I wonder if it would ever be feasible to replace thrice-daily tickdowns with simply losing three points every rollover. Because yeah, if starving dragons 'count' even if they can't tick down any further, the possibility of new account creation means active dragon volume can only ever grow, whether the cap is raised or not. So shifting tickdowns to when the site is inactive anyway might help if there ever starts to be lag at the other two times.
Re: Lair/Den size increases
I wonder if it would ever be feasible to replace thrice-daily tickdowns with simply losing three points every rollover. Because yeah, if starving dragons 'count' even if they can't tick down any further, the possibility of new account creation means active dragon volume can only ever grow, whether the cap is raised or not. So shifting tickdowns to when the site is inactive anyway might help if there ever starts to be lag at the other two times.