Anyway, we have tried refreshing, restarting game, Steam, pc, and the server itself a thousand times and it is totally random when it decides to show. SOMETIMES it does, most often it does not. Driving us crazy. Like I said above, even deleting the whole server without mods did not fix. sad day.
Iâm not attacking anyone on here but Iâve been following this thread and Iâm noticing an odd trend. Allow me to askâŠdo many of you not advertise or use Discord or a similar service? I can tell you from experience, just creating a private server and having it list doesnât usually result in much attention. Most of us engage in advertising in any and all manner we can and it can still quite often be a struggle to attract new players. Also, we have a Discord. The second this problem appeared we sent out notifications and weâve always kept our Direct Connect address posted (both in Discord and in our ads). We havenât lost any players due to the server not appearing on the lists and weâve even had a few new peeps join since it started. Just some friendly advice, diversify.
I get that, but there are alot of people who donât use discord or who joined the server on a whim and now can no longer find it.
It comes down to Funcomâs master server list not working and nothing to do with advertising.
Itâs your choice how you run things but Iâm not paying to run a server just to sit back and let the wind take it where it may.
Not having a method of communication with my players just seems a nonsensical move, especially with a game like Conan that has a storied history of âglitchesâ. One doesnât have to use Discord but having no clear channel to talk to, or get feedback from, your players seems odd considering itâs your dime.
Morever, Iâm curious just how many people truly join a private server, on a whim, simply by scrolling through the server lists. Is this a common practice? For what type of serversâŠPvP? PvE? PvE-C? Do these players have a history of staying or do they bounce constantly? To that end, what matters more to you as a server ownerâŠcommitted players that want to stay and help your server grow or flash-in-the-pan players that bounce in, boost your numbers, then disappear?
Iâm not trying to attack anyone, but those two points seem to be a running theme in this thread and it simply makes no sense to me. Is the server list not working properly? Yep, add it to the long list of issues that weâve encountered with this game over the years. Should this really be that big of an issue considering the servers are there and working, just not appearing on the list? Perhaps I put more energy and focus into my server, I canât say, but this issue hasnât been an issue for me and Iâm sure Iâm not alone.
My server showed up even tho we had Outfit Mgr update (before & after mod update)! I stress tested it too, changing server name etc and it showed up correctly every time. Awesome! Thanks so much Funcom!
No. Because you tried to make this thread about superior advertisement and take away from the simple fact that our servers were not showing up as they should for natural traffic (which is how most of us began playing in the first place, remember?)
For myself I have a small 10 person server mainly for family and friends. But leave it open since there are a few spots left. So people are welcome to come and go. Itâs a chill server, no admin interaction, and some people really like the no interference. They just want to build freely and be left alone. So with the server list down they canât come back.
Now with that being said. This is a BUG thread in a BUG forum. Whether itâs a non issue for you or not itâs a BUG funcom needs to know about and your condescending opinion has no place in a bug forum.
Khandi:
Wasnât making it about superior advertising, just trying to find out why people do things the way they do. Is that what you consider ânatural trafficâ? I donât know how most of you began, I began playing solo and then, through an advertisement and engagement through Discord, joined a private server. Again, public forum so anyone is allowed to voice an opinion, comment, or question.
Promise:
Thank you, thatâs a helpful explanation of something I did not understand, since my experience has been different. My server is also small but has been open to the public since I started it. Most anyone thatâs joined us has done so because they saw something we posted but if youâre getting them just through the lists, more power to you. I didnât think that method alone really yielded many results. Again, thank you for the pleasant response.