Let me start off by saying: I'm well aware this topic has been talked about a lot already and everybody is waiting for the ability to host custom servers.
On that note, what I actually want to know is, what's the actual reason we can't get the servers? Where is the problem? Maybe a MP Dev like @AVRC or @NIN3 can give some insight. Because as of right now everyone's frustrated because of the servers. And it's not like there wouldn't be enough people trying to do fun events now already.
One example of clans trying to what custom servers would enable us to do (which is coordinated, fun gameplay) is the joint effort of KoH, Hess, PV, SFB, CRBR, and BRE when organizing our weekly Sunday Siege event. Just to give you an idea of the scale, this Sunday, we've been able to fill up a whole siege server almost entirely by ourselves. At least 100/120 players on the siege server that evening were from our clans. The issue is that this coordinated gameplay can be disturbed by people trolling / abusing game mechanics (opening the gate as defender / rushing G as attacker and so on)
Another example, where we (luckily) were able to play on a custom server, was the brilliant "Massacre in Druimmor Forest" hosted by Hawkband. The 120 slots for that event were gone within 1 hour. This event (due to being free of trolls and well coordinated) was an absolute blast for all players involved.
These examples should show that there's quite a big interest in having custom servers. So now I gotta ask: Why don't we have any? Is there a technical reason or are focusing on the competitive aspect of the game (skirmish) a little bit too much (not gonna complain about some good balancing & stuff cause I also enjoy playing skirmish, but you know what I get at)? It would help both the player-base and the developers if everyone was aware of what's the actual issue / reason as to why we don't have custom servers yet.
It'd be greatly appreciated if someone from the Dev team could give us some insight on this.
Also, please don't derail this post. Everybody knows you / we want custom servers. This post is asking for the actual reason (hoping to get a response from TW not from some people speculating over the reason, I can do that myself) as to why there is no way to host custom servers yet.
On that note, what I actually want to know is, what's the actual reason we can't get the servers? Where is the problem? Maybe a MP Dev like @AVRC or @NIN3 can give some insight. Because as of right now everyone's frustrated because of the servers. And it's not like there wouldn't be enough people trying to do fun events now already.
One example of clans trying to what custom servers would enable us to do (which is coordinated, fun gameplay) is the joint effort of KoH, Hess, PV, SFB, CRBR, and BRE when organizing our weekly Sunday Siege event. Just to give you an idea of the scale, this Sunday, we've been able to fill up a whole siege server almost entirely by ourselves. At least 100/120 players on the siege server that evening were from our clans. The issue is that this coordinated gameplay can be disturbed by people trolling / abusing game mechanics (opening the gate as defender / rushing G as attacker and so on)
Another example, where we (luckily) were able to play on a custom server, was the brilliant "Massacre in Druimmor Forest" hosted by Hawkband. The 120 slots for that event were gone within 1 hour. This event (due to being free of trolls and well coordinated) was an absolute blast for all players involved.
These examples should show that there's quite a big interest in having custom servers. So now I gotta ask: Why don't we have any? Is there a technical reason or are focusing on the competitive aspect of the game (skirmish) a little bit too much (not gonna complain about some good balancing & stuff cause I also enjoy playing skirmish, but you know what I get at)? It would help both the player-base and the developers if everyone was aware of what's the actual issue / reason as to why we don't have custom servers yet.
It'd be greatly appreciated if someone from the Dev team could give us some insight on this.
Also, please don't derail this post. Everybody knows you / we want custom servers. This post is asking for the actual reason (hoping to get a response from TW not from some people speculating over the reason, I can do that myself) as to why there is no way to host custom servers yet.