Upon walking/running into Dragonhead, Sea of Clouds, and Western Highlands.. you will be presented with an option of which map to join. I.e. Sea of Clouds 1, 2, 3 or 4. Same for the others mentioned.
This is their way of easing congestion. If you teleport in, you risk not being in the same map as your party/gf/bf etc etc. If you walk, you can pick.
They will release a topic detailing which servers will have this feature implemented, and it is temporary. They will be monitoring if they need to add this to worlds not listed, and when they can safely remove it. They hope its not buggy etc.
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06-19-2015, 02:17 AMHulveinBlitzField Instances - Be aware!
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06-19-2015, 02:19 AMCanadane
It's a pretty great idea, really.
It's a lot like the housing wards, so not super complicated.
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06-19-2015, 02:20 AMChukkaque
Its smart. Guild wars did this and it was good.
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06-19-2015, 02:21 AMMoonPhaseAlpha
Very smart to do.
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06-19-2015, 02:31 AMHayward
This sounds like a good idea. Not sure if Adamantoise is big enough to warrant it but it's certainly shows the developers are learning from past experience.
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06-19-2015, 02:34 AMSullySeems pretty smart of SE. You got a source for this?Quote:
Originally Posted by HulveinBlitz
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06-19-2015, 02:35 AMStrejdaTomLiveletter which is happening right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sully
I just don't know why they haven't called it channels :D. -
06-19-2015, 02:36 AMAramina
This is an excellent idea.
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06-19-2015, 02:36 AMSullyAH! I forgot about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by StrejdaTom
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06-19-2015, 02:37 AMSkyfangRauss
i believe these are called 'shards'
and since ff is all about those crystals, this terminology is super appropriate -
06-19-2015, 02:37 AMGramul
So it's like channels then. Alright.
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06-19-2015, 02:39 AMDrako
This sounds like it could be a real pain once you can teleport in. Does it just randomly stick you in one if you teleport? Also I don't guess it's going to be smart enough to detect your in a party, and automatically put you together? IDK I guess we'll see. But if you want to be with your friends, you'll have to go and i guess exit and re-enter the zone. This is going to be rather immersion breaking and clunky if you ask me.
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06-19-2015, 02:43 AMStrejdaTomWell in every other MMO that had channels it always ported you right to your party. I hope they had this in mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drako
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06-19-2015, 02:52 AMHulveinBlitzDoesn't sound like that. They said if you teleport in, you risk being split up from party members. Only way to guarantee, is by walking in, and picking the same map.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrejdaTom
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06-19-2015, 03:13 AMsaber_altersmall downside.Quote:
Originally Posted by HulveinBlitz
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06-19-2015, 04:06 AMHulveinBlitzYeah, its a temporary measure. So I'll assume it won't be that long before they take it out completely (one can hope). Since its probably mainly to ease up on the areas using MSQ.Quote:
Originally Posted by saber_alter
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06-19-2015, 04:15 AMRaijinSupreme
Actually physically going to an area will be immersion breaking, but teleporting isn't?