Multiple Servers, One game.

[Olig]

My first post! Yaaaaaaaaaay!   -ahem-

Ok, this is my wish for the game. I want multiple servers running PS, but still everyone is playing on the same game.

To do this, it might be a good idea to dedicate a server to one city of the world of PS, or a county of cities.

When a player crosses over a boundry, he will be loaded onto the resident server, but can still send tells to other players on a different city or county which is run on a different server.

Players can set a home in the city that they have the best ping at and have the option to start there.

[Kixie]

Well that is the plan i think. but you\'d better not post that here because most of these lunitics want one server (blasphemy i say). I think mulitple servers are a wonderfull idea especially for the reliability factor and the speed is a bit better on mulitple servers than just one (mostly). Good first post but some advice, do your homework before you speak.

[Keitac2000]

Thats how Earth and Beyond works basically.  the downsides, there are actual load time usually about 3 minutes to cross zones, and from a server stand point, you most likely want all the player data on all the servers which isnt really efficent, space wise.  

pros, the game can go on if a zone crashes, and the load is spread out over multipul machenes