Posted - 2011.01.14 07:14:00 - [3]

 

What the dude above me said.

The big issue, is that EVE is coded in Stackless Python. One side-effect of this is that they can't use more than one processing core to run each system. They can run multiple systems on each core, but can not run one system on multiple cores. They have the same potential processing power to throw at 50 people in a system as they have to throw at 5000 people in a system.

Hopefully eventually they put in the work needed to change this, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

That said, whatever magic they do to reinforce nodes has really improved. The last few large battles I've been in have been much more manageable than they were in the summer.