So I "speedran" 5 fresh characters to Endwalker+

[Jojoya]

I would have found it interesting to see the time spent on a physical ranged DPS.

I have to wonder if the longer queue time for MNK/NIN is because there are more players who like to play the melee jobs, or if it's only because there are more melee jobs to be leveled compared to the other DPS roles (5 melee versus 3 phys ranged and 3 magic ranged).

[Toutatis]

I would have found it interesting to see the time spent on a physical ranged DPS.

I have to wonder if the longer queue time for MNK/NIN is because there are more players who like to play the melee jobs, or if it's only because there are more melee jobs to be leveled compared to the other DPS roles (5 melee versus 3 phys ranged and 3 magic ranged).

I thought that in normal mode, which is all you need for a speedrun, a dps is a dps and the type doesn’t matter when queuing. I often get paired with the same type of jobs. Most likely the difference lies elsewhere, op learned some tricks to make a faster run and/or ran at busier times. I don’t notice a difference when I queue melee vs range dps.

[Jojoya]

I thought that in normal mode, which is all you need for a speedrun, a dps is a dps and the type doesn’t matter when queuing. I often get paired with the same type of jobs. Most likely the difference lies elsewhere, op learned some tricks to make a faster run and/or ran at busier times. I don’t notice a difference when I queue melee vs range dps.

They said at one point that the goal is to pair a melee with a ranged, though you can get the same paired depending on who's waiting in queue.

There may not be much overall difference in the individual queue times, but when you're talking about all queues over the course of leveling it can add up.