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2012-06-11, 06:39 PM | [Ignore Me] #1 | ||
First Sergeant
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There are 3 continents slated for launch with 2000 players on each, meaning each server will likely hold 6000 players. However, there were 8000 people watching TB's stream during E3. If most of them will be playing, that is still a small portion of the total audience who will want to play a F2P MMOFPS when it first comes out. We know there will be multiple servers, but will there be enough? I'm really unsure. It sounds crazy, but a free game like this could blow up so easily.
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2012-06-11, 06:40 PM | [Ignore Me] #2 | |||
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2012-06-11, 06:42 PM | [Ignore Me] #3 | ||
Master Sergeant
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Most games that do fantastically at launch are overwhelmed by the sheer number of people logging into their servers (looking at you Diablo). I think launch will have the usual problems, but they have the tech to handle the server loads. It's kind of their thing haha
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2012-06-11, 06:45 PM | [Ignore Me] #4 | |||
First Sergeant
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In this instance as I'm sure SOE is aware it is always best to over prepare. |
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2012-06-11, 06:47 PM | [Ignore Me] #5 | ||
Staff Sergeant
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my concern with server sizes is that with the pure awesomeness that is PlanetSide 2 there will in all likelyhood be multiple servers for each region. I can see scenarios where outfits that had been duking it out with each other for over 9 years in original game are now playing on seperate servers in PS2. Certainly not the end of the world, but still kinda sad imho.
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2012-06-11, 06:46 PM | [Ignore Me] #6 | ||
First Sergeant
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I think the server load will be manageable if they do the beta stress tests right. It'll just be strange if the servers are completely packed for a while. Unless they decide to add in more continents or raise the player cap.
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2012-06-11, 07:11 PM | [Ignore Me] #10 | ||
Sergeant
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I thought each server was locked at 2000 people spread across each continent (666 each)? I guess the word "battlefield" is kind of vague. :/
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2012-06-11, 07:18 PM | [Ignore Me] #11 | |||
666 players per empire on a continent, three empires on a continent. |
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2012-06-11, 07:59 PM | [Ignore Me] #13 | ||
Corporal
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Too few servers and they have a bad launch. Too many servers and they waste a lot of money on unneeded hardware.
It's a slippery slope. Hopefully they will get a good idea about the number of interested players in open beta. |
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2012-06-11, 07:08 PM | [Ignore Me] #14 | ||
Lieutenant Colonel
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No. There will be crashes, Server locks, netcode malfunctions and much lag. It will be as unplayable as PS1 is now.
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