Cut my Seal Rock queue time in half by switching GC

Just wanted to see what the difference would be. Before transfer it was 28 mins. After it was 17. Glad I switched... Will need to level up pvp again, but it was worth it...

Prime time mana datacenter (mael):

http://i.imgur.com/fhpz66W.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnXeQDqOOg

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Originally Posted by Guesswhat

Prime time mana datacenter (mael):

http://i.imgur.com/fhpz66W.png

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I read that as Primal datacentre (Mael) & was about to cry shenanigans until I read it again. Mael on Primal just doesn't pop most of the time. =(

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

I read that as Primal datacentre (Mael) & was about to cry shenanigans until I read it again. Mael on Primal just doesn't pop most of the time. =(

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It's Adders that have the short queues on Primal. I'd wager that many are operating on Mael is the strongest GC on primal, and thus flock to that GC, not giving thought to queue times or GC player imbalances. Dimitri, a Primal Mael, mentioned watching xivpvp.com refresh with all the games occurring while he was stuck in hour long queues. I don't have hour long queues, but I do get back to back games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...der_queue_log/

Primal Maelstrom queues are terrible because they're the most populated of the three on Primal because they win the most. It used to be the Adders back in the days of Seize, but no more.

Adders and Flames queues are noticeably better because they're less populated. If people want shorter queue times, at least for now, their only option is to switch to Flames or Adders.

I'd recommend the Adders simply because they tend to have the best queues, but they win significantly less than the other two.

No, go flames. Your queues will be shorter, relative to Mael, and you'll win more, relative to Adders.

I'm reluctant to switch as I'm level 33 on Mael but considering I haven't been able to gain a level since 3.1 dropped (yes, games are THAT rare for me) its looking worthwhile swapping. I used to play several games a night & loads more at the weekend but I can't afford to queue for Frontlines for 2-3hrs before popping because it ruins the ability to do a lot of other things.

Flames, I dislike you but I might have to join you. XD

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

I'm reluctant to switch as I'm level 33 on Mael

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Its very sad but quite possibly true, you may be able to get from 1 to 50 on another GC faster than you can get from 33 to 50 on maelstrom lol. The days of me playing 60 to 80 matches a week here seem like a distant memory now and it feels like every week I see more names I've never seen before. Maybe its new players trying to get into PVP but considering how small the pvp community is its more likely people transferring over from other GCs further stressing mael Qs. The thought has crossed my mind of returning to my initial GC adders who I was rank 13 with before frontlines even came out but ended up switching to mael cause of the stupid gc requirement to play with friends. Most of those friends quit already so I dont have that reason binding me to the GC anymore. Re-ranking isnt very appealing though so I likely never will switch.

I've never seen average wait time that low on Aether. But sometimes I question whether average wait time is accurate at all. On the weekends on my new GC, average wait time is usually between 15 and 30 mins - but ACTUAL wait time is probably closer to 5 to 10 mins. And regarding wolves den, average wait time is ALWAYS less than 7 mins, but I've waited for over 2 hours without a pop.

It's weird.