Constantly Cancelling Frontlines Queue Pops

[Shauneh]

Well...you're basically telling Square Enix to tell players to stop cancelling their queue.

It's Ignorant comments like yours that enable companies like SE to continue doing what they do, because they believe it's "Ok".

First off, you should NOT be queuing up for something if you did not have the 30mins-1hr to dedicate to the task. This has been an issue since 2.1 with the release of CT's 24 man dungeon, how could it be overlooked now when you're involving 72 people!

Moreover, you say we are telling SE, "players should be allowed to cancel their queues." so I ask you, why did you queue up in the first place? there could only be 2 possibly reasons... 1.You wanted to do Frontlines 2.You want to be a "troll" and waste others peoples time.(which is now a common thing these days.) I have no doubts people are jumping in, and out of queues just to see the numbers go to 70/72 and hit cancel to give themselves some sort of laugh.

Now complaining will only get us so far. Suggestions are our best bet to getting this resolved ASAP. (because if you actually queued for frontlines you would understand this is clearly an issue) As I spent over an hour in queue waiting to join frontlines, only to see it stop at 69/72 70% of the time.

My suggestion would be "Queue locks" like all other games there should be a MINIMUM entry value. If 24+ people are queued up, and have locked in their queue, they should be entered into the arena.(more can join, during the "waiting period" to reach the cap.) This will also encourage players that WANT to actually do frontlines to queue without worries. Now if those "trolls" or people whose houses are burning down, and have to leave their computer for more than... lets say 2mins?(Like in arena) Should be removed like Normal, and given the 30 min lockout.(This will then help deter trolls, and well people that don't actually have the time to participate.) I know there is still the issue of people taping their controller or keyboard to move forward, to reset the timer. But thats where they have the "Have to engage" or you get removed in 30secs etc. Or the old WoW "Report afk" (which I hated, but helped.)

It's safe to assume there will be some upset people with legit reasons for afking, but again back to my first point "You should not be queuing up for something if you don't have the time to dedicate to whatever it is you're doing" And if you actually had a legit reason for walking away from your computer for more than 2 mins, then the lockout should not affect you, as it should take more than 30mins to do whatever it is you had to do. ie. House burning down prob take a bit more than 30mins, and a game should be the least of your worries.

I've also seen suggestions of removing the queue counter, so not to enable those trolls as much... But thats a small temp fix? that could possibly help.

[Deelo]

I like the idea of having a lock out timer if you withdraw, but I think there should be a "3 strikes and out" kinda deal. I'm guilty of signing up for something, going to pee/grab a beer and losing the invite. I wouldn't want to get locked out for a long time for stepping away quickly. 40 seconds is a pretty short bathroom break...unless you don't wash your hands!

[Shauneh]

I like the idea of having a lock out timer if you withdraw, but I think there should be a "3 strikes and out" kinda deal. I'm guilty of signing up for something, going to pee/grab a beer and losing the invite. I wouldn't want to get locked out for a long time for stepping away quickly. 40 seconds is a pretty short bathroom break...unless you don't wash your hands!

Something like 5mins for your first strike I think is reasonable, which would have given you enough time to get that beer etc. But there should be a massive increase in time like 30mins second strike, 1hr + 3rd strike. Another simple, and viable fix. But there will still always be an issue of players afking inside, which I would refer to the end of my post. "I know there is still the issue of people taping their controller or keyboard to move forward, to reset the timer. But thats where they have the "Have to engage" or you get removed in 30secs etc. Or the old WoW "Report afk" (which I hated, but helped.)"

[Phinix]

I like the idea of having a lock out timer if you withdraw, but I think there should be a "3 strikes and out" kinda deal. I'm guilty of signing up for something, going to pee/grab a beer and losing the invite. I wouldn't want to get locked out for a long time for stepping away quickly. 40 seconds is a pretty short bathroom break...unless you don't wash your hands!

first of all... you should NOT be queuing up then go for a piss/get beer... you should go for a piss/get beer THEN queue up... this is the MAIN reason why the queue trolling happens...

and i do agree on a 30 minute lock out, because once again you should NOT be waiting to take a break right after queuing, it shoul dbe done before queue or after... simple...

[Petite]

What if, as soon as 85-100 players signed up for frontiers, the queue popped and picked the first 72 people to click commence? No more trolls and afk players ruining your day.

[ulti_19]

I usually defend this games pvp, I had fun in wolves den long ago when the cap was 30and wait times were bearable. But damn, these wait times lately, are freaking unbelievable, worst pvp system out of any game I've ever played. It is inexcusable how for about 8 months the wait times are insane and all you do in this game is queue up and get 2 fights in maybe an hour. Very poor pvp, for such a large company, destroyed completely by wait times.

[Pwnznewbz]

I've been doing the marks hunt while I wait for the pvp queue, but finally gave up after an hour to queue for CT2. Hope they fix it so we can all try out the new pvp content!

[LordHadi]

Yes this is getting frustrating. I'm constantly clicking commence 40-60 mins to get into the game session. Something should be done, the queue is always active but the problem is with those cancelling every few seconds.

How about adding the newly registered players directly to those who are commenced without reseting the queue back to 0 since it's always active? It's always stuck at 71/72 then going back to 0/72 is just a waste of time.

[Veratic]

Japan is not satisfied either, so it should be fixed soon.

[Chrisbox]

They need to fix this because frontlines are really fun