Originally Posted by Atheosim
How many players can Gemini actually handle at once? Like 3 pop locks maybe? Anyone have numbers? I wonder if they would need to open another server if they put this on steam.
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A pop lock is 133 players per empire, per continent. I seriously doubt it would get
that much of an influx of players, were it go on Steam.
Two summers ago, when they gave away a free month on the games anniversary since PS2 was coming out that year, there was a huge influx of players for that. A ton of old PS1 players came back and a shit ton of PS2 people started playing. I believe there were 2 pop locks at one time.
The server was definitely struggling to keep up. Players were phasing in and out. It couldn't render everyone at once. I hadn't lagged in that game in years, and even I was dropping into the red FPS.
It was neat to see large fights in the game again though.