Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
lol wow did you guys not read anything?
you are incorrect sir.
Slow your horses there, Vinny. You're getting snarky, but that quote actually supports what I said. In fact, if more than one party could be in the same dungeon, then this entire discussion would not make sense because no one would be waiting in lines. Everyone would just enter the same dungeon.

"Instanced" content -- by definition -- means that every party spawns in its own dungeon. It means SE's servers are running a separate program of the dungeon for every party. In other words, your party and my party can be in the dungeon at the same time, but we're in completely separate dungeons (i.e., separate "instances").

Here's a definition of "instance dungeon" from Wikipedia:
In massively multiplayer online games, an instance is a special area, typically a dungeon, that generates a new copy of the location for each group, or for certain amount of players, that enters the area.
Don't trust Wikipedia? Here's a definition of "instance" I pulled from Google:
Each instance of a program is, by definition, a separate process, as a process is merely an instance of a program, and thus each instance has a unique PID (process identification number).
And here's one from PC Mag that says the same thing.

There is no sharing of dungeons. My party can be running the dungeon at the same time as your party, but we wouldn't be in the same dungeon. We'd be in identical dungeons with completely separate mobs. Think of it like, when the instance starts, you're transported to an entirely separate world, where your party is the only one that exists in that world. We're in identical dungeons, but on separate worlds. So every mob that spawns can only be killed by your party, because your party is the only party in the dungeon.

And like I said in the previous thread, if everyone was just transported into the same dungeon and we were all sharing the same mobs, then no one would be waiting in line. We'd already be in the dungeon. So this entire discussion wouldn't make sense.

So yes, I do read. But you have to read it with an understanding of what "instance" means.