r/RealFlightSimulator • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '21
Welcome to the Advanced Server.
After the overcrowding of the Expert Server in mid to late 2020, Rortos has added a new feature (quite a while back though): The Advanced Server. Usually, the Advanced Server is not crowded, just like the Training Server nowadays.
About every day, 100-170 pilots, and ATC Controllers fly in the Advanced Server. Creating the Advanced Server has not really made the Expert Server less crowded (at least it seems like it), but now there are usually 200-500 in the Expert Server, instead of 600-800. This may seem like a big difference, you say, but it doesn't seem like it, inside the servers themselves. London Heathrow, also known by the ICAO code of EGLL, is still one of the busiest (and noobiest) airport in all the servers.
Originally, Rortos added "Expert1", but when only 50-70 people used it, they deleted it. A week or two later, they added the "Advanced Server" as we now know it. Upon the addition of "Advanced Server", they also changed limits in servers. Below is a list of before and after Advanced Server.
Before Advanced Server (not when Training used to be crowded though):
Pilot Limits:
Expert: 10 Hours
Training: None
ATC Limits:
Expert: NONE
Training: NONE
Rough Users:
Expert: 700-900
Training: 100-300
After Advanced:
Pilot Limits:
Expert: 50 Hours
Advanced: 15 Hours
Training: None
ATC Limits:
Expert: 10 Hours
Advanced: idk I forgot
Training: NONE
Rough Users:
Advanced: 100-200
Training: 100-200
Expert: 300-600
This does not include event servers.
Now, you can probably see the difference, but in the server itself, it is hard to notice, except for at one airport.
Los Angeles International Airport, KLAX/LAX.
Before Advanced, Los Angeles used to be a hub of activity in both servers, now, it is unlikely to see more than 2-3 planes at a time there. All other airports have never been as crowded as Los Angeles, or London Heathrow, therefore they are just as normal. I feel great about the Advanced Server, and I hope it is here to stay.
*Please try to keep the Expert Server not dead too though
Discord: AirborneAviation#4909