Why can't we change instances at will in Icewind pass?

iambecks1 · May 2014

Why can't we change instances in Ice Wind Pass? if we have to farm specific items from the Heroic encounters that is fine , no problem with that at all , well there wouldn't be a problem if I could actually get to the HE's I need to farm to get the items I need , I just spent almost 2 hours stuck on instance #11 of Ice Wind pass , plenty of 2-3 man heroics were spawning and 1 Rhamoraz (spelling) spawned but not one single 4-6 man HE spawned ( I tried to go in and out of Caer konig maybe 15-20 times but it dumped me back in #11 every time) , all the time the pvp motherlode HE was up and didn't despawn so maybe that could be why non of the mid range HE's spawned but this entire not being able to choose which instance is really annoying , please unlock the change instance button.

loboguild · May 2014

Have you tried changing the instance in Caer-Konig and then get back to Icewind Pass?

iambecks1 · May 2014

loboguild wrote: »

Have you tried changing the instance in Caer-Konig and then get back to Icewind Pass?

I'll give that a go now , it's so annoying being stuck on what amounts to a dead map while I can see in zone chat mid range HE's are popping up everywhere else and nobody can get to them unless they get randomly lucky , silly system lol

loboguild · May 2014

Yeah, this is truly not a great implementation. How is it with a group? Do you have to meet at Caer and then zone in together?

twitticles · May 2014

Well imagine if people were actually able to swap instance, then they'd be able to get out of empty zones and join other players for major and epic encounters... and we surely can't have that!

demonkyuubi · May 2014

twitticles wrote: »

Well imagine if people were actually able to swap instance, then they'd be able to get out of empty zones and join other players for major and epic encounters... and we surely can't have that!

problem is that if a group joins a pvp match and returns to icewind pass, then the groups is instantly destroyed from conflicted alliances and we may not even be in the same instance anymore. then we gotta run back to town and back into icewind pass.

counter-intuitive if u ask me

dardove · May 2014

iambecks1 wrote: »

Why can't we change instances in Ice Wind Pass? if we have to farm specific items from the Heroic encounters that is fine , no problem with that at all , well there wouldn't be a problem if I could actually get to the HE's I need to farm to get the items I need , I just spent almost 2 hours stuck on instance #11 of Ice Wind pass , plenty of 2-3 man heroics were spawning and 1 Rhamoraz (spelling) spawned but not one single 4-6 man HE spawned ( I tried to go in and out of Caer konig maybe 15-20 times but it dumped me back in #11 every time) , all the time the pvp motherlode HE was up and didn't despawn so maybe that could be why non of the mid range HE's spawned but this entire not being able to choose which instance is really annoying , please unlock the change instance button.

I don't think the PvP HE is what is causing 4-6 Man HEs to stop spawning. I am currently in an instance without it being stuck up and the 4-6 man HEs still aren't spawning. I'm guessing the scripting for them to respawn just breaks down after a few hours.

loboguild · May 2014

This actually did also happen and was reported on the preview. After every patch, HEs were all over the place but slowly disappeared.

iambecks1 · May 2014

Yeah just been on a couple of instances again and yet again no mid range HE's spawning at all , on both maps the pvp HE was up although like Dardove said earlier in the thread I don't know if that has anything to do with the HE's not spawning but it is a coincidence I thought I'd mention , it's just getting frustrating now constantly being stuck on maps with no HE's worth doing .

I get that the factions have to be balanced but surely they can program a way for the instance changing button to be able to search which instances need players from whichever faction and then only give the option to change to the instance with a spare place, the current system is ridiculous and as players progress in the campaign and start needing the drops for crafting I imagine a lot more threads will begin to appear asking the same question I asked in the OP.

bucklittle · May 2014

Now I can't say exactly what has happened, not because I don't know and not because it isn't obvious, but because the last 2 times I've mentioned something of the sort one of the mods moves/deletes my post and gives me a warning for making non-factual assumptions.

Think about the situation guys. The preview server had various bugs that weren't fixed during the time the server was available, some not even known until later on. Mod 3 had a launch date made public over a month beforehand.

Just pretend it's early access. Bugs fixed or not, mod 3 was coming on May 13th.

ffejrx · June 2014

we need to be able to change instances on that map
creating a party or joining a party sucks when you need to exit the map and rejoin to get the same instance as the rest of your party

also when in a party and if you dc or crash, rejoining will not put you in the same instance as the rest of your party

damnataanimus · June 2014

iambecks1 wrote: »

Why can't we change instances in Ice Wind Pass? if we have to farm specific items from the Heroic encounters that is fine , no problem with that at all , well there wouldn't be a problem if I could actually get to the HE's I need to farm to get the items I need , I just spent almost 2 hours stuck on instance #11 of Ice Wind pass , plenty of 2-3 man heroics were spawning and 1 Rhamoraz (spelling) spawned but not one single 4-6 man HE spawned ( I tried to go in and out of Caer konig maybe 15-20 times but it dumped me back in #11 every time) , all the time the pvp motherlode HE was up and didn't despawn so maybe that could be why non of the mid range HE's spawned but this entire not being able to choose which instance is really annoying , please unlock the change instance button.

It for PvP reasons no doubt. Even though it accomplishes exactly nothing at all anyway because you can just rezone once in a group that ins the instance you desire.

iambecks1 · June 2014

damnataanimus wrote: »

It for PvP reasons no doubt. Even though it accomplishes exactly nothing at all anyway because you can just rezone once in a group that ins the instance you desire.

We know now , the thread is like a month old and the guy above you necroed it for some reason xD

damnataanimus · June 2014

Sight this is why I should probably check the dates but meh lol

Why can't we change instances at will in Icewind pass?

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