Net als in eerdere delen in de serie is het ook in Battlefield 1 mogelijk om je eigen server te huren. Op je eigen server kun je vervolgens allerlei instellingen aanpassen, zodat je de potjes kan spelen op de manier die jij het liefste wil.
Via een bericht op het officiële forum van Battlefield heeft ontwikkelaar DICE laten weten dat de studio het Rent-a-Server systeem wil uitbreiden met nieuwe features en instellingen die je op je eigen server kan bepalen. Het verbeteren van het systeem heeft meer prioriteit gekregen, aldus DICE.
De onderstaande lijst met features en server settings die men heeft vrijgegeven, bevat allerlei aspecten die momenteel overwogen worden. Het is dus nog niet zeker dat alle onderstaande features ook echt daadwerkelijk aan het Rent-a-Server systeem worden toegevoegd.
Features
- Admin Control Panel – A separate screen you can reach from inside the game where you will find functions such as Kick/Ban along with Ban and VIP lists.
- Kick/Ban – You will be able to see a list of all current players on the servers and either kick or ban them. Once banned they will be stored in the Ban List. From there you can unban them or just view the list of all currently banned players.
- Ban & VIP Lists – Here, you will be be able to view and edit the Ban & VIP List. The VIP List is a list of players that will have queue priority (even higher priority than Premium Pass owners). For instance, if you have a clan and the clan members contribute to the server cost, you can add them in the VIP List and they will put into the highest priority queue.
- Password Protected Servers – We are looking to re-introduce this setting for Battlefield 1 rented servers that admins want to secure with a password. Setting a password will make the server run “Unranked”, so players who join won’t receive any experience, gain medals, or progression of any kind, but they will have all equipment unlocked while playing on that server.
Server settings
- Squad Leader Spawn Only – A popular setting from previous titles. We are looking to add this in a future update so server admins can set this on their server.
- Behemoth on/off toggle – A new setting for admins where they can turn off the Behemoth from spawning on their servers.
- Whole Magazine Reload – A setting from previous Hardcore versions. Admins will have access to turn it on or off on their servers.