sochee

Yes that would be an unfortunate consequence, but honestly I think most players would take that tradeoff if the lag was decreased. Just scan EU Pure chat, literally every 10 minutes someone is asking about lag. I think it is easier to obtain and store resources on modded Scourge compared to Pure. On Pure it would be more of a hassle, and thus more effective. I'm suggesting this because I think the mechanic already exists in the game to solve these issues (and in a fair way as well - if you want to build huge bases you can, just pay the upkeep and be active), we don't need to restart servers every 6 hours or wait for new hardware. I saw a fun party break up yesterday because the server restarted right in the middle and people just didn't care to log back on. Also had some friends leave the server due to lag after playing there many wipes.

I know it's nice to play without decay, but I think this should be revisited with the changing circumstances. 6 hour reboots may solve the server crashing issue, but please come to EU Pure and try to circle the ring road, half the map lags uncontrollably even on a high-end gaming PC. Most of the server complains about lag and electricity not working constantly. Decay is the proper mechanic to fix this; even a decreased rate of decay would discourage huge unreasonable bases due to unkeep, and clean up unused player structures faster than the inactivity timer. Please please consider turning this on instead of rebooting the server more often or whatever. You can put a huge automated message in chat hourly saying decay has been turned on, so that players know.