BF2 Top-5 Server

**CBRob** · 02-17-08, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

so....is it time for TTP to have a top5 2142 server?

Of course, we'll have to divide up the admin ranks, have a massive hiring spree, and ensure it gets primed......but given the complaints about being "unable to connect", and that TTP 2142 is the highest ranked server we have.............is it time?

Originally Posted by CBRob

Sure, why not. If the community number support it (it will be a good utilization of resources) then hell yes...

However, not to bust you bubble, it's not the Highest Ranking Server we have. BF2 is 97th percentile, BF2142 is 95th percentile. While the 49th vs. 31st RANK respectively seems to indicate that BF2142 is better ranked, which would you rather have on a test

97% or 95%. The sheer number of servers for BF2 as compared to BF2142 skews the RANK as opposed to the percentile.

Plus, BF2142 is permitted to fill up to 48/48 while BF2 is capped at 60/64

So, where's the Top 5 server for BF2, our highest ranked server? :9

**CivilWars** · 02-17-08, 04:34 PM

I personally think we should hold off on any new BF2 servers until the SF server is self sufficient. That is unless the top 5/AF/EF were to replace the SF server, which I personally am not in favor of.

**capnemo314** · 02-17-08, 04:45 PM

SF first. I mean, why add another server when apparently we can't even keep two BF2 servers packed?

**CBRob** · 02-17-08, 07:58 PM

Why? Because it's about what players want, not what TTP thinks players want that populates servers. If SF can't keep itself populated, adding or not adding a different server won't change that. BF2142 got a top-5 server, why not BF2?

But hey, do whatever. The numbers speak for themselves.

**CivilWars** · 02-17-08, 08:05 PM

I will take a shot at why. We have a vanilla server, a SF server, and a PR server. Vanilla and PR pretty much take care of themselves. SF on the other hand never gets full, and needs SEVERAL REGULARS to get it going at all. If we started another server that would mean we would need SEVERAL MORE REGULARS to get it primed every day. That being said we are asking alot of our regs to prime 2 new BF2 flavor servers. If the admin vote was to replace the SF server with the top 5 server I would disagree, but support the decision.

**Ranger10** · 02-17-08, 08:09 PM

I would tend to agree with Rob. And not because numbers are what they are. Fact is, we aren't ever going to see stellar numbers like the vanilla server because there just isn't the kinda support out there for such an old game.

What does work for the creation of a Top5 is the fact that we have the space and if we were to put one on there, it wouldn't interfere with any other instance. If that's the case, then you have to ask yourself, if TTP is the end-all be-all, and we do things better than anyone else, then why aren't we going for the EF/AF market? Even if it's a small market to begin with, if we offer it, chances are, we'll be doing it better than anyone else. Which means we will not only provide our own players a wider selection when gaming, we'll also be offering a better destination for those who haven't found our server, yet will likely find it once the server is up.

I think that if we are to offer a Top5/AF/EF server, now is the time. The game's not getting any younger, and we just might expand our player base by being one of the only server's offering the full BF2 experience (BF2, SF, AF, EF, and PR).

That's huge.

**CivilWars** · 02-17-08, 08:15 PM

Here are the top 5, just add the AF/EF, and make it so.

Kubra Dam 61 (10.3%)
Gulf of Oman 53 (9%)
Mashtuur City 47 (7.9%)
Road to Jalalabad 65 (11%)
Karkand 66 (11.1%)

**TheJeep1** · 02-17-08, 11:51 PM

I love the AF and EF maps, they are very cool. Especially the Pennsylvania one.

**GrandMasterGuess** · 02-18-08, 02:57 AM

E/F NEW WEAPONS!

http://wiki.bf2s.com/weapons/battlefield-2-euro-force

and the maps are fun also.

My vote on the Top 5 are

karkand
sharqi
mashtuur
jalalabad
dalian plant

good all around maps focusing mostly on ground pounding.

Unless TTP decides to create Infantry Only, IO players hunger for maps like Songhua and Wake, with your regular city maps rotation, the top 3 of my top 5. jalalabad is nasty on IO for USMC. Oman is also pretty good for IO battling on the sand dunes.

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