Even though 8k+ is when the realm settings stop working, I have found when you get to 5k+, the realm settings options start to get really slow and buggy.
I am currently on my third realm since my last 2 realms both got griefed and I was unable to access the settings to reset the world. My first realm was at 50k+ members, my second was at 13k+ members.
So what I have started doing now to prevent this issue, is pressing the 'Clear Members' Button when it gets over 5k. I wish I didn't have to do this as it causes active members to have to re-enter the code again, but it is either that or risk losing the ability to edit realm again.
As for the reason why this issue is happening, I suspect the cause is when opening the realm settings it tries to load ALL the members and their information, and it either crashes when it tries or it times out. What it should be doing is only load the members when you click that panel option, and even then, only X amount at a time. The member's page does have pagination buttons already on it, but it must be designed to sort and divide up the members after loading all the members when opening the realm settings. So they need to change it so it requests & loads a limited amount of members for each page. Which isn't that hard to do.
BulletLukey
Even though 8k+ is when the realm settings stop working, I have found when you get to 5k+, the realm settings options start to get really slow and buggy.
I am currently on my third realm since my last 2 realms both got griefed and I was unable to access the settings to reset the world. My first realm was at 50k+ members, my second was at 13k+ members.
So what I have started doing now to prevent this issue, is pressing the 'Clear Members' Button when it gets over 5k. I wish I didn't have to do this as it causes active members to have to re-enter the code again, but it is either that or risk losing the ability to edit realm again.
As for the reason why this issue is happening, I suspect the cause is when opening the realm settings it tries to load ALL the members and their information, and it either crashes when it tries or it times out. What it should be doing is only load the members when you click that panel option, and even then, only X amount at a time.
The member's page does have pagination buttons already on it, but it must be designed to sort and divide up the members after loading all the members when opening the realm settings. So they need to change it so it requests & loads a limited amount of members for each page. Which isn't that hard to do.
I really do hope this gets resolved.