I know that a dedicated server keeps track of you Security Level and how much Money you have and those good things, but i'm concerned about those HEAVY Spiked times. Could we possibly have a Web Service that looked up this info Securely, and let a few friends play an ITF or Arc over a VPN? At the end of the Mission, or ever 10 minutes, CoT would update the Web Service with your Security Level and Money, etc...
Also, this might Aleviate some of the Dedicated Server resources, or when there will need to be Maintenance downtime? i'm predicting a few of those Mid Day ;)
We'll have to investigate the feasibility of this with our contracted server services, which is still a bit of a ways off. I'll point tech to this thread, though.
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And... no immediate answer. It will take a while before we get to the point where we can answer this. Like the Magic 8 Ball says: Answer hazy, ask again later.
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I'm not in any rush.
Actually, I'm hoping most of their time now is spent on promoting Kickstarter.
When its over and they have the money squared away in the right accounts, we can come back to all of these suggestions we all have. ;)