Do Bohemia provide any servers ? I dont want to call some one sir so I can fly

[Herbal Influence]

LOL ... just kick everyone who doesn't say/chat a "Hello!" when joining your missions on your PC.
There are so many autist-like gamers ... unbelievable. I warn three times to explain whether they are robots or natural persons and off they go .. !

[Terox]

Based on over 10 years of running an OFP/Arma/Arma2 community server and having dealt with "Too Many to count" newcomers to the game, if you want to take up the role of something important like for example a pilot, this is really how you should go about it.

1) The most important thing, is that you can communicate with the mission commander or admin, either by VOIP or by (Even Better) hopping onto their voice comms server. So immediately when you log onto their server ask for their Teamspeak IP. This will indicate to the admins that you belong to the top few percent of "Teamworking" public players. By being on their voice comms server you will also be far more aware of what is actually going on.

2) Listen in to commands from the group leader or mission commander and try to do as he asks, if for whatever you cannot do that, let him know.

The server admins will then gain confidence in you and are therefore more likely to allow you to take whatever role you want.


Look at it from the point of view of the 10 or 20 players who regularly play on that server, if you were one of them would you want to trust a new kid on the block that doesn't respond to voip or sidechat, which predominantly is what most public's fail to do

Hope that helps.....

[160thSOAR]

The reason people restrict the use of air assets and the like is that they are valuable and there aren't too many of them. Although there may be some well-intentioned newbies around trying to get the hang of the game, many people who try to jump in aircraft and fly off with them are trolls looking to ruin others' games. Rules about flying and the like are in place to ensure a calmer and more fun experience for the majority of players. If you want to be able to fly something, getting on TS3 and talking to the people on the server with your own voice can really help.

Don't be whiny about it though. If you ask and they say no, just wait a while before you ask again. Or just ask whoever's flying to tell you if they sign off. People who play this game are generally nice and reasonable, and most don't tend to have a grudge against newbies. We were all new at some point.

[Vandrel]

Stop playing on servers that require you to be in a clan to do certain things then!

There are plenty of servers that don't have rules like that. Look for any CTI (Warfare) server.

Correct, you'll find that most clan-based servers will have rules like these. Most commonly these rules are found on clans that attempt to operate under some form of para-military style game play and organization. Most regular groups of gamers won't have the same standards.

[tremanarch]

it can be a little frustrating for newcomers to search all these servers just to find out after 10 mins roughly what the mod is all about and what they can do and leave, and join the next one..
they can do this for hours, make a list on paper, discuss all the facts with friends .. make a power point presentation.. and play a week later (exaggerating here, but I feel for the newbs)
but normally they just want to go online and fight a little bit with strangers and find out the cool and deep stuff later...

It cant hurt to have one or two BI Servers up with some standard settings dunno.. Or maybe a List of servers - what they play, what mods needed, and what rules.. a list a newcomer can quickly understand..

to the OP: Warfare Servers are a good start.. try WASP when youre from Europe...

[specta3]

Correct, you'll find that most clan-based servers will have rules like these. Most commonly these rules are found on clans that attempt to operate under some form of para-military style game play and organization. Most regular groups of gamers won't have the same standards.

Well I tried CTI and other servers as advised and again seem to spend most of my time just getting to the op , and spawning miles away from any available arma .Again it was just a frustrating experience ).I always play for the objective and I prefer being on foot but it would be nice to have the chance to use some arma in battle with out having to go through such a long process to get there. And I said before we are not all able to use team speak for one reason are other and we dont all want to join a clan. And I don’t understand why the devs cant see this market and just make a few servers with no admin and no mods at least it would help spread out most of the clowns who just want to mess around on clan servers. Say some think simple like reducing the map and making it a more action packed game without restrictions on players.

There is room for those that want to play a military sim and those who want a more action packed game i think. The game has so much more to offer than the likes of BF and yet it all seems to restricted and clicky in MP.They should find ways to increase the number of players playing PVP as well as co-op.And a newbie server with no restriction and more action would be a good place to start. I tried to get a friend on steam in to this game on MP and he thought the same as me and give up sooner than me .
Nothing much else I can add to this thread as at the end of the day we all have are own opinions and MP setup is a reflection of the community and they play the way they want.

Glad I bought ArmaX and I recommend it to all I know and I loved the single player and some co-op but the MP is just to frustrating and time demanding and restricted for my likening , will get my MP fix else were. Again thanks for all the positive feedback and its a great community and I am surprised I never got my head bit off by a admin for this post at some point )))))) Guess its just not my cup of tea and don’t worry I will close the door on my way out )))

P.S Nice touch that some one made the effort to come on the server I was on the first day I made this thread ,And type in game “can I please fly I am a pilot but I don’t have a mic” , )))) Made for a good laugh

[Porter707]

Specta3,

I know "The Art of Warfare" or TAW's server is usually running a Domination. I believe their only restraint on the use of Fixed and Rotary Winged Aircraft is the use of TS3 and being on their server.

Also {OP4}'s Domination only restraint on the use of Aircraft is Teamspeak use.

[Alderman]

@Specta3

Again as with our server you are not required to "clan up" and join our organization to fly on our servers. Military Gaming for example again promotes a larger ratio of public players instead of having 95% of our player base be members. Basically we focus on the community aspect a bit more. As mentioned by others there are plenty of servers like that. Again however some servers use reasonable (or unreasonable) limits to keep gameplay fun and enjoyable for the majority.

[Kremator]

There are too many arseholes out there that think they are in the military with this game. I'm not calling a spotty 17year old knob sir ! Just ignore their servers - there are plenty of other decent servers out there.