Holdfast: Nations At War is a multiplayer first and third person shooter set in the Napoleonic era and the age of black powder warfare. Up to 150 players form firing lines, work artillery crews, and crew tall ships in massive coordinated battles where teamwork matters more than reflexes.
Combat is built around line infantry tactics. Players load muskets by the count, hold formation under fire, and follow officers into the fight. Naval combat puts whole crews on a single ship, manning cannons and sails together, while siege and skirmish modes mix in fortifications and close-quarters fighting.
Most of the community plays in organized regiments that schedule linebattles and events on private servers. On a private dedicated server you control the game modes, the map rotation, and the player cap, and the server stays live so your regiment can drill and host events on its own schedule.
Holdfast: Nations At War server play is driven by the regiment scene. Server owners run scheduled linebattles, siege nights, and naval events, each with its own ruleset, map rotation, and player limits set through the control panel. Admin tools cover team balance, round settings, and event scheduling without external software.
On the hardware side, Holdfast is demanding because of its sheer player counts. Hundreds of synchronized soldiers, projectiles, and ships put pressure on the CPU, so high-frequency processors keep tick rates stable in packed battles. NVMe storage speeds up map loading between rounds, and a healthy RAM allocation keeps large servers smooth. A small skirmish server runs fine on a 4 GB plan, while a full-scale linebattle is better served by the 12 GB plan.
| Server type | RAM needed | Players | Recommended plan |
|---|
| Small skirmish server | 4 GB | Up to 40 | 4 GB plan |
| Standard regiment server | 8 GB | Up to 100 | 8 GB plan |
| Full-scale linebattle server | 12 GB | 100+ | 12 GB plan |
Running Holdfast: Nations At War on a dedicated server means your map rotation and game modes stay set between sessions, your config survives restarts, and admin tools give you full control over team balance, round rules, and player slots. No player has a connection edge because there is no local host running the match.
PingPlayers pairs dedicated hardware with Ping AI, which handles server setup, config questions, and troubleshooting so your regiment spends time drilling and fighting rather than wrestling with server files.
