That's because people will look at the higher ping, which is a side effect
of the lower FSP, in their tools / server browser and complain about it
pinging higher than it should when empty. The fact the ping returns to
normal when they joy is of no consequence.
Regards
Steve
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> I'm sorry but I'm failing to see how this affects player satisfaction in any
> way. If there are players on the server, then it can't be hibernating, and
> thus isn't running at 10fps. If there aren't players on the server, they
> don't care about the ping.
>
> Your second point is fair enough for non-restricted servers (as they tend to
> fill straight away atm) but for people who have group restricted servers and
> mixed-use servers, reducing the cpu load is a Good Thing. And in no setup
> is restricting the cpu load when it doesn't matter a Bad Thing (I'm just
> having trouble working out why you think it does matter)
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