Server Caps - PVP Old Server

[markofthewild01]

The cap should be definitely less than what Nostalrius pre-shutdown was pulling off.
I remember the awful view distance. A mob would aggro you and you couldn't see them until they were literally on top of you. No thanks.

Off-peak Nostalrius was the perfect population. No lag, no delay, still quick to find groups + as a NA player, it happened during NA primetime.

[Aslan]

I prefer a low view distance over having to start logging in 3 hours before my raid starts.

[markofthewild01]

I prefer a low view distance over having to start logging in 3 hours before my raid starts.

I've seen someone mention this in another thread : to solve this problem, while also addressing the population issues, is to give level 60s queue priority. This should reduce queue times by a good amount. IIRC, Kronos 1 did this before the release of K2 to allow its old players not have to wait hours just to log on.

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[MethodGG]

6-7k its ok and i had 0 lag at nights when the old nost had around these numbers

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[northaunt]

I don't think any cap is official yet but I'd hope for 7k, which is already 2x the retail standard. After this point, the game begins to suffer regardless of the hardware because the game world simply can't fit the players. Nost ran with 4x the original size stuffed into a single server, so it was a disaster. They refused to ever cap it because they wanted to brag and jerk it to however high they could get the population numbers, nevermind the fact that the server and its players suffered for it. More is not better past a certain point. Even if you can run a stable server, the game world just isn't big enough to house the players. We should have had 2 servers with this population divided, rather than 1 overstuffed server. All you need is cross realm BGs.

When Elysium comes, maybe they can do this properly, set a cap, then just open up transfers to a new realm for players who already own a 60 on it.

enjoy sitting in queues with your 7k cap

[Drain]

You speak as if there's going to be a limit of 1 server when capped. We'd just transfer off to the next realm. 2 realms with 7k each = problem solved. Making more realms is the proper solution, rather than just leaving a single one uncapped forever as Nost stupidly did.