Plains Matchmaking Suggestions

[AeneasofTroy]

Squad Instances
I've got friends who are both in North America and in Europe and it would be a HUGE quality of life improvement that when when a player joins a squad in Cetus, all squad mates would be on the same instance. Currently if you either return to Cetus from the Plains or enter Cetus in a squad of mixed-region players, the players will be scattered across different instances depending on their region. You cannot walk back out onto the plains for either free-roam or for a bounty when this happens (see the eternal "waiting for other players" that people will get while they are all waiting at the gate but cannot see each other because they are in different instances).

Return to Cetus after Bounty/Free-Roam
Another recommended addition would be to have a visual popup or notification from the Lotus if squadmates have returned to the gates of Cetus and are waiting for the rest of their squad. Currently the system relies on squads having active communication with each other, which can quickly fall through if someone doesn't check squad chat, is in another chat channel and doesn't notice the new messages, or is AFK (where a timer system similar to regular mission extractions might come in use).