Quote:For the number of players in Hellfire Pen., everything seems fairly stable ...Indeed, for the sheer number of players packed into HFP, it was surprisingly stable. Only a couple server crashes, which weren't down for long... mostly just delayed reactions, which means their code is pretty damn stable. The most interesting thing though, is despite the seemlessness of the zone, it looks to be split. The town and areas around it were always quite laggy, whereas other parts of the zone were perfectly fine. Even loot lag seems to be area based now.
Considering the stability on day one, I expect the lag to go down significantly very soon. Everyone in two or three zones is worlds better than everyone in one zone.
Quote:PvP wise, a strange truce has settled on Hellfire. I keep seeing people that would normally attack me (and vise-versa) just run past, which is an interesting feeling. (Makes me very nervous.) Miraculously I've only been ganked once (it was a misunderstanding to boot), and only MC'ed off the edge of the world once - which was kind of funny. You get the sense that the peaceful aura that's currently in Outlands won't last long, and life will certainly get interesting once it breaks.:DYeah, it seems there's a truce on most PVP servers. It's a good thing, with the overcrowded zones nobody would ever level with constant pvp at every turn. The camped boss spawns for quests do, however, incite pvp often... the perfect amount - a little world pvp now and then but not at every turn.:)
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