Instance reset method.

[gormless]

Has anyone found a better way to reset instances than inviting a friend, promoting them, log out, they reset, and then sign back in and regroup?

I tried with an alt but it seems it can’t reset the instance. Is there a level requirement ?

[Mooni]

The raid reset thing worked for me. Convert to raid, promote account #2 to leader, log out account #1, log in account #1's level 1 alt, promote account #1's alt to raid leader, log out accounts #2-#5, account #1's alt reset all instances.
Then switch account #1 back to your main and log in accounts #2 through #5. You can then kick the low level alt and convert back to group if need be (for quest objectives).
Following this simple 96-step process, anyone can reset an instance without timing out the hourly instance limit.

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[nodoze]

... Following this simple 96-step process ...

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Reading 96 steps caused me to go o.O and go back and re-read the steps to actually count the steps... And then I lost count debating on whether each account logging out/in counts as a step, then then gave up... ;-)

Is that a phone typo or was that an intended pun (or did you actually some how come up with 96 steps )?

[Mooni]

And then I lost count debating on whether each account logging out/in counts as a step, then then gave up... ;-)

Pardon my hyperbole. I guess you could call it a 3-step process if you really want to count loosely.

1) convert to raid
2) switch an account and promote them then log everyone else out
3) reset the instance while your core players are logged out



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[Andreauk]

Have seen a few people mention this - not sure if it works though?

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...es-camp/139183

[nodoze]

Have seen a few people mention this - not sure if it works though?

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...es-camp/139183

If it does work the way described with you reappearing outside the entrance it may cause you issues if people are camping the entrance.

If I understood the earlier approach's discussion in other threads I thought part of the beauty of that approach was that you would relog back inside the instance (but maybe I misunderstood).

[gormless]

When I use a friend to do this, it puts me at the entrance inside the instance. If I am out of the instance group it hearths you even if hearth is on cooldown. As far as I can tell there is no way to be ported to the entrance outside the entrance.

I haven't tried again with an alt. It wasn't letting my level 1 alt do the reset but will retry again since someone said it works.

With a friend we've got it to about 30 seconds to go from the end of the instance to starting fresh. With an alt it will be about a minute and some change.

[Twl231]

Yes, have a lock in your party

1. Make a toon (not the lock) leader.....hearth...sell and repair
2. Log out the other 4 accounts
3. Reset instance on leader
4. log back in
5. Go outside instance and summon leader back.

Reset complete.

[gormless]

Oddly enough, if I log out account 5, invite alt #5 (triggering the convert to raid), promote alt #5, and log out 1-4, that doesn't work.

If I convert to raid manually, promote account 2, log out 1, log in 1 alt, invite and promote Alt #1, log out 2-5, then the alt on #1 can reset instance fine.

I haven't gone back to see if it is the manual convert to raid or the alt on 1 vs 5 that is causing my issue but I just do it your way now and it works.

EDIT: And I like this way because it avoids zoning out and potentially getting ganked by never leaving the instance. I tend to go back only when gear is broken or all bag space is full on all characters.

[nodoze]

Yes, have a lock in your party

1. Make a toon (not the lock) leader.....hearth...sell and repair
2. Log out the other 4 accounts
3. Reset instance on leader
4. log back in
5. Go outside instance and summon leader back.

Reset complete.

At least on a PVP server it is not always wise to go outside the instance to reset it which is in large part why many people are interested in the reset method that end up with your characters never going outside.

On a related note there was a discussion awhile back about summoning a looter inside an instance and once he/she gets the button to accept the summons you could hearth and have almost 2 minutes to sell/repair and then accept the summons before it expires and end up back in the instance.

Did anyone try this and confirm whether this works on Classic or not?