/instance to change instance

[RyuDragnier]

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[Important] Congestion Prevention for Heavensward Release (Updated Jun. 25 2:45 a.m. PDT)

Was added as a countermeasure just for HW (and therefore HW areas) and only for the specified worlds.

Ahh, for the highest pop servers I see. That explains it. Just never realized there were THAT many players on those worlds.

[Gyson]

I have to agree with many of the comments in this thread. My friends and I are wasting way too much time per gaming session trying to get into the same instance (as we are in the same party), only to be separated again mid-map when exiting specific cutscenes or encounters. And for some of these instances we have not yet unlocked a way of entering through a blue-dotted zone border where an instance selection option is provided.

Groups should not be moved to separate instances. Failing that, groups should have a way of transferring to the same instance as the group leader. I realize instances are just a temporary solution that will eventually go away, and that feature support is as bare bones as possible for this mechanic, but these are features that should have been in place before instances were ever added. And since you're likely going to need to use instances again at some point in the future, why not flesh some of those features out now instead of later?

[Chiapet]

It would be nice to change instances via the crystal at camps. Many Many zones do not let you choose which instance.

[Evilkitten]

Great idea from SE but poorly implemented. Me and my boyfriend are constantly split up deciding who is 'it' to do the multiple of teleports to get to the other. They should have implemented it so party members stay together or an option upon teleport. Only other way around it is through the eternity ring but that involves getting all the currents which don't always have as we process slowly through the story.

:/

[Kukajoo]

it also makes hunting impossible if you get unlucky and put in a different instance than the one where the mob is
we really need to be able to swap instances

[KatenKyokotsu]

Just do it like Guild Wars 2 already. Right click on party member to join instances.

[Lynart]

..........well this is a rather huge oversight lol

[Tarrtarus]

Being able to enter a text command to go to a specified instance # is sorely needed.

[Malzian]

Being able to enter a text command to go to a specified instance # is sorely needed.

Also an <instance> option in addition to <pos> and <flag>.

[Naunet]

Oh look, this was a problem supported by folk in HW and SE still failed to remedy it for this expansion...