Hunts and Trains; please fix the Hunts!

[Jojoya]

I wanted to highlight that during initial patches especially when they release stuff for the hunt marks that they need to put some sort of limitation if the game engine can't handle the load.

The limitation is already there for what the game engine can handle. That's the 300 player per instance limit. Once that limit is reached, you're not going to get into that zone unless another player leaves it.

Any remaining problem is on the player end, not SE's. SE can't control where players choose to congregate once they've entered a zone. If the player chooses to join a crowded train with a couple of hundred players at the same map location, that's on them. SE doesn't provide the hardware or internet connection the players use. Again, that's the player's responsibility.

People need to use common sense. If someone is struggling with the reset day trains, they should wait until later in the week. Nothing says we have to cap on Tuesdays. Thursday, Friday and Sunday trains are quieter than Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday trains. Monday trains tend to be quiet as well, though trains run in the last few hours before reset can get busy if people had put off capping for the week. Players who have the option of running trains in off peak hours are better off doing that than trying to join the prime time trains.

[tdb]

People need to use common sense. If someone is struggling with the reset day trains, they should wait until later in the week. Nothing says we have to cap on Tuesdays. Thursday, Friday and Sunday trains are quieter than Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday trains. Monday trains tend to be quiet as well, though trains run in the last few hours before reset can get busy if people had put off capping for the week. Players who have the option of running trains in off peak hours are better off doing that than trying to join the prime time trains.

Cap what? There's no cap on the hunt currencies AFAIK. Though I guess people who have capped their tomes and got their other weekly loot are less likely to log on just for a hunt train.

[Cursix]

The limitation is already there for what the game engine can handle. That's the 300 player per instance limit. Once that limit is reached, you're not going to get into that zone unless another player leaves it.

Any remaining problem is on the player end, not SE's. SE can't control where players choose to congregate once they've entered a zone. If the player chooses to join a crowded train with a couple of hundred players at the same map location, that's on them. SE doesn't provide the hardware or internet connection the players use. Again, that's the player's responsibility.

No, that is on SE. The game client is part of the system and it is clear that the client cannot handle 100 people around the same hunt. They list the minimum system requirements, so long as you meet that, it is not on the player. This is a limit of the engine and as a result SE needs to place reasonable restrictions so everyone can participate in the content.