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[Spiderz]

so i had a petition thread for Aussie/NZ/OCEANIC/SEA servers back on alpha forums that i would try and direct other Aussies toward

i didn't make one when beta forums launched and now i'm seeing duplicates all over different place, people asking the same question "do we get Aussies servers_" so here it is, i'm remaking it, please sign this post and use the poll ~ Spiderz

here is a chunk of text from AusGamers interview with Hawken Producer Jason Huges:
"So in terms of multiplayer and supporting the community, one of the main problems in Australia is location, location, location. And we also talk about this to anyone who’s releasing a multiplayer game on PC, so do you have a dedicated server model_ What’s the process for you guys internally in terms of helping people like us in a faraway land_"

Jason: Sure. We have a very new and unique solution to that. We’re doing something that hasn’t really been done for multiplayer as far as that’s concerned, and obviously with a free-to-play game there’s some monetisation involved and we have to protect the game, we have to protect the players, and that is a huge priority for us. But, it may be hosted on our servers, but we’re also looking at a variety of markets outside of the US; we have Europe, we’re also aggressively looking at Asia Pacific regions; we’re planning on supporting the game and making sure people have as much fun as possible, regardless. And so some of what we’re doing, hopefully you won’t experience what you have in the past as far as multiplayer goes.

Edited by Spiderz, October 28 2012 - 04:45 AM.

[Rotaken]

In the last one everybody commented "+1" instead of using like button. Let us see if they now comment the name instead of using the poll

[Spiderz]

i remember that maybe my post is confusing, i stipulated to use both

[GunPowder]

I am in 100% for this movement!

[Glothrenite]

think of the children!

[CharlieCroker]

Glothrenite, on October 27 2012 - 09:15 PM, said:

think of the children!

Those who we in the beta are going to eviscerate with our head start_ Sure, I'm thinking of all the best places to drop an MG Turret for them to enjoy.

[Dreizehn]

I just hope the game doesn't get region locked like a number of MMORPGs are.

I may be in Malaysia and will probably get a much better ping on an Asian servers, but I much prefer to play at 200 ping with my friends who reside elsewhere.

[desecravity]

+1 for Aussie servers. The game is awesome, but like I said in another thread, its nearly unplayable at 250+ ping.

[mydoom]

just wait for final release. i am sure they will add oceanic servers if there are enough people playing in that zone. so hold off on the server threads until final release

[Spiderz]

mydoom, on October 28 2012 - 01:57 AM, said:

just wait for final release. i am sure they will add oceanic servers if there are enough people playing in that zone. so hold off on the server threads until final release

we don't know that yet tho, nobody has really come forward and said "yeah its going to happen, relax guys" if they did that a month ago, i wouldn't have made this thread, i guess what we're really looking for is the commitment

[Noobhammer]

Tight cornering sucks with high ping.
I'd like to see how it plays otherwise.

[sen]

I would really love to play this game with a responsive latency.

[Spiderz]

sen, on October 29 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

I would really love to play this game with a responsive latency.

yep!

[sen]

Oceanic servers for CBW2!

[Tezkat]

Unfortunately, I don't see Aussie servers coming any time in the near future. Hawken is apparently using Amazon Cloud services to host their game servers. While that gives them tremendous flexibility with regards to scaling capacity in response to demand, it limits their freedom with respect to host locations. Amazon's main data centres are in America and Ireland, with some lower capacity ones in Singapore and Tokyo that may or may not currently support the features they need. Nothing in Australia or NZ yet.

[Gagzila]

I can definitely say that I would NOT be inclined to spend any money on this game with the current pings I have to play with...once I have a choice of sub 80 ping servers to choose from (ideally 20-30ms ping servers would be best, but at least sub 80 is definitely competitively playable) I will have no issue at all in throwing some money Hawken's way

Otherwise it's just not worth spending money on a game that you can only play online and that experience is constantly hampered and tarnished with gobs of lag.

Cheers,

Gagzila

EDIT: Don't get me wrong though, I LOVE the game and you guys (AG & ME) are doing a great job...we just need Oceanic servers ASAP please

Edited by Gagzila, November 08 2012 - 05:57 PM.

[LeonORiley]

cmon even a few servers for oceanic is better than none

[Dizet]

+ 1 for any server west of LA.

[Spiderz]

Dizet, on November 09 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

+ 1 for any server west of LA.

thanks for the support Dizet, i'm beginning to think i should have made this in forum general   its squashed away under beta 1

[Vyrnach]

I'm afraid I might be getting too used to the lag. Shooting 1/2 secs ahead of everything