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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[EVE server upgrades open possibilities for 1000+ player combat]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/sci-fi/" rel="tag">Sci-fi</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/eve-online/" rel="tag">EVE Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/forums/" rel="tag">Forums</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/eve-online"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/10/newedengrabcovops425.jpg" /></a><br />There's been much talk of late about <a href="http://www.eve-online.com"><em>EVE Online's</em></a> servers and the underlying technology that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/28/eve-evolved-eve-onlines-server-model/ ">powers over 5000 solar systems</a> in New Eden. CCP Explorer's latest dev blog, "EVE64", focuses on the tech side of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/eve-online"><em>EVE,</em></a> and discusses <a href="http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&amp;bid=584">StacklessIO,</a> the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_server ">blade cluster,</a> and the migration of the <em>EVE</em> servers to 64-bit. <br /><br />The server enhancements, while not without some issues, are showing some promise according to CCP Explorer. <em>"This Monday, 29 September, we saw a fleet battle with over 1100 pilots reported in local. Field reports indicate that the fight was quite responsive for the first 10 minutes but then the node 'missed its heart beat'... and was removed from the cluster...," </em>he says. Despite such setbacks, it's good to see that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ccp-games">CCP</a> is doing something about the server issues resulting from an ever-increasing number of pilots in New Eden. Player response to this dev blog seems positive, with a few reporting their experiences being in combat with 1100+ players <a href="http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&amp;threadID=886913">on the official forums,</a> and even more players weighing in on the server changes at <a href="http://scrapheap-challenge.com/viewtopic.php?t=20234">Scrapheap Challenge.</a><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/">EVE server upgrades open possibilities for 1000+ player combat</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&amp;bid=588>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1329847/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/02/eve-server-upgrades-open-possibilities-for-1000-player-combat/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>64-bit</category><category>blade</category><category>ccp-explorer</category><category>dev</category><category>dev-blog</category><category>lag</category><category>new-eden</category><category>node</category><category>nodes</category><category>scrapheap-challenge</category><category>server</category><category>servers</category><category>stacklessio</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Egan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
