[Norfleet]

The problem with Dominions II hosting is that Dominions II hosting, even dedicated hosting, requires a fair amount of human attention. Battle reports as of v2.06 still retain the cross-platform compatibility bug which causes battles viewed when the server and client OS differ to have no relation to their reported results. Plus, at least in the Windows Version, the Dominions II server seems to handle forced disconnection poorly: If a player crashes or lags out, it seems to leave behind a memory leak which is reflected in the increasingly inaccurate "active players" count. Eventually, the server program grinds to a halt under the weight of these dead connections and has to be rebooted.