That doesn't make any sense though. The fact that the server can't handle it suggests to me that there's something very wrong. Granted, it could be the multiplayer aspect, which I've never worked with, but just on a graphics level, I can make things in the same general level of complexity in Blender with no trouble.
Every once in a while, just open the floodgate and have lots of players show up in a random system for a huge fight with a random enemy fleet. No rewards, no grind or any of that nonsense. Just jump into your favourite ship and have some fun.
I've no idea how servers work, but perhaps for such an event they could re-direct processing power away from other parts of STO while this event takes place. Sort of like Eve when they re-enforce nodes for big fleet fights. And yes I know Eve probably uses a completely different server setup, but you see what I'm getting at.
Graphics wise would be more down to the players machines than the server, but it perhaps could be controlled just by toning down the graphical elements on the servers side - block it at the source if you will, again just a guess.
I should stop showing of my blatant ignorance of how servers work now...
It would be fun though. If nothing else it would seem like a proper red alert, all hands on deck situation.
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Every once in a while, just open the floodgate and have lots of players show up in a random system for a huge fight with a random enemy fleet. No rewards, no grind or any of that nonsense. Just jump into your favourite ship and have some fun.
I've no idea how servers work, but perhaps for such an event they could re-direct processing power away from other parts of STO while this event takes place. Sort of like Eve when they re-enforce nodes for big fleet fights. And yes I know Eve probably uses a completely different server setup, but you see what I'm getting at.
Graphics wise would be more down to the players machines than the server, but it perhaps could be controlled just by toning down the graphical elements on the servers side - block it at the source if you will, again just a guess.
I should stop showing of my blatant ignorance of how servers work now...
It would be fun though. If nothing else it would seem like a proper red alert, all hands on deck situation.