Will users be allowed to run dedicated servers?

Will there be LAN Play?

1999 I played in lan parties

Supporting LAN-play is not yet on our list, but I know that some team members consider it a must-have. Right now, the main focus is to get solid online play together. But there's a good chance we'll work on lan support once the base game is complete.

Sharkster [KK] wrote:Supporting LAN-play is not yet on our list, but I know that some team members consider it a must-have. Right now, the main focus is to get solid online play together. But there's a good chance we'll work on lan support once the base game is complete.

I was about to say. Can't be an arena shooter without LAN support :P

Still awaiting an answer on Dedicated servers. If you're already planning on them: Great. If it's not, then Toxikk won't be the 1999 arena fps you say it will be.

ya the game looks awesome, if I can make a dedicated server then awesome, if not, well, I'll wait till I can

Sharkster [KK] wrote:Supporting LAN-play is not yet on our list, but I know that some team members consider it a must-have. Right now, the main focus is to get solid online play together. But there's a good chance we'll work on lan support once the base game is complete.

1999 Dedicated server for player to host were standard were they not? It would be hersey to go against the word of Gaben.

At this point it is planned to have players with Clan Admin Privileges run their own servers on our farm (go to: http://toxikk.com/store/ and scroll down to the Godlike package to get an explanation for "Clan Admin Privileges").

Sharkster [KK] wrote:At this point it is planned to have players with Clan Admin Privileges run their own servers on our farm (go to: http://toxikk.com/store/ and scroll down to the Godlike package to get an explanation for "Clan Admin Privileges").

My level of interest just went from an 8 to a 2.

fdge wrote:My level of interest just went from an 8 to a 2.

Well, none of this is finally decided upon. Keep in mind that we only just revealed the project a couple of hours ago.
We're definitely willing to listen... and to discuss alternatives. In fact, that's what I'm here for.

Sharkster [KK] wrote:At this point it is planned to have players with Clan Admin Privileges run their own servers on our farm (go to: http://toxikk.com/store/ and scroll down to the Godlike package to get an explanation for "Clan Admin Privileges").

Same for me. Player hosted servers are great for a game because of three main reasons(for me).
I commonly find that I have a better connection to the server I am playing on.
And the second it is that isn't really possible for every single server to go down at the same time.
Third and most important is going to the same server over and over. It is nice to play with the same group of people or be on a server that doesn't have that map you don't like in its rotation.

This is a very poor move. I believe deep in my heart that allow players to host their own server is key. I don't know how it works but a game has a much longer life time when you can host servers. Every game that became a ghost town hasn't had them.