I enjoyed Heavensward until this point. Ex Primals party gated

We have always been able to queue for extreme primals without a full party of 8 assembled beforehand.
No soloq, no duo, no trio. Full 8 or gtfo is what it is at.

I just unlocked Bismark extreme and I am almost at full i170 gear and yet I cannot queue to join with others. Meaning if I ever want to farm Ravana tokens for i190 tome I need to wait an hour to somehow assemble other interested level 60 players, if even able to generate enough interest.

This is exceptionally disappointing. "But you will wipe", I severely doubt that because there exist coils and far other things that are more difficult. I watched the videos of the extreme fights and the bosses are not at all that difficult.

I am so frustrated right now, I cannot get my i190 book for my scholar and it's ... UGH.

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I fail to see what the problem is.

Haven't the other extremes since... I want to say Leviathon EX always been like this for about 2-3 weeks? I have the feeling they were.

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Originally Posted by SinisterJointss

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I fail to see what the problem is.

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Before getting "smart" (extremely cheeky) check your facts.

Party.
Finder.
Doesn't.
Have.
The.
Option.

EDIT: I can do "refer to comment" mindyou. This is true and I stand corrected.

This isn't the first time they have done this.

Incorrect. The other EX Primals were gated for some time before they allowed you to solo queue for them.

Every EX Primal and coil turns in the past REQUIRED you to queue as a full party for some weeks/months before it went full DF where you can queue alone and get echo on wipes.

So there's nothing new, you were probably late before and when you caught up there was already echo/solo queue DF for the primals you beat back then.

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Originally Posted by SovereignAegis

We have always been able to queue for extreme primals without a full party of 8 assembled beforehand.

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Not when they're first released. The option becomes available a patch or two later.

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Originally Posted by SovereignAegis

We have always been able to queue for extreme primals without a full party of 8 assembled beforehand....

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Sorry to say but this statement is false. Whenever a new Extreme primal has been released, it always had a few weeks/months where you had to form an 8-man party. Later down the road they'll patch it so you don't need a party anymore.

Edit: Ashkendor beat me to it.

Just adding what everyone else has already said - you were normally required to have a full party before you could join any EX part.

2.2 Patch Notes

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The following instances have been added to the Duty Finder:

Trials
Thornmarch (Extreme) / The Whorleater (Hard) / The Whorleater (Extreme) / Battle on the Big Bridge

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2.28 Patch Notes

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Players can now queue for Thornmarch (Extreme) and The Whorleater (Extreme) solo via the Duty Finder.

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2.3 Patch Notes

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The following duties, trials, and raids have been added to the Duty Finder.

Trials
The Striking Tree (Hard) / The Striking Tree (Extreme)

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2.38 Patch Notes

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It is now possible to register for The Striking Tree (Extreme) via the duty finder without a preformed party.

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Oddly enough, this type of note was omitted from the 2.4 patch notes but if my memory serves me right that very same requirement was needed too.

Ex primals have always been full party only when they first come out. They go into df in the next patch. We MIGHT get these ones when Alexander comes out, but expect it to be 3.1.

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Originally Posted by Ghishlain

Oddly enough, this type of note was omitted from the 2.4 patch notes but if my memory serves me right that very same requirement was needed too.

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It was the same. My FC farmed Shiva for a while before they put it in DF and we had to have a full party to do so.

Why would you do extremes in duty finder to begin with? Are you a sadist?

Party finder is there for a reason. Use it.

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Originally Posted by SovereignAegis

Before getting "smart" (extremely cheeky) check your facts.

Party.
Finder.
Doesn't.
Have.
The.
Option.

EDIT: I can do "refer to comment" mindyou. This is true and I stand corrected.

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Oh it does, you just cant select the primal in the list of things to do. It's simple, before you get "smart", just create a 8 person party in the PF, select 2 healers, 2 tanks and 4 dps then in the comment section put BISMARK or RAVANA EX -- Im suprised you really couldnt think of that yourself.


To be more specific -- select the "Refer to Comment" objective

Do you really want to deal with Duty Finder EX primal runs with the community crying over the classes the way they are now?

I sure dont. Just assemble your own.

Sorry but this is really really stupid. It's 2015, just make it so we can DF it Square....I shouldn't have to assemble my own. What MMO still does this?

Anyway, just agreeing with the OP, I understand where he's coming from. Glad I'm not in a rush to get to 60

The reason is because you are suppose to learn the fight first before going into df. It's SE way ing of trying to make that happen. Back before they put the delay on df the jp servers expected you to know how to clear something if you entered it in df. DF is not to learn something.

Still waitin for that exp from lv50 dungeons...