[H] BF3 servers. Let's see if EA did fix some stuff.

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I usually post this kind of stuff in the Community forum, but I want this to get as much attention as possible. Since all the crashes from an "early" release, r11 has finally arrived "fixing" the servers. Doesn't matter if you're a pubber, clan guy, or casual gamer... we need you help getting our servers back to how they were before EA decided screw up a lot of things. With this new fix, we are hoping for a better experience for you guys. Because if we can't get them up and running again they will be gone. Also with the BTK expansion coming out, I am looking forward to seeing a lot of you guys back in game and vent.

Lets kick this off tomorrow and keep it going. Meet up on the Conquest serve at 7cst and we will go from there.
 
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darkstarcow said:
To be honest, I had more issues with the [H] servers then just about any other server I have played on. So blaming EA for whatever has been wrong with them really makes me personally not want to play on them.
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LOL whatever dude. We run default server setups. The hardware isnt at capacity. What else would it be? You need robby to come in here and share that it WASNT just our servers having the issues that we said? That it was the bugs in the server side of the game?

It seems there is no making you happy.
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1646844

Yeah i take this as a personal offense because from the time the game launched till the time they died out i spent from 10AM till 3AM and sometimes 6AM watching performance metrics, making changes, doing updates, listening to everyones feedback and getting stuff to work. I did everything i could do to make the servers perform at best. If they werent optimal performing it was completely out of our hands.
 
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We have all had problems with the servers, and EA/DICE admitted to the servers having problems. There is no blame game here when THEY are the ones at fault. Do you honestly think people would spend all kinds of money just to have a server run like crap?
 
WarriorX said:
Set the servers to 1 player start and it might help.
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I'll be playing with the configs when I get home today. I also plan to change the server setups.

Conquest 64 reg
Conquest 64 Hardcore
rush 32

Metro and Highway will still be left out of the rotation.
 
darkstarcow said:
To be honest, I had more issues with the [H] servers then just about any other server I have played on. So blaming EA for whatever has been wrong with them really makes me personally not want to play on them.
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I'm not trying to bag on you guys, or single you out, just give honest feedback as I want the [H] servers to be my primary place to play. But this was my experience as well, and once I wanted to try again, the servers were always unpopulated. I'm sure EA/Dice shares in the blame as well, but there were a dozen other servers I played on that had no crashing, rubber banding or lag issues during the same period.

Again - this isn't meant to be negative, just feedback.

Any chance to make the 64 player HC rotate between some maps on rush, as well? It's nice to have the variety, and some of the rush maps are a lot of fun on 64 player servers - op firestorm, kharg and noshar mainly. Tehran is also better in rush, IMO. Conquest 64 Metro is also a decent "breather" map, just a quick fun grind then back to serious maps. All IMO, YMMV, insert disclaimers here. ;)
 
TwistedAegis said:
I'm not trying to bag on you guys, or single you out, just give honest feedback as I want the [H] servers to be my primary place to play. But this was my experience as well, and once I wanted to try again, the servers were always unpopulated. I'm sure EA/Dice shares in the blame as well, but there were a dozen other servers I played on that had no crashing, rubber banding or lag issues during the same period.

Again - this isn't meant to be negative, just feedback.
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Yep, and our clan servers haven't crashed a single time and we run the heck out of them. They are full everyday from mid-afternoon until like 1am.. day after day after day with no crashes. I guess I can't remember ever seeing a BF3 server crash.

Just feedback is all, good luck. I do check on the [H] servers from time to time and would play on them if there was someone in them. I will keep checking.....
 
I actually had the best experience early on with the H servers. I only stopped playing there due to map rotation and lack of people lately. Thumbs up to the guys that keep it running, I'll stop by and check out how they are doing!
 
darkstarcow said:
I wont be donating to the [H] server again if this is the attitude your going to take with me expressing my experience with the servers. I also did not place blame on you, I dont know why the servers had problems, but they did, and a lot of other servers didn't.
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Right , your thread that you created had a condescending attitude and now you complain again in another thread. You could have been decent about it and just PM'd someone , its a new Battlefield game for god sakes .. almost every one of them has bugs that need to be ironed out months after release. Its fine to offer feedback but acting like an entitled individual because you donated money willingly to a service doesn't suddenly entitle you to premiere access and the right to be unkind about a problem that can't be fixed by the admins.
 
I'll check em out sometime this weekend, I have not been able to complete two full rounds on any server i have tried recently. Game freezes and a hard lockup on my pc that requires a reboot. I hope my video card isnt kicking the bucket :(
 
Awww still no highway and metro?

Those 2 are my favorites. :( Especially Tehran Highway.

Will you guys be including the B2K maps in the rotation when they come out?


leezard said:
I'll check em out sometime this weekend, I have not been able to complete two full rounds on any server i have tried recently. Game freezes and a hard lockup on my pc that requires a reboot. I hope my video card isnt kicking the bucket :(
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Apparently that can happen if the origin overlay isnt enabled? Check that out and see.
 
i have not had any problems reticently with the [H] servers but the two first week or so the only server i would just crash on join was the [H] conquest server. so give darkstarcow a break, i experienced problems too. i never brought it up because i seen others in it working just fine. i dont know about this other post nor do i care about the drama but, chill out guys. i know some people donated far more time and money in to and we are all bummed the servers are empty.

just keep inviting everyone who is online, i join when i can.

i hate to say it but, maybe we should make a gimic server just to get our name out there. some of the metro or city only rotations, infantry only with or without m320 or RPG servers seem to be packed and have queues. it is not like the servers are doing much at the moment anyway.
 
I gave EA/DICE the benefit of the doubt at the beginning, but they have boggled this thing so badly. It was fun while it lasted, and it is way too buggy to pull me away from Skyrim until they get their shit together. BF3 screams "rush this out to beat MW3."
 
thesecond said:
Apparently that can happen if the origin overlay isnt enabled? Check that out and see.
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figured it out, its my onboard audio. My soundcard I've been using for years finally died so I switched to onboard sound. Apparently realtek HD audio and punkbuster dont get along
 
gesicht said:
i have not had any problems reticently with the [H] servers but the two first week or so the only server i would just crash on join was the [H] conquest server. so give darkstarcow a break, i experienced problems too. i never brought it up because i seen others in it working just fine. i dont know about this other post nor do i care about the drama but, chill out guys. i know some people donated far more time and money in to and we are all bummed the servers are empty.

just keep inviting everyone who is online, i join when i can.

i hate to say it but, maybe we should make a gimic server just to get our name out there. some of the metro or city only rotations, infantry only with or without m320 or RPG servers seem to be packed and have queues. it is not like the servers are doing much at the moment anyway.
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When you restrict the m320 does that mean smoke also?
 
Playing for a while, and haven't seen any lag and the servers are not crash. /knocks on wood.
 
I'm on now, mikleezard...we'll see how long it takes for my pc to lock up (no fault of the server)
 
2 rounds and my computer locked up :( I give up till i get a replacement soundcard
 
That sucks man. Thought we were about to have it up and going. Going to try the rush server tomorrow.
 
darkstarcow said:
So blaming EA for whatever has been wrong with them really makes me personally not want to play on them.
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darkstarcow said:
How about just addressing my statement instead of attacking me. If stating my experience with the server is acting entitled or wanting premiere access... I actually don't know how to respond to that.
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This is why we responded the way we did. You basically pointed the finger at us for the servers crashing. We can't influence the server to crash. Only bad hardware or bad code... and I know Robby's stuff is up to par for the task.
 
darkstarcow said:
I wont be donating to the [H] server again if this is the attitude your going to take with me expressing my experience with the servers. I also did not place blame on you, I dont know why the servers had problems, but they did, and a lot of other servers didn't.
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darkstarcow said:
To be honest, I had more issues with the [H] servers then just about any other server I have played on. So blaming EA for whatever has been wrong with them really makes me personally not want to play on them.
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Then what is that supposed to mean? You are coming off like we have no idea what we are doing and we blamed EA/DICE to cover our ass. If you meant something different you need to think about how your wording what you post and how it comes off. There is a big difference in your accusation and expressing your issues and providing feedback. I hope that your mindset isnt that because you donated you can make posts like this. If you really want i can go back and refund all of your donations. Your threatening us with not donating because of the way we reacted to your false accusations is childish.
TwistedAegis said:
I'm not trying to bag on you guys, or single you out, just give honest feedback as I want the [H] servers to be my primary place to play. But this was my experience as well, and once I wanted to try again, the servers were always unpopulated. I'm sure EA/Dice shares in the blame as well, but there were a dozen other servers I played on that had no crashing, rubber banding or lag issues during the same period.

Again - this isn't meant to be negative, just feedback.

Any chance to make the 64 player HC rotate between some maps on rush, as well? It's nice to have the variety, and some of the rush maps are a lot of fun on 64 player servers - op firestorm, kharg and noshar mainly. Tehran is also better in rush, IMO. Conquest 64 Metro is also a decent "breather" map, just a quick fun grind then back to serious maps. All IMO, YMMV, insert disclaimers here. ;)
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We are not denying the issues at all. They were present and we let everyone know about it. Like i said it was out of our hands. We welcome posts like yours that provide feedback in a mature manner. :)
darkstarcow said:
The other thread I started I edited once what happened was pointed out to me. In this thread I stated why I have not tried to join the [H] server. I even admired I do not know the cause, but that I do know I had a better experience when I joined other servers.

How about just addressing my statement instead of attacking me. If stating my experience with the server is acting entitled or wanting premiere access... I actually don't know how to respond to that.

I was happy to donate to get the servers up and running, I would of also been happy to continue to donate to them whether I played on them or not.

Heck, if I can get into a rush game on one of the servers in the next couple days and don't have a problem I will a) try to drag as many people as possible to them every chance I get, and b) I will donate up to $100 to cover the costs of one of the servers to help keep them up and running, sound fair?
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The other thread you made an outlandish accusation which in itself was completely unnecessary and 30 seconds with google would have gotten you an answer. Yes you edited it after we told you what was going on.
 
As BF3 server op, I feel these issues are partly my fault for not noticing if they're still around.

If you guys notice ANYTHING out of the ordinary, please PM me or message me on Steam (Brak710) as soon as you can. I'd like to hop on while it's happening to get to the bottom of this.

I didn't notice any rubber-banding/other lags or crashes since R11, but that doesn't mean it isn't happening.
 
If there's a problem, a server admin needs to identify it and correct it. If it was a problem with EAs server code then all servers would have the same issue, so it's clearly not. Whos the actual admin of the servers, he has some troubleshooting to do.

Attacking people for their feedback is lame, not a good way to start a community.
 
darkstarcow said:
You guys can keep the donation. In regards to your inability to accept my flat out admitting I was wrong in the other post just to try and paint me as a malcontent that is just trying to put you down is plain crap.

I also worded the statement very purposefully when I said "So blaming EA for whatever has been wrong with them really makes me personally not want to play on them." I placed no blame on you guys, you chose to, and continue to take it as blame being placed on you, it is 100% your choice to do so. There are a good dozen possibilities for why I and/or the server was having issues, again, you decided to take it as a personal attack when none was made.

The fact is that the [H] servers are dead and have been for a while now, at the same time many other servers are consistently full. I gave my view/experience/opinion and you guys want to take offense and attack me instead of actually addressing my post.

Heck, I even offered to go above and beyond to try and keep the servers up and running in my last post and you still have nothing but crap to talk.
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Thanks for the cryptic post that only you know what it meant. Of course its our fault for taking it the way it came off. We were supposed to read your mind through an internet forum i guess.

PrincessFrosty said:
If there's a problem, a server admin needs to identify it and correct it. If it was a problem with EAs server code then all servers would have the same issue, so it's clearly not. Whos the actual admin of the servers, he has some troubleshooting to do.

Attacking people for their feedback is lame, not a good way to start a community.
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You have no idea what your talking about like always. Nice try.
 
I tried all 4 [H]ard Gaming BF3 servers today.
They all feel smooth and are starting fine with only 1 player.
 
I want to say that whatever server problems that were happening are gone and the server is just dying for someone to come play! I also want to publicly apologize to the guys working [H]ard to try and make [H] gaming a success!
 
darkstarcow said:
I want to say that whatever server problems that were happening are gone and the server is just dying for someone to come play! I also want to publicly apologize to the guys working [H]ard to try and make [H] gaming a success!
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Thank you. And sorry if I came off as dick. We put a lot into the launch and when shit went down hill there was nothing we could do... it was like having a brand new car and the factory brake went out and you can't stop it.
 
the karkand maps going to be in the server rotation? and any chance you know when?
 
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