r/ArmaReforger • u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major • Apr 07 '26
1.7 Update Play the damn experimental branch!!!
All you fucks need to play the experimental branch!!!! (Not you PlayStation y’all get a pass)
One server still not full and a bunch with only one person in each server. Unless y’all want another 6 months of this game being unplayable **OPEN EXPERIMENTAL**
That being said… devs if you’re reading this. For the love of god only put one server with 128slots on experimental so you can actually stress test instead of only allowing 64…. The majority of servers in game are 128 players… you’ll inevitably run into performance issues not testing the game at those levels. Just my opinion tho
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u/Ronky303 Private Apr 07 '26
Preaching ! Asking for a 128 stress test. The only way we will really know
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u/backifran Staff Sergeant Apr 08 '26
EXD server 4 is running 1.7 experimental with 110 slots
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u/Ronky303 Private Apr 08 '26
I’ve only seen the one server active. I’m on Xbox don’t know if it matters
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u/ShutterAce Staff Sergeant Apr 07 '26
Pc player here and I support this message. 🙂
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u/Puceeffoc Sergeant Apr 07 '26
A bunch of people did play it then they went right back to 1.6
People aren't game testing this, they're just checking it out and leaving. I wonder how many console gamers are actually submitting bug reports.
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u/OutlandishnessDry503 Xbox Apr 07 '26
I’m a console player and I try to submit reports when I can but major issues with console play have felt like they’ve gone unnoticed. Building a pc now…
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u/BakaEngel Apr 09 '26
Oof, rough time to be building one. Keep an eye out on Facebook marketplace. Get some decent deals on there every now and then
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u/OutlandishnessDry503 Xbox Apr 09 '26
Yer tellin me😭. I live in a small town so marketplace is a little rough. Some guy tried to sell a used Xbox series x and a basic headset for $900 the other day.
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u/BakaEngel Apr 09 '26
Whooof. That's rough. Well best of luck, man. In that case, do your research as best you can and try to hold out for sales.
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u/External_Art_1835 Apr 07 '26
Never Ever fly with a guy called Sandbag8818 on Arma. He says you haven't lived until you've flown with him.
Be warned, it'll be your last flight....
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u/wairdone Apr 07 '26
Thats just the average KoTH helicopter pilot; thinks he's TOPGUN, then j-hooks his little bird with a squad onboard into a tree...
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u/98Berserker Apr 08 '26
I swear to god pilots in this game don’t know how to land without pulling a J-hook. I’ve never seen a single pilot that knew how to control their speed and entry for a normal landing
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u/Glittering-Edge4976 Apr 08 '26
Me but then people talk shit because I'm not doing a J hook and it's so cringe lmao. What happened to nice realistic flared landings?
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u/Weak-List-7493 Apr 08 '26
Yeah helicopters in this game need a realistic flight overhaul. The stuff you can do with helis shouldnt be possible irl.
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u/Glittering-Edge4976 Apr 08 '26
100%. Don't get me wrong I started out on J Hooks and can J Hook with the best of them but after a while I started to favor more realistic flight maneuvers instead of all the crazy flips a lot of Arma pilots seem to be obsessed with.
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u/Weak-List-7493 Apr 08 '26
To each their own but every video i see with arma pilots bragging about how good they are at flying cringes me out when its just a broken system.
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u/Basskid88 Apr 09 '26
Lol yah it's funny because if they actually thought they were super man or something, tell them to do it with the mi8.
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u/Remarkable_Peach_846 Sergeant Apr 07 '26
if i wasnt on ps5 id play experimental so hard for you daddy
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u/0utabounds Apr 07 '26
Yeah, not many people playing Experimental, mostly just one server in EU that gets some players. I put about 5 hrs in, mostly as FIA to see what it was like but they are so limited in what they can do, it gets old quickly. Its more like a novelty than anything. You can do your ambushes, disruption, etc as a US or Soviet player and you can rank up 10X faster and get better gear to do it.
I do see that they have limited the FIA to 16 players max now. I'd probably limit it to 10p and instead give them the ability to build base defenses up, to make it a bit tougher to take bases. Make Monti their Rally Point, similar to Berlin for the Germans in the latter part of WWII, with the US and Russians closing in, it was their final Stronghold. Could be some fun 3 way faction fighting there. Once Monti fell then they would be a scattered force with Randomized Spawns and can wander around and do whatever disruption they want.
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u/Snoo_63184 Apr 07 '26
I was just on for a few hours(XBX). No full crashes, but still lagging, enough to get you wrecked or shot.
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u/NobleAssassin96 Apr 07 '26
Someone please explain
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 07 '26
The previous major update was on experimental branch. No one played it. Then we had 6+ months of absolute dog shit performance. Multiple hot fixes did nothing.
This is the players chance to play test update before they force it on the entire community in a broken state…. Again
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u/Jakerod_The_Wolf Apr 08 '26
Plenty of people played it. The peak was over 800 just for PC players which is the highest it has ever been according to steamdb. Kolgujev along with other new content and a new game mode released with it which is why it was such a high number. This time we get playable FIA which is unbalanced, inertia changes, and slowing down when walking through bushes. None of that is that exciting which is probably why the count is so low.
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u/NobleAssassin96 Apr 08 '26
What are you on pc or console?
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 08 '26
Console.
“console problem” or “get a PC” do not apply here. Even a large portion of lower and mid tier PC users reported massive decreases in performance after 1.6 release.
All in all the majority of PC and Xbox players NEED to play experimental unless they’re okay with a repeat of the last update
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u/TheOneGoodBoi Apr 07 '26
what is being tested on experimental?
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 07 '26
Performance fixes & some game mechanics such as bushes slowing you down.
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u/oh_Rip Apr 08 '26
Brother. Theyre after semi realistic gameplay not "good gameplay" its not apex. Its not cpd. Its not battlefield. Its not rainbow six. Its arma. Arma always has been. And always will be. A military simulator.
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u/Pwabloapp Private Apr 07 '26
Not quite how I would of worded it but I share the sentiment. Been saying this for long enough. Most I saw in 1.6 exp was 150 players...now in 1.7 its just as poor. 90 % are on pc and rest on Xbox.....how many actually provide feedback ? Be your own judge on this. And Xbox players wonder why 1.6 was released with so many issues? The devs really need the Xbox player base to step up and help test this out. They have repeatedly asked as much. Nobody wants a repeat of 1.6.
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u/BatOk657 Private Apr 07 '26
Will download experimental next time I power my pc on. 🫡 Need to give KOTH a break anyways lol
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u/Modern_Doshin Sergeant Apr 08 '26
Don't yell at me, I was playing all weekend! FIA is so fun, though I wish they could cap points
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u/UC_Reaper Private Apr 08 '26
I have zero internet currently or id be playing the fuck outta it right now.
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 08 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/GyUiQcGVVeiKk
How the fuck are you on Reddit then, wizard /s
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u/Academic_Young8682 Apr 08 '26
I jumped on a server yesterday and there was only 1 other player. Definitely need more to test the mechanics. So far seemed pretty sweet. I built my PC just to play Reforger. My gaming laptop ran it flawless but wanted something I could upgrade as the games grow
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u/FocusPatient2576 Apr 08 '26
So is just playing experimental enough to help the process or is there more to it? I’ve watched a few videos on the new stuff being done in experimental and I’m super into all of it. My initial thought was I’m excited to see it come to stable but I didn’t really have any intentions on playing experimental until I read this. What should I expect if I wanted to be a part of the process?
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 08 '26
A shit ton of bugs and performance issues hopefully. After encountering them use the in game report issue feature to send feedback.
My only true concern is they have too many servers with only 60-70 slots. We’ll end up with bugs either way if they don’t do something like only having ONE server available on experimental with 128 slots per region. This way it’s actually a stress test and not just servers with one player each not encountering bugs because the server isn’t strained.
I’m thinking of trying to organize a time where people try to flood the servers but idk how likely people would be to actually do it
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u/The_BigMonkeMan Sergeant Apr 07 '26
When I get back from this trip I'll jump on experimental since I already really only play official
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u/stickykey_board Sergeant Apr 08 '26
I’m on PlayStation but thinking about buying it for Xbox just to text experimental.
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u/Spiderwolfer Staff Sergeant Apr 08 '26
Cannot seems to get download speeds more then 50kb/s
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u/gothic_cowboy1337 Major Apr 08 '26
With what exactly? If it’s mods on console the download speed is capped
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u/ac5198 Apr 15 '26
TIL you can play the experimental branch. How do I play it?
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u/Big-Stick913 Apr 07 '26
I honestly cant be bothered but im also not complaining about the performance as an xbox player
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u/cam5108 Apr 07 '26
Tried that. One empty server for my region. Maybe STFU
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u/Thatcher10176 Starshiy Sergeant Apr 07 '26
Same same and yet I'm still playing eu experimental doing my part
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u/Destroythisapp Lieutenant Apr 07 '26
Yeah, been playing the last couple days and according to the server browser there was only 52 people in matches playing the experimental branch of Reforger in the entire world last night.
We struggled to get one Everon game full.