It's an MMO, each instance takes server processing, so it won't happen.

ESO has a system of Phasing that removes players when you want them and adds them when you don't.

I can't shake the feeling the need for these private instances is more connected to ERP than anything else.

Well, technology for this allready exists because all the solo instances like vampire, werewolf, story, guild mission areas inside building etc allready use it.

I just hope they are really planning to extent is as much as possible to give this option for private instances.. The all possibilities of RP adventures and atmpospheric immersion.. Not to mention that ERP stuff :P

All in all these areas inside everywhere seem to be designer for 1 player judging from difficulty so i would not be surprised to see this feature one day, i would be very thankful if it happens.

GnatB wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

It's an MMO, each instance takes server processing, so it won't happen.

Tell that to SWTOR.

I agree with OP, one of the quests in the first big city other than the new area for DC, IIRC you're supposedly sneaking into some guys house to steal something. Doesn't feel all that sneaky when there's somebody else rampaging around killing everybody.

Also sucks when you run into the boss of an area and don't really get to participate.

Swtor is a different game, built on a different engine.

But I do understand the problem, but it is an MMO, so you are going to get that.

If they add a single player instance option, then a large proportion will use it, which will use up the server's processing power, and make the lag we currently experience look mild.

for crying out loud, this is a MMO not a single player game. You need to have random people running around to complete the mmo part of it. If not then this would be a half baked single player game.

I 100% agree with you. People's crappy names, and sloppy playing styles ruin the immersion for me and my friends when we are getting into a story etc. I know a private instance can be done for STO, and NW did it. That would also allow people to not have to wait after a group slays everything in a delve, and have 3 second boss battles. But as we all know this would only apply to separate inner cells and not the open world part of the game.

I am in no way wishing private instances for the whole open world, when in open world, i actually love the diversity of players (Exept templars that poke everything with glowing stick of truth^^). It brings life to Tamriel and also makes sense that you meet many people in your vast travels.

Inside instances are quite different.. What is the fun in these small areas when everything is cleaned allready? And if something is there to try and stop you from venturing forth, some large faceroll group just comes and goes through the whole area like steamtrain and leaves me with emty instance. There is nothing to fight, they often are just run to the end, wait for boss spawn and leave. If i want to fight something with others, i have to keep running with sprint, rush through everything and in the end, left with frustrated feeling since there was no time to watch or sneak and so forth. Often i just tend to wait at entrance for a gap where players dont come in and try to do it my pace when enemies spawn back but too often i dont get even to halfway before someone comes steamrolling again.

These caves, ruins and such that are inside behind a door are supposed to be dark and dangerous places to venture in, other random players often just completely ruin the atmosphere and immersion in these places, nullify all the challenge i could give myself by gimping my gear and outright make sneaking pointless and boring since there is no reason to sneak behind enemies because someone just runs and kills them before you can do anything.

I have also observed these places entrances inside and outside of instance.. When outside, you dont see anyone coming or going in for a long time, sometimes gap between players can be half an hour even on busy play times. When insides, you see people constantly coming and going. It seems odd that outside, nobody is going in but insides people come and go all the time as if caves and such instances are shared with multiple openworld instances if you know what im trying to say.

Anyways, private instances would fix all this for immersion addicts, we could play just as we like, with who we choose and could even make RP events out of dungeon delving with our own private group.

Now private instance is not the same as solo instance. Solo instance is made for just one player while private is for premade groups AND for those who want to go in alone.

Technology allready exists hence storyline and guild quests and the bandwidth, well it does not take more bandwidth. Every player sends and receives unique data all the time, only difference in private instances is that there is no need to send and receive information about other players movements, only about your or your groups interaction data is sent and received. It could actually reduce lag, at least for those choosing to go alone since they dont have to receive extra data from other players interactions. In the end i think the amount of data would be same or less than before but the difference is it is different data which is anyways the case everytime you do something. You never ever receive the exact same data or send exact same data.

It is MMORPG. Nobody is denying that :P Other than being online with others does not require any specific way how you are online with other players. RPG means it is roleplaying game too and that implies much more than the first 3 letters of MMORPG.