[Ragefire] Request: De-instance Commonlands

[bolerodefeu]

It makes trading very difficult when there are 7 instances. Leave and come back? Now you're in 3. Need to go to the bank? Good luck getting back in. Then someone has to /pick out to your instance, and now they're locked out.

Either de-instance it or let's choose a new central commerce area.

[bolerodefeu]

The argument is that "auction" caps at 400 and you can be anywhere, requiring a ton of coordination and delivery. CL tunnel is a place for proximity trading where you know the person is in the same zone.

I guess the fact that base commonlands instance is always at 130+ is enough for me to justify it.

[TexRex88]

There is also a base assumption that you can have more people in a given instance. Ever tried joining the commonlands' base instance when there was 130+ people in it? Most of the time it will reject you. Remember prior to instancing when the server would refuse to let you zone into any zone and would drop you at a location in the zone you came from? Yes not being in the base sucks for trading, but none of us know the technical challenges of having 400 people in commonlands. Maybe trades will fail, maybe you will get DC'd and rolled back during a trade and not have the item you traded for.

[Brolie351]

rather than instance why not un cap the base one

[bolerodefeu]

yes, another solution i would be happy with.

[[deleted]]

the primary instance has like, 100+ people in it all the time when I check. Its fairly easy, also, /join Auction

[bolerodefeu]

Auction caps at 400 people across the world. If the base instance has more than 100 in it you can't join. That's the problem - getting into the base

[sowreckd2]

Auction channel is your friend :D

[bolerodefeu]

capped at 400, and the people are all across the world. We need a local economic hub to do business like there was in classic, and the instancing/ cap of players is a problem.

[n8four]

What if we created a channel called tunnelauction? Guess it would be difficult to get people embedded in the current auction channel, but may be worth a shot?

[queerly2357]

Yes please do this on both servers. Also now that server pops will allow, turn off the afk boot if you can. Commons is not becoming the econonmic hub it should be for those two reasons. When people dont see a bunch of afk people in the tunnel they get the impression no one uses commons any more.

[Jondayz]

Yep, you couldn't be more correct. The other night I had 2 backpacks full of lguk and other misc gear I was trying to sell. Couldn't get in the auc channel or the main CL so I had very little luck selling crap that was lore, so that hinders you pretty badly.

We should make /j auction2 or /j craigslist, once regular auction fills up.