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  1. #11
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    shoobiedoobie's Avatar
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    And I 100% recognize that my thoughts on it (I wouldn't even go so far as to call it a theory) may be wrong. Its just the only connection I've been able to observe between getting the solo instance or the group instance, unfortunately. Though I don't necessarily think you'd have to be the fastest clicker on the datacenter, as we don't really know that only one person is getting a solo Leap of Faith.
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    Frizze Steeleblaze
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    Another thing to consider. You have 10 minutes to initiate the instance from when the NPC spawns. Once inside, you have 10 minutes to finish. So you could purposefully wait until the last minute before starting the instance. Even if you end up with other people, almost all of them will have timed out and/or left well before your timer is over. So in essence, you get most of a solo instance to work with.
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    Elizar_Naki's Avatar
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    Akra Myastan
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    Faerie
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    Quote Originally Posted by shoobiedoobie View Post
    Though I don't necessarily think you'd have to be the fastest clicker on the datacenter, as we don't really know that only one person is getting a solo Leap of Faith.
    This is true of course, but it goes back to the original question of WHY some people get to do this GATE solo and some don't, or what the frequency of solo vs group instances of it actually is.

    Also, new incident report: I managed to click in really fast again a little bit ago and ended up in a solo instance right up until the very end. New people only started showing up right as I was jumping to the exit, which means I was alone in this particular instance for nearly 3 minutes. This would suggest that even solo LoF instances don't stay solo indefinitely, regardless of the conditions for initially getting one.
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    Were we born to fight and die? Sacrificed for one huge lie?
    Are we heroes keeping peace?
    Or are we weapons?
    Pointed at the enemy so someone else can claim a victory?

  4. #14
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    Karuru Karu
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    Shiva
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    I also often had solo instances when I started the Gate right when it spawned.

    I think the server needs a moment to open the instances. So when you click really fast there is no instance you could join, so the server creates a new one for you. It takes maybe up to 20 seconds between talking to the NPC and spawning inside the instance and that's the time where no instances exists. So everyone who talks to the NPC in the first seconds will get a solo instance, because there is no instance you can join. Everyone who talks to the NPC later will be thrown into an existing instance. So a few of the solo instances become crowded with people, but the majority of them will stay empty.


    However, having dozens of people inside the instance really is a problem. Please reduce the number of players who are allowed at the same time inside the instance. It's really difficult to solve a jumping puzzle when you can't see the plattforms because of people everywhere.
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    Last edited by Tint; 04-06-2019 at 08:06 PM.

  5. #15
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    Canadane's Avatar
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    I can't imagine it being a barren wasteland without a soul to speak of would be any fun. Seeing large groups enjoying content together is a lot better imo
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  6. #16
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    Waffles O'malley
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    i got into a leap of faith the other night, there were so many people in there that i was lagging real bad. was having a hard time landing my jumps because i'd jump, have 2-5 seconds of "hang time" as 50 people loaded onto my screen, then got thrown past where i was trying to jump as the game caught up.
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  7. #17
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    Seen it full and seen it empty. There are very specific, very obscene hours when at most only one or two other people are there. Usually between 3-6AM. I don't always do this and definitely not continuously buuuuuuut...
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    Callinon Soulforge
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waffles298 View Post
    i got into a leap of faith the other night, there were so many people in there that i was lagging real bad. was having a hard time landing my jumps because i'd jump, have 2-5 seconds of "hang time" as 50 people loaded onto my screen, then got thrown past where i was trying to jump as the game caught up.
    That honestly sounds like a hardware problem. Are you on PC? Because smoke shouldn't be coming out of the backs of those.

    Does this kind of thing happen in other crowded events?
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  9. #19
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    Zazu Szeth
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    Samurai Lv 70
    I just came back from quitting one of the main reasons was I enjoyed playing at the GS, most of the stuff in the GS right now is entirely unplayable because of the amount of people in there and leap of faith is unplayable completely the trophies don't load for like 3 minutes I spend more time lagging out and failing jumps than I do having fun. Please for the love of god do something and fix at least leap of faith it's actually one of my favorite parts of this game.
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    Ember Flamestrike
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    Mateus
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    Leap of Faith is currently... broken. I've ragequit multiple times because frankly, I can't find the landing area. Not only that but I have to waste 2 minutes just to let the trophies load, only to get more and more infuriated as I CAN'T SEE the platforms.

    Hate it when it's the most common gate too.
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