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Old 05-10-2008, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Davy View Post
Guilds are NOT a contest to get the most members.
But putting in a guild rep bonus would turn them into one. And what about the smaller guilds? They'd be giving up their crew bonus for a smaller guild bonus.

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As for the guild servers - guilds don't want their servers crowded. It also would not cost POTCO much, if anything, to add the servers. Maybe a penny per guild server, which would add up to a whopping 25 dollars.
Last I looked, a server was an actual physical piece of hardware, as in a rack-mounted computer, plus network connection, plus power requirements. I don't know how they implement the game on the back end, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't done like that. Sure, you can set up virtual servers, and maybe have a couple of dedicated boxes to host the umpteen virtual servers required for each guild, but that costs money and has some serious support needs, and doesn't have any real benefit to Disney.

I do like the level-limit server idea, and the unlimited access server idea.