(05-18-2017, 11:00 AM)EliBallard Wrote: The proper solution for an MMO company that has a server become "too large for their hardware" is to upgrade their hardware or take server power from smaller servers such as Jenova for use on their larger ones as needed, not screw the customers for their mistake. Just saying.
I'm not an expert on these kinds of things, but I don't think servers work like that.
Balmung's 'active' population is almost 1.5x the active population of Gilgamesh.
It's almost 6x bigger than Mateus' population.
This isn't accounting for people who frequently roll around in game to RP on low level alts or anyone else who is below level 36. Server's overcrowded and it's been no secret that it has been for quite some time.
It doesn't make practical sense to pander to a minority fringe (because as big as Balmung is, it's still, in the larger context of the collective playerbase, a minority. Our server is like 4% of the entire active base.) when there are perfectly good servers with tons of space right there.
