Well, if you look at MOBAs, their community is terrible when they are open to the public
(I was playing Heroes of the Storm in Closed Beta, only found 2 or 3 toxic players after a month of playing it, but then when it went to Open Beta, well, I found 2 or 3 on the first day, and also a lot more griefers)

im so happy its not free 2 play and they wont go under like most games.

Happy to support them with a ONCE off purchase dont be so cheap :p

Originally posted by AussieMark:

im so happy its not free 2 play and they wont go under like most games.

Happy to support them with a ONCE off purchase dont be so cheap :p

100% agree

This post isn't about me being cheap, it's about me wanting a game that will have a better shot at having a decently populated multiplayer community.

As it is, it doesn't look like many people are even noticing that this game is a thing.

We're trying to make the classic 'big RTS' game. There's a lot in the virtual box (just like the RTSes that we used to work on). Multiplayer is part of that, but not the entirety.

In any event, it's a fair concern. We have big/long plans for Servo, so we're going to do everything we can to make it a huge online deal. That'll take some time.

Personally, I wouldn't want it to be a F2P game for the reason others have stated. Toxicity.

It's not really applicable here anyway as this is an RTS not a MOBA.

Originally posted by Draginol:

Personally, I wouldn't want it to be a F2P game for the reason others have stated. Toxicity.

It's not really applicable here anyway as this is an RTS not a MOBA.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this viewpoint. I am a huge RTS fan and was just shown Servo today in my Steam queue and was psyched to see it had talent from my favorite RTS games of all time, the Age of Empires series. I've been playing RTS games for about twenty years now and have maybe played one multiplayer match overall during this time. I'm sure there are people who like both free to play games and quality RTS games, but to want both in the same game doesn't really make sense, imo.

The reason I don't play multiplayer games at all if I can help it is the toxicity of it all (plus, of course, bringing other players into a game world depletes immersion like crazy for me). I also don't like free to play games because I don't believe in microtransactions but I want to support developers for making games I like. Servo looks like a game I will greatly enjoy, so I want to thank your team for staying true to the genre's roots to give long time fans a game to look forward to. :D

Originally posted by lovinglife139:

I'm sure there are people who like both free to play games and quality RTS games, but to want both in the same game doesn't really make sense, imo.

A person should expect quality regardless of genre or payment model. If this games has a good single-player component then I will likely pick it up for that alone, but I like to play strategy games against other people because, to me, the AI tends to become predictable and easily beaten even on the hardest difficulties.

Sorry man :) calling you cheap is a bit harsh so I apologise. 90% of the posts I read on steam forums are people trolling haha so I misjudged.

Honestly I played some really great games like End of Nations and quite a few free 2 play but so many of them went under / got cancelled because its quite a hard model to pull off unless you have a huge player base like dota 2

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Originally posted by mrcalhou:

This post isn't about me being cheap, it's about me wanting a game that will have a better shot at having a decently populated multiplayer community.

As it is, it doesn't look like many people are even noticing that this game is a thing.

By better community don't you mean simply bigger. The two don't usually overlap especially in the world of anonymous internet pvp modes.

True for a game to have longevity there needs to be a decent number of people playing but the way to do that is to have a decent game for folks to play and recommend to friends.

One option might be for the devs to keep the paid option and make a f2p option thats only the pvp side with a "freemium" option for cosmetic looks to the servos (found for free in the paid version) but its a safe bet that as soon as that f2p went live you'd see an influx of the arrogant drama queens, trolls and other undesirables that infest every competetive game mode ever devised.

I'm fine with this being a paid for game and the £15 isn't going to break the bank.

Originally posted by Mr. Fibble:

By better community don't you mean simply bigger. The two don't usually overlap especially in the world of anonymous internet pvp modes.

My dear chap, I never said "better" community and the context was definitely regarding more population.

There will almost certainly always be jerks on the internet and in multiplayer games. I just don't want to buy another dead game like Starvoid or Leviathan: Warships.

Yeah, free to play online games attract more people all right. Some of them are spammers.

As for "better" or "worse" populations, you can get people who are jerks whether it's a paid game or a free one. Some jerks just prefer to not have to pay. Others don't mind. I've been on MMO games where I've paid to buy the game and was paying the monthly fee and *still* had to use the /ignore function to stop people from harassing me. So, it's not like the community is automatically going to be any better just because people pay to play. Plus, some perfectly good people join games after they go free, so it's not like it's all bad just because it's free. Some people just don't want to buy a game they're not sure they're going to like because they don't have a lot of money.

As far as whether or not *this* game should go F2P, I can't say. Personally, I don't mind the $20 price tag right now, I'm just waiting to see if a Linux version is forthcoming before I buy it.

I WONT buy it if it goes F2P. The community in those games is wretched.
As it is now I am on the fence because of how much I loathe Stardock. Probably wait till it hits 5$ and it would still sit in my library unplayed.
No offense to the devs cause it looks like a really fun game. You just picked a horrible publisher is all.
Change publishers and I would buy it in an instant. Of all the publishers in all the world, you had to choose them?

Originally posted by Mysteron 108:

I WONT buy it if it goes F2P. The community in those games is wretched.
As it is now I am on the fence because of how much I loathe Stardock. Probably wait till it hits 5$ and it would still sit in my library unplayed.
No offense to the devs cause it looks like a really fun game. You just picked a horrible publisher is all.
Change publishers and I would buy it in an instant. Of all the publishers in all the world, you had to choose them?

What is wrong with them? I've barely had to interact with them

If Servo is free to play, I wont even buy it at all.

I dislike free to play because free to play had to monetised to hell and back by putting many features behind pricey paywalls. I want to play a game, not learning on how to get around the system to maximise my in game money for better experience.