F^^k Entry Gate

Well at the time, it wasn't a problem. They didn't think people would be making all 20 mythics 24/7 in 2008

And since it only ever ballooned on asura, they've had no reason to re-evaluate.

This. Small tangent: My favorite zone design is Hazhalm for this reason. Each Einherjar room connects to each other in a spiraling/winding down pattern. There's a gate with bars that shows a windy stair case/spiral up or down to the next Einherjar room. The bottom 2 are the darkness-filled Odin chambers.

Personally, I'm tired of queues, but I'll live with it, if SE were to actually implement it. Perhaps queues could be replaced by a global team-up mechanism... but what if you could globally reserve a spot for einherjar or ambuscade? The server reserves your spot for 5 minutes but only once you have 6 people? ...I'm trying to merge the collaboration aspect with the queue aspect. ....bah ...I can already see how this would be abused :(

I hate that place so much for the exact same reason: there's enough material leftover in the DATs and in the game lore to know that Einherjar was actually going to be actual content, a dungeon of some sorts where you would have been able to walk on the connecting corridors (that are currently completely inaccessible).

As usual, budget cutting got there before we did.

This is why we can't have nice things.

I count 3 Lakshmi people in this thread! (I am a bot)

I hope you not counting me. I changed servers over a decade ago and never changed my name here. But there's still 2 people on Lakshmi, Byrth holding it down!

Does Buuki rhyme with Dookie

I guess if you count Geno, Byrth, Myself that technically adds up to 2 "people"?

Geno no!

No entry requirements, no limit on entry, ichor for every kill, mobs respawn in 60s or less, DI style bosses pop randomly and give everyone on hatelist a key item when killed, move from floor to floor based on your key items and fight Odin with all 9.

Two updates after Einherjar II is released, release a special BCNM that allows you to fight Odin for the Elite Einherjar title because, oops, replacing the entire Einherjar system made that unobtainable.

(Honestly, if you put like a 60-hour reset 60 minute limit on it with 30 to 60 minutes of available time extensions, and had enough spawns for the players who showed up for it, that could be better than Coca-Cola Presents New Limbus. Ein was never much more than "fight the things" anyway. Hell, since the whole connected zone exists dummied out in the files, they could even make use of the space between rooms and make it feel like something brand new.)

I look forward to capping out my ichor in 1 day and never doing ein again

Too bad i still have to commit mental sepukku doing nyzul

Galka aren't people. At least that part is true

The problem with minimum party sizes are again people and their bots. I hate having to shout for 2 other people to do delve, its gross.

Minimum party size isn't a fix for congestion, because it always benefits multiboxers over single-character players. It's pretty much an inconvenience for those who don't have extra characters, dressed up as a way to "fix" congestion. The players who would need to benefit from a 3-party minimum the most (the ones left out most of the time) get the least out of it. Multiboxers are already entering with multiple characters, so they don't require anyone to get into the event and join it. At best, 3-party minimum holds back the progress of legitimate single-box players. Backhanded fix.

Again, this comes back to an appropriate duty finder or raid buddy system. You queue solo if there is a 3-character limit, but the game can find players who also want to join for the same event at the same time. Incentivize that you will enter the fight sooner if you pair up with nearby players, which the system can alert you to. If finds people. It prompts you to join up, you review who/jobs/etc bam, you have your party and can enter. Without that system in place, 3-party limit fixes nothing.