[CoD4] Server - different mode?

[Ronin Storm]

Been thinking about our CoD4 server and what we've been playing when we're playing (anywhere but our own server )...

Strikes me that we're search for normal mode servers to suit the upcoming I33 matches. Also strikes me that S&D isn't the best pickup server mode.

Given that, would it be reasonable to make our server non-hardcore (and put that in the name) and push us to a mix of game modes including Domination, Headquarters and Sabotage? All of those are much better for pickup servers and might mean we have more reason to visit our own server.

Obviously Team Deathmatch would be even more pickup friendly, but I hate that mode.

 

[Tetsuo_Shima]

No way, S+D is by far the most popular game mode, and for good reason. Sabotage, HQ and Dom are absolute gash, most of the time how well you do depends on whether the game chooses to spawn you on top of the enemy or not, and with large numbers of players they end up just a big messy melee.

A better way to get players in would be to improve the ping of the server, since it seems to be higher on average than most other servers for me.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Let's just say we disagree on the S&D thing; that's not what I observe.

with large numbers of players they end up just a big messy melee.

Actually, while on that subject, I'd be perfectly happy with a 16 pub slot, 24 max slot server. I'm generally choosing smaller servers to play on to avoid the problems of dumb spawns.

A better way to get players in would be to improve the ping of the server

We can run that by Haven but I suspect that is just as it is. There's no particular reason why it'd be higher than any other UK-based server, though, as far as I can see. Of course, a 50-75 ping server which is populated is going to get more players than a 30-40 ping server with no players.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Actually, I've realised that I've even missed my own point there.

I'm not really aiming to get our server populated as a public server. I'm aiming to change the configuration of our server so that we might actually play on it ourselves. Currently, I almost never see anyone on CoD4 on the THN server but plenty on other random servers. Some of that is just following the crowd (public or THN-driven). Some of that, I feel, is because our server just isn't easy enough to play on.

 

[Nanor]

I hate S&D, I can only imagine it lowering the numbers.

But yeah, making it normal would make sense for I33 practice.

 

[waterproofbob]

I'd say mostly S&D with maybe the odd TDM for a mix it up. I feel it should be set to normal. I think a 16 man is the way to go as more than that it sucks ass. I hate COD when it's more than about 8V8 the maps aren't designed for it and it is never fun.

 

[Traxata]

Been thinking about our CoD4 server and what we've been playing when we're playing (anywhere but our own server )...

Strikes me that we're search for normal mode servers to suit the upcoming I33 matches. Also strikes me that S&D isn't the best pickup server mode.

Given that, would it be reasonable to make our server non-hardcore (and put that in the name) and push us to a mix of game modes including Domination, Headquarters and Sabotage? All of those are much better for pickup servers and might mean we have more reason to visit our own server.

Obviously Team Deathmatch would be even more pickup friendly, but I hate that mode.

I've had the server running normal mode on S&D, not managed to get the I33 settings for PAM mod running though, still trying to work that out, but I do see people appearing on the server under normal mode a little more now

 

[Tetsuo_Shima]

I'd say mostly S&D with maybe the odd TDM for a mix it up ... etc. etc.

Agreed; that's pretty much exactly what I think the server should be running, too.

 

[Ronin Storm]

I've had the server running normal mode on S&D

We should rename the server to reflect that it is in normal mode. Also, I'd not repeat our name twice in the name. [THN] is sufficient to identify us; the rest of the text could be used to identify game modes.

 

[Traxata]

We should rename the server to reflect that it is in normal mode. Also, I'd not repeat our name twice in the name. [THN] is sufficient to identify us; the rest of the text could be used to identify game modes.

Its currently [THN] S&D 1.5