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#1 Ratchet18O_o

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Posted October 28 2012 - 06:34 PM

Sooo how come there isn't a way to create or host a match/server?

To me that seems like a pretty big thing. It would definitely be a good idea to integrate creating of matches/servers for people who want to host their own. Say for instance you want to host a game that you want only you and your friends to be able to play. There currently isn't a way to do that, that I've seen anyways. So I think that is a pretty big thing.

I can understand if you only want public servers, but I think it would be a good idea to incorporate that for people who only want to play among friends.

Just a suggestion though.

Anyone else feel this way?

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Posted October 28 2012 - 06:39 PM

+1000 Yes!!!
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#3 HazaRDReborN

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Posted October 28 2012 - 07:10 PM

Definitely a great idea.
On all this public servers thing, I don't see why hosting has become such a problem in the later years of gaming. In the old day, hosting games and playing on public servers was a given. Game after game after game, the option to host was always there and a great one too. I don't see a reason why new games shy away from this more and more with every release, neither a reason why it shouldn't be possible. Old tech was up to it, I am more than certain that today's current tech can manage this.

#4 Ratchet18O_o

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Posted October 28 2012 - 08:03 PM

@HazaRDReborN

I totally agree with you.

#5 Fragxile

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Posted October 28 2012 - 09:24 PM

Because it is a free to play game, the developers need to maintain control over the servers in order to be able to monetize the game at all. If they made it possible for people to host their own servers then you would quickly see servers where the progression system was destroyed in some shape or form making the interest and need to purchase any of the boosts, mechs or upgrades nonexistant.

So while most modern console shooters that are buy to play have no reasonable defense to denying you to create your own servers a f2p sadly requires this to be the case.

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Posted October 28 2012 - 09:26 PM

having a LAN option to play locally with friends would be nice too...
just don't have exp on for the LAN matching to prevent cheating....

Edited by DS08, October 28 2012 - 09:27 PM.

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Posted October 29 2012 - 03:41 PM

View PostFragxile, on October 28 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

Because it is a free to play game, the developers need to maintain control over the servers in order to be able to monetize the game at all. If they made it possible for people to host their own servers then you would quickly see servers where the progression system was destroyed in some shape or form making the interest and need to purchase any of the boosts, mechs or upgrades nonexistant.

So while most modern console shooters that are buy to play have no reasonable defense to denying you to create your own servers a f2p sadly requires this to be the case.


Ahh ok that would make sense.





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