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    Player
    Moirear's Avatar
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    Aug 2013
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    Character
    Biuma Arvinda
    World
    Goblin
    Main Class
    Thaumaturge Lv 50
    In my experience...
    REAL average queue time as a tank: 5 seconds
    REAL average queue time as a healer: 5 minutes
    REAL average queue time as a DPS: 50 minutes

    I suspect that nothing would change if you opened things up to bigger data centers. Why? Because it used to be that way, and it was exactly the same. Also, because you're on Balmung. I thought that server and the center it's part of was popular.

    You know who's also outside of all of that? People who queue with friends/FC/LS mates in full parties. Why? Because they're tired of bad attitudes of certain random people they get in DF groups. Tanks and healers are the first to get compliments even if dps are carrying an instance, and the first to get the blame if anything goes wrong although it wasn't actually their fault.

    The problem is instance design. There are fights that I constantly see with pre-formed parties and different setups that make far more sense. A notable example is Titan HM, where only 1 tank is needed, and 5 dps are preferable to make the Heart phase easier on lower-geared characters. In DF you'd queue for 2 tanks though, drawing out the process unnecessarily, unless you're a tank, because that pool is really shallow and you're in high demand. If the duty was made to default to 1 tank, 2 healers, and 5 dps, I'm certain you'd queue a whole lot faster as a dps for it.
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    Last edited by Moirear; 01-23-2014 at 01:00 PM.