Reserving Instance (>...< Not again...

[Hawklaser]

The term 'Theme park MMO' has nothing to do with waiting in lines. The reason AK is the way it is on reset day is due to waiting in lines. The two are not linked.

As I said directly in my other post, because square enix are incompetent they have assigned hard limits per dungeon instead of globally assigning their instance servers based on demand. It's not an issue of me not understanding.

Lets see, Theme parks have nice big shiny attractions and side shows, Theme park MMO's have nice shiny dungeons and quests/events. If a theme park's has a popular ride, guess what, lines form. Theme park MMO has a popular dungeon or event/quest, guess what, lines form.

How is a dungeon server group different from a theme park's rollercoaster? A rollercoaster always has each cart(aka group) going at once, where as a dungeon group can run each one separately. You typically do not notice the dungeon's lines because of that.

And just like with a theme park or any other thing a line can form for, if you don't like waiting in lines, don't do it on the busiest days for it, which for MMO Dungeons is the weekends and the reset day.

Also when MMO's do have things very popular where lines may be needed, it is really telling on the kind of community the game has when it does happen.

Edit: On the 100 AK run thing, I personally have yet to run it myself so was just using a number for illustration purposes if 8 is all it takes to cap out, doesn't change the fact it is not intended to be the only thing done for the tomes all the time as well.