What happened to Queue times?

Ever since the new data center stuff, queue times have been insanely high...

I know DPS takes a while in general, but waiting 45+ minutes to do anything is ridiculous.. these past 3 days I've had to wait almost 50 mins for any content.

Crystal Tower (65 minutes)
Extreme Garuda (45 minutes, got in, tank left, everyone left, requeue another 45 mins)
Hard Ultima (50 minutes)
Hard Roulette (48 minutes)

This is on Primal (Behemoth) if that matters?

Maybe it's due to holidays and people spending time with families over christmas/boxing day/new years but I've noticed it shortly after 2.1 was released.

Should I just quit life and play a healer? is anyone else experiencing this?

This is strange, because the one thing that duty roulette improved immensely for me was queue times as a DPS.

Everything I queue for says "More than 30m" I've been trying to do Garuda for the past 2 and a half hours now...

I'm curious if other dps are experiencing this problem

The only Dungeon ive spent more than 10~ minutes in queue for was Cutters Cry at 25 minutes. And given the unpopularity of that one, Im not surprised.

Hell, only took me 7 minutes to find me a Crystal Tower run on my Monk.

I have very short que times on roulette, but waited 60min for Good King Moogle Mog/ Ultima.

As far as I could tell from watching the DF, the reason was an insane lack of tanks (at least on my server group).
DPS and Healer spots were usually full in 15min or so, but no tanks. Can't help it if they really are so scarce at the moment.

What I've been doing for now is either form my own party through the party finder, or grab a book and read until the DF pops.

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Originally Posted by Sylve

The only Dungeon ive spent more than 10~ minutes in queue for was Cutters Cry at 25 minutes. And given the unpopularity of that one, Im not surprised.

Hell, only took me 7 minutes to find me a Crystal Tower run on my Monk.

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How is that even possible, I'm eating 1 hour queues for anything I try.... don't tell me I'm glitched or something stupid like that :\

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Originally Posted by Rekujen

How is that even possible, I'm eating 1 hour queues for anything I try.... don't tell me I'm glitched or something stupid like that :\

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You may just be playing at low pop hours.

I have waited 60 mins tops for garuda. With party already done. The rest are okay. 2 mins for hard mode roulette and 15 for moogle.

Duty Roulette always seems to say "More than 30m", but I have never had to wait anywhere near that long, even as DPS.

I'm DPS and it's the same for me. Wait over an hour for Garuda EX only to wipe and have the team leave. Waste of time. I hate the waiting game, which is all it seems to be now.

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Originally Posted by Rekujen

Ever since the new data center stuff, queue times have been insanely high...

I know DPS takes a while in general, but waiting 45+ minutes to do anything is ridiculous.. these past 3 days I've had to wait almost 50 mins for any content.

Crystal Tower (65 minutes)
Extreme Garuda (45 minutes, got in, tank left, everyone left, requeue another 45 mins)
Hard Ultima (50 minutes)
Hard Roulette (48 minutes)

This is on Primal (Behemoth) if that matters?

Maybe it's due to holidays and people spending time with families over christmas/boxing day/new years but I've noticed it shortly after 2.1 was released.

Should I just quit life and play a healer? is anyone else experiencing this?

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What language are you searching on?

Duty roulette queues are <5 min as dps for me on primal data center. :s

As a tank I have waited 25 minutes on duty roulette before.

Blew my mind.

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Originally Posted by Anzil

As a tank I have waited 25 minutes on duty roulette before.

Blew my mind.

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Blows mine too.

Huh? Queue times are wayyyyyyy down for me on all 3 of my characters (Monk, Bard, WHM)

Queue times isn't the problem anymore.

I get the "withdrew due to instance server problem please try again later" error message almost every day. The worst time it lasted for 3 hours straight, unable to queue at all.

Use party finder. Most good players will NOT be using DF for extreme primals. The new content has lowered the number of people farming HM Garuda, tanks for sure.

Since the update, I haven't had to wait more than 10 mins for anything on a DPS job (which is usually all I play). Admittedly, I haven't done any EX primals or CT as of yet, but for everything else, With the addition of duty roulette, queue times have never been faster for me. You must not be playing at peak times or something.

Crystal Tower (65 minutes)
Extreme Garuda (45 minutes, got in, tank left, everyone left, requeue another 45 mins)
Hard Ultima (50 minutes)
For the most part...
No one wants to DF special this content. They are using party search and doing premade parties for best chance of winning.

Hard Roulette (48 minutes) haven't done hard roulette because I always EXP with someone else so this isn't an option.

I think the instancing servers are maxed out. This is not surprising, considering every time they make an excuse, they make it sound ever more like the servers are all last-century hardware donated to them by charity.

As a tank, pre-RDF, it was just bang, insta-queue. Even as a healer, you could 'see' the instancing server assembling the party and looking for a tank. However, as a tank queuing now, the 'party assembly' doesn't even start for several minutes.

This makes me think that the servers are, in fact, running at capacity right now and everyone's 'stuck in the hopper' so to speak.

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Originally Posted by Rekujen

How is that even possible, I'm eating 1 hour queues for anything I try.... don't tell me I'm glitched or something stupid like that :\

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Are you selecting alll 4 languages?
The only times I have long queue times is when I forget this.

My main is black mage, default language is set to English, and I consistently get in within 15-20 min on blm. It always says the average wait time is 30+ but I never wait more than 20.

If you are DFing for regular dungeons, queue times are significantly up. There is a small delay (Even for tanks) because as someone said, they are running at full capacity during peaks.

However, for anything beyond 50, specially the new content (Ultima, Moogle, Ex's), you are better off using the Party Finder. Almost no one will waste their time doing it through DF, when setting up a party trough the Finder is so easy.

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

Are you selecting alll 4 languages?
The only times I have long queue times is when I forget this.

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Make sure you are ready to communicate via auto-translate strings if you select languages you can't understand, though. It makes everyone's lives easier :3

If you form a premade on your server for CT and que with 8, the que is insanely faster.

The problem with Q's on 24 man content is that you end up with odd ball scenarios

Imagine 3 groups queing for CT

Group 1:
1 Tank
4 DPS

Group 2:
0 Tanks
4 DPS
2 Healers

Group 3:
2 Tanks
2 Healers
2 DPS

Now imagine there are 2 tanks in the que solo, and 20 dps in the que solo, and 1 healer in the que solo with these 3 partial mades in the que.

1 tank will go to Group 1, and 1 tank will go to group 2, leaving group 2 waiting on a tank. 2 Dps will go to Group 3. But it's now possible for a 4th partial made group to que with 2 tanks and 2 healers and they would get instant que even though Group 2 has been in the que longer. Because the system does not break up partial mades. Group 2 needs 1 tank, but there are not any tanks in the que solo to fill that 1 tank spot. So when Group 4 joins with 2 tanks they take group 2's spot. Group 2 is like "wtf" why no tanks join us?

Because they got stranded.

In short, you should never que alone. You will get a faster que as 4 dps, than solo dps. And the fastest que possible as 2 dps and 2 tanks.

The extra rewards for Que'ing as a tank still arent good enough. Mind you giving tanks more myth wont help in the long run as they will just cap faster. Whats needed is a hell of alot more gil, Like 10k up to 20k or being allowed to choose what bonues you wont

1. 10k gil
2. Extra extra myth
3. Half a bar of rested exp. ( I would choose this just to help me lvl my other classes faster)

Honestly, this is why I started a tank class to begin with. It allows you to quickly get the DR stuff done each day (Plus tanking is actually really fun). Save your DPS for Party Finder, RT pugs and FC runs.

I've always waited +/- 45mins for a dungeon when queued as a dps... nothing new for me. Now I just use duty roulette and party finder.

But maybe that's why. People make groups on their own servers, so less of em to be matched with in DF.

Currently in queue for 143 minutes for CT, average wait time shows as 23 minutes, at the 90 minute mark, average showed as 9 minutes. While I'm tabbed out typing this, I can assure you the group was formed and I missed to click ready.