One server to rule them all

It's probably impossible but I would love SOTA to be played on just one server.

The advantages of one server are obvious: the player community really becomes one community, not a multitude of pissant communities divided by their particular server. The players know all the game celebrities - the heroes, the villains, the idiots.

The aggregation of players gives critical mass to official game and fan sites, which in turn become an integral part of the meta game. Plus there is never a server amalgamation.

The downside are the technological realities of setting it up, nevertheless it has been done and imo is a worthy goal.

 

woops, got ahead of myself thinking that this was to be a mmo - my bad

 

They are taking a different approach then a standard MMO. As far as I understand SOTA will basically decide on the fly who will be in your world with you. They will prioritize your friends over random people. Not sure what this will do to server selections but I love the approach.