Fourth Role, Support

[Polorbaer]

3 DPS in a 5-man dungeon would make dungeons too easy and take too much reprogramming. They'd need to nerf DPS output or increase mob HP/DEF. Neither good.

The classes are already uneven.
17 classes/jobs, unless I'm missing one:
Tank- (Glad, Pal), (Mar, War)
Healer- (Cnj, Whm), Sch
DPS- (Lanc, Drag), (Pug, Mnk), (Arch, Brd), (Thm, Blm), (Arcan, Smn)

Group the interchangeable jobs.
Two tank, two healer, five DPS.
22% of queue for tanks and healers each, 56% of queue in one big lineup.

Take your 100 person group and split it into 22 tanks, 22 healers, 56 dps, leaves 34 waiting for another tank-heal duo to drop back.

With my idea, you'd have 22 tanks, 22 healers, 34 dps, 22 "support", you end up with the same dungeons, same classes, same functions, but everyone is grouped right away except 12 people, who will have a 65% shorter wait time than 34 would.

No change except for a shorter wait time.

[Polorbaer]

Put 56 people in two lineups. No matter how uneven the distribution, it will still be shorter than with everyone in one line.

[Polorbaer]

Further thought...

I wasn't accounting for the second dps slot, actually. There won't be that much of a difference. You're right.
Each heal/tank pairing bumps two dps up the list. A fourth category would just leave you waiting on that queue to fill up, which would mean longer waits for everyone.

Alrighty then. Point conceded.
I'll just join a dungeoneering linkshell.
Happy gaming.

[Laryndra]

Further thought...

I wasn't accounting for the second dps slot, actually. There won't be that much of a difference. You're right.
Each heal/tank pairing bumps two dps up the list. A fourth category would just leave you waiting on that queue to fill up, which would mean longer waits for everyone.

Alrighty then. Point conceded.
I'll just join a dungeoneering linkshell.
Happy gaming.

As a DRG I sit in que usually no more than 10 minutes.. Which is acceptable to me. There are ways to shorten your que and i won't post them here because it would defeat the purpose of it.

[Polorbaer]

Would you mind messaging me your secret?
One more player can't ruin the system, surely.
I have to admit it drives me insane, waiting for up to an hour.