eGO HC = Empty Servers

[Deptacon]

Seems like since we switched to mostly HC, we have a hard time filling the servers. just an observation, I am not a fan of the HC. I am an eGO member, and I have to go play on other servers because all of ours are HC.....

 

[Krod Mandoon]

What I have been saying all along, pubs dont seem to like HC which comprises 90% of our playerbase on our servers more oft than not. Don't know why HC got the B2K maps first when those were the servers that were suffering before, not to mention our only normal mode servers are cheese servers with fast respawns and selective rotations or no rotation.

 

[Mustachio]

HC Conquest is full right now...

I think we need to wait a bit until the freshness of B2K wears off a bit to truly see where the servers sit. But I am also not a fan of HC.

Also, I dont know if they switched it back, but the starting players on the Air Maps server was set back up to 4 instead of 1 after B2K came out, and I know its much harder to start up servers with high minimum player counts.

 

[KILLERCANKILL]

Seems like since we switched to mostly HC, we have a hard time filling the servers. just an observation, I am not a fan of the HC. I am an eGO member, and I have to go play on other servers because all of ours are HC.....

If the servers stop crashing maybe then we can maintain a full server. All hardcore servers have crashed atleast 3-4 times today and that was just when I was playing. The Hardcore conquest just crashed now when it was full. This problem is only limited to us as I know that other servers are not crashing at all or very little. Someone needs to take care of this right away. In regards to the arguments about hardcore vs Normal, its a peronal preference, there is no clear majority for both. I suggest we run an equal number of both types.

 

[Wi1D_K4rD]

I agree with Killer we need an equal number of both. I used to be like Deptacon hated HC but since it's all I play now I can't stand Normal. So I wouldn't be happy with mostly normal servers. In the end there is only so much one can do with 4 servers to satisfy such a vastly different user base. From what I've seen its constantly changing to try to find that right balance for everyone anyway, so I'm sure over time we'll figure out a good combo.

On a side note but still related a lot of the problem we have with filling servers is that lately I've noticed we don't jumpstart servers as often as we did when I first got on with eGO. It used to be we got on a server played it till it got close to full then we'd switch to the next server help it along and repeat as necessary. Now everyone seems to favor only HC conquest and doesn't try to help start Rush or Air maps.(Metro usually starting up for the most part on its own just because of its stat padding nature.) Just an observation I had.

 

[bodayga]

this has been going on for weeks now :facewall:. eventualy people will get fed up with the servers crashing all the time. it will become harder and harder to populate the longer this goes on. :crying:

 

[LilShortstuf]

A quick note about BF3 crashes
Dec 15 2011 12:00:22 PM PT
BF3 servers have always been relatively crash-happy, but since the B2K release, we have seen a significant uptick in crash behavior, to levels several times higher than they were in version R11. Busy servers that crash at least once a day are the norm right now. We have been analyzing the crash logs as much as we can to ensure that these crashes are not on our side (so far, they haven't seemed to be) and to look for commonalities that may allow for workarounds (so far, we haven't determined any). We have also been sending all of that crash information on to DICE, and we have an automated system in place that will continue to send every crash to them.

We sincerely hope that DICE is able to resolve the issues ASAP in a new server release, and we'll make sure to test and roll out any such new release promptly.

Crashes are not isolated. The reason you notice our servers crashing so often is because they are our servers. If you spend a majority of time on our servers of course you will feel like our servers crash more than others because of pure statistics.

Also

In the end there is only so much one can do with 4 servers to satisfy such a vastly different user base. From what I've seen its constantly changing to try to find that right balance for everyone anyway, so I'm sure over time we'll figure out a good combo

This is pretty dead on. NOTHING we do is ever permanent. We are just testing things out. We changed our servers then B2K came out. We decided to change HC conquest and rush over. Air Maps sits empty because people want to play B2K. Once B2K mania wears down some we will go back over the servers. Most likely things will stay relatively in constant minor changes until after the holidays. We may change the map list, maybe the HC vs normal setting, maybe this, and maybe that.

Another key point is USE THE DROP BOX! I know some people think that the drop box doesn't work but believe me if you want me to pay attention to something I'm much more likely to be able to follow it if you post the question or concern in the drop box than in the division discussion. The division discussion has too much activity and we will lose track of things posted here. The drop box is only for leadership and we check it every day. We may not post right away because we are discussing the issue among leadership before posting so don't always expect 24 hour turn around.

Finally, we recognize the complaints that our only rotation servers are HC. We are talking about it. We don't need people making threads about it.

-Locked