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[fhero]

it seems to me if the servers couldn't handle a pop over a certain amount then they shouldn't have allowed more accounts to create a toon on a server then the server allows.If the server can only handle 1000 ppl(random number).Then SE should have allowed only a thousand accounts to make toons on a server per each server.At the very least SE should consider investing in bigger servers.Or at the very least invest in opening up some more servers.Don't get me wrong love the game and I get that a mmo at launch will go through growing pains.But official launch is tomorrow and alot of ppl are already angry cause they can't even play cause the servers are full.Another option is to add a auto log off feature.Most of the space is getting taken up by ppl that stay logged in when they are not playing.ppl that won't be playing til around 1am est.So why allow these ppl to clog the servers and keep pl that want to play now from playing.It's frustrating that I have to wait til 3 in the morning to play.When I can't do that during a week night because like most adults I have to work and will be sleeping at that hour.And it's not fair that I'm going to be paying 15 bucks a month and only get to play it on my one day off a week.

You are right. The correct way from what I know about server load is that if server X can only handle certain amount of operations at a time then those operations need to be limited to keep the server running at optimal levels. Just like you said if the server could only handle a max of 1000ppl (random number) before it would crash then the actual number of playable users should be dumbed down to 900-800ppl. This way it allows for overhead so the server will not crash or operate at a less than functional level. Putting a limiter on character creations per server, meaning it will lock the server from gaining any new players after it reaches 900ppl. This way it forces new players to use a server that has not reached that limit and so on. Granted the numbers we are using is really low but i'm sure it gets the point across because I do not think this strategy was put into place from day one of Early Access.