Admitedly it was the afternoon but I went on earlier and of the 1000 servers returned by the search only the first 200 had anyone in them, and of that only 100 ish had what looked like a game going on.

I think the only way we'll be able to get this to work is pile in together and hope the number attract the browsers and the quickmatchers. There's obviously some tipping point where quickmatch puts you in, obviously quickmatch isn't going to put you into an empty room. I'm guessing that's why the 5v5 game we were having didn't get people in either.

I've changed the server description to be less confusing, and hopefully attract more people. I'm starting to think though that unless we can figure out how to get players in it's going to be a bit of a waste of time/money. Maybe change it to a mixture of gametypes?

I could add "remember to favourite" to the description somewhere.

O, I forgot to say last night, I won't be playing this anymore when Paul's on the other team. He has enough of my dogtags.

You guys on this tonight? I wouldn't mind joining in if thats ok?

I'm going to try and get on, give this server another bash see what happens.

Another mixed bag. We should have left after our first triumph against that clan, the lag in the next game was laughable. 

TDM is fine but it can really show the lag up much more than objective based. You basically cannot win (or go positive) if it's badly against you.

That might be where having a server we can kick yanks from would shine. Dunno.

DICE have tweeted today that official servers are back up, I'm still trying to work out whether I care or not.

Come now, surely a black knife or unique dog tag is top of everyone's wish list, rather than, y'know, official servers, balanced weapons, no glitches, stable netcode, an M26 Dart fix, no tac light, tank buff, reduced suppression...

Catharsis kicks in after a game or two and, lag willing, you can begin to enjoy it. Theatre mode needed to convey the awesome of a twin sniper knife takedown on Tehran though. Hate to say I was even enjoying Metro towards the end, shame about the freeze.

Who the fuck is that?

I might have a pop on this tomorrow night if the Crafting of Mines doesn't keep me away.

Battlefield Premium to cost £35

Price listing on a fairly minor on-line shop doesn't seem like a great source, but I won't be buying it anyway. Seems like a hard sell for most people, players will have either bought Back To Karkand already or received it for free and Close Quarters won't integrate into existing play-lists. The other maps seem a long way away.

We should boot this up again. See if anything has improved.

I didn't renew the server btw, obviously. Didn't seem worth it as nobody joined and trying to manage it and play was a pain. But speak up if you feel different

I'm guessing by the lack of activity in this thread, it's a no.
Dice really need to get their online shit together for the next gen.

regards

g.man

30 weeks on the chart and it actually rose a place from 9 to 8 this week.

30 weeks of "we'll fix it soon, honest". Fucks sake.