Alkaline! Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 What the hell, does anyone from the U.S. even play this game? 7:00 P.M. central ... 2/40 players seems like unless I ditch work and arrive at 4:00 P.M. no renx for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja955 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I'm from Maryland and I have the same problem. I always try to play really early in the morning, both ren and renx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Many folk are from the US, including myself. But yeah, it's primarily a European player base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff yosh56 Posted August 18, 2016 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted August 18, 2016 Many folk are from the US, including myself.But yeah, it's primarily a European player base. You honestly see most of the US population playing in the PUG... other than that we're all sorts of spread out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 US Central here. I've noticed peak times are 11:00 AM to about 5:00 PM (US Central Time). That is because I am assuming most players are from Europe, and that is also because there is just one "full" server. Every now and then there might be a second server filled with a decent amount of players (10-20), but if there is just one full sever and the rest are "empty", I normally don't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherno Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 A solution might be to organize the US players so they all join at the same time. The problem is that if one looks at the server list, he sees that it's nearly empty, so he leaves. Now imagine twenty people doing that - While they could have been playing together had they known that others would also like to play at around the same time. So if it would be possible to agree on a set time where everyone joins a sever and stays in it for a perios of time, allowing others to join and filling it up, even US players could have their games. I managed to do this once or twice for Mechwarrior: Living Legends, a game with a similar smal playerbase. However, interest quickly petered out because it's too inconvenient for most people to do more than casually join a hopefully full server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisjh0223 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Well yeah, I'm in the US and I play this game from time to time. Thing is, I'm usually busy with various commitments during the weekdays, including but not limited to Exercise, Construction Work, and Housekeeping. So I get to play this game mostly on Saturday and Sunday, but most likely and often on Saturdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdolfCritler Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I play but at night time i dont, because there is only like 10 people on. When 10 people are on the game is too easy especially for nod. all people do is stealth nuke bases and i dont want to play and lose every damn match because of how easy it is for super weapons on low server pops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSilence Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I play but at night time i dont, because there is only like 10 people on.When 10 people are on the game is too easy especially for nod. all people do is stealth nuke bases and i dont want to play and lose every damn match because of how easy it is for super weapons on low server pops Thats the exact reason i don't join any server <20 players. If i cant get a slot on that 40+ server i'll skip this day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fffreak9999 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I play but at night time i dont, because there is only like 10 people on.When 10 people are on the game is too easy especially for nod. all people do is stealth nuke bases and i dont want to play and lose every damn match because of how easy it is for super weapons on low server pops Thats the exact reason i don't join any server <20 players. If i cant get a slot on that 40+ server i'll skip this day... This is part of the reason why we don't get many servers active. If players were willing to join another server, you can quite easily get 60-80 players on during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline! Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowsy Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game That actually could be a good idea. +1 on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system in the launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game I also support this idea. Sometimes I may keep the launcher open when there is a full game to see if I can get in once someone leaves. If there are multiple people waiting in the launcher, they may be able to organize a game elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fffreak9999 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I would like to see something similar implimented, a chat lobby would be brilliant or at the very least something on the lines of " X People are in the Lobby (Launcher)". If you did a chat lobby, it could also take the players names at this point and prevent people joining as a default "Player" since everyone should be forced to take a name and not leave it blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvN91 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game yes! who knows, maybe there are 30 other people just looking at that 40/40 server not knowing they could fill up another server. Great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I may work on lobbies (and possibly other social features) at a later date, I just haven't gotten around to it (and honestly probably won't). If I don't get around to that, then yeah, tossing a quick IRC client to connect to the #RenegadeX channel should be relatively trivial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncforever Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I play but at night time i dont, because there is only like 10 people on.When 10 people are on the game is too easy especially for nod. all people do is stealth nuke bases and i dont want to play and lose every damn match because of how easy it is for super weapons on low server pops Earlier on in Renegade X, I remember playing some games where there were only a few on, and when I tried to Nuke, a message said ''No Nukes allowed until xx number of people join''. Maybe Nukes should be disallowed server side until a certain amount of players are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmitzenbergh Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game I already had this partially implemented in the launcher for some time ago, but I never finished it due to other priorities. You could login on IRC, send messages and see the online people. Still need to fix the message receiving part. If it is wanted, I could do an attempt to integrate it again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fffreak9999 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Yes, it would be nice Schmitz, also can we force a name to be chosen instead of "Player"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff yosh56 Posted August 28, 2016 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted August 28, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game I already had this partially implemented in the launcher for some time ago, but I never finished it due to other priorities. You could login on IRC, send messages and see the online people. Still need to fix the message receiving part. If it is wanted, I could do an attempt to integrate it again. This is literally the 1st thing I had asked to be incorporated into the launchers =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmitzenbergh Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 maybe this can be resolved by a chat system int he launcher, something that could connect to an IRC channel, it would show how many ppl are in the lobby and we could organize a game I already had this partially implemented in the launcher for some time ago, but I never finished it due to other priorities. You could login on IRC, send messages and see the online people. Still need to fix the message receiving part. If it is wanted, I could do an attempt to integrate it again. This is literally the 1st thing I had asked to be incorporated into the launchers =p It's on the to-do list now ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxy Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's also the end of summer, so people might be getting away for the last time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundShades Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 You could login on IRC, send messages and see the online people. Still need to fix the message receiving part.If it is wanted, I could do an attempt to integrate it again. This is literally the 1st thing I had asked to be incorporated into the launchers =p It's on the to-do list now ;p I seen player-made atomshell launcher for PA build an IRC chat into the launcher. Could look into IRC plugins you can mount into the launcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtractor Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Would see something like this if it was possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Don't expect server queues in the foreseeable future; it would be nice, but it's still more effort than it's worth right this minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valor Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Plenty of players are from the US but there's only one active server and it has high ping for US West Coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff Madkill40 Posted September 12, 2016 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted September 12, 2016 On 9/10/2016 at 6:18 PM, Valor said: Plenty of players are from the US but there's only one active server and it has high ping for US West Coast. So what you're saying is if there was a decent US server then RenX could be twice as popular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fffreak9999 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 MPF is quite popular at various times of the day, and they host an American server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valor Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 On 9/11/2016 at 10:28 PM, Fffreak9999 said: MPF is quite popular at various times of the day, and they host an American server I have never seen MPF populated except that one time when CT went down. I prefer MPF though since ping is only 60 for me. CT seems to be the only populated server and even it will be empty when Europeans go to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fffreak9999 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 The game is mostly played by Europeans, but on occasion MPF does fill. CT is normally filled first, but all it takes is a small number of players to make people join a different server first and that server will be populated (I've seen various uncommon servers filled just because 2 people decided to play on a random server) Just try joining MPF when you are on, and eventually you will have a good number of people playing on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Fffreak9999 said: The game is mostly played by Europeans, but on occasion MPF does fill. CT is normally filled first, but all it takes is a small number of players to make people join a different server first and that server will be populated (I've seen various uncommon servers filled just because 2 people decided to play on a random server) Just try joining MPF when you are on, and eventually you will have a good number of people playing on there. Yep I notice this too sometimes. This is why the game needs some form of matchmaking. If it's done right I bet we can play any time of the day then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Arts Staff Madkill40 Posted September 19, 2016 Totem Arts Staff Share Posted September 19, 2016 Big games on Ren, 20v20, they're fun! But smaller pop games can be more social and laid back and still be just as fun! Support Renegade X by filling low-pop (less than 16 players) servers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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