[Shenglong]

eAthena is batched inserts, which actually makes the problem worse. I'm not speaking from theory when I pose this problem - potion consumption actually caused the server to lag every few seconds (players at the time will attest). If you believe players are consuming one potion per second, I don't think you've played competitive WoE.

For an accurate representation of how fast you can hit a button: http://www.blamethepixel.com/files.php?a=b&type%5B%5D=11... Download "tapometer". I believe the world record (can't confirm) is 33/second. I can manage about 14 myself on a desktop keyboard.

[mukyu]

You are saying every player goes through 36k whites/slim whites a WoE, 5 times a week. I can see going through that many if you are an LK running around trying to break the precast, but if you are just sitting in a wizline you might go through 200 in two hours.

[Shenglong]

I should clarify... 5/second, during battles. Battles don't happen the entire two hours. More realistic is 6000 slims a WoE. Also, things have changed. Wiz no longer pot slims because they're too heavy.