The issue is that Coop missions are run using the server as a host. Now if a coop runs, and people join or get killed along the way, they have to sit and wait it out - they could become a spectator, but not a participator. Now as I use Easy mission Generator to create coops on the fly, the coop mission can be a bit lengthy - up to 20-30 minutes. It would be good to have a simple DF server running next to the current one, on which the peeps waiting can have some flying fun.
Hm, theoretically, our server should be able to handle the load indeed, but one would need a secondary account to run the server on. One cannot have two servers up at the same time using our DD account. So, I have tried to request a secondary account, but that was denied. Unless I did it the wrong way, I should maybe try again. And run 2x Dserver on our box. Great idea Rog, thanks!
(Oh, and good to see you around here!)