new players screwed?

[ExponentialDecay]

No problem at all! 2.1 will introduce a random dungeon system, so there'll be plenty of high lvl players who will get queued up for lower lvl dungeons!

Oh wait, 2.1 isn't until another 2 months. You'd almost think SE didn't think this through.

2.1 is next month.

[Klutz64]

PLEASE.. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT FATES!! - You have the ability to shout for party members, he could just level Conjurer to 15 for an instant queue then finish the dungeon and continue his way, no queue is 4 hours. The longest queue I've had as a DPS was 44 minutes. Why don't you go help your friend? You can use your current gear it'll sync down..

Not exactly a fan of the delivery, but I have to agree with the last point. OP's friend must be playing at some really odd hours, 'cause I run the low level dungeons all the time for my alts (Satasha, Copperbell, and Tam-Tara are excellent for getting 15-20 quickly) and have never waited more than an hour

[Bahamuts_Slayer]

no queue is 4 hours. The longest queue I've had as a DPS was 44 minutes.

Umm... I've had 4 hour queues for Amdapor Keep back before they added more instance servers, I know I'm not the only one either.

[Taruranto]

Is your friend a dps?

[gelectrode]

My server is a full server locked from almost day 1. only just opened up so he started a little while after they opened, how many people do you think are Qing for these lowbi instances? my guess is next to 0. So now he has to try and convince people to help and or make friends some how at that level when everyone is busy fate grinding. Thats a lot of time and effort in just trying to do a simple quest chain like come on. Join instance is one of the better places to buddy with people i find as well... He also like my self works so we can sit around in q all night. Either way i can help him and he will be ok but what about other peps. If they find out they joined the wrong server after already gettting to 15 or higher you think they are gonna reroll when same thing can happen again? no they are gonna quit.

[Naberrie]

2.1 is next month.

That may not be accurate. They mentioned in the last live letter that they were planning on doing monthly Live Letters before 2.1. Monthly. Plural.

[gelectrode]

That may not be accurate. They mentioned in the last live letter that they were planning on doing monthly Live Letters before 2.1. Monthly. Plural.

If thats all true and its fixed in 2.1 and thats in a months time then none of this wont really matter that much. 6 months would be really hurtin though.

[ItzKris]

they need to drop fate exp and raise dungeon exp.. or better yet, give us some levelling areas where we can be with a party (this part is off topic of course)

i try to level my jobs in dungeons and therefore am helping new players.. but by level 35 dungeons are no way to level and you are forced to fate if you want to see progress..

fating is stupid, i hate it and it leads to problems like the OP has noted.

there is no skill in casting blizzard II.. and you see these jokers in titan wondering why they cant win..

Absolutely agree. It is not a good idea to have story quests REQUIRE dungeons that do not give any significant reward worth repeating. The gear is great, sure, but you can get similar gear from your Grand Company (when that is unlocked of course). So, nerf fates buff dungeons!
If your wondering, yes I absolutely hate FATEs. I dont even heal anyone since it isnt needed. Tanks never tank, usually its some bard who tanks bosses. What is the point of them exactly?

[Svennyblaze]

I'm dps I've never waited over 40ish minutes for a duty. I could go to that dungeon right now and get in in an hour at the very max.

[gelectrode]

I'm dps I've never waited over 40ish minutes for a duty. I could go to that dungeon right now and get in in an hour at the very max.

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