Hell on Rails / MSQ Trials

[KenshiKawa]

For the love of Hydaelyn,

Please create a solo instance or Trust system for MSQ trials.

I waited 500 minutes and could not queue for the trial needed to complete the MSQ.

Sunday night / JP => Log In to Play, Can't actually do anything for 8 hours ?

Please look forward to it.

[Darnath]

I doubt they'll go back and add Trust/Duty Support to the MSQ Trials just because they won't improve the AI of the trusts to do more than the absolute bare minimum. That would mean changing mechanics as, again, FF XIV's trusts are barebones in terms of understanding mechanics.

Instead of Leveling roulette, the current relic should've used Trial roulette instead to incentivize participation. All Leveling dungeons have duty support now I believe(?), so there wasn't as much a need to re-incentivize it. And Trial Roulette rewards are already pathetic in comparison to the other roulettes, especially as they add ilvl sync to trials, making them take longer than say Normal Raid.

[Underscore]

No, I'd rather trials not be beholden to duty support as well.

What time of day are you queuing? Which languages do you have enabled in the duty finder? I'm doubtful that the newest trial would take that long under normal circumstances.

[VeyaAkemi]

Literally half of DT MSQ Trials have had Duty Support, trials 1 2 and 5 did, 3 4 and 6 didn't, and you can observe that the ones that don't have are the moments in the story where we don't have enough characters around to aid us, it legitimately feels like they are hung up on the idea that if they can't justify it narratively, they can't have Duty Support for an instance.

[KenshiKawa]

Kujata / JP last night...All languages selected from 3pm - 11pm local

[0blivion]

Well, was that 3pm-11pm JST or whatever timezone you are in? If it's the latter, that's a you problem.

[KenshiKawa]

3pm - 11pm JP / JST Local.

I'm not trying to complain about unreasonable expectations.

Trying to do normal MSQ progression - in peak play times, with no way forward.

[Iscah]

it legitimately feels like they are hung up on the idea that if they can't justify it narratively, they can't have Duty Support for an instance.

I would assume the opposite approach: if they don't intend for a trial to have duty support, they will write the story so the other characters are unavailable – like back in earlier expansions where everyone else was suddenly busy every time you were due to run a dungeon. The writers have been having to adjust scenes to undo some of those early excuses now that trusts have been added.

[0blivion]

3pm - 11pm JP / JST Local.

I'm not trying to complain about unreasonable expectations.

Trying to do normal MSQ progression - in peak play times, with no way forward.

Okay, yeah, that's odd. I'm assuming you have all DF languages enabled. In that case... wow, dead DCs certainly are an issue. But as others said, I think if they're gonna mold MSQ to for Duty Support, I don't want it. If they manage to get past that, I'd not mind if they implemented more Duty Support.

[Hastatus]

Try PF (create your own in Party Finder)
or Data Centre Travel if PF looks empty.
Not sure why no one mentioned these.