Make Instances More Convenient Please

[DJaySaint]

Well, instances are back in every zone again and this is frustrating. Honestly only the Lochs could have maybe used instances, but they should only open up when the zone is full. Instances should not be a permanent thing.

It's also frustrating because instances separate us from people in our party and our friends. So please do something about this.

Some suggestions to make instances less of a detriment:

1. Make us teleport to the same instance our party members are in. There is no reason for two people in a party to teleport simultaneously to the same zone and be put in different instances. Joining a party member who is already out there should not be a chore either.

2. When teleporting or using the "no preference option" while zoning in to an instance, prioritize the instance that has friends and FC members.

3. If we are in a different instance than party members, allow us to right click their name in the party list and have an option pop up that says "Join Instance".

4. Allow us to select an instance when teleporting. I can no longer teleport to where I want because I get dumped in a random instance that somehow always ends up being different than the one any of my current party members are in.

5. Only create new instances when the zone is "full" or "congested". Otherwise there is no reason to permanently have 3 instances in every zone. FATEs already started emptying out because less people in each zone. Now I look at some like Ruby Sea and 5 people in each instance. Why? Clearly these are not needed. The only reason Lochs needs it is because of Ixion, which can be solved by having Ixion spawn in any zone in Gyr Abania ala Odin. But otherwise, brand new zones should not look and feel totally empty because what little players are out there are being arbitrarily split up.

I mean when Guild Wars did instances, they accomplished 1, 2, and 3 without issue. Final Fantasy XIV's implementation of instances is very clunky and more of a problem than a solution.

Please take a look at instances and make them actually convenient for players, not a constant source of annoyance and detriment to game play.

Thanks

[Thandronen]

I bet that the way they designed the coding for it meant that either all of the new SB zones had instances or none of them had it. This is likely why they had to add them all back rather than just add it to where it was needed (The Lochs).

[LunarEmerald]

I just want the option to select the instance when you teleport.

[Thandronen]

I just want the option to select the instance when you teleport.

This right here is one of the many reasons why they need a beta test server with actual players running through the content, because how in the world you leave that type of option out clearly shows that developers cannot possibly think of everything.

It's disappointing that before re-implementing instances again, they didn't make that fix happen... so here we are again zoning in and out to get where we actually need to be..

[Arutan]

This right here is one of the many reasons why they need a beta test server with actual players running through the content, because how in the world you leave that type of option out clearly shows that developers cannot possibly think of everything.

It's disappointing that before re-implementing instances again, they didn't make that fix happen... so here we are again zoning in and out to get where we actually need to be..

it isn't something they've put aside. You now what is the role of instances? Right, splitting player between different maps for the server to not crash. You know what happen when people can choose their instance when teleporting? One hint: Ixion. if you can choose your instance when teleporting, then just delete instances, it's the same.

[Thandronen]

I'll be your Champion SE!

You should at least be able to teleport to whichever instance you have party members in automatically. Also as a player, it is not my problem that they decided to poorly execute Ixion in the fashion that they did by only having him possibly pop in one zone and one zone only, unlike Odin who can pop in multiple zones in the Shroud. Behemoth had the same problems at ARR launch and yet knowing this, they still went that route but put a terrible band-aid of a solution in place with these clumsily designed instances.

Nice attempt at White Knighting on their behalf but this is not something that should be commended and could've easily been avoided with some playtesting from actual players.

[Zeonsilt]

I just want the option to select the instance when you teleport.

100 times this.

[DJaySaint]

100 times this.

Yeah I mentioned that above. If we at least had that, then the others wouldn't be as important.

[RaizeGraymalkin]

I just want the option to select the instance when you teleport.

This...right...here. This is the only change needed.

[bass9020]

Why were they so lazy and just implemented it in all zones instead of just the Lochs? I don't really understand.