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82 days since the most recent wipe under new management with nothing to show for it in terms of a player base. The server, averaging at about 10 payers for the past couple weeks begs the question. Where are we headed?

 

November 22, 2024- Wipe

 

After the wipe patch, we got no new content for the rest of the year. Instead we get a road map that has yet to be completed.

January 11, 2025

January 17, 2025

February 1, 2025

February 4, 2025

Here we are on February 12, 2025. 82 Days since the wipe and four updates later (2-3 of which were basically hot fixes). Three official owners who are also developers, this being one of the many things people were excited about when they came into power. Yet, what is there to show for it? A dead server.

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New owners legitimately expected the server to fill up simply on the basis that the old owner was gone. Yet they have done nothing different.

Releasing a roadmap that was simply a list of ideas with no timeframe attached didn't help. Many of the owners aren't willing to put in the effort to contribute to real updates, and the one who is can hardly code without breaking the entire server, and doesn't take criticism or the opinions of others into account and just does as he sees fit.

Lack of good updates and kept promises was a trend with previous ownership, and the new ones are continuing it. There is no future for asylum, there was an opportunity with the wipe with a full server and excited playerbase, yet the developers (current owners) failed to capitalize on this with additional updates. Drastic changes were needed but with 10 players on after a wipe and then also a revamp, I don't see much opportunity for a comeback anymore.

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I did this before and asked whats gonna be next and suggested s2 they just said s2 is a bad idea and closed topic without saying anything else. They are doing what they want to do and not listening to the community.

R.I.P. Asylum there is no comeback imo they killed it.

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maybe we can expand the abandoned target range to be the entire map

14 hours ago, sp00kyyy said:

to think people report rando constantly when it took one person to trigger his tourettes, his degeneracy caught up to him yet you keep his meat in your mouth. 🤣

i heard you are going to be raped to death soon in trumps america. just a rumor through the grapevine

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15 hours ago, sp00kyyy said:

to think people report rando constantly when it took one person to trigger his tourettes, his degeneracy caught up to him yet you keep his meat in your mouth. 🤣

Ah yes, the classic 'meat in your mouth' argument - peak intellectual discourse from a man who’s clearly been thinking about another dude’s anatomy way too much. While you’re monitoring rando’s every move like his personal biographer, I’m out here living rent-free in your head. Stay broke faggot.

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Tbh seems like reforger seems more popular rn.... but lets continue with arma 3.... I said many times to think about going into a RP/Life type of direction with a new game (not leaving arma 3 behind) but reforger/FiveM seems to be doing somewhat good/fine for example. But ofc that would be an investment which I assume the owners cannot afford. I guess no one is really donating anymore so they have no Income and pay this out of their own pockets, which in turn would limit their capability to expand and try new things. The investment into Asylum was a pretty bad decision without any real vision,"work" force or money to do said vision and now you pretty much pay the price for it.

Eh W/E they tried I guess.

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On 2/13/2025 at 12:07 AM, Innate said:

 

This is a really good take and covers most my thoughts, the only thing I'd add is there's an obsession with adding mods as if it would be some kind of silver bullet. Sorry, but raising the barrier for entry even higher when you have 10 players weekend average is not going to save asylum and that would be a waste of everyone's energy. Plus I can't think of anything more shit and gay than mods on Altis, and I wouldn't waste the storage space.

Also shutting the server down for a month and a half to undo the wipe (which was the only thing that pushed asylum to capacity in the last 2+ years) was a net negative. The wipe itself was never a problem, it was a failure to run with it and actually capitalise. Instead it was just wipe, hey here's a blank altis life mission file with FA content on top of it.

The rot of asylum A3 started long ago and I don't blame the current devs for starting it but the missed opportunity of last summer and some of the strange choices since then should be a message to people to lower expectations. Consistent 50+ average pop asylum will not be happening again on Arma 3. 

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2 hours ago, Tricks said:

My offer is 3k for full owner ship at current state of the server. 

 

2 hours ago, Ahm2d said:

this will be big loss mate

Thats waaaaay too much to offer for this.

 

And I am gonna be honest with 3k you could make a good Arma reforger server and arma reforger is slowly climbing higher then arma 3

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4 hours ago, Tricks said:

Loss is not my worry. Saving a server that me and my friends grew up on is what I aim for. 

well they only sell it to staff members im guessing admin+ or an old dev so good luck with that

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Big L on Ownership!

More specifically Mitch!

Sorry but when people had legit idea to help the server and you mock them! You earn the R title.

Double down that their announcement to fix all the back end shit instead of giving content was probably their biggest L

Lets be honest EVERYTHING about this ownership swap was bad.  Might be the worst in asylum history. The least amount was accomplished. The fastest decline in population. The whole closing the server down for literally NO FUCKING CONTENT...On an already low pop server..genius.

Its really simple...

SUCK up your pride...Give up your OPINION and do what THE COMMUNITY wants.

Move to a new game - Dayz, Fivem, Reforge SOMETHING POPULATED (I know it won't happen...Pride...go ahead an make an excuse about deving like closing asylum down for 0 reason wasnt an issue)

THE ONLY WAY ARMA WORKS - New Map, Cars, Gear, Guns, INCLUDING LRPS (NOT LIKE ITS A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT)

or Close the server. Seriously. Let her rest if you can't manage it!

NOBODY want to play old asylum anymore. NOBODY. for fuck sake. how many times do we have to switch owners and do fuck all for anything really new. A new building/prison is not new enough for anyone to really give a shit about. A new prison or new event isn't going to make people come back here.

Why do you think Olympus is so fucking populated? Do a little homework and strip down some of that pride and start listening to the community

Mods, New maps, New cars, New Cloths, It'll never happen. It shouldn't take 3+ ownership swaps to see that the old asylum is not working anymore. You say V3 but its virtually V1

I think the damage might already be done. People already have Olympus and Anzuz to go to and would you believe it....WAAAAAAY MORE POPULATED too. crazy right. content/new shit=people. Who knew?

 

POSTED 5 days ago and no owner has been here to respond....


Should we be surprised....


Perfect representation of the effort of the owners!

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1 hour ago, Canna said:

Big L on Ownership!

More specifically Mitch!

Sorry but when people had legit idea to help the server and you mock them! You earn the R title.

Double down that their announcement to fix all the back end shit instead of giving content was probably their biggest L

Lets be honest EVERYTHING about this ownership swap was bad.  Might be the worst in asylum history. The least amount was accomplished. The fastest decline in population. The whole closing the server down for literally NO FUCKING CONTENT...On an already low pop server..genius.

Its really simple...

SUCK up your pride...Give up your OPINION and do what THE COMMUNITY wants.

Move to a new game - Dayz, Fivem, Reforge SOMETHING POPULATED (I know it won't happen...Pride...go ahead an make an excuse about deving like closing asylum down for 0 reason wasnt an issue)

THE ONLY WAY ARMA WORKS - New Map, Cars, Gear, Guns, INCLUDING LRPS (NOT LIKE ITS A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT)

or Close the server. Seriously. Let her rest if you can't manage it!

NOBODY want to play old asylum anymore. NOBODY. for fuck sake. how many times do we have to switch owners and do fuck all for anything really new. A new building/prison is not new enough for anyone to really give a shit about. A new prison or new event isn't going to make people come back here.

Why do you think Olympus is so fucking populated? Do a little homework and strip down some of that pride and start listening to the community

Mods, New maps, New cars, New Cloths, It'll never happen. It shouldn't take 3+ ownership swaps to see that the old asylum is not working anymore. You say V3 but its virtually V1

I think the damage might already be done. People already have Olympus and Anzuz to go to and would you believe it....WAAAAAAY MORE POPULATED too. crazy right. content/new shit=people. Who knew?

 

POSTED 5 days ago and no owner has been here to respond....


Should we be surprised....


Perfect representation of the effort of the owners!

Agreed!

 

Well they just like to either ignore or silence people who talk "bad" about them / asylum in general even tho most of them are right.

Perfect example of the current owners ... just ignore it and maybe it will go away (just like your server lol)

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2 hours ago, Canna said:

Big L on Ownership!

More specifically Mitch!

Sorry but when people had legit idea to help the server and you mock them! You earn the R title.

Double down that their announcement to fix all the back end shit instead of giving content was probably their biggest L

Lets be honest EVERYTHING about this ownership swap was bad.  Might be the worst in asylum history. The least amount was accomplished. The fastest decline in population. The whole closing the server down for literally NO FUCKING CONTENT...On an already low pop server..genius.

Its really simple...

SUCK up your pride...Give up your OPINION and do what THE COMMUNITY wants.

Move to a new game - Dayz, Fivem, Reforge SOMETHING POPULATED (I know it won't happen...Pride...go ahead an make an excuse about deving like closing asylum down for 0 reason wasnt an issue)

THE ONLY WAY ARMA WORKS - New Map, Cars, Gear, Guns, INCLUDING LRPS (NOT LIKE ITS A TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT)

or Close the server. Seriously. Let her rest if you can't manage it!

NOBODY want to play old asylum anymore. NOBODY. for fuck sake. how many times do we have to switch owners and do fuck all for anything really new. A new building/prison is not new enough for anyone to really give a shit about. A new prison or new event isn't going to make people come back here.

Why do you think Olympus is so fucking populated? Do a little homework and strip down some of that pride and start listening to the community

Mods, New maps, New cars, New Cloths, It'll never happen. It shouldn't take 3+ ownership swaps to see that the old asylum is not working anymore. You say V3 but its virtually V1

I think the damage might already be done. People already have Olympus and Anzuz to go to and would you believe it....WAAAAAAY MORE POPULATED too. crazy right. content/new shit=people. Who knew?

 

POSTED 5 days ago and no owner has been here to respond....


Should we be surprised....


Perfect representation of the effort of the owners!

You cant expect prideful braindeads to suddenly make smart choices unfortunately xD

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     I don't really have a dog in this fight because I just got back Jan 1st. I do, however, have the most hours played this month on the server and am constantly in game. I was surprised at the wipe when I returned. It ended up being a good thing for me at least because I was able to start fresh and get financially to a competitive level pretty fast. The last week It's been the same 5-10 players every night, and usually by a certain time it's me and 1 or two others. This morning, I logged in before work to see 0 players on. It was sad really. I enjoy the server and the core group of players we had a month ago was very supportive. I honestly don't know what could save the server. I know more things to do would be cool. Fix issues that are known and have been known.  We still have a bugged Cotton field. How is that even possible? A garden truck that's for sale that does not work. Delete it or fix it.

      I try and support the new players that do log in only for them to get destroyed by some of the current players that feel like they are entitled to abuse whoever they want. One of the reasons I play here and not Olympus, a server I was in the first 20 players on when it opened, Is because it's not as complicated and busy. You can't do anything on that server unless you have a big gang. One gang has taken over the entire server and RDM's everyone anytime they want. We don't want that, but we need more things to do. I haven't seen the sunken gang boat in a month. It's things like that which allow non gang battle players to harvest good money and do something different. It seems like the devs/Admin get on, do some type of Cop/Gang battle and bounce. 

    The Prestige system is junk. It is a motivation killer and should be abandoned immediately. All it does is force you to make a gang to bank funds if you play solo or risk throwing money into a void. I don't understand why we don't have induvial buyers for the commodities. It seems like a lazy way to do it. Governor is a neat concept but all they seem to do is win, raise taxes to the max, log in to pardon people every now and then, and you never see them again. The talent system for civs pre wipe was a plus for me, but I understand some people didn't care for it. A revamped talent system for civs would be really cool. I've seen several people log in asking about where the talent system was and log out when they hear we don't have a civ one. The last thing we need is another wipe. I would never play again if they wiped all the work over the last month+. Some solid communication an actual enjoyable content that is not recycled old stuff would be awesome. Add mushrooms, LSD, find a way to make fishing viable by raising the rewards for the bigger fish, make diamonds a stand-alone mine and processor with a chance to process flawless stones in the batches. Give us an option to Process Crank into Crystal Meth with the RV and with a 50/50 shot that the whole truck blows up and kills us. Risk vs Reward. 

 

  I am already a Plus member and would continue to support the server if they would really show they want to bring it back. Just my 2 cents worth. 

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5 hours ago, Gnike said:

     I don't really have a dog in this fight because I just got back Jan 1st. I do, however, have the most hours played this month on the server and am constantly in game. I was surprised at the wipe when I returned. It ended up being a good thing for me at least because I was able to start fresh and get financially to a competitive level pretty fast. The last week It's been the same 5-10 players every night, and usually by a certain time it's me and 1 or two others. This morning, I logged in before work to see 0 players on. It was sad really. I enjoy the server and the core group of players we had a month ago was very supportive. I honestly don't know what could save the server. I know more things to do would be cool. Fix issues that are known and have been known.  We still have a bugged Cotton field. How is that even possible? A garden truck that's for sale that does not work. Delete it or fix it.

      I try and support the new players that do log in only for them to get destroyed by some of the current players that feel like they are entitled to abuse whoever they want. One of the reasons I play here and not Olympus, a server I was in the first 20 players on when it opened, Is because it's not as complicated and busy. You can't do anything on that server unless you have a big gang. One gang has taken over the entire server and RDM's everyone anytime they want. We don't want that, but we need more things to do. I haven't seen the sunken gang boat in a month. It's things like that which allow non gang battle players to harvest good money and do something different. It seems like the devs/Admin get on, do some type of Cop/Gang battle and bounce. 

    The Prestige system is junk. It is a motivation killer and should be abandoned immediately. All it does is force you to make a gang to bank funds if you play solo or risk throwing money into a void. I don't understand why we don't have induvial buyers for the commodities. It seems like a lazy way to do it. Governor is a neat concept but all they seem to do is win, raise taxes to the max, log in to pardon people every now and then, and you never see them again. The talent system for civs pre wipe was a plus for me, but I understand some people didn't care for it. A revamped talent system for civs would be really cool. I've seen several people log in asking about where the talent system was and log out when they hear we don't have a civ one. The last thing we need is another wipe. I would never play again if they wiped all the work over the last month+. Some solid communication an actual enjoyable content that is not recycled old stuff would be awesome. Add mushrooms, LSD, find a way to make fishing viable by raising the rewards for the bigger fish, make diamonds a stand-alone mine and processor with a chance to process flawless stones in the batches. Give us an option to Process Crank into Crystal Meth with the RV and with a 50/50 shot that the whole truck blows up and kills us. Risk vs Reward. 

 

  I am already a Plus member and would continue to support the server if they would really show they want to bring it back. Just my 2 cents worth. 

I agree with you at some point but fixing cotton field and garden truck will not help the pop at all they need to change everything on the server basically start it from scratch to maybe see an improvment in the pop and this 100% will not happen so we have to say goodbye to asylum. It has been 10 years and asylum still the same.

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   I agree with Tricks, I don’t think the server has to die. Will we see 100 players again, probably not, but a consistent 25-40 players would be great. I would do whatever nesssary to help keep the server going. I enjoy it and it’s worth the time to save it. I’m an old head approaching retirement. I devote time into things I enjoy and this is one of them. I missed the application for support, but I’d be willing to assist with that. I know most of the base game features and can answer most questions. Find a way to let the players help save the server. We obviously want to! 

3 minutes ago, Riv6r said:

 

9 hours ago, Gnike said:

 I do, however, have the most hours played this month on the server and am constantly in game.

Congratulations on king degenerate !!!!!!!!

 

I do try! That was not meant as a brag, just setting the tone as someone who sees what’s happening in game. 

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Look, A lot of times when I jump into a post it gets derailed, I opted not to respond initially in hopes of getting some good feedback on what people think and what their biggest complaints are.

As I will speak about later this week at the community meeting- we have dropped the ball.  We underestimated the issues the community was facing and failed to address them, not out of malice or lack of interest, we failed to move with the community as it moved, as has been the case for frankly years.  Any goodwill we had as a team has been blown, by a lack of leadership, a rushed and poorly executed wipe and follow through, and again a re-vamp and failed follow through.  We consistently have promised and failed to deliver, so what's next?

All we can do at this point is accept responsibility and try and move forwards, how we do that, when we do that, is dependent on us, the staff team, and the community working together to try and gain traction and move ahead.  Full transparency we had a full staff meeting this past weekend to discuss how best to move forwards and discuss ways that the ownership team can keep-up with the promises we have made, and what the community is asking for, and needs.

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5 hours ago, Fitz said:

Look, A lot of times when I jump into a post it gets derailed, I opted not to respond initially in hopes of getting some good feedback on what people think and what their biggest complaints are.

As I will speak about later this week at the community meeting- we have dropped the ball.  We underestimated the issues the community was facing and failed to address them, not out of malice or lack of interest, we failed to move with the community as it moved, as has been the case for frankly years.  Any goodwill we had as a team has been blown, by a lack of leadership, a rushed and poorly executed wipe and follow through, and again a re-vamp and failed follow through.  We consistently have promised and failed to deliver, so what's next?

All we can do at this point is accept responsibility and try and move forwards, how we do that, when we do that, is dependent on us, the staff team, and the community working together to try and gain traction and move ahead.  Full transparency we had a full staff meeting this past weekend to discuss how best to move forwards and discuss ways that the ownership team can keep-up with the promises we have made, and what the community is asking for, and needs.

Honestly this is the best response on this we could hope for. Everyone here just wants to see this server to succeed. It's supposed to be a fun thing to do with our time. This goes for the Owners/Developers as well. If it's not fun what's the point. I've learned in life being open and honest about what can and can't be done is monumentally more constructive than blowing smoke up the collective community's butt with empty promises. Gamers are a tough crowd, but also kind of loyal. I can only speak for myself, but I will stick with the server and help as much as possible with positive promotion as long as I feel the Owners/Devs give a crap. Any movement forward is positive movement. Thanks for the update!

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On 2/18/2025 at 3:43 PM, Fitz said:

Look, A lot of times when I jump into a post it gets derailed

TBH, I would think about this statement, if one of you, or you specifically posts something it gets derailed. That should've been a sign that something goes horribly wrong.

 

I hope you do understand that arma 3 in general has no real future (like any other live service game/server). This community needs to move on to newer games (Reforger is getting more popular by the day I feel like, FiveM or something else that could fit an RP style gameplay that you wish). It's nice to see some accountability towards this big issue BUT with the recent/past owners, you also should've known how easily this community gets pissed when the new ownership somewhat does the same as the old owner(s), even if you didn't mean to do so. That's just a huge management issue on your / the current owner's part. "Love is not forever" especially when the game is this old and doesn't (I don't know if its true) attract more newer players and relies on old players to come back and most of them actually moved on, you also said that you failed to move with the community which was the biggest mistake someone in this kind of "branch/business" could've done.

 

Just my 2 cents but I may or may not get ignored lol.

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On 2/17/2025 at 7:40 PM, Tricks said:

If any would like a partner and fix the sever they will know who to come to. My offer stands. 

I have been offering to help give the server a complete face lift, a total uniform and fleet skin makeover for over a year and a half.  Donating your time and efforts seems to fall on deaf ears. Check my posts and links https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965555499/screenshots/.  Loved the server sad to see its state.

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The only chance at a revival was the first wipe that happened. Most people knew going into it that it would either work or the server would die—not much of an in-between. 

In hindsight, Asylum really should have invested in a FiveM server many years ago. Probably would have been very successful 

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18 hours ago, thero said:

The only chance at a revival was the first wipe that happened. Most people knew going into it that it would either work or the server would die—not much of an in-between. 

In hindsight, Asylum really should have invested in a FiveM server many years ago. Probably would have been very successful 

i was curious cause i remembered that  @Sojobo went to create a FiveM server a couple years ago and right now it's nearly at 600 players wtf

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