Horizon vs rAthena vs Hercules

Hello everyone, After a rigorous and fair benchmarking competition between the three major Ragnarok server emulators—Horizon, Hercules, and rAthena—I'm excited to announce the final results and crown the winner! Test Methodology: - All servers were set up with identical world states: the npc folder was removed (renamed to npc-removed) to ensure no NPC scripts or events could affect performance. Only the core source code differed. - The test measured the average response time for walk (move)

Introduction One of the most common questions that comes to mind when thinking of using a brand new emulator is - How is Horizon? and where does it stand as a software compared to rAthena, Hercules or any emulator of the eA family? Horizon came with the philosophy of creating a new emulator from scratch by - Understanding the code complexities of the previous generation and untangling the problems encountered in them within the new generation. Not repeating the same mistakes as which were creat