Instanced zones?

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• Enigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

  October 2004

  Dungeons are both intanced and static in EQ2.

   if a Dungeon is tailor-specific Quest entry only then it can be Instanced. Other Dungeons are open to the public.

  For example: A Quest dungeon in the beginning of the game is instanced as you and your party can go into their own dungeon. The Hallmark trial quest (to go from Scout to Predator, Fighter to Crusader, etc) is instanced.

  While the public dungeons are the Dark Elves keep, the old Dwarves keep (Stormhold), Wailing Caves, BB, etc. and isn't quest specific (although the dungeon itself isn't a Quest per se, they do have quest specific items, mobs, tasks, etc.)

   

   

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• Shatter Member Posts: 172

  October 2004

  Ahh ok that is what i was hopeing for.

  Few more questions please.

  1. Do mobs respawn in instanced quest zones or do you fight your way to the back and kill the named mob and thats the end of it?

  2.I don't know if you have played coH but the instanced zone missions (quests) would vary in size due to the size of your group. For example the groups of mob's you would enconter in a full group would be about 12 per group but if you had a much smaller group the groups of mob's would be smaller also. I have a feeling your going to say that the groups of mob's are goin to always be the same no matter how many are in your group and that will put a damper on doing some solo quests when you don't have much time to play dureing the day.

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• Enigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

  October 2004

  
  

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  Originally posted by Shatter

  Ahh ok that is what i was hopeing for.

  Few more questions please.

  1. Do mobs respawn in instanced quest zones or do you fight your way to the back and kill the named mob and thats the end of it?

  Typically when you kill a mob in an instanced area you have to leave before they are refreshed. For the most part, the instanced dungeons is like a golf course. You've got the green to get to and anything you take care of along the way will remain gone.

  If you screw something up, then you leave the area. Usually their is a 10 minute penalty before going back in.

  2.I don't know if you have played coH but the instanced zone missions (quests) would vary in size due to the size of your group. For example the groups of mob's you would enconter in a full group would be about 12 per group but if you had a much smaller group the groups of mob's would be smaller also. I have a feeling your going to say that the groups of mob's are goin to always be the same no matter how many are in your group and that will put a damper on doing some solo quests when you don't have much time to play dureing the day.

  Yup, I remember playing CoH. However the mobs stay the same in instanced dungeons (as far as I have seen...it may be different higher up I dont know). The reason many of the instanced dungeon mobs stay the same is because of two things:

  1. Only you can enter it with no group (Hallmark Quests {Fighter to crusador, Scout to Predator, etc})

  2. Many instanced dungeon heavily encourages a group so the area will be more the likley designed for a party anyways

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