Instancing in AoC

[ILikePonies]

Hi Athelan,

Can you confirm I've got the instancing setup for Conan correct (just to be sure we're talking the same language, by instancing I mean merely making a copy of a zone for any reason [for instance I'd call DDO completely instanced, even the city zones], and not just limited to dungeons/raids/etc.)?

Outdoors - not instanced
Cities - not instanced (?)
BKs - not instanced, no player cap (?)
City building interiors - instanced (?)
PvE cities - instanced
Tortage nighttime - instanced
PvP minigames - instanced
Some (all?) dungeons - instanced (some have caps of 100 players)
Anything else I'm missing?

(?) means I'm not clear on whether that's the case, but it's my best guess.

Thanks a bunch.

[Athelan]

Originally Posted by ILikePonies

Hi Athelan,

Can you confirm I've got the instancing setup for Conan correct (just to be sure we're talking the same language, by instancing I mean merely making a copy of a zone for any reason [for instance I'd call DDO completely instanced, even the city zones], and not just limited to dungeons/raids/etc.)?

Outdoors - not instanced
Cities - not instanced (?)
BKs - not instanced, no player cap (?)
City building interiors - instanced (?)
PvE cities - instanced
Tortage nighttime - instanced
PvP minigames - instanced
Some (all?) dungeons - instanced (some have caps of 100 players)
Anything else I'm missing?

(?) means I'm not clear on whether that's the case, but it's my best guess.

Thanks a bunch.

Your summation is generally accurate. We do not instantiate Outdoor area's etc as much as possible, but we do some quest areas, dungeons, PvP mini game areas, and resource and building playfields (PvE player cities)

[FailureToLoad]

I'm bumping this thread to ask a question (which I have also asked in the "ask a question" forum) which has been causing undue amounts of bickering and arguing on the official forums.

Athelan, when you say "we do no instantiate outdoor areas as much as possible" people take that to mean zoning, the use of copying a play-field once a player cap is met, is being implemented in the outdoor areas. Is this correct or is each play-field a single area which never copies?

If zoning is indeed being used, at what point can a player expect it to copy over?

Frankly, I thought your first answer was generally satisfactory, others disagree.

[Caris]

Yes you have posts of Talmudic proportions debating the meaning of "as much as possible."