Rank 30..... 1000 min + queue time..screenshot.. I think it's time to quit this game.

[Ryuko]

FFXIV arena definitely needed a matchmaking system, but it should have done something similar to other MMOs... When a person with a high or low rank queues up, the game searches for people with similar ranks to match them with. However, if none of those ranks are available after a certain period in the queue, it will widen the parameters to eventually include ALL players queuing. So, basically, if people around your rank are queuing, it will force you to play against them... but if not, you will eventually get to play. A rank 30 person won't be waiting 1000+ minutes for a queue...

[HonestAbe]

So we have this problem.. Pvp is announced and implemented, people take it for a test drive. The dedicated few die hards are soon outranking the vast majority of casuals. Mass rapage ensues. Casuals fall in droves complaining about how unfair pvp is. SE attempts to fix it by casting die hards into the outer darkness of ridiculous queue times. Casuals fall away from even trying because... meh... I have a lallafel photo contest to take part in. Now the queue is broken for high ranks and no casuals bother queuing for low ranks. There are ways to game the system if your dedicated enough, which is how we have win traders hitting rank 40 already. But if you're not a part of one of those particular link shells then you are left in the cold. It's a shame really. It wouldn't take much for SE to fix the problems but because there are so few dedicated pvpers in the FF community, they can happily ignore it. Much more important to add some new fuzzy slippers and i110 oven mitts with hearts on them.