Just one of my poorly thought out midnight ideas!
Feel free to pick it to pieces!
Rentable Dedicated Servers
I fully understand why FD chose the P2P system for ED. It's cheap and there's 100s of BILLIONS of systems, and millions (?) of players scattered throughout.
But how about allowing people to rent their own server?
These servers would be community placed, at busy places, by a faction/player, not FD. The server then handles all the local traffic it can(including all instances in the system), allowing for much higher number of players in one instance, and smoother transitions. If for any reason the server goes down, or its full, P2P is restored, and other than not seeing the server players, you'd never know.
These would be good for factions who have a large player base, and wish to make 'their' system more pleasant. As well as eliminate instancing issues, and improve load times! This would also keep the main system instance 'alive', even if no one is in it, ensuring its kept persistent for 'immersion'!
Most likely factions/player would ask for donations, and/or run charity events to raise money for the server costs.
With enough people doing it, eventually ED might have a vast network of dedicated servers. Which would benefit everyone!
Of course, I know very little about networking, so this may be technically impossible. Lol
Thoughts?
Feel free to pick it to pieces!
Rentable Dedicated Servers
I fully understand why FD chose the P2P system for ED. It's cheap and there's 100s of BILLIONS of systems, and millions (?) of players scattered throughout.
But how about allowing people to rent their own server?
These servers would be community placed, at busy places, by a faction/player, not FD. The server then handles all the local traffic it can(including all instances in the system), allowing for much higher number of players in one instance, and smoother transitions. If for any reason the server goes down, or its full, P2P is restored, and other than not seeing the server players, you'd never know.
These would be good for factions who have a large player base, and wish to make 'their' system more pleasant. As well as eliminate instancing issues, and improve load times! This would also keep the main system instance 'alive', even if no one is in it, ensuring its kept persistent for 'immersion'!
Most likely factions/player would ask for donations, and/or run charity events to raise money for the server costs.
With enough people doing it, eventually ED might have a vast network of dedicated servers. Which would benefit everyone!
Of course, I know very little about networking, so this may be technically impossible. Lol
Thoughts?