Hopefully in matter of week. Devs planning to change MS machine, so it might be easier to restart it.

Create a server and share your ip to your friend. You can use hamachi if you dnt have open nat. I play with 4 friends every week.

how i can use hamachi?

since this is a company, how long will they bother with that?
we need a solution the community can handle, like other games where master servers have gone down...
game companies have proven many many times that they can't keep up with stuff like that if there isn't a profit motive...

Originally posted by ¥‎€‎‎$:

since this is a company, how long will they bother with that?
we need a solution the community can handle, like other games where master servers have gone down...
game companies have proven many many times that they can't keep up with stuff like that if there isn't a profit motive...

You already can set your own server without master server at all. Your friends can join via IP of your local server. It was possible since game release in 2014 lol.

ever heard about public servers? they're around since 199x lol.

Originally posted by ¥‎€‎‎$:

ever heard about public servers? they're around since 199x lol.

Don't pretend to be smartass if you have no details about game core in your mind. In case of GGE it's not possible yet.

this game has/had public servers, that rely on a master server the devs can't keep running. so they should provide a solution the community can run, communities keep (older) games alive not the devs, there are so many examples of games where master servers have gone down, and the community keeps them running...
so yeah you make no sense. i would say cya, but we won't =)

Originally posted by ¥‎€‎‎$:

this game has/had public servers, that rely on a master server the devs can't keep running. so they should provide a solution the community can run, communities keep (older) games alive not the devs, there are so many examples of games where master servers have gone down, and the community keeps them running...
so yeah you make no sense. i would say cya, but we won't =)

You can`t read properly, or can`t understand simple words. You already can host your own local servers (SOLUTION FOR COMMUNITY IN CASE OF MASTER SERVER IS DOWN. Look carefully now, because maybe you still going to miss this part), so your friends and other players can join via IP.
Next - master server is hardcoded in the game, so its not an easy fix for now.
Now please, try to think twice before say anything you have no clue about.