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by lelanthran 1071 days ago
It's an open source game run by volunteers, played by enthusiasts.

HA is not necessary. Having 5m downtime once every 4 years while they switch between the primary and the backup droplet because something went wrong is okay for a game!

The majority of folks running solutions that result in effectively 0% downtime are vastly overpaying for what they get.