Originally by: Lirt

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Edited by: Lirt on 29/01/2007 01:16:01
Believe me i am very annoyed by the lag issue myself. There is lag in EVE, and people that say there isnt have never been in jita or in a fleet battle, cause these are the situations that create lag. So in two words: overcrowded systems. Sometimes lag is good sometimes it gets worse and worse. Actually fleet battles create more lag because node has to handle all the calculations for the battle as well.

Anyway my point is that lag is very hard to disappear.
If CCP creates a new server, yes some people will go and play to that new server but many people will start on old server cause it has more players and market is more advanced and matured. But the point is that even with these numbers say 30k players, a single node cant handle so many. Imagine all 30k players of eve in one system. What im trying to say is that even if no more players enter the server you will still encounter lag cause jita will still have many people, fleet battles will still have many people cause no matter how many players leave game, some new players that werent in jita or in fleet battles before will join from the 'pool' of 30k players. Yes it might get a liiiitle better.
CCP is constantly upgrading hardware and they are trying to reduce lag but with EVE success comes lag. You think the server as it was when EVE had 6-7k players would be able to handle 30k players? No, it handles 30k players cause server is better.
It goes like this:
CCP upgrades server, server can now handle 20k players.
More players come in and bring lag with them.
CCP upgrades server, server can now handle 30k players.
More players come in and bring lag with them.
etc etc etc

New server idea will go like this:
CCP creates new server. Old server handles 30k, new 10k.
Players join both servers and bring lag with them but at reduced rate.
More players join servers and bring lag with them, now servers cant handle them.
CCP now needs to upgrade both servers.
etc etc etc

Its an endless circle that is very hard to destroy, but WE can do something about it, f.e. why everyone has to buy from jita? and then whine that jita lags. Jita lags? then dont go, go somewhere else, even 1 jump from jita will be better, some other systems have even better prices than jita does!
Why fleet battles have to be 200people vs 200people, split gangs and fight 100 vs 100 and 100 vs 100, you not only have less lag but 2 chances to beat your enemies, cause its better to say "i won 2 battles against you" than 1.
Only WE can reduce the lag WE cause, CCP can only 'catch up' with us, till we become more and create even more lag.
Its not only EVE that has this lag problem, its every MMO that has success, which means more and more players enter it. At least CCP upgrades hardware unlike some other companies out there....

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