I don't play on your datacenter, but from experience super long wait times like that are a result of withdraws breaking the queue. If too many 7/8s happen it bugs out and will go on forever until you leave and requeue.
No need to.
My FC mate saw the golden lion set, decided to start PvP and get the set.
He got rank 40 in 2 weeks and got PLD and the WAR set, and he is currently finishing off the MNK set and planning on getting BRD next.
Those who wants the new gear enough had no problems getting them.
There is no way that someone that started off at rank 1 got to 40 in just two weeks of legitimate PvP. Even when pvp fist came out and we premaded with 3 people/pulling all nighters and winning every match at a queue time of about 3-5 mins (we usually won matches in about 20-30 seconds unless we played another premade which matches got up to usually 5 mins), it still took almost 3 weeks to hit rank 30.. Granted they boosted the exp/marks since then, but queue times have gotten terrible, on average at my rank its usually 10 mins if I'm lucky, upwards to 30 mins on average.. It might be a different story though if they started off at 30.. Even then, one healer I know whos 40 right now spent 3 weeks of legit PvP, playing literally EVERY waking moment all day/night just to hit 40.. and that's with healer queues too
The only thing we can do is wait for frontlines and hope for the best.. But considering that frontlines has been pushed back many times and has taken a while to come out, it should be good.. hopefully
Coff coff wintraders coff coff unless he was rank 30, but i meet rank 30 who played with me, and they are close to rank 40, It's imposibru than a legit player can buy 2 gears and complete another one.
3 weeks ago, I was rank 10, now i am 22. 5-30 mins queue. The first week, queue was fast, from rank 18+ it's taken too long.
I don't think the rewards are the problem but doing the same fight with same music in the same room over and over is just not that fun.
If pvp had more to it then people would try it more than once.
Seriously they should add a lot more variety in there in the way battles are set up.
I've tried it enough to know it's not worth the long wait. As much as I want the gear, I don't like waiting an hour or more in a queue just to get shit for wolf marks even if I win.
It's the same thing in WoW, about 4 arenas and originally only had 2-3 arenas to start with.. Only difference is they have a ladder/rating system and they also have battlegrounds to help gear up for arena.. Which we will soon have aka "Frontlines" and I'm sure they will eventually add more maps for wolves den.
And I remember someone saying that they are dissapointed that wolves den will be "the real pvp" and not frontlines. Not sure what you mean by "real pvp" , but if you mean ladder/rating, that's how it is for most games, whereas battlegrounds/frontlines/castle wars are usually for gearing up.
They are adding variety but you have to give them time, the game is only like 6 months old? And take into consideration this is SE's first serious attempt at PvP