Sanctum Sprint "late start" penalty is nonsensical and should be removed

[Leablo.2651]

If you are placed into an SS instance you can be shown a message about having a late start (I believe it's based on the time remaining), and consequently not receiving any rewards. Sure enough, it won't give you a chest at the end. There are several issues with the philosophy behind this.

 

* What is a late start? You can already be placed normally into an instance with players already halfway through the race. Why does the timer suddenly matter?

* Whatever the late start condition is, the game already knows that it applies and should not put players into the instance if that is the case. It should be closed to new joins and players coming into the map should be given a new instance. A late start never has to happen.

* A player who joins late is at a disadvantage already. Why are they further penalized by having their time wasted? The chest rewards are nothing to speak of anyway, but more to the point, late starts also count against the Frequent Sprinter achievement which takes 15 rounds to produce one yellow gear, and 150 total rounds to complete the AP for it. Cut players a break and let them collect the meager rewards if you are going to waste their time placing them in dead instances.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

How does it waste time? It's not like you are stuck there.

[KidRoleplay.3615]

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> How does it waste time? It's not like you are stuck there.

 

It's because it puts you in an instance where you'll not get rewarded for completing it as opposed to having the system create a new instance for you removing the need to wait for the instance to reset.

 

Cheers.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Have you tried leaving? Whenever that happens to me, I just leave, and when I re-enter I'm in a different instance.

 

I mean, it's great to have a concern about it, but it's unlikely to change; thus, you are better off using any kind of work-arounds.

 

Good luck.

[Solvar.7953]

Maybe if Anet fixed this, they could apply that fix to other group events (clocktower comes to mind, as well as some of the winterday ones). Dumping people into an instance with 1 minute left to go makes no sense.