Empty Server Time Options

[SylenThunder]

A long long time ago, before gamestages ever existed, time on a server passed even when no one was online.

As a result of the horde/game difficulty being based on what day it was, this could make servers become more difficult even when no one had logged on in a while.

The solution was to stop time on the servers when no one was logged in. This helped some, but newbies still got wrecked if they joined a server with a high day count, because the horde was based on the day, and didn't care about the player.

 

Some time later gamestages were introduced, and difficulty is based almost entirely on the individual/group's calculated gamestage. No longer do day counts matter for difficulty.

 

Since day count only has a relative meaning for what day the horde is on, and often people will lock servers into being mere moments before bloodmoon because they can't stand a challenge, I think it would be neat to have an option for time to continue passing.

Just a flag in the server config to have time pass with no one online like it used to be, or to have time stop when the server is empty like it currently does.

 

Could make things interesting.