There's a post somewhere on here Dusty made years ago about reducing the amount of visible players on screen (on mobile) to reduce (user-end?) lag. This is a social mmo where you can't see other players.....

Baddies, gralats, bombs, and arrows should not be laggy.
-If I drop a bomb or shoot an arrow, I shouldn't have to wait 5 seconds for it to spawn in. Bomb explosions shouldn't last 8 seconds long.
-Baddies respawn, take damage, and deal damage inconsistently.
-When I run into a gralat to pick it up, it still sits there for at least 3 seconds.

We're forced into a single player experience but we can't even do that anymore.

631 players online right now, just sayin'.