Where are all the players? (I'm new :)

[BishopNick]

When I go to join a multiplayer game, I always only see ONE server usually with under 20 people and the rest (which is only a few) have between 1-5 people. Where the heck is everybody? Am I missing something?

 

To make it worse, the only populated server is on normal mode so you pretty much know where everyone is.... takes all the fun out of the game for me. HELP!

[YSoMadTovarisch]

Daed gem.

 

Just kidding, game's quite populated at Euro peak time, around 10 AM PCT or so.

[Chuck_Owl]

Yeah, we North America guys got screwed when Eagle's Nest went down. My timezone is mostly empty in MP when I can have some play time... so I just fly some other sim instead for decent multiplayer action.

[SAG]

Yup mostly on Peak Euro time, for me that is around 3-4 o clock  (GMT-5)

 

play at different times and youll get an idea fast on when the peak times are :D

[Bearcat]

This will change over time.. hopefully sooner rather than later.

[Y-29.Silky]

North American Expert died with the Eagles Nest

 

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I live on the West Coast of America, and all Synicate, Ahktuba, and Heavy Metal are always full from morning to the afternoon, but this is during European prime time. In North American prime time, Expert servers are usually dead because North Americans need to play with markings for some reason, it's embarrassing   Friday nights are usually busy due to Europeans not having work the next day. 

Edited November 14, 2014 by Silky

[ducs]

Just waiting of dserver. Not sure when or if that will ever come though at this rate.

[Wandalen]

Hope there will be many players when Dserver and FMB gets out.

Right now i think the game is going down hill due to.... Ehh, newermind.

 

 

Hope to see you in the air !

 

 

Dam IPad autocorrect !

Edited November 14, 2014 by Wandalen

[7.GShAP/Silas]

There is no reason people in the western hemisphere can't play on Euro servers. If all the westerners looking for multiplayer action in their prime times joined those servers, they'd all get to play expert difficulty and missions to their heart's content.

 

Currently in Northern California, I play exclusively on European servers(because they're the only ones running with any semblance of depth in their mission premise) .  They give me zero problems.

[Mikey]

There is no reason people in the western hemisphere can't play on Euro servers. If all the westerners looking for multiplayer action in their prime times joined those servers, they'd all get to play expert difficulty and missions to their heart's content.

 

Currently in Northern California, I play exclusively on European servers(because they're the only ones running with any semblance of depth in their mission premise) .  They give me zero problems.

There is good reason, lag lag lag...

i played in one of them a few days ago and got mocked because  i couldnt hit someone in my 109 until my 4th pass. he was teleporting all over...last time i play in that server

[7.GShAP/Silas]

There is good reason, lag lag lag...

i played in one of them a few days ago and got mocked because  i couldnt hit someone in my 109 until my 4th pass. he was teleporting all over...last time i play in that server

 

 

Fair enough. It hasn't been an issue for me personally or anyone in my group, though, and I ping better to Tokyo than to Berlin.

Edited November 14, 2014 by Silas

[Uriah]

Yeah, we North America guys got screwed when Eagle's Nest went down. My timezone is mostly empty in MP when I can have some play time... so I just fly some other sim instead for decent multiplayer action.

I am being driven there too.  I don't mind non full real but I must have people on TS to have the fun I want.  There is another game with plenty of people and they are on TS.  Yet, I still play this game a bit each day.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I keep quite nocturnal hours for my gmt time zone, I find Euro peak time is good 9-12 pm gmt then if I come back a couple of hours later the US player start about 2-5 am gmt. But I have defo noticed a drop in players since official release and unlock fiasco

[Y-29.Silky]

> There is no reason people in the western hemisphere can't play on Euro servers.
Lag. Lag Spikes. You probably just don't notice them.
 

 

>If all the westerners looking for multiplayer action in their prime times joined those servers, they'd all get to play expert difficulty and missions to their heart's content.
There's a small window where you can maybe get 12 during North American prime time. And it's the simple fact that most don't, join them. The NAG normal server usually has 15 players on it a night in the Western prime time and refuse to join the expert server (many have tried to convince them to try it). The expert server has a short window of maybe 1-2 games before it's dead.

[-NW-ChiefRedCloud]

Yeah, we North America guys got screwed when Eagle's Nest went down. My timezone is mostly empty in MP when I can have some play time... so I just fly some other sim instead for decent multiplayer action.

 

We're working on it Chuck ......

 

Chief

[II./JG77_Manu*]

i always liked to fly on the eagle nest with the american guys at later european hours. great server, great people. had never problems with lag or so (from central europe). hope something similar comes back

[1./KG4_Blackwolf]

We're working on it Chuck ......

 

Chief

Tell fourspeed to get it in forth gear already! Hit the NOS if you have to!

[Creepermoss]

There is no reason people in the western hemisphere can't play on Euro servers. If all the westerners looking for multiplayer action in their prime times joined those servers, they'd all get to play expert difficulty and missions to their heart's content.

 

Currently in Northern California, I play exclusively on European servers(because they're the only ones running with any semblance of depth in their mission premise) .  They give me zero problems.

I'm on the West coast, too, and I've never seen anyone warping, or noticed any other lag issues on EU servers. 

[663rd_Clutch]

A damn shame the Eagles Nest server is not available anymore.

[unreasonable]

EN worked for me as well, Syn not so much since with my time difference EU busy time is midnight and after - too tired to fly. 

 

I looked at the Skyline China server which is just about my timezone: it had a ping of 440! 

 

Presumably I have to go out through the firewall of Thailand and in through the Great Firewall of China for every packet!  Need to change my username to Hi Ping for that one.

Edited November 15, 2014 by unreasonable

[SCG_Limboski]

I have to concur--situation is not particularly good for us Western U.S. players.

Edited November 15, 2014 by II./JG77_Limbo

[Wandalen]

Presumably I have to go out through the firewall of Thailand and in through the Great Firewall of China for every packet!  Need to change my username to Hi Ping for that one.

Hahahahaha.... Thats my type of humor :-))