German Com rep response to "reservation system for dungeons".

[Catapult]

Possible different context: It has been made clear that the dungeons require a specific number of people in the party to enter. The R30 dungeon MUST have 4 party members. Not 3, not 5.

Perhaps this reservation system involves you being unable to book to a spot in the dungeon, then go off and do something else till it's ready to go. First 4 people to arrive? In they go, keeping it simple. Of course this has it's own set of implications for existing parties.

Just thought I'd throw a curve-ball at what might be plausible...

[ShinChuck]

It has been made clear that the dungeons require a specific number of people in the party to enter. The R30 dungeon MUST have 4 party members. Not 3, not 5.

Ew, really? I have fond memories on various MMOs of getting together with smaller than recommended groups and challenging ourselves to lowman as far as we could into dungeons. Bummer - did they say what the rationale was?

I guess if it's really one at a time a la Dynamis, maybe they just don't want people lowmanning and taking longer than a full group theoretically would. Otherwise, I don't know the rationale.

[Viridiana]

Ew, really? I have fond memories on various MMOs of getting together with smaller than recommended groups and challenging ourselves to lowman as far as we could into dungeons. Bummer - did they say what the rationale was?

I guess if it's really one at a time a la Dynamis, maybe they just don't want people lowmanning and taking longer than a full group theoretically would. Otherwise, I don't know the rationale.

I don't recall their ever saying that you couldn't take in 5+ people to the lower dungeon, but they did say that you need 4. As I recall, the reason was something about not being sure their servers could handle it if a bunch of r50s decided to solo the lower content, causing the servers to have to make more instances. Not that that's a good excuse, of course. . .