Make Instances More Convenient Please

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Originally Posted by Ladygrilka

The best instance management is in Star Trek online, they should take inspiration there....

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I remember Aion literally had a dropdown menu with instance select - it was awesome.

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Originally Posted by StarRosie

To piggyback off the whole "Teleport to the same instances your party is in!" can we also make it so the Eternity Ring teleports you to your partner's instance please? Cause currently the instances completely bork the ring's teleport. Now I can't surprise hug my wife :V This is unacceptable!

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Its been working fine for me. I use it to get in the same instance for lots of stuff

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Its been working fine for me. I use it to get in the same instance for lots of stuff

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It hasn't for me. If the wife is in a different instance, I get a "Unable to leave area" message after the cast is complete, same for her. It could be something unrelated but so far, we think the instances are derping it up. That or our rings broke somehow. :V

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Originally Posted by StarRosie

It hasn't for me. If the wife is in a different instance, I get a "Unable to leave area" message after the cast is complete, same for her. It could be something unrelated but so far, we think the instances are derping it up. That or our rings broke somehow. :V

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Eternity Ring only works once you've both unlocked flying in the respective zone, I bet that's the issue here.

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Originally Posted by Unease_Lemming

Eternity Ring only works once you've both unlocked flying in the respective zone, I bet that's the issue here.

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Aaaahhhh...I see. That's...kinda dumb but alright. I can work that out. :V

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Originally Posted by Ayerinn

I remember Aion literally had a dropdown menu with instance select - it was awesome.

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Guild Wars 2 you could also just right click on a party member's name and join their instance. I didn't really agree with the megaserver thing at first but they did it right where you could always join a party member's instance. And if they were there before you, just zoning in would put you in the same instance together.

EverQuest II has some great ideas they can steal. You can right-click your party member (or you could. I need to check sometime again) to go to their instance. There are portals in different areas of the zone so you can switch instances on the fly and don't need to go back to a zone line. And you all zone into the same instance if you're in a party.

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Originally Posted by TaleraRistain

There are portals in different areas of the zone so you can switch instances on the fly and don't need to go back to a zone line.

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That's an interesting way of handling that...

I like the games that include a drop-down menu off the minimap to select which instance you want to join.

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Originally Posted by Naunet

That's an interesting way of handling that...

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Yeah they're great because they're either right there where you port in or they are in out-of-the-way quest hub areas. It makes things very convenient. And they're large pink circles, so they're easily recognizable.

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Originally Posted by Naunet

That's an interesting way of handling that...

I like the games that include a drop-down menu off the minimap to select which instance you want to join.

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Right, which then puts you in the same spot as you were before so no having to go anywhere to change. That is what they should do, it would be nice. Then again you should teleport to where your party is to begin with, with an option to select from the mini map or right click their name and "join instance".