Up Commencement Time to 60 Seconds

[Riepah]

I have a question about the withdraw penalty. Do i get the penalty if i queue up for a dungeon but withdraw before my queue commencement window pops?

No, you get it only if the commencement window shows up and you either do nothing or withdraw at that point. The only way to get out of a commencement window without a strike or entering the dungeon, is if somebody else withdraws (unless they are partied with you, then you get a strike as well)

[MageBlack]

Groovy! Thanks for the clarification!

[Fynlar]

Why are you trying to solo group content as any class?

Because like with the higher tier FATEs, it's not necessarily required to be in a party if others are there.

This one's just a lie. DPS have a much easier time on b-ranks because you can actually kill it quickly. As a healer or tank it takes me several minutes to kill a b-rank.

I don't usually "kill it quickly" as a DPS, I just get my ass kicked without a healer chocobo. As a healer or tank, I can easily sustain myself and outlast the mob without needing to bring out the companion.

This is, again, not solo content. Why are you trying to solo things that aren't meant to be? It's also worth noting that again, you still have the advantage. As a healer or tank these FATES will usually time out if tried solo. Every DPS can access defensive abilities. Use them.

See first response

Also, the only worthwhile "defensive ability" you can really use as a DPS is desyncing and using Second Wind and resyncing. Everything else is a joke compared to what tanks have at their disposal.

I've been aggroed in the mines when the duty pops. It is not difficult at all to pop sprint and find a corner within 45 seconds.

Okay, and what do you do when you reach that corner with twice the aggro that you had before, hmm?

[Oghmanyte]

The amount of hate in this thread is just staggering. Don't even try; there's no other word for it.

What sort of terrible lives do you people have that make you take such harsh attitudes toward each other?

FFXIV is a game, right? It's not a job, right?

If I saw this thread while deciding whether or not to join, I would turn right around and flee as fast as I could.

[Souljacker]

If I saw this thread while deciding whether or not to join, I would turn right around and flee as fast as I could.

And most of the folks in here would tell you not to let the door hit ya, because they don't want you in "their" game anyway.

[melflomil]

How about if you miss you queue for a legitimate reason and next time you queue it will put you first instead of last of course limit this. If you don't queue back up in the next five minutes you go back to the line. It won't hold your spot but put you first in line for the duty you selected

[lvlagmarink]

I let the timer ran out once because i was watching cutscene in hildibrand quest, i skipped the cutscene, yet another one "to be continued" cutscene occured which cannot be skipped.. If only i have 15 more seconds, i would've made it {:v)

[lvlagmarink]

And i just let the timer ran out again simply because last cutscene in lv 45 ninja "Tough Guys" cannot be skipped.. It takes more than 45seconds (the cutscene itself with additional scene "the soul has giving you more power bla bla bla bla")..
If one is supposed to sitting like a good duck waiting for duty pops, why allow people to change class/jobs when readying duty in the first place?

The timer was set at 45 seconds to give consideration to players who have already selected to commence the content, and as such we do not have any plans at the moment to increase this.

You need to take into consideration that nothing in this games force you to load stuff more than 45 s with screen loading included. Try to imagine seeing stupid Karasu or that manderville face while the game gives you a strike because you let the timer runs out

[BigPapaSmurf]

SE, please, this is NOT okay.

About 7 seconds later my load screen ended.

[Marius_Wynyard]

60 seconds sounds reasonable to me, but how long before people say 60 seconds isn't long enough they need 90 seconds? 2 minutes? 3 minutes? For some people there will never be enough time.