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They probably downgraded the server halfway through the Settlers because "nobody's playing anyway :^)" and Phrecia wasn't big enough to make the issues obvious.
That or my schizo theory of
>they added the pause feature (in 2025, amazing)
>you auto-pause on lag
>so the server lags a little bit
>and pauses for all the players
>every single pause is more calculations for the server
>so it lags again, a bit harder
>so even more/longer pauses
>cue resonance cascade of retarded networking from 12 years ago
We will never know so we will never admit it, but I would die laughing if their own feature blew up their servers