With 2042 out and BF4 population down a good bit (and donations starting to drop off) we've been trimming some fat to ensure the longevity of bZ's BF4 servers. We have a few problematic servers at risk of being shut down:
bZ #8 EU 24/7 Locker has a very healthy population and is the most popular server hosted in the EU...but it is not pulling its weight in terms of donations. In the past 60 days only 3 donors have played on that server. If donations don't pick up on it we may choose to shut it down to ensure donations are being spent on servers where VIPs play, thus not wasting donations on servers that donors don't care about.
bZ #10 HC Mixed Mode is struggling with players. It has not fully populated in over a month and while I know we have many VIPs who enjoy it, there's no point in keeping it going if we can't populate it. I've made some adjustments to the map rotations to help it fill up hopefully but if that doesn't work we'll probably shut it down in about another week.
bZ #9, 15, and 16 are potentially the next on the list to get cut but they are safe for now as they are just barely supporting themselves.
Raw stats used to make these decisions for anyone interested:
bZ #8 EU 24/7 Locker has a very healthy population and is the most popular server hosted in the EU...but it is not pulling its weight in terms of donations. In the past 60 days only 3 donors have played on that server. If donations don't pick up on it we may choose to shut it down to ensure donations are being spent on servers where VIPs play, thus not wasting donations on servers that donors don't care about.
bZ #10 HC Mixed Mode is struggling with players. It has not fully populated in over a month and while I know we have many VIPs who enjoy it, there's no point in keeping it going if we can't populate it. I've made some adjustments to the map rotations to help it fill up hopefully but if that doesn't work we'll probably shut it down in about another week.
bZ #9, 15, and 16 are potentially the next on the list to get cut but they are safe for now as they are just barely supporting themselves.
Raw stats used to make these decisions for anyone interested:
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| ServerName | VIPs Played Past 60d |
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| bZ1 HARDCORE ALL MAPS | 78 |
| bZ2 METRO/LOCKER/PEARL HARDCORE | 63 |
| bZ3 VANILLA MAPS | 27 |
| bZ4 90HZ LOCKER NO RULES | 28 |
| bZ5 TDM HARDCORE | 33 |
| bZ6 ALL MAPS + DLC | 33 |
| bZ7 RUSH HARDCORE | 34 |
| bZ8 60HZ LOCKER | 3 |
| bZ9 HARDCORE ALL MAPS | 8 |
| bZ10 HARDCORE MIXED MODE | 12 |
| bZ11 60HZ SIEGE 24/7 | 24 |
| bZ12 RUSH | 17 |
| bZ13 TDM TEAM DEATH MATCH | 16 |
| bZ1.5 HARDCORE VANILLA MAPS | 23 |
| bZ15 VANILLA MAPS | 10 |
| bZ16 ALL MAPS + DLC | 10 |
| bZ24 HARDCORE SIEGE 24/7 | 16 |
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