November 18, 20169 yr The word is getting out about RSP on BF1 Everyone please keep up the complaints. Call EA wiwth your complaints, email EA & DICE with your complaints and post in the battlefield forums with your complaints! http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/11/some-battlefield-1-fans-are-warning-gamers-not-to-rent-servers/16816/ SOME BATTLEFIELD 1 FANS ARE WARNING GAMERS NOT TO RENT SERVERS Posted on November 17, 2016, 11:35 pm By Billy D There’s a lengthy post over on the sub-Reddit for Battlefield 1, DICE’s latest first-person shooter for home consoles and PC. The post is titled like a PSA, declaring “DO NOT RENT A SERVER!”. User GrowImonDrgnbutt has a list of bullet points as to why the rent-a-server for Battlefield 1 is actually worse than the one DICE implemented for Battlefield 4. There are way too many issues that he brings up in the thread to adequately cover in a timely and appropriate matter in this article, but the gist of it is that server administrators don’t have much control over the servers they rent, even to the point where you can’t even assign someone else to be an administrator and you don’t even get administrator privileges. The post also points out that there are no reserved slots on a server for players, VIPs or administrators, so a game can technically fill up and the admin may not even be allowed in. Other restrictions and limitations include only allowing six maps in rotation, not having a ban list or the ability to ban players from the server, and there is no in-game server menu, so you can’t make administrative changes or tweaks during a live game. Plenty of players agreed that there needs to be some tweaks made to the rent-a-server option because they aren’t likely going to pay $300 a year for what’s essentially an annexed server to the standard official servers. On PC gamers are used to having a lot of freedom and control when they pay to run their own servers, but with Battlefield 1 DICE and EA have put in more restrictions for this year’s outing than in Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4. I reached out to EA’s press rep to ask if DICE had any plans to address this issue but they haven’t responded as of the writing of this article.
November 18, 20169 yr Update which says nothing at all: https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/61545/an-announcement-from-alexander-hassoon-regarding-rsp#latest
November 18, 20169 yr Hi, My name is Alexander Hassoon and I’m the Producer on the Rent-a-Server program in Battlefield 1. I wanted to take some time to talk to you about what we have in store for it in in the near future. Firstly, I need to cover some history! In previous Battlefield titles, Rent-a-Server was handled in-game on console by EA while PC was handled outside the game client by third-party providers. This setup gave PC server admins a large amount of control on the game server but often at the cost of the overall player experience. The console server admins had very little control, but the player experience was very similar to playing on official servers. We all remember how as a player you would end up on a server that did not allow certainly gameplay elements and you would be kicked or banned immediately by accidentally using one of the restricted items! So the challenge we set to ourselves at DICE was as follows - How can we increase admin control levels while not sacrificing the player experience? We started by implementing PC Rent-a-Server to the Battlefield 1 game client with the release of the Nov 15 patch. It was a very tough call to make but we felt it had to be done to offer a consistent experience for all players and allowed us control of the admin options there are. We added a lot of customization options that were not natively available in the game client before, features such as Class Restrictions, Weapon Class Restriction and Explosives Restrictions. Server admins in Battlefield 1 can now control all these options while the players won’t be punished for using them by mistake. So what does the future hold for the Rent-a-Server program in Battlefield 1? We will continue working on adding more features and tools as well as a bunch of other cool stuff which we aren’t quite ready to talk about just now. We see the Rent-a-Server program in Battlefield 1 very much as a live service that will evolve over time based on your feedback, so keep it coming as we hear you loud and clear. Sincerely Alexander “Striterax” Hassoon
November 21, 20169 yr Posted on the BF1 Redit: Not sure if this was posted here but this was like Wednesday or so. Posted on the BF1 Redit: Not sure if this was posted here but this was like Wednesday or so. My Reply:
November 21, 20169 yr Author I saw that, I laughed at #8 Sniper Only....... Blah, don't really care for that! I sent this the other day, I am not sure if I should be happy, or Punch the screen............ 2+ years of Development, and they were worried about stability, there must be more than 64 people who work at DICE, One of them must have said something!!!
November 23, 20169 yr Author Ok, so maybe GATOR can screenshot what the CURRENT In-Game Admin looks like so we can get a better Idea of WTF this is? This is what I get from the above photo Hit the Escape Key>Subscreen>4 Options>8 Options Is this currently what it looks like, or is this a newer version?
November 23, 20169 yr 15 minutes ago, =CDU= Rogue Warrior said: Ok, so maybe GATOR can screenshot what the CURRENT In-Game Admin looks like so we can get a better Idea of WTF this is? This is what I get from the above photo Hit the Escape Key>Subscreen>4 Options>8 Options Is this currently what it looks like, or is this a newer version?
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