Is the Tower a zone or an instance?

Is the Tower a zone or an instance?

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Posted by: Karizee.8076

Karizee.8076

So running the Tower got me thinking about this – at first glance it seems like a dungeon or instance: It has walls, a portal entrance and a limited amount of players (we know that since it spawns overflow servers). I have no idea how many players it can hold since it is so huge and there are so many levels inside, if I had to guess it would be at least 100 maybe up to 150. You don’t need to be partied to enter. That would make it more like a zone.

Within the Tower are other instances, the 9 Nightmare Chambers and the Nightmare Incarnate instance which can hold anywhere from 1-5 players. You need to be partied to enter as a group and you must complete events in the Tower to unlock the portals which follows a pattern with many open world dungeons.

So if limiting the number of players to 5 or less and requires a party classifies as a dungeon, then how do we account for mini-dungeons in the open world? Some of those have no portal entrances, some of them do, an unlimited amount of players can enter, they don’t need to be partied. Are they dungeons?

But back to the Tower. Tell me dear ArenaNet before I break my brain over this puzzle, did you add a zone or an instance?

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Posted by: EverythingXen.1835

EverythingXen.1835

No confirmation box about entering the tower.

It’s a zone.

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Posted by: Late For Tea.1846

Late For Tea.1846

You don’t get kicked out of the tower when you log out, and will return to the same spot when you log in. This means it has to be a zone, as instances would kick you out.

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Posted by: Karizee.8076

Karizee.8076

Good points! A zone it is.

So following this train of thought, WE, the players, will be destroying a zone with our actions. Some servers will destroy the zone faster than others.

/mindboggled

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Posted by: EverythingXen.1835

EverythingXen.1835

I dont believe that’s true.

I think its just a bar that will keep ticking and end in two weeks, regardless of player actions.

Nice bit of flavor though.

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Posted by: VOLKON.1290

VOLKON.1290

It’s a zone with instances in it.

#TeamJadeQuarry

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Posted by: Rajani Isa.6294

Rajani Isa.6294

So running the Tower got me thinking about this – at first glance it seems like a dungeon or instance: It has walls, a portal entrance and a limited amount of players (we know that since it spawns overflow servers).

Overflow servers are for zones, not dungeons or instances.

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Posted by: Chaotic Storm.2815

Chaotic Storm.2815

Its a zone, The tower feels pretty much like a open world dungeon. Bosses are in those chambers and can be done or skipped at players pleasures. Only requirement I’v seen so far is taking out the road block events. and making sure you got a key from each floor.

#ELEtism