Any Word On Group Roulette?

[niwaar]

I have been reading all the dev posts and information that is coming out with what is "In" and what is "Out" of patch 2.2 lately. Up until now though its been about Chocobos and how you can't queue in the Duty Finder with them out. I see this as a minor issue that while it needs to be fixed is not as immediate as some other lingering things.

So I ask about "Group Roulette". My friend who I have played MMOs with since meeting her in Rolanberry Fields a decade ago and I can not play together near as much due to our real life commitments. When added to the fact that we are in need of running solo queues in order to cap our Tomes for the week we just do not have near as much fun in the game. So are we going to finally be able to do this content together in 2.2 and be rewarded with the roulette bonus or are we stuck apart for another 3 months?

[Tule]

The point of the roulette is to get players to play old content so it doesn't dry up. If they implement a group roulette people will only play with their friends again and pugs, newbies and people who are soloing will have 18 hour ques again.

[Renik]

yes please, let us que with friends in DR, i find very boring this dungeon grind system, at least you can have some fun when you do it with friends, but since 2.1 i have done like 3 dungeons with friends, because doing roulette alone is faster and more rewarding than doing dungeons with a premade pty.

[Cigaran]

Something, something, after 2.3.

[Zumi]

The idea behind duty roulette was to get solo players through the queue faster and give people a bonus for queuing solo. If you are playing with friends you already get the bonus of faster and smoother runs and less time in waiting for a queue.

[Iymala]

They already said they were looking into adding this, but only they know when.

[Lyrinn]

The point of the roulette is to get players to play old content so it doesn't dry up. If they implement a group roulette people will only play with their friends again and pugs, newbies and people who are soloing will have 18 hour ques again.

Easy fix: don't give the roulette bonus if you queue as a full premade. This still lets new players progress while letting people play with a friend or two.

[Shioban]

They already said they're adding this.

As far as I recall it was 2.2 or slightly after.

The point of the roulette is to get players to play old content so it doesn't dry up. If they implement a group roulette people will only play with their friends again and pugs, newbies and people who are soloing will have 18 hour ques again.

People who want to queue solo will still queue solo.

People who want to queue with their friends will queue with their friends anway.

This won't change too much. Why restrict people who wish to play an MMO with friends, when there are plenty of people who prefer and or currently play solo?

For an MMO that originally promoted playing with your friends as its biggest factor, it sure has ruined that image with ARR so far. (IE. Coil Lockout/Solo content)

Even the job quests are solo now, most of the old friends/stranger friendly content is all but gone.

[Tule]

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It will change. Because the people who que with friends are now queing solo. I am one of them. It stimulates the DF for solos. I would be for 2 player party roulette. But even that is iffy if the 2 players are both DPS and then take up a tank and healer together.

I'm a healer with friends. No matter what happens I'm set, but I am thinking about others. Duty Roulette is only once a day for the good stuff. I doubt anyone playing an MMO needs the bonus 40 marks that badly. If you are going que quickly and run a dungeon with your friends I am sure you can run two dungeons.

[Shioban]

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Sorry the way you've typed that has made it really confusing.

But I still don't see how it's a huge issue. A lot of people primarily play these games to play with friends, having no option to do one of the main pieces of content with your friends is a shame. Since the duty roulette came out I've played with friends less and less, having the option to complete our daily roulette together would be much more fun.

Yes, there's a chance it might slow down the 'solo' queues as you said, but at the same time it's stinting the main point of this game.
Even if it is "Once a day" that's still "Once a day" I can't play with friends.