Multiple Townes?

[flaimdude]

I think it's cool that players can no longer host Townes, but why are there still 6 Townes open to join? Shouldn't there be one central Towne? :| Just wondering.

[darrensmith016]

I think it's because Towns can only host a limited number of players ATM

[Justg]

Itsa comin'

[Reaper]

DunDunDuuuuun!

[darrensmith016]

I can't wait for that, massive meeting place, great to arrange quests

[flaimdude]

Itsa comin'

Yay! I can't wait!

[asommers]

There's a instance limit of 25 players in townes. If a towne is full, another instance is created. We don't shut down townes with active players, so that's why you will see multiple townes. There's also a load balancing reason for multiple townes, but I won't detail that here.

-ALS

[Esus]

So how are supposed to choose which towne we want to go to if we cant create them oursevles?

[TheBaconKing]

So how are supposed to choose which towne we want to go to if we cant create them oursevles?

Like you do when you choose any other game.. They are still open to join, just players themselves cannot make them. If you want to join a friends then just click join on the friends page.

[Obliteration]

So how are supposed to choose which towne we want to go to if we cant create them oursevles?

Just hit go to towne.

[Rebel]

I like the giant meeting place idea, but watch out for the lag, because it could get pretty bad.

[Esus]

Right Obliteration I know that, but what about the fact that theres New townes to go to...how do we choose which one we go to?

[TheBaconKing]

...how do we choose which one we go to?

I just said how to a few posts back..

Just go to play, and choose one of the townes open. They are created by the server, cause there can be only a max of 25 in a towne at once due to lag. On the 25 limit, I think thats what I read by a dev.

[Esus]

I was under the impression that there were new townes coming out, meaning townes other than Forest Haven. pressing enter towne will take u to a random towne of its choosing?

[TheBaconKing]

I was under the impression that there were new townes coming out, meaning townes other than Forest Haven. pressing enter towne will take u to a random towne of its choosing?

Correct, and there are new townes coming out in the future, as well as a world map. I assume we will choose which towne to go to in the world map, but as it has not been released, or talked about in detail by the devs, I don't know for sure.

[Futumsh]

When we put in the multiple towns, the 'enter towne' button will instead take you to a map where you select the towne.

[PvP]

When we put in the multiple towns, the 'enter towne' button will instead take you to a map where you select the towne.

Makes me wonder what other advantages or systems they will have in these other towns, or perhaps they're just for chatting...

[KongsNutz]

From my understanding, these other townes will have different vendors and traders.

I wonder if it's possible (Justg) to have more than 25 players in a towne/instance or is that just not possible for iPhone/iPod/iPad?

[Hai5]

Can you make the chat universal? Like the town contains only 25 players so only 25 can communicate each other, can you make it so hundreds can communicate with each other?

[asommers]

From my understanding, these other townes will have different vendors and traders.

I wonder if it's possible (Justg) to have more than 25 players in a towne/instance or is that just not possible for iPhone/iPod/iPad?

25 is the limit we have chosen per towne instance. However, you can freely join any towne instance you want (from the join page) if you want to join a specific instance. Eventually, Enter Towne will be smarter with regard to putting you in a towne instance that your friends/guild/group members are in.

-ALS