@neghvar

A simple question that could have many opinions.

Generally speaking, on a clean server with no mods installed, you can expect each player to need approximately 25-30 packets of information (upload) to experience a smooth game experience. Download speed isn't usually an issue since most connections have much more download speed than upload. Running a server on a 56 k modem can be a hellish expeirence for everyone. Even people that hook to your server using a 56k modem will negatively impact everyone on the server.

All mods will negatively affect this number. Also, what each player is actually doing will affect this number. For instance, if 3 players are in a secotr fighting with a lot of planets and astroids that's a lot of graphics to render and they will need a little more juice. On the other hand, if these same three players were just sitting in a piece of space void of any other objects and not actively fireing weapons then they would need less juice.

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