Why do Klei servers shut down?

[ShadowLuna]

15 hours ago, Gi-Go said:

This is honestly frustrating. Why is it happening? 

00:50:54]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 1m0s
[00:51:00]: [Say] (KU_iSR9kek0) Gi-Go: oh right
[00:51:00]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: aww
[00:51:03]: [Say] (KU_8EfLHpiE) Mudcrab: aaa why
[00:51:08]: [Say] (KU_iSR9kek0) Gi-Go: screw everyone
[00:51:14]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: big sad
[00:51:17]: [Whisper] (KU_I5Fy6oUR) MichiNojao: burn everything
[00:51:19]: [Say] (KU_8EfLHpiE) Mudcrab: is that servershutdown normal?
[00:51:24]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 30s
[00:51:24]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: also screws hurt
[00:51:30]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: i don't think so
[00:51:36]: [Say] (KU_iwS7jo3u) stillnotjulie: WTF
[00:51:39]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 15s
[00:51:44]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 10s
[00:51:45]: [Leave Announcement] Gi-Go
[00:51:49]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 5s
[00:51:50]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: shut downs come when an update is near or something
[00:51:50]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 4s
[00:51:51]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 3s
[00:51:52]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 2s
[00:51:53]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 1s
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] MichiNojao
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Unterweltpilz
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] LeadingLumen
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] yudhiboy1988
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] pojokisback
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Mudcrab
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] notalxen
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Maphew
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] stillnotjulie

This shutdown happened 5 few days ago. The server was at around day 20 when it happened. 

2 minutes ago, JonnyDST said:

00:50:54]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 1m0s
[00:51:00]: [Say] (KU_iSR9kek0) Gi-Go: oh right
[00:51:00]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: aww
[00:51:03]: [Say] (KU_8EfLHpiE) Mudcrab: aaa why
[00:51:08]: [Say] (KU_iSR9kek0) Gi-Go: screw everyone
[00:51:14]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: big sad
[00:51:17]: [Whisper] (KU_I5Fy6oUR) MichiNojao: burn everything
[00:51:19]: [Say] (KU_8EfLHpiE) Mudcrab: is that servershutdown normal?
[00:51:24]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 30s
[00:51:24]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: also screws hurt
[00:51:30]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: i don't think so
[00:51:36]: [Say] (KU_iwS7jo3u) stillnotjulie: WTF
[00:51:39]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 15s
[00:51:44]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 10s
[00:51:45]: [Leave Announcement] Gi-Go
[00:51:49]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 5s
[00:51:50]: [Say] (KU_pgbB6Apr) notalxen: shut downs come when an update is near or something
[00:51:50]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 4s
[00:51:51]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 3s
[00:51:52]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 2s
[00:51:53]: [Announcement] Shutting down server in 1s
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] MichiNojao
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Unterweltpilz
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] LeadingLumen
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] yudhiboy1988
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] pojokisback
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Mudcrab
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] notalxen
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] Maphew
[00:51:54]: [Leave Announcement] stillnotjulie

This shutdown happened 5 few days ago. The server was at around day 20 when it happened. I believe it happened right around the bee queen boat patch.

 

[Tranoze]

23 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said:

The world Regenerates/Shuts down to keep people from joining, building a base somewhere, leaving and then never logging back into that world.

You probally havent seen world shut down regen in action. First time i saw it, there are 8 players playing in autumn. After regen, noone even try to join that server for a whole day, keeping it at autumn day 1. People really feel frustrated when everything they do just disappear, some even rage quit the game, as klei pub is only place reasonable for them to meet new friends that have same hobby as them.

[Gashzer]

8 hours ago, Tranoze said:

You probally havent seen world shut down regen in action. First time i saw it, there are 8 players playing in autumn. After regen, noone even try to join that server for a whole day, keeping it at autumn day 1. People really feel frustrated when everything they do just disappear, some even rage quit the game, as klei pub is only place reasonable for them to meet new friends that have same hobby as them.

I completely agree with you saying klei pub is a good place to meet new friends but it shouldnt become the main server your new found friend group plays on. You guys should create your own private friend server for megabasing on. Mysterious box is right in saying alot of people do not like joining a late running world.

You are denying others from having a chance to bond over and form friendships creating their own bases on a fresh, unlooted world by  you megabasing for more than 500+ days. Tranoze you are thinking very selfishly about these resets... worried about losing your megabase and not thinking about others who might benefit from it.

Also what ive noticed about all empty day1 servers in general is the second one person joins, people seem to flood into it very quickly. This tells me people dont want to play DST alone... they want to make new friends. 

Klei resetting the server every so often will 100% attract different people to join the server and not the same 4-5 people playing for 3 real-life days straight.

[Tranoze]

47 minutes ago, Gashzer said:

not thinking about others who might benefit from it.

As i said, regen on update is fair, I dont like it but it is fair, but randomly regen is not. Noone benefit from playing a world just so it random regen on random day, it just people that like long day server just see it more often as they play more.

Even player enjoy the first 20 days of autumn sometime get regen, and the true example is OP of this post, they got regen on day 6. Imagine you have one afternoon in the weekend, you want to enjoy the full 20 days of it and in the middle of that, world just regen and now only have time for 10 days experience.
 

54 minutes ago, Gashzer said:

You are denying others from having a chance to bond over and form friendships creating their own bases on a fresh, unlooted world by  you megabasing for more than 500+ days.

And each region have like 6~8 klei pub server,  why having 1~2 server run long days is not fine and that deny other 5 server from having fresh day 20 for new players? Noone can hold 10 server at once, or want to, and regard of me playing in it or not, long run world will appear, as there are people want to have long run world in klei pub always exist, people want endless world in klei pub always exist.

I quitted mega basing long time ago, like a year or two, nowaday if i join a klei pub i just tame a beefalo with light bulb and ride along with anyworld. Some of them middle run to day 200, some of them only last until winter as everyone quit after the challenge, and some reach day 400~500. They are all different experience, they are all fun, require different level of skill set depend on when you join. Sometimes i found some klei pub speed runner and help them kill celestial champion. Having enlighten crown in klei pub is quite elegant on it own way.

Also it is impossible to make a mega base in klei pub now, as when server reach a certain amount of entities, they just crash and regen, so most long run world strategy is clean the world and base as neat as possible so they wont crash.