{"id":47793,"date":"2024-03-14T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2009465"},"modified":"2024-03-14T19:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:08:37","slug":"star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-server-issues-explored","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-server-issues-explored\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection server issues explored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Never tell me the odds (of getting into a match). <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Leane\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 14 March 2024 at 17:28 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/star-wars-battlefront-switch-release-date-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection<\/a> is out, it shouldn\u2019t come as a massive surprise that players are flocking into the servers on the promise of 64-player galactic battles.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you\u2019ve tried booting up the game \u2013 or even just reading up on it \u2013 you may have got the sense that there\u2019s some sort of disturbance in the Force here. You may have heard about the server issues already.<\/p>\n<p>Although new online games often go through a rocky asteroid field of a launch like this, that\u2019ll be no salve to players who want to start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-trophies-achievements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collecting trophies<\/a> and dominating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all the maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re trying to get to the bottom of this, although it\u2019s been radio silence from the developers, so keep on reading and we\u2019ll try to work it out together!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Are there problems with the Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection servers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As far as we can tell,\u00a0<strong>there are some problems with the Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection servers today\u00a0<\/strong>(14th March) as the game seems to have encountered some launch day troubles.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 24 hours, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2446550\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam DB<\/a>, more than 9,000 concurrent players tried to jump into the game on Steam alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/probably-one-of-the-worst-launches-of-all-time-star-wars-battlefront-classic-collection-players-tear-into-aspyr-for-bugs-crashes-and-3-64-player-launch-servers-for-nearly-10000-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PC Gamer<\/a> is reporting that these thousands of fans were fighting for places on just three 64-player servers. We have a bad feeling about that maths\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Although the developers do not seem to have addressed the server struggles in any public place that we can find (at the time of writing), the fans are having their say in all sorts of different places, even going so far as to flood the replies to official posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/x1xNotorious\/status\/1768267406005198928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\/X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The struggle to get onto the servers has already caused a very negative effect on the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2446550\/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_Classic_Collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam<\/a> page, which is currently averaging at a \u2018Mostly Negative\u2019 rating from 1,972 reviews and counting.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"f84458f7b1aaf78fa932591eb180eb8e2c3d1619\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"f84458f7b1aaf78fa932591eb180eb8e2c3d1619\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p>\u201cThis was not like the simulations,\u201d one player wrote on the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2446550\/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_Classic_Collection\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam reviews page<\/a>. They gave it a big red thumbs down reaction and managed to get a refund by the looks of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have very few dedicated servers that everyone is fighting over,\u201d a different player noted.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cWas only able to join one Hero\u2019s VS Villains match and the Hero\u2019s side was completely broken. No one could join the Hero\u2019s team which resulted in no one to fight against. I figured this may have been just a BF2 issue so I hopped on over to play BF1 multiplayer. There\u2019s 0 servers up for BF1. Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, there are two sides to every story and we did spot this review as well: \u201cHaven\u2019t had any server issues. All the review bombing happened about an hour after the game launched and are out of date. People crying for refunds are people with no attention span or patience. Helldivers gets a free pass for server issues at launch, but not Battlefront I guess. Interesting double standard.\u201d<\/p> <h2><strong>How to check the Star Wars Battlefront: Classic Collection servers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Trying to tell the wheat from the chaff here is something of a struggle in of itself, so where can you look for official information? Weirdly, there does not seem to be any place online where you can actually check the game\u2019s server status.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d recommend keeping an eye on the official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aspyrmedia?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aspyr account on Twitter\/X<\/a>. That\u2019s the development company in charge of this port, so that\u2019s where any official information is likely to come through.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a \u2018Game Support\u2019 section on the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.aspyr.com\/hc\/en-us\/categories\/24945346558861-Star-Wars-Battlefront-Classic-Collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Aspyr website<\/a>, but it looks a bit thin on detail at the moment. There\u2019s currently nothing on there that lets you check the server status.<\/p>\n<p>There doesn\u2019t seem to be an official page on the community-sourced website Down Detector, either, although it is pulling through some timely comments about the Classic Collection on its <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.co.uk\/status\/star-wars-battlefront\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-existing page about EA\u2019s Battlefront reboot<\/a> (which, of course, fans will know to be a totally different game altogether).<\/p>\n<p>Whenever the developers make an official announcement about the servers, we\u2019ll try our best to update this page in a timely fashion!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re sitting there with some time on your hands, please be aware that we\u2019ve got an explainer on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/star-wars-games-upcoming\/\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming Star Wars games<\/a> and a podcast episode about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/best-star-wars-games-podcast\/\" rel=\"noopener\">best Star Wars games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Celebrating Star Wars games with John Saavedra\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2RTRu8WqlzfPGgIQaxoq46?utm_source=oembed\"\/>\n<p><strong>Listen to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/one-more-life-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One More Life podcast<\/a> and subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/gaming-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gaming newsletter<\/a> for all the latest intel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something to watch? 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