In order to combat lag and tackle the growth of Loka of late, we're about to make a big change to how spawners work. The short of it is that we have too many players with grinders and farms and those things alone can really lag up Loka. So here's what's gonna change:
We realize this essentially renders everybody's elaborate monster grinders dead in the water, but the change is necessary for Loka to sustain large numbers without everybody lagging constantly. This change will be implemented probably within the next couple of days.
- Monster Spawners will no longer spawn mobs at all. Instead, what they will do is automatically generate XP and give it to the nearest player to the grinder at an interval that's approximately equal to how much you would normally get if you were slaying mobs.
- In order to handle spawner-mob-drops, a chest can be placed next to the spawner. When a monster would spawn, the nearby player would get the XP and the loot table of that monster will automatically be put into a chest.
We realize this essentially renders everybody's elaborate monster grinders dead in the water, but the change is necessary for Loka to sustain large numbers without everybody lagging constantly. This change will be implemented probably within the next couple of days.