Frontline: Broken Queue or Broken Downscaling? Both?

I see Downscales to 48 all the time in the AM 6-9 EST.
If you aren't getting these, must be one GC just not queuing

I just finally withdrew waiting for a queue pop on Primal Data Center (Maelstrom) after 114 minutes. It would be splendid to get a downscaled game just so I could actually be PLAYING as opposed to sitting around trying to make sure I don't miss it while I step away from the computer to grab a drink.

Maybe the system count average of all players. Like if Twin Adder have 5min ques and maelstrom 50min que. The system calculate what is average of all players instead of each grand company, I think. If i que in the middle of day, queue times are usually 1 - 10min for me.

I just have to ask are you guys queuing with "Join in Progress" selected? Because I rarely have that long of a queue

I am not sure from your region. More or less, there are only few people doing Frontline. Also, when you go to "Duty Finder" make sure that the letters of "JEDF" for language (Below Role) are being highlighted for you to join others as well. Normally, if you only have selected one language to queue then it will take longer and may not connect.

If you think the game is dying, why are we still in forum discussing frontline and other stuff. Right?

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Originally Posted by Madeiner

I don't understand this.
Is the queue timer high because not enough people are playing the game? I mean, how many people are playing in each region? Has to be thousands at a time, right? You are telling me there are not enough people to form ONE match per region? In entire europe/america region there are less than 70 people queuing for frontlines? If so, the game must surely be dying...
There has to be another explanation

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I beleives it is because not enouch Twin Adders to sustain Frontline. Malestorm and Immortal Flames are just too popular. If I que pass 1:00 AM EST, I get pull into another match right after one is finish.

Guess what? Twin Adders need more people to boost up our rank :cool:

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Originally Posted by Xmbei

I just have to ask are you guys queuing with "Join in Progress" selected? Because I rarely have that long of a queue

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^ this.

My gut reaction to OP's situation is it is possible the system is hiccuping if too many are in queue but aren't doing join in progress, and it's got X amount of games going that need to be filled. I have no data to back this up but it seems like I get into join in progress ones fairly fast (malestorm), and I don't think I ever seem to get a group that's already 16x16x16 at the start.

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Originally Posted by Allyra

^ this.

My gut reaction to OP's situation is it is possible the system is hiccuping if too many are in queue but aren't doing join in progress, and it's got X amount of games going that need to be filled. I have no data to back this up but it seems like I get into join in progress ones fairly fast (malestorm), and I don't think I ever seem to get a group that's already 16x16x16 at the start.

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I have in progress and all languages set up and still manage to easily go 60+ minutes without a pop.

If parties could do Join in Progress for Frontlines at least, that would help... perhaps the system is getting logjammed with parties of various sizes it can't drop into In Progress runs, and it's waiting on those to finish out before starting the next one, and so on, and not pulling in solo-queuers who registered as join in progress later on. But that's all theorizing, all I can say for sure is that I'm very disappointed to yet again be at a point in this game where I'm spending my time WAITING to do the things I want, vs. actually doing getting to do them. The only other games I know of that involve so much unnecessary waiting are the ones on my iPad where they want me to spend gems to speed up a timer on something (like the virtual race car I bought with winnings being able to be 'delivered' instantly for $1.99 vs. waiting 6 hours). Of course that's not a very accurate example... after all, with those games I don't pay money for stupid IAP's and just accept the wait and move on to something else, whereas here I've ALREADY paid, and in doing so bought the privilege of waiting.

I think the que system in general is just effed.

Ive seen this multiple times: Two people que at the same time. One person gets 3 pops in the span of 45 minutes, the other person in left in que for 45 minutes. They both have all languages checked, and in progress checked.

SE PLZ