Bad Company 2 Heavy Metal and Atacama Desert Map Rotation

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Someone , actually a few someone's in Heavy Metal the other day mentioned how great it would be to have a map rotation of the maps mentioned in the title of this thread , someone also mentioned Arica Harbour , but I know that one is not accepted by a lot of players , it is a bit too high strung for us old guys , it is a non-stop battle , unlike Heavy Metal and Atacama Desert where you can play at your own pace .

If you guys ( Community Managers and Big Wigs :-) ) would consider it , I'm sure some players would appreciate it . Maybe put up some time of message in Heavy Metal chat and have a Forum thread to vote or some other type of voting system in place , maybe even have something where players can vote in game during a round asking a yes/no question for a map rotation .
 
While freshening up sounds nice, big changes like this tend to just murder old servers. People have been coming to the same one for a long time expecting one thing... it may please a few but turns off the rest... and bang, two weeks later, she's dead.
 
yes, atacama has vehicles. one heli and 3 tanks for each team
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no, it has not the same pace. its much smaller and action condensed.


good luck
 
This is a terrible idea. The entire identity of the BC2 server is being a 24/7 Heavy Metal server. Changing that will kill the server overnight as all the regulars find other 24/7 HM servers to play on. The best implementation you could come up with would probably be "Atacama Tuesdays" or something similar where there's long stretches of 24/ HM with breaks for Atacama, but I bet you any amount of money if you did that the server would empty out every time the map switched from HM to Atacama, and stay empty while on Atacama because there are plenty of servers with that map. Like Simon said, big changes like this tend to kill old servers.
 
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This is why we would need some time of voting system , not just throw Atacama Desert into the melee , and we need enough players voting to make an informed decision , I realize that Atacama Desert seems to have died off , don't know if there are any servers left at all for that map , the only reason I brought it up was because a few players mentioned it and we are basically hear to cater to there needs and make sure everybody has a good time while being here , I know some players would not like Atacama but I also use to game on that map with a lot of players that come to our server .
 
I love Atacama - as a matter of fact its with out any doubt my farvorit. And I miss the map big time.
I have been playing a lot of years now and I am sure that eGo Atacama would survive..
Unfortunatly I can not find any server playing Atacama without uncap violation
 
Maybe there's enough support for a second server. Would take away from Heavy Metal?
 
I don't really want to divide the players . I was thinking of starting my own server and see where it goes , but again , I really don't want to empty our Heavy Metal Server . We could run an Atacama Desert Server and see what happens I suppose .

Thanks for your input Artimus , I really appreciate opinions of Upper Management as they have been here longer than I have and have more experience in this matter .
 
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You're welcome. As I bring up the discussion of a new server, I'm aware that usually when we do, even if the community says they will support it, it doesn't work out. That said, with enough input here, we might convince @Legend to take a one month chance on a new server. But first, how is Heavy Metal doing?
 
Heavy Metal is excellent , a lot of times you have to wait in queue to get in , this is not all the time obviously as people have to work and eat and sleep . In general the server is at least 1/2 full except at really odd hours , 1 to 2 a.m. for example , but even then I've seen it almost full .
 
While HM is the number three (3) server in the world, the number one (1) server is a 24/7 Arica Harbour. We might want to think about a rotation between the two maps as they seem to be the most popular. Starting another server I feel would be competing in a small market of already established servers, but we could try if we have the members that want to give it a go.
 
Arica Harbour is a really fast pace map , you are literally running your a$$ off all the time , then there are good sniper positions , but still it is extremely demanding to play on that map , use to go there but now my reflexes are not quite a good , Harvest Day is similar with lots of Sniper positions and it has tanks , buggies and 4 wheelers , and it has 1 UAV , a very busy map , but the some players in Heavy Metal only seemed interest in Atacama Desert .
 
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I would also like to see either a map rotation on the server even if it is once every 6 or 12 rounds. Atacama Desert is also one of my favorite maps in the conquest line. I feel a trial server for a month would confirm either way whether or not it is a sustainable idea.

I'll be the first to admit that i go to other servers just for a change of map and or pace. It is possible that the fact there only a fairly low number of servers that an additional map may be a good idea, even in a low rotation.
 
just technical question - if you add new map into rotation, will you keep name of the server? (just because name: 24/7 Heavy Metal will not be true anymore)

consequences of new server name:
  • it will disappear from players history list
  • it will disappear from players favorites list
  • (this has to be checked, im not at my computer) it will be ranked at the bottom of all servers list. even if you rank them according to ping. only working ranking is player number and map name.
From "pace" point of view: HM is lazy ass map, where you can chill, snipe, have a beer. There is proper action 1-2x per round. In one of previous posts, i calculated, that 9,3% players (regulars) deliver 50% of total playtime on your server (data for 1 week period). Why do they connect? Are they prepared to more dying and action? Are you prepared for more dying and action?

You wrote, that EGO server is NR.3 in total ranking. Why is there a need to fix working product? What are benefits and threats of doing it? Would you force Usain Bolt to run a Marathon? (more appropriate would be opposite comparison, but i dont know any marathon runner)


Creating new mixed map server seems to be less risky. You just spend few bucks for non working project
 
jtipton. said:
While HM is the number three (3) server in the world, the number one (1) server is a 24/7 Arica Harbour. We might want to think about a rotation between the two maps as they seem to be the most popular. Starting another server I feel would be competing in a small market of already established servers, but we could try if we have the members that want to give it a go.
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Once they get the Flags in Arica Harbour you have no chance to get out . = END OF GAME with MASS PEOPLE ENTERING ENEMY BASE. that will be a nightmare for Admins. The maps you see now have no rules.
 
XM-M8 XM-M8 I think it would be foolish to change anything about the Heavy Metal server. Instead, the predicted success of a new, separate server is my question.
 
Upper Management is considering a 2nd server for Atacama Desert but that was only just brought up to the table and may not happen at all , not a map rotation of the Heavy Metal Map , if we did a map rotation it would literally destroy our Heavy Metal Server , we would lose a lot of players while Atacama Desert is running as not everybody likes Atacama Desert or Arica Harbor .
 
Trial run is ok with 2 games of Atacama then 2 games of Heavy Metal if it works gr8 if not return to 24/7 Heavy metal . But Arica Harbour will never work . Word on the street says Atacama.
 
Major Trubble said:
I don't really want to divide the players . I was thinking of starting my own server and see where it goes , but again , I really don't want to empty our Heavy Metal Server . We could run an Atacama Desert Server and see what happens I suppose .

Thanks for your input Artimus , I really appreciate opinions of Upper Management as they have been here longer than I have and have more experience in this matter .
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Starting a new server is not optimal in my opinion. Much better to rotate between Heavy and Atacama... Something like 2 times Heavy and 2 times Atacama.
 
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