Duty Finder - Long Ques Even After Patch...

[Brigog]

SE... I'm honestly not sure what to say at this point. I am of the feeling that this game was better in beta then it is now. Every step you have taken to improve the Duty Finder has been a band-aid for the problem. Every time you divide the servers into smaller groups making the amount of people queing for dungeons at any give time smaller and smaller. Doing so makes waits for DPS classes even longer in most cases. That aside, even with these changes its take 15-30 min to get INTO an instance once a fully party is formed.

Forgive me but this is the second release of this title. That said... SE cannot afford to be having issues like this. Players dont want to wait in ques for 30+ min when thats all there is to do at lvl 50 aside from rolling another class/job. Personally I would like to progress my character but in the games current state it is impossible.

Edit: To clarify... This isnt about Que times for party makeup but the 30-45 Min Que times to reserve an instance after a full party is made.

[Moth]

This game was better in 1.0 than it is now.

[Themule]

god forbid you join a community of people, I.E. Linkshell, and help some other people progress through the game and learn how to do things...I'm so sick of hearing people like you whining about queue times and how things are broken cuz you can't take your 1 class to the top in 1 week..."all there is to do at 50!?"... are you high!? You know what the most rewarding part of this game, 1.0 and present has been for me? Helping others. Gathering for others, crafting for others, teaching friends how to complete X dungeon/boss... Get over yourself, quit whining and become part of a community...

[LordSideKicks]

What class and dungeon/guildhest you queued up for?

[Quesse]

I dread queuing for the Duty Finder.

When it was first announced I thought it was going to be a great idea. Click and go.

I really love the idea of doing other stuff while waiting but the reality is that 30 seconds to switch to your correct class (unless you have a macro) is sometimes extremely difficult. There have been many times where I'm in the middle of an HQ synth and DF pops. I have to cancel my 50k synth or risk trying to finish it in and 30 seconds and quick switch to the correct job/class.

I have had some sucky experiences too where the tank is wearing armor 10-15 levels below and the whm runs out of mp. The 30-60 minute wait makes it next to pointless for what I thought it was intended for.

IDK. I like the concept, I just wish they had put some more thought into how it was actually going to be used. Its like they just threw something together and hoped for the best.

[KogaDrake]

so queue as tank, took me 1min to have a pt formed and says average wait is 15min for an instance. Better than it was, and given AK is not the most efficent way to farm tomestones anymore, specially with the wait, people will start doing more then just AK (once they do there few runs for 300/300) and the queue will adjust accordingly.

the question I have is did they address the actual issue of getting put back at end of instance line if someone does not click to join (i.e. instant reforms party, but back of line for instance)

[BadRNG]

god forbid you join a community of people, I.E. Linkshell, and help some other people progress through the game and learn how to do things...I'm so sick of hearing people like you whining about queue times and how things are broken cuz you can't take your 1 class to the top in 1 week..."all there is to do at 50!?"... are you high!? You know what the most rewarding part of this game, 1.0 and present has been for me? Helping others. Gathering for others, crafting for others, teaching friends how to complete X dungeon/boss... Get over yourself, quit whining and become part of a community...

Queues are long even with a full group formed beforehand. What if the community you're apart of is interested in doing 50 content?

Grats on missing the point entirely though.

[ARTZY]

Been farming ifirit 5 days straight now, just qued for 45 minutes for an instant wipe and disband! These wait times are killing me.
Really not enjoying this game at all at the moment!

[Brigog]

Been farming ifirit 5 days straight now, just qued for 45 minutes for an instant wipe and disband! These wait times are killing me.
Really not enjoying this game at all at the moment!

I agree 100%... they forced us to used the Duty Finder even if we have all the players in a premade on the same server. There is no reason for this sort of problem and to be honest.... that lack of communication from the devs is appalling.

[Brigog]

I'm so sick of hearing people like you whining about queue times and how things are broken cuz you can't take your 1 class to the top in 1 week..."all there is to do at 50!?"... are you high!? You know what the most rewarding part of this game, 1.0 and present has been for me? Helping others. Gathering for others, crafting for others, teaching friends how to complete X dungeon/boss...

So you want to force YOUR play style other others?!? I enjoy helping others but I enjoy developing my character as well. I also enjoy raiding, doing dungeons and other events but you know what... they ALL REQUIRE the Duty Finder which is currently broken beyond belief. If you payed attention during beta you would know that Yoshi designed this game with the casual player in mind as its the largest player base. Most casual players dont have the time to sit in ques for 45 min to then just start a 1 hour dungeon.
PS: I have gotten multiple jobs to lvl 50 sense launch.