This game needs a paging system to replenish members

[ElHeggunte]

Wouldn't that mean more people would fish for in progress duties for the sake of bonuses? It could cause queue times to shoot up for people who need/want to do duties from the beginning.

That's exactly what would happen. That's the entire reason they first removed being able to see if a queue was even in-progress and then also added the penalty for failing to accept a queue too many times in a day, regardless of if it timed out or you manually declined.

Then, however, you are able to leave and reque, because you are not getting a penalty for leaving a dungeon if you entered through in progress queue. Maybe alongside that specify your language options to get baited into your friends group.

Pretty sure you'd still get penalized in a situation like that. The only time you don't get a penalty for dropping is if there's a vacant spot in the party already.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

...Hmm. Are you sure about this? My understand was that in progress queues were penalized the same was as normal queues -- if the party/duty is full, you'll take a 30 minute penalty leaving, no penalty otherwise.

It doesn't matter if you join in progress or not. If the party slots are completely filled when you join, you'll still eat a penalty if you leave.

[Rakiria]

Wouldn't that mean more people would fish for in progress duties for the sake of bonuses? It could cause queue times to shoot up for people who need/want to do duties from the beginning.

Do right there what the mentor system did wrong. Make it a vonlunteer thing, enough people want to help, and if you don't give out a bonus for it it won't be abused.

[Laerune]

It doesn't matter if you join in progress or not. If the party slots are completely filled when you join, you'll still eat a penalty if you leave.

I can confirm this aswell. My friend needed a tank for a dungeon, I joined in progress as a tank and got placed in a new group that was at the starting place. I asked my friend if his group had already found a tank and he told me that he is still waiting for a tank to join his party. I left and wanted to try again, but I got a 30 minute cooldown.

[KarstenS]

What about: Auto invite mentors?

They can do something useful for wearing the crown. Not?