Response to Congestion (as of Dec. 15)

[Maeka]

2) this would piss off just as many people as now as people would still be angry at not getting in.

See here's the thing.... if SE did this quietly, nobody would know that's what's going on.

And quite frankly, I don't care if the selfish people get angry or not. They can stew in their anger.

[Nothv13]

See here's the thing.... if SE did this quietly, nobody would know that's what's going on.

And quite frankly, I don't care if the selfish people get angry or not. They can stew in their anger.

them doing it quietly or not, the queue would still be what it is now as it is not speeding up or alleviating the issue. Its simply deceptively choosing to favor some over others.

[Maeka]

them doing it quietly or not, the queue would still be what it is now as it is not speeding up or alleviating the issue. Its simply deceptively choosing to favor some over others.

It'd be better than what we got now, at least for the people who can't even get through MSQ because they got jobs and they can't log on wee morning hours.

I mean, let's face it... short of making new servers (They already said why they can't do that), there's nothing you can do to alleviate the issue. You can only do a round robin type system to let some people play and then let other people play. Since people can't be asked to be considerate, then perhaps you gotta force it.

[Nothv13]

It'd be better than what we got now, at least for the people who can't even get through MSQ because they got jobs and they can't log on wee morning hours.

I mean, let's face it... short of making new servers (They already said why they can't do that), there's nothing you can do to alleviate the issue. You can only do a round robin type system to let some people play and then let other people play. Since people can't be asked to be considerate, then perhaps you gotta force it.

It doesn't even guaranty such. They very would still end up in a 5k queue for 3-6 hours.

[Maeka]

It doesn't even guaranty such. They very would still end up in a 5k queue for 3-6 hours.

I see youtube videos all the time about bosses at the end of MSQ, end of MSQ content, etc. Clearly there's a bunch of people who have indeed finished MSQ and are doing endgame stuff. Putting those people at the back of Q would let those who haven't gotten MSQ done yet would make it easier to get on and finish MSQ. Even if it only reduces queues by 1,000 or so it's still better than doing nothing.

And besides, if we used my idea... if I come on with <2 hours of /played on a friday or what-not, I'd be jumping in front of the thousands of players who already have 10+ hours or more during the week. That way I could at least get on and get some stuff done.

[Myrany]

It'd be better than what we got now, at least for the people who can't even get through MSQ because they got jobs and they can't log on wee morning hours.

I mean, let's face it... short of making new servers (They already said why they can't do that), there's nothing you can do to alleviate the issue. You can only do a round robin type system to let some people play and then let other people play. Since people can't be asked to be considerate, then perhaps you gotta force it.

When I was a kid there was a gas shortage in the US. My state went to if you license plate number was even you could buy gas on these days of the week if it was odd the other days of the week. The thing failed miserably. Your idea will work no better.