Another server idea....

[FireBlade74]

I posted in the other thread, but I just realized something else that we should do to help keep the servers populated.

Most servers do not break up squads between rounds/maps or it switches your whole squad. This is extremely annoying when you are trying to play with your friends and every map you get separated.

Please set the server so it will it will keep your squad together between rounds/maps.

I'm not sure what the option is, or if it's a plugin, but rarely do i see servers break up squads.

 

[808-Stat3]

yeah i noticed that too . especially in BC2 ;( my son always ends up playing against me ... lol

 

[h987654321]

I like that idea. I don't like team scramble because first it is annoying, especially when team scramble inadvertently stacks a team..

 

[FireBlade74]

I was talking BF3, it's been awhile since I've played BC2. I can't remember does our BC2 server break up squads too? I'm not sure if that is an option for BC2 servers or not.

 

[ThundrRok]

The only control we have, by my understanding, is to scramble teams. Maybe once in a blue moon, it causes stacked teams, but every other time it unstacks them. As for a setting to not break up squads, we have no control that I know of

 

[FireBlade74]

I knew other servers were doing this. Here is the answer:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654490008363603/

to get the latest version we have to donate, but i'm sure not much.....

Here is a link to where you can donate and he'll email the latest version

http://www.phogue.net/forumvb/showt...erBF3-(CQ-Rush-TDM-GM-TS)-0-4-0-0-(12-09-2012)

 

[ThundrRok]

I knew other servers were doing this. Here is the answer:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654490008363603/

to get the latest version we have to donate, but i'm sure not much.....

Here is a link to where you can donate and he'll email the latest version

http://www.phogue.net/forumvb/showt...erBF3-(CQ-Rush-TDM-GM-TS)-0-4-0-0-(12-09-2012)

Completely unnecessary... many reasons that should be obvious and I don't feel like ranting at this moment. If it really is an issue, we will fix it.

 

[FireBlade74]

Completely unnecessary... many reasons that should be obvious and I don't feel like ranting at this moment. If it really is an issue, we will fix it.

I appreciate your opinion, but it seems like pretty much everyone in the bf3 community disagrees with you. My 15 years of FPS gaming and playing on other servers that self populate without the help of their clan members explain alot I feel. I would love to hear your ideas on why our servers don't self populate like others. You say there are many reasons......I think we would all love to hear those as they might be helpful instead of coming in here to what seems like belittle my ideas on how we might resolve our dead server issues. I can't imagine that adding another layer of anti cheat as i have many times stated would hurt and letting people stay with their friends in their squads would hurt our servers population issues.

I realize a few people might disagree, but must would welcome these changes......except obviously hackers.......

 

[ThundrRok]

This is the first time I have heard of the squads breaking up, I haven't experienced it, nor heard players talk about it.

I agree with what you have said. I just don't believe we should pay for a plugin that may not be necessary. I am all for fixing any issues and I am sure we will be getting to the bottom of why squads get broken apart. And see if there is something our current plugins can do. If they can't, then we will explore different options and balance the decision.

 

[FireBlade74]

if we can fix the annoying issue of the server breaking up squads that's all I ask. From what I've read there is no way to do that without using a plugin. I appreciate you getting back to us and looking into it.

 

[Pyro.Tek.Neks]

Hmmm I don't like being broken up with a dedicated squad, but I see this as a double edged sword. It can stack a team by scrambling people, but it can also un-stack a team. It's not something we NEED, but it's a good thing to have.

 

[LilShortstuf]

Ok we do have the newest version of TrueBalancer for BF3 which is what scrambles and balances the teams on our servers. We used to have it keep squads together and then I heard enough complaining from members about it keeping squads together that I turned it off. This is the first I have heard any complaints about it breaking up the squads.

After checking the only server that breaks up squads is the TDM server.

As for our BC2 servers the scramble and balance plugins are not as sophisticated so have no options about whether or not to keep squads so that will just have to stay as is unfortunately.