All's Quiet on the Eastern Front?

[AbortedMan]

5 per side or 5 total?

This number is completely dependent on server hardware. The current Eagle's Nest machine can do 5-6 total with around 30 people online. These are rough numbers and we have not done extensive testing (especially since the latest dserver update that seemed to optimize A LOT of the metrics), so taking this as law is bad science.

[Finkeren]

Good to have this information AM, and good to see, that you're still around despite all that has gone down.

[Wandalen]

 

I think BOS society still tilts after being hit by a torpedo called Unlocks.

To many players lost interest and got scared away.

[TheNotoriousFNG]

I think BOS society still tilts after being hit by a torpedo called Unlocks.

To many players lost interest and got scared away.

 

If the XP gained was persistent across all modes of play, I don't think people would've been so up in arms about them. I will say, the locking of the mods/loadouts was in pretty poor choice, but the skins aren't a horrible thing to unlock. A bit of an incentive to continue flying/learning a particular aircraft.

 

As Bearcat and others have said in posts scattered throughout this forum, coops would do much to breathe more life into the multiplayer. That's about the only time that I think a large number of AI in the air would be necessary, as you're unlikely to find that kind of coordination in the current dogfight servers to form up in historically large formations as it stands (granted the low player cap doesn't help).

[AbortedMan]

If the XP gained was persistent across all modes of play, I don't think people would've been so up in arms about them. I will say, the locking of the mods/loadouts was in pretty poor choice, but the skins aren't a horrible thing to unlock. A bit of an incentive to continue flying/learning a particular aircraft.

 

As Bearcat and others have said in posts scattered throughout this forum, coops would do much to breathe more life into the multiplayer. That's about the only time that I think a large number of AI in the air would be necessary, as you're unlikely to find that kind of coordination in the current dogfight servers to form up in historically large formations as it stands (granted the low player cap doesn't help).

Co-op missions are very doable in the scope of BoS/DN engine since demand for most co-op missions I've seen usually only want/need to include 10-12 players. Larger formations (15-20-ish) of AI aircraft can definitely be achieved with those numbers online on a mid-range server machine...higher with a powerhouse box.

 

Unfortunately, 90% of the people I've seen that actually want aforementioned co-op missions would rather put their efforts into useless bickering on the forums about how it can't be done or they can't be bothered to figure out how to get it done rather than taking a few moments to explore the functions of the ME (or message me or other members of the community with questions/requests).

Edited May 27, 2015 by AbortedMan

[TheNotoriousFNG]

Co-op missions are very doable in the scope of BoS/DN engine since demand for most co-op missions I've seen usually only want/need to include 10-12 players. Larger formations (15-20-ish) of AI aircraft can definitely be achieved with those numbers online on a mid-range server machine...higher with a powerhouse box.

 

Unfortunately, 90% of the people I've seen that actually want aforementioned co-op missions would rather put their efforts into useless bickering on the forums about how it can't be done or they can't be bothered to figure out how to get it done rather than taking a few moments to explore the functions of the ME (or message me or other members of the community with questions/requests).

 

I hope I didn't come off as bickering or that way. I'm really not sure what the ME is capable of (my only experience is messing with the '46 one as well as OFP's ME)...I know that you and several other members have made some amazing breakthroughs with it and it's exciting to see. I wish I had more time to fly/experiment with it. I was unaware of this capability so allow me to retract my previous statement

[AbortedMan]

Sorry, i wasn't referring to anyone here