Frontlines queue is broken.

[Sessurea]

3 members of my FC queued for FL, and the one who joined the queue 1st, got in about 20 minutes after the other 2 ppl. All were on dps and in same GC. Yh, totally not broken.

[Barimu]

They should've made it so grand companies were a permanent thing, not able to be hopped between.

[MageBlack]

The system is working fine. JP community is evenly distribued among three GCs for the frontline while EN community is not. This is why it does not seem to appeal to you, but it doesnt mean system is not working fine. I was unable to find any topic in regard to complain of que time on both JP PvP fourm and JP 2ch. This is an issue that only apply to EN community because of our own mindset. The mindset of jumping to the winning wagon is something need to be resolve within our community. You are making a false claim and assumption based on your own personal experience as a Malestorm.

The number of players that are enjoying GC vs GC vs GC is much greater than you think. JP community seems to enjoying this competition system and their Frontline participant number is greater than us according to Yoship. You need a lot more solid reference and stactic number to show your point.

I assure you, the wait times are real and the systems matching is not functioning as expected. As i stated earlier, I'm Twin Adders queuing as a MRD/WAR during peak times and I've waited up to 3 hours for a queue. Then I get my son to Queue, sometimes after 30 or more minutes after I've been waiting, on his tank (also Adders) and he gets in before me. Something is not working somewhere.

May I ask how your queue times are, what company you are, and what role you queue as?

[JayCommon]

Feels like this PVP is giving Mael a bad rep. Sure everyone is hopping for the vanity/win ratio. But some of us just like that GC. I picked it never knowing it'd be a winner. I just love the sea and pirates dammit. ;'(

Totally agree, however this will end up having an adverse effect as well. Maelstrom does seem to be the most popular, generally the most amount of cooperation amongst Frontlines teams, etc. However this won't be as prevalent in the coming weeks if all the bad players switch GCs thinking they can get carried into wins. I've already started seeing the effect in my cluster. Maelstrom usually always would put up a good fight in the matches I did prior to 2 weeks ago. There was a couple matches where we (Immortal Flames) just absolutely crushed everyone. We won and the other teams had sub 700 points lol.

[Divinemight]

My own personal experience and several others. This isn't JUST me. Again, I have been with Maelstrom since 1.0, why is it fair for me to HAVE to switch if I ever want to even ENTER frontlines? Also, we already know they favor JP players, you don't need to remind us. Don't blame people like me for "jumping ship and winning", I've only even been able to play one stupid game. If I could fix this issue, I would.

Do you even read what I am saying? You sound like a kid crying: "Daddy dont love me." The number of Malestorm on English data centre is much greater, especially on Primal Data Centre, Malestorm number is overwhelming and there is simply not enouch Twin Adders to lower your que time. You can help to resolve the issue by join the Twin Adder, now, would you do that?

Favorism? Are you out of your mind?

[Divinemight]

May I ask how your queue times are, what company you are, and what role you queue as?

I also assure you, job has no impact on que system. I am Twin Adder, Primal Date Centre, que as PLD, MNK, or BRD. Que time is average around instant to 10 mins. I can provide video as proof if you want it.

[Barimu]

You can help to resolve the issue by join the Twin Adder, now, would you do that?

This is a dumb solution. He shouldn't have to change his grand company. The people that switched GC to maelstrom for frontlines should have to change back not him.

[Divinemight]

This is a dumb solution. He shouldn't have to change his grand company. The people that switched GC to maelstrom for frontlines should have to change back not him.

If you fail to see the sacasm, I am being sacastic because I know he wont. Why would he do that when Malestorm has 42% winning ratio when Twin Adders only ahs 27% on the Primal.

[MageBlack]

I also assure you, job has no impact on que system. I am Twin Adder, Primal Date Centre, que as PLD, MNK, or BRD. Que time is average around instant to 10 mins. I can provide video as proof if you want it.

i realize roles dont matter since we can switch in the match itself. Would you like video proof of my wait times? Why are you completely unwilling to listen to those who are legitimately having an issue? the issue is NOT solely based on GC affiliation, time of day, or any other issue that the player has control over. I was part of the Limsa Lominsa GC and switched about 2 weeks ago (my switch had nothing to do with PvP wait times, at the time i switched I was unaware of the discrepency in numbers) and I noticed 0 difference in wait times. It sucked too cause When I switched I lost my 22 levels in PvP experience and had to start from scratch. I would really like it if wait times were 10 min.

Yesterday, I set myself up for a queue and forgot about it. Went grocery shopping for over an hour, came home. put them away, cooked dinner, then sat down to eat. That was when i noticed I was still waiting in a queue. That happened between 4pm and 7pm PST (West coast Canada). This has become the norm.

I do think that a viable solution would be to reunite all servers and databases for PvP queue's. even if its just for frontlines. At least then there would be a larger pool to draw from.

[ExKage]

I am in PST playing between times of 4pm-10pm on weekdays in California. I queue for Immortal Flames as DPS (BLM) and my queues are generally 15-30min.