Glock2693 0 Posted August 12, 2020 So, I'm not all that new to the game, but whenever I play, I always just join a server that's under the "official" tab. I never really understood what the servers under the "community" tab were for. Like I said, I'm not that new to the game, but I would most likely consider myself a beginner when it comes to my knowledge of the servers and stuff. I just like playing the game for fun. Could someone just give me an explanation of the differences between the "official" servers and the "community" ones? Like which ones are better/more fun, what differences (if any) there are in gameplay, etc. I come onto the forums here a lot to read posts, but I haven't really had any luck finding a post that deals directly with the question I asked. Sorry in advance if there is a post somewhere covering this! I literally registered an account on here just to make this post, so any knowledge would be appreciated. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mother1977 36 Posted August 12, 2020 community servers are not controlled by bohemia, and the owners, like myself, put mods on it and have custom setups restarts times, night/day, server slots, map in rotation etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aux7 233 Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) Note - this applies for pcs only "official" servers Run by a server provider for Bohemia. Also directly by Bohemia Run as a hive so you can jump across to any server in the hive with your character night/day times, weather and other characteristics are usually also set/fixed. No admin is present Game is standard vanilla release There are approximately 172 official servers worldwide ping is now restricted to below 300, as ping varies it may be that playing on any server above 250 ping and you "may" be kicked off official servers tend to be PVP only Official servers have two maps - Chernarus and Livonia servers have no method of contact to resolve issues other than this forum and the bug reporting page No monetisation of the server there are no gameplay rules other than those controlled by battleye top ten official servers "community" servers Run by a server provider paid for by a someone who wishes to run a server, or a standalone home server Not in a hive system and so your character is only on that server. night/day times, weather and other characteristics are usually customised. Admin is possible and usually present. Activity depends and varies from server to server game can be vanilla, but more usually has a variety of mods added to improve/vary the game play There are approximately 4181 official "live"servers worldwide, with another 3000 (approx) intermittant part time servers ping is/can be set by the server owner Community servers run through PVP/PVE and through to "roleplay" types of play Community servers have a number of custom maps as well as the two official maps The current top 48 servers by population are community servers and run high pop. servers usually have a discord or other means of contacting the admins for help assistance etc The server might be monetised in some form. Some ask for donations (its up to you), some have mods that need payment to access and so on. Monetisation has to be approved by Bohemia and a list of these servers is available here - https://www.bohemia.net/monetization there are usually but not always gameplay rules beyond those controlled by battleye. you have to contact the server owners to find out these rules top ten community servers Advice find a server you have friends on . . . . play there if you like playing in groups. If you have no friends playing DayZ . . . .. . if you are more of a lone wolf, its up to you which server you play on there are some run die retry type pvp servers if you want that. If you want to build, it might be that a roleplay server would be best ping from you to the server is likely to have the biggest influence on the quality of the gameplay. Choose a low ping server If your ping goes much over 400 your game play quality will not be very good Your graphics card will/is likely to be running pretty much flat out dont use wifi to connect Edited August 12, 2020 by aux7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
