Hey great guys from campfire.
I don't like to complain, I really enjoy what you guys are making here but I'm shocked.
The prices of these servers are insane, sorry, but really outrageous..
You have to allow us to self-host, and not be stuck with one monopoly company.
a 150 slot server is setting us back 100 dollar to 120 dollar per month depending on region, and that is just not right.
I can set things up myself, I can get a cloud box for a penny or even a full dedicated server box for half that price, which can host probably 3 or more 150 slot servers. Like this one in Germany:
https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ex61-nvme
You cannot make me any argument that these prices from that company are real, the above example has a latest Intel 6 core, 64 GB ram and 1 gigabit unmetered uplink. NVME drive..
I mean.. really.. for HALF of a single 150 slot server.
I understand perhaps you want to have easy server updates and steam updates, but your going to kill your community like that.
Clans are not rich enterprises, they have to live off donations or rich leaders that are willing to invest large amounts of money every month. and that is not easy happening.
So please consider giving out the ability to self-host. Preferably both Linux and windows, but a windows only build is not a problem.
Clans like to have a public server, a training server and perhaps a linebattle/event server, you can't do such things without self hosting.
Next is the case of admin tools, there are none, haven't you guys considered it? I mean it has been in development for so long, and NOBODY talked about it?
This stuff is essential if you release your game, Early access or not. if its on steam so its released. people enjoy public play, and with public play come problems...
You should supply basic things to server owners.
It should be top priority next to crashing bugs to be honest to have a working set of admin tools.
Next a minor complaint a bit offtopic here is that you should consider regional prices, in my country (Poland) the game is costing 120 zloty, which is a giant ammount of money with our salary here, we earn like 1200 zloty per month, me as a student I earn 600. the game should cost like 30-40 zloty, not more.. my friends and clan mates cannot play the game because they simply cannot afford to buy it.