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[GrafBlade]

I remember Halloween. Was the server to 20 slots + admins could be 21-25 members

There have been special Events played on NI-servers with like 60 players on one server (against bots, no DM!!!), so it is possible for the Head Admins or at least the devs to increase the numbers temporarily.

The thing is that e.g. DB would then play all their Events with maybe up to 30 people, as there always is quite a big interest in their Events. Taken in account the amount of runs they do, XP and loot would increase quite hard for them (more players = more bots). 

I'm also not sure until what point current servers would run smoothly.

When on earth was this?
The only thing I can come up with is the swadian invasion
Which has a whole bunch of factors going in to it that change it from the others

Like 4 years ago at least, maybe even 5. The Event I think about was a unique one if I recall correctly (played on Swadian Temple). The swadian invasion events are a bit different without the bunch of bots around ye

The thing is that e.g. DB would then play all their Events with maybe up to 30 people, as there always is quite a big interest in their Events. Taken in account the amount of runs they do, XP and loot would increase quite hard for them (more players = more bots). 

If you are implying that this is a negative consequence, then every house can recruit players and make their events desirable. It's not their fault that they don't want to play Rivers Conflict for three hours. Development shouldn't limit a feature because one house gives the community what it wants: fast and efficient games for the best chance and highest quantity of loot.

Yes, I thought about it as a negative consequence at the first moment. Reading through everything again now, I have to agree with you. Might even bring the advantage to newer players to join events of the "old" houses like DB, which they usually wouldn't get a spot in with the current limit of max. 16 non-admin players.