Hopefully, it will draw others to the pool. I assume most of our current base enjoys lastNshares.
As for overhead, proportional payout is even less overhead than lastNShares (db size is smaller, less range scans). I'm aware that proportional will increase pool hopping, but it won't affect the lastNshares pool as it will be separate. By default, miners will be set to lastNshares.
Additionally, if the overhead is significant, I just scale up the servers.
Oh! I'd heard that the overhead for proportional was higher and didn't think about it myself; my apologies. Indeed, thinking about how I would implement PPLNS I see that the database would be larger. This highlights the value of a correctly weigted proportional system (scoring or whatever it's called) for the best of both worlds. There will be more connections and disconnections with the proportional system as people hop in and out but I guess this is a minor issue.
Echoing RyNinDaCleM and hmblm1245, thanks for your continued hard work on this pool.
