05-02-2012, 04:33 PM
I see there are some newer servers going up with an 8-player limit instead of 16. I like that there are smaller servers, but I just have to ask, why 8? Yes, 16 divided by 2 is in fact 8, but short of this arbitrary coincidence of mathematics, it seems a poor choice to me. The number of nord invaders doubles when the number of players on the server reaches seven. It then triples when the number of players gets even higher (I believe 13 but I don't remember exactly). Wouldn't it therefore make immensely more sense to set the number of slots on the server to correspond with THESE numbers? A 6-man server would have the server fill to precisely the correct number for fighting just one standard group of nords per wave. The next number (is it 13?) would be servers set to fight two groups of nords, and the standard 16-man servers would continue to be for the triple spawned nords. In contrast, an 8-man server allows for (again assuming 13) double the nords but with 5 fewer players than would otherwise be allowed at that difficulty, thereby severely handicapping the players. Thoughts?