I want to have a VIP server at my own place for free. It seems reasonable that creators should be able to have such access to their own games. Feel free to pitch reasons for/against this. I’m curious.
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Yeah, I agree with this.
Very helpful for testing as well!
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That as well as buy products for free. This goes on a list of things devs should get for free in their own games.
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Wait, what? So it wants you to pay yourself to have your own VIP server? Sure, only 30% loss, but legit WTF.
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Support.
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It sounds great, but will probably backfire as a loophole for exploiters. Like the dev console.
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Indeed! Mock purchases for dev products is coming. That’s actually what got me thinking of having this feature for VIP servers too.
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Is the dev console being used by exploiters to run scripts??
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Yeah. I have popular games with constant players and find it very helpful to use a VIP server to test it alone.
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He’s probably referring to the way they found the server IP address and were able to DDoS game servers.
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As a Roblox developer, it is currently hard (without wasting Robux) for a developer to set up a VIP server.
For example, if VIP servers are enabled on your own game for R$200, the owner of that game would have to pay that amount to enable it and then due to the taxes, only receive R$140 (Builders club) or R$60 (Non builders club) back from their purchase.
This is already a feature of gamepasses, where the developer who made the gamepass owns it upon creation and can therefor use it’s perks in-game.
It makes sense for a developer or a development team to have a private server that they can use for testing outside of studio, without wasting Robux.
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Three years later it doesn’t seem this has been implemented yet, I’ve taken a look at my own games and I’m still forced to pay robux to open up VIP servers, wanted to re-bump this feature as it would be very helpful and should absolutely be implemented.
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for closure 
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FWIW this feature request is for free VIP servers for developers of the game, but not necessarily everyone who plays the game.
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Oops, you right. I guess we are on the right track though 
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Bumping this thread as VIP Private servers seem to be in the spotlight lately, this would be really helpful for community events, testing and should absolutely be introduced.
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cough private servers now
I also support this. Private servers are an awesome place to test new updates before shutting down servers
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Support! Going to bump this as one of my games uses testing purposes/sessions and the ability to have “Private Servers” for free for owners it kind of nice in my opinion but ever since the addition of free servers, I guess some might want users to still buy Private Servers and free for themselves.
Anywho, having the ability for Private Servers to be free for creators is something great for a lot of developers as they don’t have to worry about a test place or pay R$ for something they might use 3-4 times a month. Other developers, like me, need Private Servers to test out features with a group of testers before an update and have to use a public server instead of a private one which sucks.
^ Private Servers or “VIP” servers are a thing but for some developers, they want users to still buy it so they could earn revenue, but that’s just my thought. 
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