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Originally Posted by PabloEdvardo
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> Classic EQ servers were not meant for more than 500 people per server.
The trailer for classic EQ literally mentions 1500+ people per world.
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What the marketing weasels put out usually bears little resemblance to what the engineers say. Probably has improved since I was in the games industry, but back then we all had problems with clueless marketing weasels who had zero experience or background in games.
Weasel: How many people per server?
Engineer: It's designed for roughly 500 people each.
Weasel: Hmmm that sounds low, what can they REALLY support? At maximum?
Engineer: I'm I dunno, maybe 1500, but the experience would be terr...
Weasel: RIGHT! 1500 it is.