Just had another lag-spike, huge teleport/dock delay moving stuff around storage takes forever, etc

Just FYI you could switch your server hosting over to a virtual private server with scalable spot capable hardware in a matter of an hour.

Rent rack time.  Upload and install server platform software through terminal.  Prepare game update to point clients to new server.  Push update, clients connect to brand spanking new state of the art economical server platform, old server goes in bin.

You're welcome.

New gamma features and changes:

• All buildings received a bandwidth parameter. Terminals provide the bandwidth for the network, and all buildings connected to the network use a certain amount. Works pretty much like CPU vs modules in the case of robots.
  While this does limit the number of turrets that an be placed it also means that corporations will be for inclined to avoid using certain non-essential structures just to have more turrets. Why not create a mechanism more like robot fitting limitations rather than a CPU/Reactor limit? Split the idea of bandwidth into sections "Tactical Processing" is used by offensive and Defensive structures where as "Resource Planning" is used by gathering/processing structures. This means that you still impose a turret limit but do not effect the other non-combat buildings

• Both single module terraforming and beacon terraforming has a limit of how steep slopes you can build. The limit is currently set between the slope capability of assaults and mechs.
  While this will remove 'mud walls' there is nothing listed then provides for better walls than the current plant player solution. Rework them off of the plant player or add a better walling system onto the building system that's supported by the terminal

• Buildings can only be deployed within a certain radius of a terminal. Suggested radius: 1km. Exceptions: mining outpost, command relay, and the planned highway node.
  1km sounds like we'll end up having very small, compact gamma island bases. This will also limit what buildings you can build due to pre-existing terrain around your terminal

• Only 3 terminals per island.
  With the range restrictions from other terminals and teleporters we don't need to also have a terminal quantity restriction

• Terraformed landscape will slowly degrade to the original terrain with time, but this only affects areas that are outside of a certain radius of buildings (ie. unclaimed land). Suggested radius: 300m
  Will unrestricted buildings (Highways, command relays, mining outposts) cause land to be claimed? If so, add a parameter to every building stating how much land they require and how much they claim. E.g. terminals claim a 400m but a reactor only claims 200m

• Reactors will not generate energy on their own. Instead, we will introduce a new underground resource, which can only be exploited by a building, but it does this passively over time. The exploited resource is directly sent through the existing network into the reactor(s), which has a buffer for this resource. (So if you lose all your miner buildings in the network it will still provide energy for some time.)
  Fuelling bases should not be done automatically by the outpost itself. While I understand the need to not allow unoccupied bases to remain operational you could introduce a new player NIC source by allowing fuel to be gather/created on any island and adding multiple uses for this fuel rather than just for bases. Variety is the spice of life after all. This will mean a base with resource gathering systems and a factory could produce its own fuel but using logistics and moving fuel around should be achievable for bases that are more focused towards other aspects.

• Highway nodes. These simply emit a "highway" effect in a certain radius and you can chain them to build highways on gamma. Uses both bandwidth and energy, like all buildings. Heavily in development, no specifics available yet.
  Highways, yay! Limitations, boo! Highway structures should not be limited to where they can be build, how many can be built and they should not be expensive (They're going to get blown up a lot). Highways should form a web, where by you place multiple structures and the acceleration field is projected between them, rather than a single structure with an aura like effect. Range between highway beacons should be limited to 100m to 200m. The idea of this being to mirror the currently available highway structures seen on Alpha and Beta islands that have structures on both sides of the highway.

I still have 2 terminal tabs...