Ok I have said this before but I want to expand on it. The way the game creates instances, and chooses which one people go in is bad. Groups get separated all the time, and the way it works doesn’t make sense.
Right now, I have seen it create whole new instances just for 1 player, it’s a regular thing that happens. I would be with a group, we would warp into a sector, then all of the team but me go into the same instance, I fly around, look for other people in the sector, and it’s empty. Aside from AI.
So here are some suggestions:
- Make sure all players go into a single instance until that one is full, or can’t handle more players. (The difference is a set amount, and a check that sees if the server is lagging from the amount of players)
- For the above suggestion, do some tests to see how many people it can handle before the game begins to lag, that way you can find a good number to handle. Also include moving objects like cargo ships, ai, rocks, etc.
Problems that could arise will putting people into the same instance are
- Groups of pvp’ers would sit there and camp killing everyone, but that’s what station protection is for. Unless its an unprotected sector, but even then you shouldn’t be out there if you can’t fight well.
- Getting loot would be a bit harder if there is a lot of people, making the grind worse, but there is tons of other sectors either way.
By improving the instance thing , and creating less instances, it reduces the servers processor usage, therefore reducing server costs for star conflict in the long run, if they pay for power to the servers.
It’s been a long time since invasion was created, and the issue of groups being separated has never been fixed.
As a corporation leader, I like to show new players around invasion, and it’s not a good impression for new players that the game separates groups.
Lets make this post popular, and get it fixed!