Will large ships like the Javelin, Bengal, or even bigger behave similar to the space stations and exist in all instances at once or will they get matched into single instances somehow?asked by Raging Simian
TL;DRThe very biggest capturable ships will stay instanced like space stations, existing in only one instance, with matchmaking deciding which players are placed in that instance.
It depends, but the very biggest ones that you can fight and take over, will still be instanced. You can't have a single bengal over 4 instances being fought to be taken over all at once for example. We'll have similar rules for instances where the bigger ships exists as we'll have with space stations and asteroid bases. Space stations exist in just one instance, and that instance can't be copied. The difference is if you're in orbit around Earth for example, there might be thousands of people around there, so there might be 100 people per instance and 1000 players, there might be 10 different instances supporting them, which could potentially be at different places around Earth. If you're one of those players you'll never really be able to see ALL the players around Earth at once, and the people you DO see will be those that are friends, POI's or enemies. In the case of a space station or bengals etc, only one of those instances would have that large ship/station in it to be able to be taken over. There might only ever be 100 people that would be on-board or approaching, or fighting the ship at any time, and the matchmaking system would play a part in who gets put in that particular instance.