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I know a main reason they say no to multiple regional servers is segregating an already niche playerbase. I'm not aware they've ever mentioned additional cost as a reason, are you saying they have or are you just assuming?

You mean like the infinitely more massive amount of data that has to stream between all players and the server constantly? The hosting provider isn't going to be phased about a brief transfer of state information between two servers they likely even own both of. No-one said anything about free...

I read that Starvault uses a third-party cloud hosted computing solution for their single server, rather than dedicated hardware. Cloud hosting often has a pay for uptime only option, where you aren't charged while your session isn't active.

A single timezone generally won't have a consistent online player count, it will rise and fall during 24 hours relative to common working and sleeping hours. It might make more sense for the location of the single server to migrate in a 'follow the sun' model (seemlessly if possible, or with a...

Sounds fun. Does the victor then have to make it back to the bank with the spoils, while everyone then hunts them?