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

[splinter1545]

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.

[Adrestia]

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O56g8KC6CM

[splinter1545]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O56g8KC6CM

I always forget about EVE online. Wish more games gave it's players that much freedom.

[Adrestia]

I always forget about EVE online. Wish more games gave it's players that much freedom.

To be fair, some of the things they have to do to make the single shard with the multi-thousand-players-on-field battles possible aren't really compatible with most MMORPG content. But they know what their game's identity is and support what's important for that. Also, insane hardware. Like, they don't use disk storage. They use an Isilon cluster. It's fantastic stuff.