We’ve just received a really surprising and welcomed press release:
I am very happy to announce that we will be deploying official DICE online game servers for the following regions in early 2017:
- South Africa
- Middle East
- Hong Kong
These are but the first steps in our ongoing effort to keep supporting Battlefield 1 and our community.
Thank you very much for your feedback, we are listening.
The information comes courtesy of Alexander “Striterax” Hassoon, server producer at DICE.
When Battlefield 1 was released, it had no local sserve support – which means that the game had sub-optimal, 200ms latency for many players. Obviously not ideal, but not a deal-breaker if you’re up for a bit of casual shooting fun. Here’s what we said of the lack of servers in our review:
“As a side note, I just want to mention that my entire experience with Battlefield’s multiplayer took place on European servers. To be perfectly honest, the lag itself wasn’t too bad, but it was hardly perfect. Battlefield 1 is still very playable however. Here’s hoping though that we get some South African servers in the near future. If I’m not mistaken, EA’s rental service will go up early in November.”
Unfortunately, the rent-a-server options didnt really extend to us – but if there will be servers implemented here, that may change. We’re still waiting to find out if these servers will be available for all players, or if they’ll be restricted to PC – but we have no reason to believe they will be. [update] it’s been confirmed the servers wil be for all platforms. We’ll keep you updated with whatever information we receive.
Last Updated: December 1, 2016
Gavin Mannion
December 1, 2016 at 08:36
Wow, I may actually try BF1 again. The lag ruined it entirely for me.. that and the fact that it’s the same game as the last 3 years
Matthew Figueira
December 1, 2016 at 08:55
This just in:
“Get gud”
– Matthew Figueira
Admiral Chief Argonian
December 1, 2016 at 09:56
Matty uses the truth-bomb
It is super effective
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 1, 2016 at 15:25
Mathew can’t even spell his name right… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/06a8ef27dceec71cc25407ed2b33baed94c67e68a7f3d05d9e197ee1b885e675.jpg
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 08:39
YAY!!! We got SERVERS! Now if only I can find R1K for a game…
Espee Funsail
December 1, 2016 at 09:05
It’s more like R600…
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 09:09
Even if it was R5.00… It’s Xmas time, damnit! !!!
Faux Grey
December 1, 2016 at 09:33
Not on sale anymore broski.
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:34
It’s like 800 on PC.
Mossel
December 1, 2016 at 13:36
It’s R666 on Origin. I bought it last week.
Uberutang
December 1, 2016 at 09:12
It was R250 per player over Black Friday on xbox live with gameshare.
b1nd3r
December 1, 2016 at 09:16
but xbox…..:(
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 09:36
I was on holiday drinking craft beer and having Waffles with banana and flake at the V&A that day! #NotBragging
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 09:36
I was on holiday drinking craft beer and having Waffles with banana and flake at the V&A that day! #NotBragging
Uberutang
December 1, 2016 at 09:45
Nice, I was on a beach on Abu Dhabi, but used the app to get the deal 😛
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 09:50
Good for you!
Meh. I do not play well with others. That is my problem. Hence even if you tell me this game has tap dancing Squirrels with Top Hats and cute little coats I won’t get it.
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 10:09
Squirrel might get offended.
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 08:47
Cool stuff. I will buy the game when we have servers then.
Viper_ZA
December 1, 2016 at 09:05
Agreed xD
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 08:52
And everyone goes ape shit in….
Bruce Bielie
December 1, 2016 at 09:43
Well, I just shat like an ape…
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:49
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b2abe7de56e364e21e88adb8ce666e3b3496d116d23f86b6479bcabdadeb5f59.jpg
Matthew Figueira
December 1, 2016 at 08:54
:D/
Ottokie
December 1, 2016 at 08:57
It’s hurting my neck just looking at that
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:16
How is FF? I’m guessing some people are not getting a lot of sleep.
Ottokie
December 1, 2016 at 09:17
It’s one of those games where I dont want to look at the clock because I know it’s gonna show midnight and I just need to do this one hunting quest more and drive to the new main quest and get a camp site going, aaaaaaaaaand it’s 2 am
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:19
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bc4d4b30362a4205946791b6c160cde25b852fdf8c6ed0fd65cf986e4ff91576.jpg
Ottokie
December 1, 2016 at 09:19
That will be me tomorrow.
VampyreSquirrel
December 1, 2016 at 09:09
Weird porra celebration…
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:11
With the hair and shit…
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:18
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ae3e2ea8904a1ccdd939409c179fc96221a34989676182aa104b348dec8b480a.gif
Jarrod Lane
December 1, 2016 at 08:56
My assumption on this is PC servers only.
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:12
Well that will suck.
b1nd3r
December 1, 2016 at 09:48
well yes most servers are hosted on a pc…….
oomjan
December 1, 2016 at 09:01
Now the only thing we need from the community is to buy the game. Will hurt us more if they give us servers but hardly people playing on local servers
bertus venter
December 1, 2016 at 09:06
Well guys, let the social media storms begin. The only way to get more people invested is by playing the game and sharing your experiences.Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. More South Africans needed on the platform. It was with these platforms that we got big hitters like jack frags and levelcap to raise awareness. No we just need to convince the rest of south africa to invest. If they do it could mean huge strides for our country regarding the gaming industry
Magoo
December 1, 2016 at 09:32
I cannot and will not tell any person that BF1 is worth R900. I’d rather play on EU servers.
Aries
December 1, 2016 at 14:41
It will help if they allow the servers to be for comp players as well, and the level of control they give with the servers
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:31
So are these specifically battlefield servers or general DICE game servers that will allow for other games like Battlefront?
Geoffrey Tim
December 1, 2016 at 09:35
I amagine it’ll be BF1 – that’ll then scale for the nect Battlefront.
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:36
Right, that makes sense. It’s not really an issue playing battlefront at 200ms but still, it would’ve been nice.
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 09:48
Are you still playing Battlefront?????? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7d76a0ecedcec617e108bc3d0216a7dc189878e7921186fbafd0c1b5f50ae5f3.gif
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 10:29
Yeah man. It’s a game you play while watching VODs or streams.
Good chill game.
Magoo
December 1, 2016 at 09:31
Yes yes very good very good.
Faux Grey
December 1, 2016 at 09:33
YAYYYYYYYYY!
NO MORE 350MS PING!
THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:33
You should have been getting 200 not 350 though…
Faux Grey
December 1, 2016 at 09:33
Not with my ISP. (MTN)
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:35
Damn son, that’s some bad routing from MTN.
Faux Grey
December 1, 2016 at 09:37
It’s bloody awful.
Takes an entire 400Ms just to do a DNS lookup from their servers.
Worst ISP ever, but the only one that gives me cell coverage at home.
Vorastra
December 1, 2016 at 09:41
Have you tried Afrihost mobile? They piggyback off the MTN network but at least Afrihost will listen if you have an issue.
HvR
December 1, 2016 at 11:46
Well up to a point where they can help, anything mobile technically related will meand just a MTN ticket gets opened and coupled to your Afrihost ticket and there it will sit for months/years
Viper_ZA
December 1, 2016 at 09:40
I’d be gobsmacked if MTN actually knew what routing is…
Kromas Ryder
December 1, 2016 at 09:42
Now I may actually buy it. Overwatch is so bad lately that I just can’t play it anymore so I need a good shooter with low latency.
Thorsten
December 1, 2016 at 09:51
Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now TF2 as well please. Will be testing that this weekend with the free2play trial 😀
Avithar
December 1, 2016 at 09:58
Yay we getting servers best Christmas gift
Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd
December 1, 2016 at 10:10
Still wont buy …
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 10:12
I’m also not too worried. Can wait. Anyway Titanfall 2 > Berrelfield 1.
Andre Fourie
December 1, 2016 at 11:50
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d90647811a552a9725cc4b915be6963d1139af83f7a70539314d41743047bb79.jpg