ATS has 200 slot server up, and Launch Party with prizes (poll inside)

[mckchun]

Hi all

ATS has the first server that exceeeds 64, (100 slots) in US region

Dont forget to vote for your favourite game mode, between battle or siege

Prizes and vote for your "most wanted" item thread

lets enjoy this madness together

We also have a launching party on Sunday May 30th. I personally will be giving out brand new item (with a list of options) for prize winner. The winner can pick one of the prizes.
To win, basically play on our server. The longer you play, the higher chance you will win a prize, because it will be given at anytime during that day.

I will be updating a list of prizes that can be won, shortly. (with a poll)

 

[CrimsonShroud]

Good work!

 

[mckchun]

increased to 200

 

[Trejin]

I can hear the battle screams and sword clashing from afar!!!

 

[CrimsonShroud]

Nice, but have you renamed your servers by any chance?  I no longer see any ATS-named servers before or after I hit the search button.

 

[mckchun]

server moved for better bandwidth, so ip changed and has to be re-added to show on fav list.

I think there's a bug where not all new servers are showing on the list for some people. Could be that causing problems.

 

[UnfortunateCrow]

I have to re-search every time I go into Warband.  Can't wait to play a 200-person siege, but so far haven't seen more than 3 people at a time.

 

[mckchun]

I have to re-search every time I go into Warband.  Can't wait to play a 200-person siege, but so far haven't seen more than 3 people at a time.

needs work on the player side too. If everyone dont join the server just because it's low populated, we will never see a full server.

It also takes some time for people to realize that we have this server existing

 

[CrimsonShroud]

The last week or so I haven't been able to see any ATS servers (and I double and triple checked for them with searches).  I never had any servers saved to favorites.  I just now was able to find the 200 person server (and now I have added it to my favorites), but that is the only ATS server I can see.  If I remember correctly, you used to have 2 or 3 servers total.  Are there still that many servers and I'm just not seeing them, or have you just condensed down to one mega server now?

 

[Vincenzo]

What kind of hardware are you running this baby on? 

People that don't see the server should click on "Start Search" on the top next to the selection box for internet/local/favorites.

 

[mckchun]

The last week or so I haven't been able to see any ATS servers (and I double and triple checked for them with searches).  I never had any servers saved to favorites.  I just now was able to find the 200 person server (and now I have added it to my favorites), but that is the only ATS server I can see.  If I remember correctly, you used to have 2 or 3 servers total.  Are there still that many servers and I'm just not seeing them, or have you just condensed down to one mega server now?

Yes you are correct, we used to have several servers, but to do 200 man server, some sacrifices have to be made. Right now we only 1 mega server because of budget/demand. We may open more servers if there's enough demand (and I have enough budget to do so).

 

[mckchun]

currently has 80+ players, lets fill it up

 

[thegamerofdoom]

I had a fun time playing on the server, but I seemed to be lagging quite a bit. I know it wasn't my graphics, because I turned them down and it still persisted. Had between 60 and 100 ping throughout, too.

 

[mckchun]

I had a fun time playing on the server, but I seemed to be lagging quite a bit. I know it wasn't my graphics, because I turned them down and it still persisted. Had between 60 and 100 ping throughout, too.

could you download fraps (monitors fps) and double check that? so we can find out if there's any problem on the server side.

My clanmates didnt report similar issue, so I was thinking it could be happening on certain individuals.

I'm glad you had fun.

Edit: I'm seeing slightly higher ping (about 20 or so) when players are over 80, I will see if anything can be done.
This is my first time hosting server (and over 64), so please be patient.
Thanks for your support.

 

[Seawied86]

I was just on there Fail, and you've done a very good job with it so far. We had 80+ people on, and we didn't have any text echo, plus the server only had 100 ping for me (I'm based in cali, so normally my ping on your servers is 40-60.) I did notice some slight lag on Castle 3, but it was completely gone on Castle 4. This might be a engine problem and not a server problem.

I'd love to see it hit full capacity some  day. I always enjoy playing with the ATS crew; they're a friendly bunch.

 

[CrimsonShroud]

Yeah, I played for a while tonight and it was fun having a lot of people without a lot of lag.  Hopefully it'll stay set as a siege server most of the time because I find battles to be more boring, and if you happen to get picked off early your only choice is to watch forever or leave.  That and sieges are more infantry friendly since there aren't a lot of horsemen.  So, anyway, thanks for the mega server.  I will be spending a lot of time there ;o)  I do miss the ATS duel server though.

 

[mckchun]

I was just on there Fail, and you've done a very good job with it so far. We had 80+ people on, and we didn't have any text echo, plus the server only had 100 ping for me (I'm based in cali, so normally my ping on your servers is 40-60.) I did notice some slight lag on Castle 3, but it was completely gone on Castle 4. This might be a engine problem and not a server problem.

I'd love to see it hit full capacity some  day. I always enjoy playing with the ATS crew; they're a friendly bunch.

I'm glad that you are enjoying playing on the server, and with us. It's one of our sources of motivation to do better.

Regarding the slightly lag issue, I'll see if there's anything I can do.

Thanks for your support!

Yeah, I played for a while tonight and it was fun having a lot of people without a lot of lag.  Hopefully it'll stay set as a siege server most of the time because I find battles to be more boring, and if you happen to get picked off early your only choice is to watch forever or leave.  That and sieges are more infantry friendly since there aren't a lot of horsemen.  So, anyway, thanks for the mega server.  I will be spending a lot of time there ;o)  I do miss the ATS duel server though.

Thanks for your support,

As for gamemode, we are still deciding on which mode to stay on: battle or siege. We also considered the pros and cons for these modes. Battle provides more tactical gameplay but dying early means long wait time and definitely not quite rewarding for new players as they die more often. For Siege, the pace is faster, less wait time, but also less tactical movement can be involved, for those who want more than just fighting. When player number hits over 100, we may do battle once in a while to see how people rate it, be sure to request it when you see that number!

Duel server is possible to be revived, but we are concentrating our $ and energy on a single large project - 200 server.
If we have any update, you will be the first to know (or posted on forum).

Your happiness is also our happiness.

 

[CrimsonShroud]

Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to run your 200 person server per month?  And how much did your old servers cost?  It would be nice if TaleWorlds would provide the funding to host a mega server on each continent.  I heard they made a good deal of money off of Warband sales (for an indie game anyway).  More people would probably play multiplayer if they did host these kinds of servers, and perhaps they would also generate more sales via word of mouth about how awesome Warband multiplayer is.  It seems odd to me that they aren't putting more effort into promoting their PvP, considering that is the major selling point of Warband to begin with.

 

[Knight of the Rose]

Thank you,  so much for running the siege server.  I had a great time and hope it stays on siege.  Its my favorite game mode and I have been sad it has not been around the past week and ive been stuck with TDM for the only low ping NA server other than battle which I dislike greatly.

 

[mckchun]

Out of curiosity, how much does it cost to run your 200 person server per month?  And how much did your old servers cost?  It would be nice if TaleWorlds would provide the funding to host a mega server on each continent.  I heard they made a good deal of money off of Warband sales (for an indie game anyway).  More people would probably play multiplayer if they did host these kinds of servers, and perhaps they would also generate more sales via word of mouth about how awesome Warband multiplayer is.  It seems odd to me that they aren't putting more effort into promoting their PvP, considering that is the major selling point of Warband to begin with.

It's $1 per slot, so it's $200 per month. The first server only cost $32 for 64slots because the game was new and all that. However, cpu and ram usage upped almost tenfold after all the patches, and causes server to cost more, which is $1 per slot. Total server cost up to now is $372 (would be doubled very soon), and donations received is $165. I really hope more people would help me out to stop my pocket from bleeding to death.

Ya, they arent putting much effort, I think because this is their first multiplayer project, so they didnt want to invest too much, in case they screw up, which they didnt.

I bet they are busy working on M&B 2 atm.

Thank you,  so much for running the siege server.  I had a great time and hope it stays on siege.  Its my favorite game mode and I have been sad it has not been around the past week and ive been stuck with TDM for the only low ping NA server other than battle which I dislike greatly.

Gamemode is not certain yet, we are still deciding, but the poll that we put up will be influencing our decision in major way.

Sorry for making you sad for the past week, it wasnt our intention, we had to move server for better bandwidth, hence it wasnt showing up on the list for some people.

Welcome back!