How does the queue system probably work for frontlines?

Does anyone know how the queue system probably could work? I just wondering why a friend of mine gets into 4+ frontlines games (Same GC, Same data centre, almost same rank (40/45), same job, same search opions) while i am not getting any queue to pop in the same time. Usually this scenario doesnt happen just once, its basicly always the case. I am already kinda sure, that the system isnt just putting random ppl together. There must be a hidden mechanic wich decides who gets in and who not just like Wolfs Den, where Rank actually matters (Not saying that Rank is a thing is fl tho)

So i do know, that searching for different languages and gc can affect the queue time, but i always wonder why that scenario i have mentioned happen that often.

Edit: If there wouldnt be a hidden mechanic the player who queues first would get in before someone else who starts searching some time later.

Yeah I agree that's annoyed as hell. The only thing I can think of (besides whatever's hidden we don't know about) might be if one is queues for roulette and the other slaughter only. I've done roulette to try and grab the daily poetics bonus and had others bypass me while my queue time fluctuated because it kept swapping me between Slaughter and Secure which I could tell was the case based on the time estimate fluctuating. I'm pretty much convinced that In Progress joins are Last Come First Serve which I don't like.

How does the queue system probably work for frontlines?

hmmm for me FL only pop when im afk for 2-3min ;D

For example what just happened was that i did queue for slaughter and did almost hit 40 minutes, then i did cancel and requeue immediately and got a instant in progress.

Some people believe that you get stuck into an unfinished group. So take for example a Syrcus tower party you need 1 tank that has english clicked. But the tank ques up with a healer friend and starts a whole new group. So new dps and healers are filling up that group while your group doesn't fill up.

I understand that doesn't truly explain what happens. But SE refuses to comment about the system they use. And all we can do is use observation. As I am sure you have seen no oe lets que get to 30 mins. And in fact if I know a new match has popped I reque. I never get any penalty and on a busy night I almost always get into that match. Its also why in linkshell if I know people are queing I say pop when I go in. Because I have actually had matches where I knew 3 people were in que and it never filled.

This happens to me and some friends too.
Same GC, same FC, queue together, one gets the DF pop, the other doesnt.
The one who did enter FL re-queue, gets another pop after 5-15min, the other poor guy still waiting for his 1st queue which hasn't popped yet.

It changes every day or so who is the lucky guy and who is not.
But it does happen a lot.





One thing I noticed is that you should exit Frontlines as soon as possible.
And re-queue as soon as possible too.

It usually takes 30+min for me to get the 1st queue. (Sometimes 60+min when I'm the unlucky guy of the day)
But when someone wins FL and I leave and re-queue really fast, I'll get another FL pop in 5-10min.
And it happens quite consistently every day.

I wish we could see a live queue of how many of each GC are waiting for a match and if we're in for a 24 or 72. :/