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<p>72.65.70.109: </p> <hr /> <div>In ''[[MMORPG]]''s, an '''instance dungeon''' is a special area, typically a [[Dungeon (games)|dungeon]], that generates a new copy, or instance, for each group that enters the area. This ensures that there will never be competition ([[kill stealing]], [[spawn camping]]) over [[mob (computer gaming)|mobs]] within the instance and that [[player character]]s receive a minimum of [[lag]]. Instance dungeons may contain stronger than usual mobs and sought-after equipment.<br /> <br /> Games that have been known to use instancing include ''[[EverQuest]]'', ''[[Anarchy Online]]'', ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''[[Guild Wars]]''. The latter uses instancing extensively to help make the product free of monthly fees.<br /> <br /> ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' and ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]'' also use this for Dungeons, but do not or only partly generate it randomly.<br /> <br /> The use of instancing is a hotly debated topic among the MMORPG industry.<br /> <br /> ''[[EVE Online]]'' uses no instancing and only one game server. The highest number of players that have concurrently logged into EVE Online recently reached '''22,020''' on January 2nd, 2006 at 20:44. This is the current world record for highest number of players connected to a single game server without the use of instancing.<br /> <br /> Though ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has the largets player base, according to rough calculations servers become full at 2,400 players. After which a log-in queue is utilized, barring players from joining the server until others have left.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{rpg-cvg-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Computer and video game gameplay]]<br /> [[Category:Massively multiplayer online role-playing games]]</div>

72.65.70.109 https://ideawaza.com/index.php?title=Instance_dungeon&diff=72021 2006-01-08T03:20:27Z

<p>72.65.70.109: </p> <hr /> <div>In ''[[MMORPG]]''s, an '''instance dungeon''' is a special area, typically a [[Dungeon (games)|dungeon]], that generates a new copy, or instance, for each group that enters the area. This ensures that there will never be competition ([[kill stealing]], [[spawn camping]]) over [[mob (computer gaming)|mobs]] within the instance and that [[player character]]s receive a minimum of [[lag]]. Instance dungeons may contain stronger than usual mobs and sought-after equipment.<br /> <br /> Games that have been known to use instancing include ''[[EverQuest]]'', ''[[Anarchy Online]]'', ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''[[Guild Wars]]''. The latter uses instancing extensively to help make the product free of monthly fees.<br /> <br /> ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' and ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]'' also use this for Dungeons, but do not or only partly generate it randomly.<br /> <br /> The use of instancing is a hotly debated topic among the MMORPG industry.<br /> <br /> ''[[EVE Online]]'' uses no instancing and only one game server. The highest number of players that have concurrently logged into EVE Online recently reached '''22,020''' on January 2nd, 2006 at 20:44. This is the current world record for highest number of players connected to a single game server without the use of instancing.<br /> <br /> According to rough calculations, [[World of Warcraft]]'s servers become full at 2,400 players, after which a log-in queue is utilized, barring players from joining the server until others have left.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{rpg-cvg-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Computer and video game gameplay]]<br /> [[Category:Massively multiplayer online role-playing games]]</div>

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