Quote Originally Posted by RichardButte View Post
It's more that the database and associated systems sound like they're extremely poorly designed that's the issue.

I believe it was said that the system uploads the entirety of every character's database every 15 seconds or something, which is why there are so many issues about not letting the database get too large.
That's not poor design. That's designed to ensure that rollbacks are not an issue if you get disconnected. If they were to go the route of transaction logs, it would make eco very more difficult and the server would be running a crapton of additional logs. You say that they sound extremely poorly designed? I'd say that your comment was extremely dismissive and glib, unless of course you have experience designing multiple MMORPG databases and administering them.