LEGITIMATE concern for removal of speed runs.

[Shigaru]

I'm all for them fixing the speed running stuff. I don't really care either way. I really wish they'd make trash valuable, but lowering repair costs helped at least.

The problem comes from the stress on instance servers. What was a 25 minute queue before, even with a full FC group, I'm extremely worried we could easily see hour long queues now during prime time. Couple that with having to run AK the long way, you're looking at a close to 2 hour instance for a skilled group.

I saw they were adding servers and splitting servers into 3 instance groups instead of two a bit ago, but saw no mention of it in patch notes. Am I the only one worried about this? I really don't want to have to wait an hour in queue with a full group just to get our reserved instance.

[VitaminMT]

I saw they were adding servers and splitting servers into 3 instance groups instead of two a bit ago, but saw no mention of it in patch notes.

- Japan data center
- Group 1
Aegis/Atomos/Carbuncle/Garuda/Gungnir/Kujata/Ramuh/Tonberry/Typhon/Unicorn

- Group 2
Alexander/Bahamut/Durandal/Fenrir/Ifrit/Ridill/Tiamat/Ultima/Valefor/Yojimbo/Zeromus

- Group 3
Anima/Chocobo/Hades/Ixion/Mandragora/Masamune/Pandaemonium/Titan/Asura/Belias

- North American/European data center
- Group 1
Adamantoise/Balmung/Cerberus/Coeurl/Faerie/Goblin/Midgardsormr/Odin/Sargatanas/Siren

- Group 2
Behemoth/Diabolos/Excalibur/Famfrit/Lamia/Leviathan/Lich/Shiva/Ultros/Brynhildr

- Group 3
Cactuar/Exodus/Gilgamesh/Hyperion/Malboro/Moogle/Phoenix/Ragnarok/Mateus/Zalera

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[Shigaru]

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Thanks, I missed that. I'm still worried about queue times though. I hope the expanded current instance servers

[kimoi]

Well, the link seems to address that concern too, so, at least that's something.

The Duty Finder and quest instance battles are handled internally in their own separate Worlds. In addition to the above measure of easing server load by splitting the selection pool amongst the above groups, we have also increased the number of instance-related Worlds on which battles occur.
This measure allows the facilitation of more instances, decreasing cases in which players must wait for an instance to become open after they have already been matched by the Duty Finder or the quest instance battle has been initiated.