We've managed to find out what was causing lag spikes when players died but we're still trying to suss out what's happening when a player connects as that seems to be causing network issues too. I have spoken to Xnator/DEAD about it to try and get some help but we're still looking.

As for this suggestion specifically: would you rather have all these prestige ranks entirely removed or the EXP required to level up lowered?

We've managed to find out what was causing lag spikes when players died but we're still trying to suss out what's happening when a player connects as that seems to be causing network issues too. I have spoken to Xnator/DEAD about it to try and get some help but we're still looking. As for this suggestion specifically: would you rather have all these prestige ranks entirely removed or the EXP required to level up lowered?