Up Commencement Time to 60 Seconds

[LeCard]

Players actually being afk could easily be resolved as well simply by having players who enter the afk status be automatically removed from the queue.

This, so much this.

How? Hit B (or circle if you're on a psx style controller) till all the windows are gone. Done. I've done this too.

until you accidentally hit that B/O one too many times because you are trying to catch that timer and the game decides that that extra key stroke was you saying withdraw from que. Have fun waiting another 2 hours.


My Idea for this would be to have the Que tell you with an alert when you are, let's say, tenth in line for your classes que. Having an alert that you are getting to the end of your que line would solve the afk/mid craft/mid battle scramble to hit the button in time much more effectively.

[Toodles]

I want this so badly.

[CGMidlander]

Players actually being afk could easily be resolved as well simply by having players who enter the afk status be automatically removed from the queue.

You can turn auto-afk status off. If auto-afk means removal from queue, I'm sure a lot of people would do so.
Sometimes I alt-tab when I queue for stuff, and listen for the "zing" when queue pops. However, since I'm not actually doing anything in the game, it will auto-afk me.

[BigPapaSmurf]

:45 just seems unreasonably quick.

If you're playing on a separate Job & in Sapsa it's nearly impossible to get out of combat in time to switch & accept.

You can't tell me we're expected to sit around & do nothing or only do X & Y while we wait through hour-long queues.

As someone mentioned, sometimes a load screen can even be too much.

[MeiUshu]

no matter what how much time you get, it will never work, there will always be someone for whom it doesnt work. 40 secs are more then enough, you are doing something you take your chances, you click ok when it pops and start over when you come back. Why would you do a complicated craft when you have registered ? why would you start a long fight when you have registered ?? there are no reasons, or you assume the consequences.

And before you say anything, yes I put into effect what I preech.

Mei

[kyuven]

My Idea for this would be to have the Que tell you with an alert when you are, let's say, tenth in line for your classes que. Having an alert that you are getting to the end of your que line would solve the afk/mid craft/mid battle scramble to hit the button in time much more effectively.

unfortunately that's not QUITE the way the queue works. There's a lot of if-then that goes into the queue from what i've observed, so giving accurate numbers is difficult. That's why the estimated queue time goes bonkers if you add another person to your group.
For instance, if you're a BLM and there are no other BLMs, SMNs, or BRDs in the queue but there are 20 ninja, you stand a better chance of being matched no matter when you queue than 19 of those ninja.

[Alukah]

unfortunately that's not QUITE the way the queue works. There's a lot of if-then that goes into the queue from what i've observed, so giving accurate numbers is difficult. That's why the estimated queue time goes bonkers if you add another person to your group.
For instance, if you're a BLM and there are no other BLMs, SMNs, or BRDs in the queue but there are 20 ninja, you stand a better chance of being matched no matter when you queue than 19 of those ninja.

kyuven gets it!

[Luvbunny]

45 seconds is way too quick, 60 seconds is on the short side. 90 seconds would be normal and acceptable. 120 seconds is what this needs to be. Sometimes you are in the middle of something - and it also can take a while to zone in if you happen just to teleport into Mor Dhona, like, A VERY LONG WHILE. I rather not get hit by "withdrawal" penalty if one of my party members happen to just hit teleport while the notification is up, and it takes him/her more than 45 seconds to zone in and change jobs.

[treuhavik]

[Alipoprocks]

I love this idea and all of the others mentioned. I waited 85 minutes for dungeon on nin for relic book (I have always hated books way more than atma farming). After about 45 minutes, I forgot that I was even queued. Was crafting and gathering. Got thirsty and hungry. Came back and duty popped. I was like "Oh, crap!"