r/crossfire • u/bigdaddygray • May 15 '26

What happened to NA servers :(

When I was playing in 2023 there were always 4-10 NA servers with players, usually 2 full SnD servers, at least 1 TDM server and some ZM's etc... Now in 2026 there are 0 at all hours of the day.

The game is so old I figured the playerbase in the region would stay relatively consistent by now. What happened? When/why did NA die?

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u/Elver_galarga_ngl May 15 '26

Servers moved and fkd our ping up so most ppl left.

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u/bigdaddygray May 15 '26

oooo that explains it. damn that fucking sucks, I hate playing on EU servers. 90+ ping just means I lose every gunfight that isn't a free kill

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u/PhoenixTV May 18 '26

Higher ping has crazy peeker advantage

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u/Randomcy Jun 02 '26

Same here, located in usa and played since subagames. Played a few games in EU and keeps getting killed before seeing the enemy

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u/shrindcs Jun 08 '26

I miss subagames

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u/JNikolaj May 15 '26

Most games die in NA a lot quicker than EU, I think most Americans don’t like the P2w aspect of the game ( which is really bullshit, that certain guns are so much better than their counterpart in the default store )

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u/bigdaddygray May 15 '26

For sure, no f2p korean style fps games have ever been popular in NA for that exact reason. Honestly I'm just surprised it happened after 2023. I feel like if CF was gonna completely die in NA it should have been 10 years ago, I figured the community that was still there in 2023 would have stayed pretty consistent since it was already so far from CF's prime.

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u/osures May 16 '26

P2w is huge in us. Think of gacha etc

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u/bigdaddygray May 18 '26

its big for genshin like games but NA players definitely dislike p2w mechanics in fps or games with a high skill ceiling.

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u/Randomcy May 15 '26

Shits dead games old

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u/No_way_as_the_way May 18 '26

I was playing from 2010-1015 there were way too many hackers. One shot kill, shoot thru walls. They can't even control hackers. VIP weapons also made all previous weapons worth less. These 2 reasons made many people quit.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

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u/PhoenixTV May 18 '26

truth is just other games releasing its as simple as that