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Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So these guys were happy to AE 25 mobs at once.

Let's do some quick math. Every time you cast on a mob, the server must send that message to every PC in the vicinity ("xxx is stunned by scintillating colors" etc). Let's make some assumptions: 2 enchanters casting 1 spell every 2 seconds, 2 wizards casting 1 spell every 6 seconds. That's 1.3 spells per second. With 150 mobs, that's 200 messages per second. If each message is 64 bytes (reasonable with protocol overhead), that's 12.8KB/s of bandwidth for spell messages alone, let alone the position packets etc. Meanwhile a 56kbps modem can handle only 7KB/s of bandwidth.

TL;DR: Chardok AE proved nonclassic

Comcast began offering cable modems in late 96, Kunark wasn't released till 2000.

TLDR: STFU