Please name your Suggestion/Bug Report: Optimization on slots Is this a suggestion or bug report?: Suggestion What does this report affect?: All-Trade Server Please elaborate on your suggestion: Hi guys, Muu sent me this way to pose a suggestion I had that could potentially benefit the server. In personal experience I have found that it is somewhat difficult to gauge whether I will be able to join as a non-donator. I understand that there are always a set amount of donor slots allocated, however it is rather difficult at a glance to know how many are on without checking server info pages. I was hoping to pitch the idea of having placeholder accounts (bots if they would work?) to make up the server player count if all non-donor positions are taken. This would allow users to see quicker if they are able to get in the server, and would also allow the "auto-join" function to work as intended. I understand that the idea is simple to pitch and possibly less so to implement but I feel it could give benefits overall. Cheers _fog Any Additional Information?:
Hi fog. The reason we don't have placeholder accounts for the server is that if donators try to join, it will give the message of "Server is full" and not allow access. The player cap on the all-trades are 31 with a reserved slot for donators that kicks the most recently joined non-donator, keeping the reserved slot for other donators to use. If you cannot join one of our servers becaues it is full, try one of our other servers.
The larger issue is that our system allows donators to use the server browser rather than using the IP. By doing this and making it easier for donators to join, it disallows having that 32/32 for reserved slots. Unfortunately, the cons outweigh the pros.