MadMonk wrote:There is a post on the PBBans forums about who is supposedly in, out and still waiting to hear about it. I won't post it here because it has competitors on there and I don't think that is allowed. I see NFO on the "in" list. I hope it is true. I am looking for a new host to call home and I am hoping it is NFO. I heard nothing but positive reviews about this place and right now I am only interested in NFO. Getting close, only 5 weeks away. Beta is in another week. I would think there will be an official announcement fairly soon.
Links like that are OK since it doesn't link directly to a competitor. We just try to avoid direct links to other GSP sites.
@Kraze^NFo> Juski has a very valid point
@Juski> Got my new signature, thanks!
@Kraze^NFo> Out of context!
@Juski> Doesn't matter!
@Juski> You said I had a valid point! You can't take it back now! It's out there!
From that list, I see a few that have been there since the BF2 days that are "for debate", but as long as NFO is a confirmed, I'm happy, I will be running a BF4 server.
I have seen a lot of people asking GSPs if they will be hosting BF4 or to confirm. If the current GSPs are already part of the ranking program starting from bf2/2142 specially when DICE accepted new GSPs for BC2/MOH/BF3 (NFO being one of them) then 99% they will be hosting BF4 and ANY future DICE/EA ranked games. No need to ask a provider if they will be hosting it or not because of NDA, you will just get the same response like everywhere else. "When we have something we will let you know." Basically when we are allowed to announce it we will. This includes official announcement, pricing and pre-orders (depending on GSP)
If a GSP has violated any of the ranking terms, then they might lose it but all the major GSPs never risk this.
jaythegreat1 wrote:If NFO doesn't get BF4, we riot!
If NFO will not be given the ability to host BF4 I will rage hard! So hard that I might find myself hosting Call of Duty: Ghosts servers instead if there are such things. Haha!
EA did come out with the list today and we are an official RSP.
I expect for us to be able to offer servers on managed VDSes and managed dedicated servers for BF4. However, the per-slot additional fee that we charge will be higher than BF3.
For standalone game servers, we can't yet offer preorders. We will be able to offer these later but can't provide a date yet.
Edge100x wrote:EA did come out with the list today and we are an official RSP.
I expect for us to be able to offer servers on managed VDSes and managed dedicated servers for BF4. However, the per-slot additional fee that we charge will be higher than BF3.
For standalone game servers, we can't yet offer preorders. We will be able to offer these later but can't provide a date yet.
This is extremely frustrating. Is it even worth getting a dedi AT ALL if there is such a high per slot fee? I love the control I have over my dedicated machines, and I know NFO load balances everything, but I like to see how my machines are performing, and control that level of performance. Based on our calculations, we would need to spend ANOTHER $75/m for JUST THE SLOTS if it was at the BF3 price, now we have to pay more?
John, what does the extra fee pay in bf3? Is it something nfo needs to charge to cover an extra fee or something ea requires you to charge to pay for their backed services?
You say standalone servers aren't available for order and you have no date, will managed servers be able to run beta servers? Thanks
Customers will not be able to rent, run, configure, or administrate BF4 beta servers.
Busterking, we are not making a cash grab, and our services are always priced right around the amount it costs us to run them. BF3, MoHW, and BF4 have special requirements that increase the cost to us of running these services, even on managed machines.
I thought that it was just another typical move by EA, and charging GSPs even more to run their games. I'm not sure if that is what Busterking was implying.
