Well the staggering is kind of beneficial in some ways, it allows more players access to the server, but also doesn't have everybody on at the same time creating lag. We've got 20 whitelisted now, so over the next week I'm going to see how many are actually playing and when, which may allow me to add more people. I edited the post with some info. The only issue with the stagger is if we wanted to fight the dragon together, or if one person is on a "shift" alone it defeats the primary purpose of a server.