Quote Originally Posted by LamiaTrucido View Post
The FFXI servers could handle 5k connections at a time. I'd love to provide a source, but I read it somewhere in the last ten years....
"could handle", for a value that includes a vaguely functional AH, BCNM stuttering, the occasional zone-to-black disconnect, and Promathia-help-your-soul lag if you had to go near a social hub. I know I could tell when the number trended above 3,000.

Actually, that sounds a lot like what we're seeing in XIV...