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Online Game Technology Summit: Queuing: Let Data Guide Your Server Opening Strategy
How to entertain more players with limited server resources has always been a concern for game developers. Currently, setting a limit for player flow accessing the server is the most prevalent solution. However, the tradeoff is queuing.Long-time waiting will inevitably result in the loss of players. What's worse, the waiting time may differ between servers, making the complains louder. Hence, it is important to consistently monitor the queue status of the server and adjust the opening strategy in time. Leihuo UX has conducted real-time monitoring for dozens of games to help developers keep balance between server load and waiting time. Decision makers and data analyst working in game related industries. Especially for MMORPG games.
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