Pc players only.
Titanfall's servers have been in the shadow of hacker DDoS attacks for quite some time.
Titanfall 1's servers have been suffering from uninterrupted DDoS from unknown sources and unwarranted interference from a large number of scripted bots since 2019. After the game hit Steam, the 37% positive rating made it impossible for developer Respawn to continue to ignore this thorny issue.
Although Respawn set out to solve the problem in April, with little success, less than a month later, the hackers made a comeback again, and also spilled over to their main game, Apex Heroes. Respawn, who apparently couldn't afford to devote any more resources to a game where Steam had fewer than a dozen people online on a daily basis, acknowledged the hacker's victory earlier this month, took down Titanfall 1, and completely sentenced the game to death.
And the popularity and reputation are far beyond the original "Titanfall 2" is also difficult to escape the claws of hackers, and even today the game's server is still cramping, players want to play smoothly is not easy, we even in the long-term accumulation of experience to explore the time point of hacker commuting.
In the half-year-long complaining, players are not waiting for official rectification, nor hackers who run away, but enthusiastic netizens who are selflessly dedicated. A week ago, netizen BobTheBob released a customized server for the PC version of Titanfall 2, which completely solved the current situation of watching hackers play games with their faces.
According to BobTheBob himself, the "private server" called Northstar took them more than half a year to build, in order to avoid the daily bombardment of hackers and allow all players who still love the game to continue to enjoy the game. As for the principle, it is also very simple, the private server that is not on the main server cannot track the IP address at all, and the harassment of hackers naturally cannot be talked about.
The functionality of the Polaris private server does not stop there, although due to technical limitations, the game lacks some of the AI gameplay in the original multiplayer mode, but players can implement custom content through their own scripts in the server, design unique gameplay, and create a mode that did not exist in the original game.
You may be worried that in the private server, the player's authority is too strong or lack of management means, which may breed troublemakers who specialize in bad things. However, thanks to the current excellent player community atmosphere of Titanfall 2, there are not only no players who abuse their rights in the private server, but they are also very friendly, and everyone agrees to jointly maintain this hard-won game environment.
Just two days ago, domestic players have also built their own Polaris national uniforms for mainland players to enjoy a more stable server experience.
The advent of polaris private servers has revived the Titanfall 2 player community, which has long been like a pool of stagnant water, and has begun to rejuvenate with the current winter promotions, and everyone is cheering the rebirth of the game - except for console players who can't even private servers.