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Originally Posted by daerath
Ah, so in this case instancing is for bosses? What about zones with too few players? Can they request an instance? Can a raid (of people not in the same guild) request an instance?
The lock appears upon killing the first boss? So is the idea that the limit (15 players in your example, but whatever the # ends up being for that zone) is the minimum required to kill any boss in a zone that would enable a lock?
Can they ignore the prompt? Will each zone have a different player count for instancing (I'd think so. NToV and Fear are a tad different)?
What if they kill a boss in a zone but don't have the required # to be given an instance (or they ignore the prompt to go to an instance)? If they kill a boss do they still get a lockout (that would affect getting an instance later on)? Does the lockout also affect the non-instanced zone? Kind of a, "You already killed me, so <*POOF* you're back a zone-in>" effect?
Still seems easier to just let groups (regardless of guild membership) request an instance of any zone. That eliminates the need to police IPs because, like, don't let those people in your instance.
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It's pretty much identical to EQ2's instancing design with guild restrictions instead of group composition restrictions. That's one thing that EQ2 actually did right. Wish there was a writeup somewhere of that.
Zones with too few players and no raid targets will not be instanced.
Raids of players not in the same guild cannot request an instance. Pickup raids will not be able to do content unless they are in the same guild.
They can ignore the prompt and that's the only thing that will be contested. I feel as though possibly guilds are restrictive in a way, so maybe they won't be barred to just guilds.
The issue I want to avoid is selling loot rights to NPCs in instances, which guild affiliation will typically solve.
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Originally Posted by mjbcb0717
I like this will all named always be up in said zones that are instances ?
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Only raid targets will be up. The other targets will be randomized.