Decisions, Decisions

[Cain]

I'm seeking your thoughts and feedback...

Any day now our monthly subscription for our BC2 server will expire.

The question is "should we renew for another month, knowing that the BF3 Beta will likely leave our server empty from 9/27-10/10 ??"

The cost for a month of BC2 will pay for one half month of the new BF3 server..

[goldenfooler]

I'm seeking your thoughts and feedback...

Any day now our monthly subscription for our BC2 server will expire.

The question is "should we renew for another month, knowing that the BF3 Beta will likely leave our server empty from 9/27-10/10 ??"

The cost for a month of BC2 will pay for one half month of the new BF3 server..

Its up to you cain. If you think it has been worth the cost in the past, I would do it. Having only 15 days of anyone being on the server might not be worth it though.
I don't have BC2 so I can't be totally impartial.

[TheSilentAssassin]

Personally I dont think im gonna be playing BC2 once Beta comes out. Even after beta is over i dont think im gonna play BC2. This is probably the time that the game gets put to the shelf like the other BF games. Start getting money for the BF3 server.

[FrOgM]

Personally I dont think im gonna be playing BC2 once Beta comes out. Even after beta is over i dont think im gonna play BC2. This is probably the time that the game gets put to the shelf like the other BF games. Start getting money for the BF3 server.

agree

[Duke{CLR}]

Can we wait to see how dependable the beta is? What if some major issue pop up and delay the release date? it is EA we are Talking about. If something were to go wrong it may be nice to still have this to play.

[Smoking]

If my memory serves me right i think BF2 got delayed by almost 3 months. It was going to be released march and it ended up being June. This is going to be probably the biggest Battlefield of all time and i think EA is cutting the beta to short like they always seem to do and never learn the lesson to start beta earlier.

Just something you might wanna keep in mind.

[Qicmee]

It's true that the game probably won't be bug free by Oct. 25, but I don't think that will delay release. Game companies have gotten much more "comfortable" with making significant patches after release.

Continue BC2 server?
I can imagine guys playing the beta heavy, and then needing to catch up on life before the game ships. I haven't heard about our BC2 players skipping the beta. (except I'll be delayed)

[Cain]

Continue BC2 server?
I can imagine guys playing the beta heavy, and then needing to catch up on life before the game ships. I haven't heard about our BC2 players skipping the beta. (except I'll be delayed)

This what I expect to happen. 15 days after the Beta ends BF3 begins....

[goldenfooler]

those with companions that are not as fond of BF3 will be able to kiss ass for the weeks we are not playing... so they can play for a week straight.

[Skud]

Can we wait to see how dependable the beta is? What if some major issue pop up and delay the release date? it is EA we are Talking about. If something were to go wrong it may be nice to still have this to play.

Good points. I don't get in much lately, but the beta won't be affecting me, since I won't be bothering with it...so when I do play it'll be bc2.

[SighKoPath]

My vote is to run the BC2 server at least until BF3 releases.

[Nauticas]

I'll try the beta for a couple days, but with only one map I don't see myself playing it for the whole beta period so I'll be playing BC2.

I totally understand about saving money for the BF3 server. I can always hop on another server for BC2. No worries though, because once BF3 is released, I'll be mostly dedicated to playing in the server with the big C-A-I-N on it, hehe.

[baconoclock]

How have the numbers looked lately ? Have we been steady or are we on a decline? If a decline I say we plan for a last hurrah on the bc2 server then let it fade.

[Cain]

The numbers have been very good, but I suspect they will drop off the table next Tuesday....

While I want us to have a server, part of me HATES to throw money away.... And I know two or three of the weeks if I renew will be empty or almost empty.

[Douche Lord]

You have kept many servers running, for many years, and you did it right (at least from what I've seen, since I'm not an old timer clr!)

I think you should trust your instincts on that one, something tells me the bc2 server will really slow down, people will have bf3 in the back of their minds and lose what little motivation they had to still play the bc2 server, even those who "won't play a single map only for 1-2 weeks" and even those who can't play bf3 for x y or z reason probably won't play bc2 as much!

I'm saying flip the switch, even though I started playing bc2 on pc very recently (was on 360) and still enjoying every second of it since it's like a whole new game... I can say that I probably won't be playing bc2.. I'd rather get used to the physics, guns and everything else in bf3 ASAP!