>>268567287
You need to spread out away from spawn. If you go literally anywhere else but the spawn island on Atoll you will cull at least half the avatars.

It is more optimized than the black box even without culling, but if you spread the groups out you will have a very pleasant experience even with 40+ people. If you feel its too laggy, it is due to the avatars all being crowded at the spawn. You will benefit by just moving away from it. Atoll is not an open box with no walls, it was designed around occlusion culling, as you will find out.