAL SMOOTH then enough servers will be online for everyone who wants to play, worldwide - that's got to be 100% certain.
The bottom line is to sell the game to whoever wants to play it.
I guess BI have figured that ?

Edited December 10, 2018 by pilgrim*
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[nhow7108 159]

We need locked characters despite the downsides. Its a desperately needed feature. You better get used to starting fresh. It is dayz we are talking about here.

[bent.toe 529]

4 hours ago, pilgrim* said:

Why shout for more servers now when you are shouting what a mess the servers are now ?  - just a question.
 

The answer is in my post. Try and read it before you reply.

[bent.toe 529]

3 hours ago, nhow7108 said:

We need locked characters despite the downsides. Its a desperately needed feature. You better get used to starting fresh. It is dayz we are talking about here.

Yeah, as long we are in game preview anything can happen. Come 1.0 and i'm heading into the woods..never to be seen again.

I bet we get stats for each character, kills, how long distance traveled, how many days we survived etc.