i think it's time to try player caps.

[Lord_earthfire]

I'm open to the idea of population caps but I think:
- 65 is too low
- It should only count players in game otherwise people are going to idle on the title screen to "save their spot" and we're going to have 50% idlers/observers taking up the cap
- Classic should either remain uncapped or have a much higher cap as it works a lot better at high (even 100+) populations

Yeah, i share this fully. I wouldn't consider 35 - 45 an ideal number, the player coumt i enjoy the most hovers around 50 - 60. ~35 players is the area where low player interaction departments (rancher, botany, science, genetics) or gimmicks are regulary ignored.

So, i would say its worth a try, but i would suggest the number to 80 and only count player thst are actually in game/observing.