104584-request-let-us-select-instances-or-explain-why-its-not-possible-in-wildstar

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I don't understand why in this game we can't switch around instances, makes sense in open world pvp zones...but pve-only or the main town? People complain about dead servers and dead cities, a large amount of these people are being placed into empty instances because the first 1-2 are full. I've had the ability to select instances/districts in pretty much every online game i've ever played in the last decade.
Why can't we select or even SEE the one we're currently in?
 
Just recently I was in Thayd on my stalker, the auction house area was really filled up (maybe 50 people), then I swapped over to my esper and suddenly there's only 2 people.
 	
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They stuffed up once on the PTR and allowed it to be chosen in the top left hand side (correct me if im wrong) but it got quickly removed as its a Dev thing.
 
 
I would really like them to bring it as a feature.
 
Let us pick our instance, make 2 of each map, default everyone to the 1st copy, let people 'opt out' of busy areas to the quiet one.	
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			Remove phasing.	
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They stuffed up once on the PTR and allowed it to be chosen in the top left hand side (correct me if im wrong) but it got quickly removed as its a Dev thing.
 
 
I would really like them to bring it as a feature.
 
Let us pick our instance, make 2 of each map, default everyone to the 1st copy, let people 'opt out' of busy areas to the quiet one.
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BUMP
 
can anyone from the carbine team please comment?  if it's not possible then can you explain why?	
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  if it's not possible then can you explain why?
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Let us pick our instance, make 2 of each map, default everyone to the 1st copy, let people 'opt out' of busy areas to the quiet one.
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			MUH IMMERSION	
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			ya seriously.. its annoying.. i click to team up with someone for a shiphand  mission sometimes.. and we have to play.. zone in and zone out of the instance just to see if we can meet up first.. and even after the shiphand mission is don.. w exit.. and are NOT on the same "phase" or whatever.. totally anoying and could have been easily fixed if we had the option to SYNC with themm even tho the SYNCing part almost never shows up or is the option given	
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			Yeah, don't know why they don't allow us to choose a list. I know Star Trek Online(I think it was taht game) had an option in the map to change instances. really would like that in this game.	
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			because it wasn't intended for them to be there in the first place. They are only there currently as a fail safe, and as the servers balance out, there will be no need for them. So why give players an option for something, that they won't be able to do anyways?That's just extra, unnecessary work for the coders.	
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Tera has a 'channel' system and I think it works great.  Each 'phase' was a numbered channel and you could switch between them from a drop-down in the UI.  Each channel was a separate 'instance' or 'phase' of the zone,  it was a great way to handle over-capacity and gave players freedom to choose to be in a crowded channel or an empty one.
 
Too many people farming quest mobs?  Switch channel.
 
PvP griefer camping you?  Change channel.
 
Teaming up with friends?  Meet up in a specific place and channel.
 
Great system, I wish more MMOs adopted this method.	
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Tera has a 'channel' system and I think it works great.  Each 'phase' was a numbered channel and you could switch between them from a drop-down in the UI.  Each channel was a separate 'instance' or 'phase' of the zone,  it was a great way to handle over-capacity and gave players freedom to choose to be in a crowded channel or an empty one.
 
Too many people farming quest mobs?  Switch channel.
 
PvP griefer camping you?  Change channel.
 
Teaming up with friends?  Meet up in a specific place and channel.
 
Great system, I wish more MMOs adopted this method.
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Channels and itemization completely ruined TERA... No idea what you're talking about.
 
I suppose, if you were on a PVE server, it didn't matter one bit. When you were on a PVP server and you were in a GVG, trying to hop through the 2-10 different channels to find any kind of GVG was extremely lame. It made the game lack immersion.
 
There is a reason games don't adopt that horrible system.. :P I am playing a Massively Multiplayer Online Game. I don't want that feel of the GW / PSO lobby.
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You basically said everything I was wanting to say. It was good in a way but I don't think it was beneficial overall to the MMO experience. .
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