bluvert89
I just hate joining that one with my 180+ ping.  

 
Agreed!  I'm usually in the 20-30 ms range on US servers playing at 120ms+ just makes it much less enjoyable.
 

sdmf74
Ive got 14 hrs. in already you just have to keep checking on all the EVGA servers, unfortunately it seems like the USA servers are always empty. Like I said I think the DLC's are free so it shouldnt alienate anyone to make all the servers include the DLC's.
As a matter of fact thats probably the reason nobodys on em, they are all tired of the stock maps.

 
I really don't understand why they won't even try it...  Does it cost that much extra to have the extra maps on the server?  It's really frustrating all the talk about how empty the servers are and most suggestions seem to go right in the circular file.  At least the rules got an adjustment recently so there's a start in the right direction.

We've tried many different BF4 configurations over the years since launch. Only the plain vanilla servers ever get much use. In most cases, the others got no use at all (even when users insisted they would get used) and people complained about having DLC maps, so the choice of having just vanilla servers was obvious. Even when we had two vanilla servers, one would be full with a queue and the other would be empty.
 
For this event, it seems BF1 is getting the lion's-share of attention, so even the vanilla servers are a bit slow.
 
Actually, only one of the US servers is true "vanilla". The LA server does have the originally free DLC maps.
How about this: We'll add all the DLC maps to the LA Conquest server later tonight and see what happens. Can't hurt to try it again. :)
 
Does this mean those of you asking for DLC will be getting your friends together and playing on/seeding the server? ;)

I've been discussing with the admins about getting a game night together before the event ends.
 
Who's up for some BF4 Thursday and Friday night? We're all planning on being on for a couple hours and we should try to get some users into Discord voice chat or TeamSpeak.

I'll be there, thanks!

I'll be there.

bluvert89

fearpoint
Go join the Brazil server. Lots of Americans playing on it.
 
 

I just hate joining that one with my 180+ ping.  

It's frostbite engine. Ping is largely irrelevant.
 

Yup, I can play on it with up to a 200 ping and barely notice.

All Conquest maps, including DLC, are now in rotation on the EVGA BF4 LA server. Hop on in!

BizSAR
We've tried many different BF4 configurations over the years since launch. Only the plain vanilla servers ever get much use. In most cases, the others got no use at all (even when users insisted they would get used) and people complained about having DLC maps, so the choice of having just vanilla servers was obvious. Even when we had two vanilla servers, one would be full with a queue and the other would be empty.
 
For this event, it seems BF1 is getting the lion's-share of attention, so even the vanilla servers are a bit slow.
 
Actually, only one of the US servers is true "vanilla". The LA server does have the originally free DLC maps.
How about this: We'll add all the DLC maps to the LA Conquest server later tonight and see what happens. Can't hurt to try it again. :)
 
Does this mean those of you asking for DLC will be getting your friends together and playing on/seeding the server? ;)

Biz - thank you for at least explaining what has been tried before and also for turning on the DLC to try again.  I've not been around long enough to know the history of having tried DLC maps before but I see all these other servers full so it seemed like a logical reason to me. 
 
That said - I do plan on being on the BF4 servers Thurs/Fri and look forward to trying to seed the LA server.  I don't have any friends to bring with but I'll be there!

Finally got my 20 hours of gameplay in but I will be back tonight and friday. Hope we can jump start the USA servers!