Cost of a ranked server

[wihadmin]

From the company that we rent our servers from. EA official ranked BF2 servers cost......

Are you guys ready???


$8.50 per player slot

:shock:

If we wanted ranked servers with EA

64-player x $8.50 = $544
64-player x $8.50 = $544
32-player x $8.50 = $272

for a grand total of..... $1360 monthly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

minimum donations now will be $50 a pop. :) But seriously, this is why we will never have ranked servers.

You guys had a chance to try out the unlocked weapons, is it worth it to have ranked servers?

[Drayu]

nope, just keep it unlocked so we can get the weaps from the ea servers and then come on back. Well I won't be doing that, but I will be killing you all who do have them and stealing your kit :D


Seriously, that is FREAKIN' OUTRAGEOUS!!! I mean, the weaps aren't that much better IMHO, not for that $$$!

[GorroXXII]

That is ridiculous... I do have to say I like the unlockable Engineer and medic weapons, as for the others, not really.

[dbodenheim]

The unlockable sniper weapons on both sides pretty much look like the AWP. But they sure as hell dont hit like the AWP. Matter of fact I saw no difference in damage and the big thick crosshair made me not sure if i was pinpointing them or not. Note to snipers, I think everytime you see a small yellow x on your target after you fire it means you scored a hit. Anyone back that up? Ive only seen it on really long range shots.

[Wibby]

I think that shows up for everybody when you score a hit. I think.

[Kernel Error]

that is an insane amount of money, could i ask what just a regular sever that yall may rent for like CSS is like just, wondering about the comparison between normal and EA hehe

[wihadmin]

While I can't talk about the specifics of our operations, the normal CS:S server rental is $2-$2.50 per slot.

[Vryllyn]

Personally, I haven't really noticed a difference between the unlockables and the normal guns. I like the standard Medic gun more. The only Unlockables I like is the Anti-tanks Grenade Launcher and the new Support gun...

That's it.

[Kev Kanos]

I love the new support gun and the medic gun but other then that they all are the same. It sure isnt worth that INSANE price. INSANE

[wihadmin]

Here's the real world cost of running BF2 servers. Info taken from http://www.artofwarcentral.com. They are a partner with EA and authorized to sell BF2 servers.

Demo server
64 Max Player Slots $169.95 Monthly @ ~$2.65/slot

Unranked
64 Max Player Slots $170.95 Monthly @ ~$2.65/slot

Ranked
64 Max Player Slots $383.95 Monthly @ ~$6/slot

So unranked servers are normal cost. Ranked is a different story.

[SnaKe]

And these aren't even a whole server, right? It's just an instance of a server among several others running on the same box. Guess what that means....that's right, piss poor performance.

[Vryllyn]

Here's the real world cost of running BF2 servers. Info taken from http://www.artofwarcentral.com. They are a partner with EA and authorized to sell BF2 servers.

Demo server
64 Max Player Slots $169.95 Monthly @ ~$2.65/slot

Unranked
64 Max Player Slots $170.95 Monthly @ ~$2.65/slot

Ranked
64 Max Player Slots $383.95 Monthly @ ~$6/slot

So unranked servers are normal cost. Ranked is a different story.

That is double/triple the costs of CS servers for Christ's sake!

[wihadmin]

These are not dedicated servers. That means that you get a game instance of BF2. According to EA, you have minimal admin rights. I'm sure to kick/ban players, change map rotations, time limits, etc... But not much else beyond that. You can't run mods, you can't change other settings.

Like I was saying in TS, they build the server engine to be extremely efficient so that they can throw up 10 servers onto a machine. But yeah, performance of a server is dependent upon the machine that is running it. if the other servers are hopping, your BF2 server will suffer.

[Vryllyn]

These are not dedicated servers. That means that you get a game instance of BF2. According to EA, you have minimal admin rights. I'm sure to kick/ban players, change map rotations, time limits, etc... But not much else beyond that. You can't run mods, you can't change other settings.

Like I was saying in TS, they build the server engine to be extremely efficient so that they can throw up 10 servers onto a machine. But yeah, performance of a server is dependent upon the machine that is running it. if the other servers are hopping, your BF2 server will suffer.

So, technically, you are a purchasing a 64 user license with no control?! Strange, why in the hell are people going to purchase ranked servers, when you can get a non-ranked for cheaper and have complete control??

[Persephone]

Lol wow. Now I feel bad. When I get my job this summer (still have a few more applications to fill out) i'll make some sort of donation x_x.

[ResJudicata]

I think that shows up for everybody when you score a hit. I think.

roger that... i can confirm :thumbsup: :sniper:

[Phenix]

I don't believe a ranked server is nesscery, new weapons isn't that special, I think hanging out and killing you all is more special :thumbsup: http://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/buttrock.gifhttp://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/drink.gifhttp://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/ak3.gif
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