The game is made for ~150 players, there should be an appropriate player limit to match that. Imagine your first SS13 experience (or impression of CMSS13) is 5 second lag with server crashes. I would rather some of the new people have a good enjoyable time rather than all of them having a shitty time. Any other multiplayer game understands this concept; they cap it off at a reasonable amount so gameplay is manageable and there aren't any problems. CM should be doing the same.
I notice that anything over 200 players starts to lag.
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To be fair this only become a real issue to think about after today.
Wait and see where the server pop levels out and adjust accordingly.
I would argue the actual number is closer to 250 in terms of lag. Aswell, that implies that all 150 players have gone all roles needed. EG: CO, XO, SO, IO,CT, ETC. This simply isn't the case. Around 250, however, you get most of the roles filled.
I don't think we need limit this will cool down in a week or so
Is this because of the SeethTzeentch vidoe?
If you were going to do a player limit closer to 200+ would be better, but I'd rather see the server split before a pop cap was introduced and the only good time to split the server is when high pop is consistently 300.
Back on Goon's Donut station before the molasses patch, that's how things were.
Think of it as a coming back to our roots.
well if there is a player limit it'll probably around 225ish players.
But honestly ill give it a week or two for the numbers to stabilize then go from there
half of the new players will be banned and a lot of the others wont stick around I would bet.
I think of this as a great opportunity to stress test the server and see where it needs fixing.
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