Please add notification when Duty Finder is ready

[MisakiSatomi]

I do not like the minimized sound because either I"ll have music playing, be somewhere else, watching YT videos, etc. Also, in-town sounds are really annoying and loud and it's too much of a pain toggling certain volume options every single time.

That is seriously your own problem...

[Yuletide]

I do not like the minimized sound because either I"ll have music playing, be somewhere else, watching YT videos, etc. Also, in-town sounds are really annoying and loud and it's too much of a pain toggling certain volume options every single time.

I had this problem too and made a macro for the volume options that I keep on a tiny bar hidden away at the side of my screen. I have a button that mutes BGM, and two more buttons that go from low->high volume and then high->low volume. If you want you can also add another button to mute all sounds ingame altogether.

[Hasrat]

I had this problem too and made a macro for the volume options that I keep on a tiny bar hidden away at the side of my screen. I have a button that mutes BGM, and two more buttons that go from low->high volume and then high->low volume. If you want you can also add another button to mute all sounds ingame altogether.

There is a much easier solution to this.

Open System Configuration Settings.
Navigate to Sound Settings.
Enable "Play sounds when window is not active"
Disable all suboptions, except enable "System Sounds"
Below, enable "Play system sounds while waiting for Duty Finder"
Apply settings.

Job done. Now the only sounds that will play while the window is not active are System Sounds, and waiting for Duty Finder is listed as a System Sound.

Bonus, what also applies is you can tab out while in queue and hear it updating. If you stop hearing it update, you've likely been hit with an error. You can hear when the game loads you into the server. You can tab out while waiting for a rez and hear the notification when somebody tries to get you up.

No town sounds. No crafting. No BGM. No players/mobs moving around. No battle sound effects. The only sounds you ever hear are notification windows.

[xwmstormx]

So you want the game to tell you when to pay attention? Instead of paying attention to the game? I play using the full screen windowed option and when the game is in the background... I can move my other windows (which are in front) aside so that I can see if I am about to get pulled into a dungeon. IIRC There are options where you can allow the game sounds to always play even if the game is not on focus. So try that.

[Sephirah]

So you want the game to tell you when to pay attention? Instead of paying attention to the game? I play using the full screen windowed option and when the game is in the background... I can move my other windows (which are in front) aside so that I can see if I am about to get pulled into a dungeon. IIRC There are options where you can allow the game sounds to always play even if the game is not on focus. So try that.

I took it as the OP basically wants to stand in line for a movie, but then after getting in line, wants to go home, get something to eat, and go play paintball. Then wants the movie theater to call him when his seat is ready.

[Sapphires]

You cant relate to his plight because you are an instaqueue tank.
Sometimes people only feel like logging in to dutyfinder for stuff, and use their computer to multitask while they have to wait 30+ minutes for a dungeon.

Not everyone wants to fish/craft/gather while queuing. Why are you so hostile to someone that wants a better notification system built into the game client?

[Sephirah]

You cant relate to his plight because you are an instaqueue tank.
Sometimes people only feel like logging in to dutyfinder for stuff, and use their computer to multitask while they have to wait 30+ minutes for a dungeon.

Not everyone wants to fish/craft/gather while queuing. Why are you so hostile to someone that wants a better notification system built into the game client?

I understand queue times are longer for DPS, but if I am not paying the slightest bit of attention to the game, watching netflix, playing another game, listening to music and talking to my friends; then I'm not going to blame to game for missing my queue, that's your own fault.

[Zaranghae]

I seriously doubt you stare at the screen with your eyes glued just to get into that DF. We all need a break or will be distracted whether it's even something as small as checking messengers, but even then, a DF can pop up and we miss it. My point is why not have this notification as an add-on to one of the game's features? Surely, it shouldn't be that difficult and it's not selfish at all, since this wouldn't hurt anyone. I'm baffled by your reasoning in actually trying to counteract this with such poor reprisal.

[Vantwan]

I understand queue times are longer for DPS, but if I am not paying the slightest bit of attention to the game, watching netflix, playing another game, listening to music and talking to my friends; then I'm not going to blame to game for missing my queue, that's your own fault.

It's not like the OP was blaming SE for the times that he missed or barely missed his queue, he was simply asking for a better system than the one currently in place. And there's nothing wrong with that imo.