Unable to Choose Specific Instance When Zoning Between Churning Mists and Forelands

[dark494]

Time: Any
Frequency: Always
World name: Hyperion
Character name: D'momo Pascal
NPC name: Dragon / Gate
Monster name: N/A
Class/Level: 60 WHM
Party or solo: Both
In-game time: Any
Area and coordinates: Dravania Forelands - Halo / Churning Mists - Moghome
Steps:
1. Interact with dragon NPC near Sohm Al in Forelands, or the gate near Moghome, to zone to the other area
2. No prompt to select which instance to enter
3. Get put into a random instance of the zone.
4. Currently impossible to choose an instance for Churning Mists.


Connection Specs
- Cable, Comcast
- Cisco Router
- 50 Mbps down/ 25 Mbps up

[Raist]

If I remember right you only get the prompt when you walk/ride across a zone line. Any other method of zoning will be randomnly selected if instance fields are in play.

[dark494]

If I remember right you only get the prompt when you walk/ride across a zone line. Any other method of zoning will be randomnly selected if instance fields are in play.

Well aware capt. obvious. But there's nothing that states it shouldn't work for zoning to mists or forelands.

■How to Choose a Field Instance
When changing areas on foot or by mount to one of the areas listed above (The Dravanian Forelands / The Churning Mists), a window will appear that will let you select which instance you wish to travel to.

When using Teleport/Return, a Field Instance will be chosen at random. You can check which Field Instance you entered by checking your Chat Log or using the "/instance" command.

Clearly not using Teleport or Return to zone between the two, so there should be an option to select an instance, as it is impossible to choose for Churning Mists.

[Raist]

Well aware capt. obvious. But there's nothing that states it shouldn't work for zoning to mists or forelands.



Clearly not using Teleport or Return to zone between the two, so there should be an option to select an instance, as it is impossible to choose for Churning Mists.

No need for the insult.


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-%28Jun.-19%29
Notice that the post was originally from 6/19 and was about the earlier zones and how they were doing field instances. That post has since been edited from the original (Updated 6/23). The quoted portion about zoning on foot or mount originally applied to the earlier zones and may have simply been an oversight when they edited it, and that portion pertaining to Western Highlands and such remained afterwards. They probably should have just issued a new notice instead of editing the original one I guess.

Regardless... the notice states that in order to select your instance you need to be crossing the zone line on foot or mount. When you are using an object or NPC to move into an instance, you are NOT crossing a zone line on foot or mount (it will actually dismount you), but instead you are being effectively teleported there. You may simply not be getting the prompt to select an instance because the game's mechanic is not the one specified for that result (crossing a zone line on foot or mount). That may or may not have been their intention, perhaps a moderator can get a clarification on that and if it was not intended to be selectable for that zone they can update the post--or get someone on there to fix it. It is possible a fix is already in the works with tonight's round of hotfixes already.

Another possibility that also could be happening is that at the time, that zone was not being instanced on your server. Right above the portion of the notice that you quoted, this was explained somewhat:

Depending on each World's congestion, there may be Worlds that do not separate areas into Field Instances. Please check the "Worlds Currently Using Field Instances" section to see which Worlds are currently utilizing Field Instances.

It could be a dynamic adjustment like the original one was, where if congestion subsided the field instancing stopped kicking in.