Instances and Parties?

[HyoMinPark]

Ok. So here's the problem with the current design. So go to Vesper Bay, for example. No Aetherite. So if you wanna both be in the same Instance, you have to travel all the way to Horizon which is the only Aetherite in the zone. Moving between instances needs to use a menu in Travel, for example, not in an Aetherite. These menus can be anyplace in the game, so putting them in Aetherites is just not a good idea.

IMO

Does Western Thanalan even have instances right now? Aside from the new Endwalker areas, the only other zone that I can think of that has active instances is Mor Dhona/the Rising Stones. I don’t think Western Thanalan would have them, since it’s not considered high-traffic (despite its relevance in the ARR storyline).

That said, instances aren’t permanent. After a while, the devs remove them from the zones that currently have them. The instance travel being tied to the Aetherytes themselves is likely due to system/engine limitations. Most areas that end up with instances have more than just one Aetheryte in them (either 2 or 3 is the standard outside of ARR areas). So the traveling to one isn’t a huge deal.