Please let us vote on TLP Instancing

The only way to truly know what the players want in regards to instancing raids on the upcoming TLP server is to poll us.

What would YOU like to see in a poll?

A simple YES/NO?

Or perhaps something more specific:

1. Instance all open world raids.

2. Instance some open world raids.

3. Instances & non-instances of open world raids.

4. No instancing of open world raids.

Whether you're FOR or AGAINST the instancing of open world raids, lets spread the desire to put it to a vote!

Here's some forum signature propaganda:

Wear it with pride!

Seconded- let the People of Norrath decide.

I agree.

To be honest, I'd even remove the TLP part. Existing servers could benefit by it too in many cases.

And of course would cultivate more votes for since they don't tend to poll just server while it's pre-production like this.

A blind Y/N going to Live players many of which have no intentions to TLP could well end in another 51/50 issue from irrelevant voters influencing things.

We believe that more people are for than against. Let us prove it to you with accounts!

Polls take very little effort so let's do it.

Part of the classic feel people desire is having people everywhere. Instancing group zones would encourage boxers and take away from the appeal of what it's like to have to work with other people. The problem we're addressing is the initial overcrowding in group zones and the backlog of people who want to raid, but can't due to the people using hacks, training, and contesting every single mob winning.

I would much rather have more than 1 server or reduced open world raid boss timers than instances. 18 hour spawn timers on major bosses for slower paced servers will most definitely be a better option than instances to me.

Hmmm

People are referring to instancing raid targets / planar zones, not normal dungeons, that really would be throwing the baby out with the bath water...

They are talking about raid mobs, not exp group stuff - I can't see how it would change having people every coz raids wouldn't last long and they would then come out to exp.

And not removing the uninstanced versions either - so there would often be groups "camping out the spawn" for Nagafen or whatever raidwise as well.

There's one for all the gnome haters. I have no life... Summer can't come soon enough!

I see that now, I just got up so I guess I didn't fully digest what I read. However I am still curious as to what people think of reduced spawn timers instead of instancing.'

And for what it's worth, I would much rather have instanced open world raid targets than have 1 server with normal spawn timers.

You had me till i saw a gnome!

Gnomes > High elfs

Ohh thanks i see the gnome edit..

Just to be awkward, a combination of;

2. Instance some open world raids.
3. Instances & non-instances of open world raids.

Is this some weird 'rock > paper > scissors' version?

Hooray! Switching (Although Erud > *)

Nope, its fact. Gnomes are better than high elfs.

We need a poll over which race should be the representative for the Let us Vote on TLP Instancing sig.

Hmmm

Reducing the spawn time for the raid targets would only reward the hard core raiders, they would be able to gear up faster. I support decreasing the spawn time for the normal mobs in the Planes of Fear, Hate and Sky though, doing so would help to eliminate some of the blocking that occurred (I am mostly thinking about keys in PoS).

Vote or not, the results would probably the same- they just don't want to spend the time to do it. Here's for hoping though!

Put in something that will banish the previous killers of the mob until it has respawned and been killed once.

However, even what you say would be a better result - hardcore raiders would get geared up faster and they'd move on faster.