Instance timers need to go

[Sinth]

This is becoming more and more of a serious issue for me.

This is the only game I've ever played that puts strict time limits on instances formed through the Duty Finder. This mechanic really needs to go.

Aside from the fact it leaves very little room for mistakes and is punishing to newer players who are likely playing together for the first time. It also allows the occasional asshole to easily sabotage an entire run. Get rid of this or my time on this game may be limited.

By "very little room for error" I believe you mean, 'allows full party wipes more than 5 times and still leaving time to complete'. Also, timers are needed or DF servers can be filled up by afk/malicious players. So what you're telling us is that you need unlimited time to brute force every instance?

IMO if you wipe 5 times you should be auto-kicked from an instance no matter what the timer says. But then again, I'm not part of the 'entitlement' generation.

[Etgar]

15-50 was all DF, never with friends or people I knew. At my very worst I had 40 minutes left, not sure how you can burn through all that time.

[Tyndles]

The only time I came remotely close to timing out was in um....I dont remember the name of it but it was the level 41 dungeon with the dragons. It was because my friends first time there and he was being super cautious with his pulls. We had 15 minutes at the end.

[Amyas]

The only time I came remotely close to timing out was in um....I dont remember the name of it but it was the level 41 dungeon with the dragons. It was because my friends first time there and he was being super cautious with his pulls. We had 15 minutes at the end.

Stone Vigil.

Seems like every time I try to do it for friends we time out at the last boss :x

[Dale]

Well I disagree with most of you.

Other games don't do this. I don't see why this one has to. And it may be plenty of time for you, but it's not for me and a lot of groups I'm in. Not to mention I can't count the amount of times I've joined a group in progress only to see it only has 10 minutes or so left and there is no way to finish the run. Nothing like joining an instance and knowing you are going to fail before you even fight anything. So to say it's plenty enough time for everyone just isn't the reality.

It's a stupid mechanic and is greatly affecting my enjoyment of this game. I hope they get rid of it, else I may be packing it up over this one.

[Tupsi]

It's a stupid mechanic and is greatly affecting my enjoyment of this game. I hope they get rid of it, else I may be packing it up over this one.

Looks like people aren't picking up on your sarcasm - Otherwise there's clearly a common denominator that if every dungeon you do you end up timing out..

[Sinth]

Well I disagree with most of you.

Other games don't do this. I don't see why this one has to. And it may be plenty of time for you, but it's not for me and a lot of groups I'm in. Not to mention I can't count the amount of times I've joined a group in progress only to see it only has 10 minutes or so left and there is no way to finish the run. Nothing like joining an instance and knowing you are going to fail before you even fight anything. So to say it's plenty enough time for everyone just isn't the reality.

It's a stupid mechanic and is greatly affecting my enjoyment of this game. I hope they get rid of it, else I may be packing it up over this one.

If you're packing up because of DF timers then please, don't let the door hit you on the way out. I'm willing to bet $5000 they won't be removed, at least in the next 3 years.

[Mako_Fiend]

LOL I can't help but laugh at this.... Have you tried to learn your class to help get threw the instances or make friends with competent players to carry you threw them? ROFL

[Tiggy]

I hope they get rid of it, else I may be packing it up over this one.

Oh no he threatened to quit. Come on everyone. We need to make sure Dale is happy or we're going to have a serious problem on our hands. He might disappear and we never hear from him again? Oh no....

It's gotten so bad I'm going to have to stop clicking "join group already in progress" because it's almost always a lost cause due to the stupid time limit.

Sounds like you found out why you're having such problems? You sound like a person who goes gambling and loses everything just to get pissy at the casinos as if it was there fault. You made a choice to enter a dungeon. You took upon yourself the gamble that you might join a clearly failing group (outside of disconnects why else do you think a spot opened up in that party?) most of the way through their timing, and then you have the gal to come and complain about it?

[JPPILIP]

I don't care if they removed the timers or not what I would like to see is of someone leaves or gets disconnected that the timer pauses until they come back or a replacement is found. Had it happen in aurum vale where got to the last boss with about forty minutes to spare and the dd disconnected by time we got a new one we had like ten minutes to finish the fight