Hello @statz747
thanks for your question.
Cloudflare Argo/AWS GA is interesting. I’m not super familiar with those network techniques but I’m not sure if Empyrion Dedicated servers can be used that way.
I think the best would be a dedicated server located in the USA.
Like it is with HWS EU (Germany) and HWS NA (Canada).
Hetzner unfortunately does not have locations in the US. For that I use OVH (like HWS NA).
I was about to rent a new dedicated HWS RE server with 320GB RAM, since this is the biggest bottleneck with 150 players daily.
Ideally of course, we also would have a HWS RE NA server but it’s all about the money.
Right now it’s like this:
So once I buy the new HWS RE EU server it would be
HWS EU
230,27€ per month
HWS NA
$295,95 per month
HWS RE EU
=> 734€ per month (excluding web server, etc.)
Buying a HWS RE NA would add another 290€ on top of it.
Over 1000€ for 4 servers, is quite insane I can’t manage with the current Patron / Support ratio to be honest.
If we would get more Patron support, then sure, it would make everyone happy I think.
HWS RE EU <> HWS RE NA - double fun with CSW
HWS+ EU <> HWS+ NA - double fun with CSW
Edit: since the HWS NA server is quite empty right now, we could start a similar project like with EU. As you know EU and RE are running on the same machine right now.
IF HWS RE NA gets too big, we could then decide for a dedicated server for it.
It means the current HWS RE population might split up with CSW though. And it means a lot more work for me to manage 4 servers in HWS Connect of course.