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Dedicated servers confirmed

powerbats
powerbats Member Posts: 7,068
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Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.

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  • Stompa
    Stompa Member Posts: 154

    this will be fun if they maintain the servers like their game

  • Iceman
    Iceman Member Posts: 1,457
    powerbats said:

    Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.


  • franticpig29
    franticpig29 Member Posts: 102

    I truly did not see this coming.

  • AshleyWB
    AshleyWB Member Posts: 4,061
    Mathieu Côté is love
    Mathieu Côté is life
  • Kamikaze_Rose
    Kamikaze_Rose Member Posts: 247
    Oblitiry said:
    I liked that he said they plan on keeping the game alive for at least 5 years
    He said this on his stream 2 or 3 weeks ago, but I think he said at least 6 or 7 more years
  • Vietfox
    Vietfox Member Posts: 3,823
    Yes yes yes!
  • BeanieEnthusiast
    BeanieEnthusiast Member Posts: 213
    Thank god. I’m just thinking that the only bad thing will be those poor people that live in the middle of nowhere and will have to connect to somewhere far away say for example the EU or Asia server. They’ll have a constant 200+ ping
  • fcc2014
    fcc2014 Member Posts: 4,388
    Pretty Good Job So Far!
  • Might_Oakk
    Might_Oakk Member Posts: 1,243
    edited December 2018

    Wonder if its all platforms? I know when For Honor switched from p2p to servers it was just on PC for a long time. With how much bhvr seems to care about console I'm abit worried.

  • PhantomMask20763
    PhantomMask20763 Member Posts: 5,176

    @Might_Oakk said:
    Wonder if its all platforms? I know when For Honor switched from p2p to servers it was just on PC for a long time. With how much bhvr seems to care about console I'm abit worried.

    It seems that it's coming to consoles as well!!! An optimization patch should be coming next patch as well

  • Arsoul
    Arsoul Member Posts: 320

    And when it comes to players in Australia and New Zealand...well, we're all screwed as the servers will be US and EU based and our Ping will skyrocket like 90% of the games out there.

  • Peanits
    Peanits Dev Posts: 7,555

    @Might_Oakk said:
    Wonder if its all platforms? I know when For Honor switched from p2p to servers it was just on PC for a long time. With how much bhvr seems to care about console I'm abit worried.

    It's all platforms.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019/p1?new=1

  • Arsoul
    Arsoul Member Posts: 320

    @Peanits said:

    @Might_Oakk said:
    Wonder if its all platforms? I know when For Honor switched from p2p to servers it was just on PC for a long time. With how much bhvr seems to care about console I'm abit worried.

    It's all platforms.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019/p1?new=1

    muhahaha
    pwned

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @Arsoul said:

    @Peanits said:

    @Might_Oakk said:
    Wonder if its all platforms? I know when For Honor switched from p2p to servers it was just on PC for a long time. With how much bhvr seems to care about console I'm abit worried.

    It's all platforms.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019/p1?new=1

    muhahaha
    pwned

    More like bam you've been Peanited™ !!!!!!

    Now here's to @Peanits who's had a saying named after him and trademarked. 😁

  • Cardgrey
    Cardgrey Member Posts: 1,454

    Yay

  • Jed
    Jed Member Posts: 254
    Hehe I wonder why they are doing this...hmm to make the game better? Sorry..it wasnt that long ago I remember arguing with some people on these forums about dedicated servers. I guess this announcement just proves my point hehe.
  • se05239
    se05239 Member Posts: 3,919

    @powerbats said:
    Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.

    Like.. actually? Truly? FOR REAL?

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @Jed said:
    Hehe I wonder why they are doing this...hmm to make the game better? Sorry..it wasnt that long ago I remember arguing with some people on these forums about dedicated servers. I guess this announcement just proves my point hehe.

    The points some of were arguing about were that it wasn't a panacea that would solve everything which quite a few didn't seem to understand. There was also the cost and that it took time to get everything in place yet people all thought it should happen immediately.

    Then you have to realize that to change it from P@P to dedicated servers requires an immense code rewrite from the ground up, that doesn't just magically happen. Hence the console optimizations that're coming and why it's not happening until summer 2019.

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @se05239 said:

    @powerbats said:
    Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.

    Like.. actually? Truly? FOR REAL?

    Yes they confirmed it on the game awards earlier and top of page @not_Queen also confirmed it.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019#latest

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @EntityDispleased said:
    Have they mentioned anything about server locations? I live in North Africa and I either connect to West or north eu with 80-130 ping depending on the day. If I'm gonna have to endure delays and lag as killer I might just not play at all.

    They haven't yet but as it gets closer probably February or March you'll see them discuss it but they'll probably have regional servers same as League of Legends and Overwatch do.

  • Mringasa
    Mringasa Member Posts: 980

    A question on the dedicated servers. Currently, I don't have a decent net connection, but I have 0 problems playing Survivor. I'll get a rare lag pocket against the Doctor when he shocks multiple people. Just a quick hitch. I cannot play Killer though without issues obviously. 4 people connecting to me just nukes my connection.

    Will the dedicated servers allow me to play Killer now? Plan on upgrading my connection eventually, but other things take priority atm. If I can play Survivor now without issue, and as long as there's a server reasonably nearby (East Coast US so I figure definitely), I should be okay playing as a Killer on a dedicated?

  • se05239
    se05239 Member Posts: 3,919

    @powerbats said:

    @se05239 said:

    @powerbats said:
    Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.

    Like.. actually? Truly? FOR REAL?

    Yes they confirmed it on the game awards earlier and top of page @not_Queen also confirmed it.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019#latest

    And here I thought they'd never bother since it always was "too much effort".

  • pandorayr
    pandorayr Member Posts: 607

    @Mringasa said:
    A question on the dedicated servers. Currently, I don't have a decent net connection, but I have 0 problems playing Survivor. I'll get a rare lag pocket against the Doctor when he shocks multiple people. Just a quick hitch. I cannot play Killer though without issues obviously. 4 people connecting to me just nukes my connection.

    Will the dedicated servers allow me to play Killer now? Plan on upgrading my connection eventually, but other things take priority atm. If I can play Survivor now without issue, and as long as there's a server reasonably nearby (East Coast US so I figure definitely), I should be okay playing as a Killer on a dedicated?

    You don't have problems to play killer as long as doesn't lose ur connection completely to internet.

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @se05239 said:

    @powerbats said:

    @se05239 said:

    @powerbats said:
    Yes you heard that right they're bringing out dedicated servers.

    Like.. actually? Truly? FOR REAL?

    Yes they confirmed it on the game awards earlier and top of page @not_Queen also confirmed it.

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/33798/dedicated-servers-coming-summer-2019#latest

    And here I thought they'd never bother since it always was "too much effort".

    You totally ignored all the other reasons why it wasn't feasible at the time people were demanding it.

  • Attackfrog
    Attackfrog Member Posts: 1,134

    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

  • Attackfrog
    Attackfrog Member Posts: 1,134

    @powerbats said:

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

    Living in CA, I have never had a problem with my connection, but there have been many times I have been blamed for lag switching, poor ping etc lol.

    I am glad they are finally doing this. It's a good sign for the longevity of the game (plus it gives survivors one less thing to blame me for...)

  • George_Soros
    George_Soros Member Posts: 2,270
    Attackfrog said:

    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    I'm sure we'll all be one big happy family.
  • Madjura
    Madjura Member Posts: 2,466

    It will be hilarious when survivors realize that the reason that all killers play against are laggy is not the killer side, but their own terrible internet.

    Then they will probably start blaming the servers.

  • se05239
    se05239 Member Posts: 3,919

    @Madjura said:
    It will be hilarious when survivors realize that the reason that all killers play against are laggy is not the killer side, but their own terrible internet.

    Then they will probably start blaming the servers.

    Of course. It's never their own problem.

  • powerbats
    powerbats Member Posts: 7,068

    @Attackfrog said:

    @powerbats said:

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

    Living in CA, I have never had a problem with my connection, but there have been many times I have been blamed for lag switching, poor ping etc lol.

    I am glad they are finally doing this. It's a good sign for the longevity of the game (plus it gives survivors one less thing to blame me for...)

    Cali here as well, and mine's usually pretty good especially as a host there's still the occasional hiccup you get on both sides. But I've had killers say they're internet is bad is why the game got laggy and not them lag switching. This despite it only happening during a chase and always for 5-10 seconds and then it'd go back to normal once the person was downed.

    Also to those saying it's only the survivors bad skills and not lag switching or the killers bad internet you look really foolish. Both sides have bad connections as well as good connections.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @powerbats said:

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

    I wonder what the people who blame the Killer for their own crappy connection will say now...

  • PigNRun
    PigNRun Member Posts: 2,428

    @Orion said:

    @powerbats said:

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

    I wonder what the people who blame the Killer for their own crappy connection will say now...

    "Killers are DDoSing the servers! Thats why I died!"

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @PigNRun said:

    @Orion said:

    @powerbats said:

    @Attackfrog said:
    As a killer, if survivors can't blame me for their ping/latency anymore, does this mean survivors and killers will finally get along!?

    For most it'll improve things, while for some others it'll make things bit a worse and the ones that're going to hate it the most are the lag switchers, the hackers etc.

    I wonder what the people who blame the Killer for their own crappy connection will say now...

    "Killers are DDoSing the servers! Thats why I died!"

    Sounds about right.

  • megdonalds
    megdonalds Member Posts: 742

    Turns out a long, long dream comes true.

  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095
    I don't like to play devil's advocate. But why does everyone think that dedicated servers will solve all the problems this game has? It might improve on some things but probably brings more problems on other things. 
    Region lock might come back. 
    Long queues because the closest servers are already full.
    Killers might still lag, but affect survivors in a different way. 

    Fortnite players wanted dedicated servers, and regretted it after they got it. 
    Why do you think this will be any better?
  • aracno666
    aracno666 Member Posts: 2

    @Arsoul said:
    And when it comes to players in Australia and New Zealand...well, we're all screwed as the servers will be US and EU based and our Ping will skyrocket like 90% of the games out there.

    I am from Brazil and I do have the same concern. Probably this is going to kill the game for good - if dedicated servers over here are not provided. But the problem will also be demand for it, if they see that there is not enough players to keep it active, well, bummer, no way to play at all. I hope for those cases, Killer hosted games might still be a possibility.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @Tsulan said:
    I don't like to play devil's advocate. But why does everyone think that dedicated servers will solve all the problems this game has? It might improve on some things but probably brings more problems on other things. 
    Region lock might come back. 
    Long queues because the closest servers are already full.
    Killers might still lag, but affect survivors in a different way. 

    Fortnite players wanted dedicated servers, and regretted it after they got it. 
    Why do you think this will be any better?

    Oh, it definitely won't solve all the problems (or even most of the problems), but some people just don't seem to understand that dedicated servers have downsides as well.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @aracno666 said:

    @Arsoul said:
    And when it comes to players in Australia and New Zealand...well, we're all screwed as the servers will be US and EU based and our Ping will skyrocket like 90% of the games out there.

    I am from Brazil and I do have the same concern. Probably this is going to kill the game for good - if dedicated servers over here are not provided. But the problem will also be demand for it, if they see that there is not enough players to keep it active, well, bummer, no way to play at all. I hope for those cases, Killer hosted games might still be a possibility.

    Most of the players are from EU, NA, and Asia. I do hope the devs put servers on all continents, but don't pretend that not having servers in SA and AU is going to kill the game.

  • PiiFree
    PiiFree Member Posts: 1,154

    Fun fact: They wanna keep the game alive for 5 years because it will take them 4 years to switch to dedicated servers.

  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095
    Orion said:

    @Tsulan said:
    I don't like to play devil's advocate. But why does everyone think that dedicated servers will solve all the problems this game has? It might improve on some things but probably brings more problems on other things. 
    Region lock might come back. 
    Long queues because the closest servers are already full.
    Killers might still lag, but affect survivors in a different way. 

    Fortnite players wanted dedicated servers, and regretted it after they got it. 
    Why do you think this will be any better?

    Oh, it definitely won't solve all the problems (or even most of the problems), but some people just don't seem to understand that dedicated servers have downsides as well.

    Yep, can't play during the server maintenance. Or when they get the occasional server downs.
    It might even require monthly fees...
    Since behavior isn't ubisoft.
  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @Tsulan said:
    Yep, can't play during the server maintenance. Or when they get the occasional server downs.
    It might even require monthly fees...
    Since behavior isn't ubisoft.

    People in regions without servers get shafted as well, as per usual.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @Orion said:

    @Tsulan said:
    Yep, can't play during the server maintenance. Or when they get the occasional server downs.
    It might even require monthly fees...
    Since behavior isn't ubisoft.

    People in regions without servers get shafted as well, as per usual.

    I will say this: it will finally stop "MOM, PULL THE PLUG!" types, and that's a good thing.

  • Tsulan
    Tsulan Member Posts: 15,095
    edited December 2018
    Orion said:

    @Tsulan said:
    Yep, can't play during the server maintenance. Or when they get the occasional server downs.
    It might even require monthly fees...
    Since behavior isn't ubisoft.

    People in regions without servers get shafted as well, as per usual.

    Yep, Australia is already trembling. 
    People might not be able to play with their friends, because they life in a different country. 
  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @Tsulan said:
    Yep, Australia is already trembling. 
    People might not be able to play with their friends, because they life in a different country. 

    They could keep P2P for KYF, but no dedicated servers are going to change the laws of physics.

  • PiiFree
    PiiFree Member Posts: 1,154

    As long as there are no region barrieres, it shouldn't be a problem.

  • The_Crusader
    The_Crusader Member Posts: 3,688
    Now just remove rank reset so solo is playable.