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Tyranny of Dragons - overcrowded instances

jasenatovyseru69jasenatovyseru69 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
edited September 2014 in Bug Reports (PC)
This is no bug report, only a suggestion. I'd appreciate any possibility to fight a dragon with the recommended player count, which is next to impossible when players keep spamming times to dragon approach on the Zone chat and private time spamming channels.
If they feel the need to herd like sheep let them. But also give some opportunity to serious players who wish the "epic encounters" to stay really epic. I see nothing epic in killing a dragon with 20+ ppl. All the effects and abilities in one spot only make the game laggy and turn the daily quests into boring duty.
Please consider any form of private sessios or special instances for up to max. 10 players, or something like this. Or make the dragon's power scale up when there's more players then recommended. Thank you in advance.
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  • pelgraxpelgrax Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 486 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    These instance numbers HAVE ALREADY been reduced .
    Previously it wasn't uncommon to see the whispering caverns with an excess of 45 players zerging the dragon down within 5 secs .
    It's a lot better now .
  • chemboy613chemboy613 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,521 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Honestly, when there are 10+ people zerging the dragon, it's not very fun . Normally it's a lagfest and the dragon dies in 60 seconds anyway.

    Many times i have shortmanned the dragon (maybe started with 2-3 players) and you know what? It's FUN, it's not a faceroll and I loved that!

    So I would like them reduced further. Maybe down to 15. Any further and we can't account for the people who are leveling at any given time.
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  • redyummiredyummi Member Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I have only seen massive lag in the Whispering Caverns with 40+ players. I do not see the lag in other locations that are limited to 15-20 players. All the encounters need to be max at 15, problem is some of those in the zone are not doing the dragon encounters, but simply doing leveling up questing. I have seen 15 in a zone and only 3 doing dragon encounter. I agree, something needs to be done.
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Whispering Caverns did have a cap of 40 players per instance, which was lowered to 20 last week. It's much better now. A dragon fight can still go higher from people inviting to party in order to hop in, but you're not going to get nearly as many hangers-on that way.
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