Sign if you would of Prefered this over the data Center shuffle

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do other MMOs really not have servers (i've only played 4 in my life and everyone has them)? do they really have open world fields where you load 2000 players at the same time?

A lot of modern MMO's just use datacenters now with one big megaserver that will split and create new server clusters when needed. I never played one that had 2k people shown at once (and doubtful there is any that is like that), but games like ESO and DoAC allowed you to see a lot of people on your screen, so it's definitely possible if the game is optimized and if the tech/hardware is there.