Night Market player cap is TOO LOW

Silmos · May 23

As title says, each instance has a cap on the amount of players able to be in it, and from what I've experienced it's just too damn low. It's happened way too many times where I've joined a group via the Group Finder, ported to the leader's instance, only to not being able to find my group where they are, due to the instance apparently being full and thus porting me into an alternate instance instead. Please, ZOS, surely the Night Market can handle a higher player base per instance than what is currently allowed? This is becoming an increasingly frustrating problem for many of us.. What is the reason for the low cap? @ZOS_Kevin

tsaescishoeshiner · May 23

For people I've seen, this issue of joining a group and not being able to find them on a map started with the most recent instance-related fix that also fixed the faceted spawns and Parch race.

So I'm not sure that it's the cap and not some other grouping issue. People I've seen with the issue have fixed it by re-porting to the group lead.

Zones usually have a higher cap for players porting to players than just wayshrining there, anyway.

Orbital78 · May 23

The main issue is that newer players cannot do the harder encounters like skirmishes as one 12 man, I've seen 2nd and 3rd groups quite often. It is the first time I have seen "companions temporarily disabled" sort of message in this game as well.

I'm unsure if the 36 player cap is per district or the whole instance (3 dist and courtyard area).

LunaFlora · May 23

i wish it were at least double, 70+ is better than 36, but i assume it might be as low as it is for performance

SANGUARI · May 23

I think the current instance cap is pretty much perfect for organized 12-man groups. If too many players get pushed into the same instance, boss flow starts breaking apart, rotations desync, and you end up waiting around more often. Even right now, if there are 2 groups in the same instance, you can already miss a Calamitous boss or end up waiting for Skirmish.

noblecron · May 23

another issue is and I noticed on my alt account. A lot of groups won't accept below CP levels which I dont blame them becasue my poor lowbie without cp kept getting one shot in there but it still sad.

Gabriel_H · May 24

Silmos wrote: »

As title says, each instance has a cap on the amount of players able to be in it, and from what I've experienced it's just too damn low. It's happened way too many times where I've joined a group via the Group Finder, ported to the leader's instance, only to not being able to find my group where they are, due to the instance apparently being full and thus porting me into an alternate instance instead. Please, ZOS, surely the Night Market can handle a higher player base per instance than what is currently allowed? This is becoming an increasingly frustrating problem for many of us.. What is the reason for the low cap? @ZOS_Kevin

Re-Try the port. It takes the server a minute or two to temporarily extend the cap.

The reason for the cap? An Argent can be decimated in under 2 minutes with 12 average players. With 36 it would be a meaningless fight, much like the camps in Solstice were.

Silmos · May 24

I've tried re-porting to leader several times, yet it still won't work. Several of us had to abandon group because we couldn't get to them, unfortunately.

I understand if too many players are in the Parch at the same time then the bosses will burn quickly, but seeing as the cap applies to the entire Night Market then I do feel it's still a bit too low. If it was per area then I would get it, alas..