[Request] Please implement queue system for solo story instances.

Dear Dev Team

For story instances, please implement a queue system so we don't have to interact repeatedly with the NPCs and skip already-viewed cutscenes to compete for a spot on the instance servers every time there's new content (e.g., Raubahn EX, Sigmascape unlock, etc). Thanks.

Funny, you'd think this had come up... prominently... once before in this expansion.

No really, I enjoyed a repeat of Raubahn Savage. I felt like my time was suitably engaged and totally not wasted by server issues that were identified months ago and should have been considered going forward. Nope. Not meeeeeeee. I also totally enjoyed it blacking out my entire screen and not allowing me to move after it kicked me out of the instance, only still able to hear the sounds of the crowd as they too began to suffer the same fate.

have they learned nothing??? come on

Ready for 6.2, but only for the first 50 people to queue. Everyone else will have to wait for someone to finish to relinquish a queue spot, or you can see someone selling them in PF for gil and go buy theirs.

Please look forward to it.

Can't believe they did it again.

"History repeats itself, because we're all doomed to read it...."

Honestly, after Ixion, I'm totally not surprised anymore that lessons were not learned from past mistakes.

SE: Hey, 10% of you get the check out this cool new content! The rest can watch us make the same mistakes we made 6 months ago, and two years ago, and 4 years ago at launch.
But don't worry. We'll let you in. Eventually. Maybe.

The fact this is happening again is ridiculous. A queue time would solve this issue. At least you'd know where you are in it.

Even if you do by chance to get in, like I did on the msq one that made me click for 10 minutes, you rush your way through and hold your breath at every transition because you never know just when you are going to get kicked or 90k.

On the bright side (for me at least), so many ppl got stuck on that debacle, when I finally did make it through there were very few other ppl around so cs and other instances seemed to be problem free...

Heavily agree with this idea. It would make for an amazing QoL change that would also help stop showstopping problems like Alphinaud Ex and Cidmascape Savage. As well as Raubahn Ex and Pipin Ex. There'd be salt over queues sure, but it wouldn't be showstopping like it is now. Because at least you'll eventually get in (and not hoping you just get lucky with the clicks against the thousands of other players trying to do it at the same time).

Yeah this would help. Or get a better servers or a megaserver.

Why am I not surprised this happened? Didn't they realize this is a beefy patch for pretty much everyone that plays (new raid, new trial, etc) and people would jump on?

Cutscenes you've seen (and skipped) countless times, were already annoying, but now waiting for someone to watch them is going to be down right vexing...especially when the dungeon cutscenes are so rudimentary. Big fail here.

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Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

Heavily agree with this idea. It would make for an amazing QoL change that would also help stop showstopping problems like Alphinaud Ex and Cidmascape Savage. As well as Raubahn Ex and Pipin Ex. There'd be salt over queues sure, but it wouldn't be showstopping like it is now. Because at least you'll eventually get in (and not hoping you just get lucky with the clicks against the thousands of other players trying to do it at the same time).

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People are used to queues in this game because so much stuff already uses them. I think the salt would be pretty minor because at least a queue will give you an indication of how long it'll take and let you go do something else until it pops.

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Yeah this would help. Or get a better servers or a megaserver.

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A megaserver wouldnt do anything, i dont know why everyone thinks megaservers solve all the problems.

And, just think, if they did implement the queue for these instances, if it says "after #50", then you can go around leveling up something else/gathering/crafting/questing...but that would be logical.