DPS, how do you do it?

Second monitor.

Kind of funny, sometimes when I'm on a dps, my queue is faster than with a healer or tank.

I usually craft or right now do Shared FATEs working on that. I try to do something I can finish quickly if the queue pops so no quests or MSQ or anything while I'm waiting.

I don't do DF content as my main focus. It's not really needed for anything. I may have to wait longer in PF but that's a good opportunity to re-watch the guide. Solo content and fates are not fun to do as a tank or healer.

I go out and hit rocks with my pick

I do Trusts on DPS for my Alt. Healer/Tank if I want to group with players.

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Originally Posted by NegativeS

Ever since I've started playing exclusively healers and tanks (I'm a healer and tank kind of guy, I like healing and I like tanking even outside of MMOs) I've become drunk on the 30 second queue times.

Yet, when I decided it's time to start levelling RDM or BRD again, I was hit with a 17 minute queue and all my attention span went soaring out the window.

People who play DPS, how do you do it? How do you do the queue every time?

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It's quite easy really, I just play the only role in the game that has more than a rote, 3 button (or less) rotation. Queues go quick when I know I'll actually not fall asleep when the queues pop.

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Originally Posted by NegativeS

Ever since I've started playing exclusively healers and tanks (I'm a healer and tank kind of guy, I like healing and I like tanking even outside of MMOs) I've become drunk on the 30 second queue times.

Yet, when I decided it's time to start levelling RDM or BRD again, I was hit with a 17 minute queue and all my attention span went soaring out the window.

People who play DPS, how do you do it? How do you do the queue every time?

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For leveling DPS outside of the leveling roulette/main scenario roulette, I've been using the trusts. Sure they don't clear the dungeons as fast as real players but there's also no queue. The EW trusts also seem to do more incidental aoe compared to the ShB trusts, so my clear times aren't abysmal. My best time was 27 minutes which isn't bad for npc's imo and certainly makes up for sitting in a queue twiddling my thumbs.

I do it easily because I come from FFXI where monks would be LFG for weeks sitting at lvl60 lmao, 30 minutes is nothing.

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Originally Posted by NegativeS

Ever since I've started playing exclusively healers and tanks (I'm a healer and tank kind of guy, I like healing and I like tanking even outside of MMOs) I've become drunk on the 30 second queue times.

Yet, when I decided it's time to start levelling RDM or BRD again, I was hit with a 17 minute queue and all my attention span went soaring out the window.

People who play DPS, how do you do it? How do you do the queue every time?

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1. Multitask. I'm pretty much always reading something. Sometimes watching something. There's also in game stuff you can do while queuing, like say gathering (or crafting but that's riskier if it's not a quick craft, lol). Sometimes I get up to do chores that are within an earshot of my computer. Or I play another game that can be paused.
2. Have tank/healer friends to queue with. Or even a DPS friend that you can pass time chatting with.

I usually don't bother, I mostly queue with friends