Hello,
Let's face it: The airship is crammed. It's really hard for users to get too much loot if they don't know the secret shortcuts around the maps.
Therefore, I propose a great way to spread out the crowd would be to create a separate airship for ranked citizens.
This would benefit Meepcraft, since it would create another prominent perk for citizens to rank up, since they would be able to get access to an exclusive airship.
Having another airship would benefit everyone on the server who would like to travel on the airship. The citizens would have more of a chance of getting loot over the ranked citizens. The ranked citizens could have their own airship to get their own loot.
This could take anywhere from no time at all to a very long time, depending on how much is invested in it. I think it would be perfectly fine if there was not separate maps for the airship for the ranked citizens. If only a separate airship was created, I would estimate 1-2 days, depending on how the server is set up on the back end.
I believe that this would not cause any more lag than before. It would only mean creating a another instance in which the airship excursion world is ran. If these excursions were staggered with the excursions on the normal airship, there would be no lag at all. It all depends on how the server is set up on the back end, again.
Thanks,
Nathan