Is there any way to play the game as DPS? Or just end subscription?

[h0tNstilettos]

I have been playing since beta. But recently I have been trying to get all jobs to 50 before Heavensward and also get BiS gear for my main job DRG before then, but I am finding it impossible to actually play the game when I get on and get extremely bored because the queues are like 30 minutes long when waiting for low level or guildhest queues. So I decided to forget about it after weeks of this and decided to go back to working on BiS only since endgame queues are faster. But now even the endgame queues are 30 mins, except expert which is like 20. I can't do the weekly CT runs for quest because Labyrinth of the Ancients queue is over 30 minutes, while just last week before the patch it was quick. Just less than a month ago the queues were not that long for endgame queues. So I can't play the game at all, and telling me to play a healer or tank is not a solution. I've never experienced problems like this in any other MMO before in my 14 years with MMOs. The only endgame queue that is decent time is World of Darkness, but I have no idea why everyone is only playing that even with the weekly loot restriction lifted, especially when you can get 1 of 3 items to upgrade gear from the weekly quest, including a new one they just added that was formerly exclusive to final coil. I think SE really needs to make those solo dungeons a higher priority.

Being in an FC doesn't help because everyone is usually busy and doing their own thing. Party finder is a dud. Party finder seems to only be useful now if doing endgame primals or coil. As for low level content, yes I do hunting log and challenge log while waiting on queue, but once all of that is done there's nothing to do while waiting unless you want to play triple triad or leves, and leves also have a limit and I no longer play Triple Triad due to the botched tournaments and even their solution of points to buy platinum card seems to be botched from what I read. FATEs are also not an option when you consider how much SE forces FATEs on people and doing zodiac stuff and other things, the last thing you want to see is another FATE. Also, healers seem to be scarce as even when I'm in queue a long time I will sometimes notice a tank already paired with us and the tank ends up waiting over 10 minutes before they eventually withdrawal, and most of the time it seems to be a healer we are waiting on.

I've come to the realization that the game is just not playable and a waste of time until SE implements the option to solo dungeons they've talked about. So I'm thinking about ending my subscription today before it charges me for another month tomorrow, and come back once the method to solo dungeons is implemented, unless anyone has good solutions. There's no point in playing a game that requires partying for any decent method of gaining experience (pre-50) or tomes (post-50) if no one is playing the content.

[Mendalas]

The queue times on Balmung are pretty quick. I usually go tank or healer for dungeons, but if I queue expert roulette as a dps, its about 5 mins. At most it will be 10 but that's rare. Syrcus tower and WoD are practically instant queue for dps. LotA is a bit longer since it requires more tanks.

Honestly though it sounds like to me that you just need to take a break if you are not having fun with this game. After all, the reason why we play games is to enjoy them.

[Brightshadow]

I don't know what you expected as a DPS, long queue times are a normal thing for them because they are the most played role. Plus dungeons shouldn't be soloable there is enough solo content in the game to levelup. And even if fates are not your cup of tea there are leves. if you ran out of charges do something else SE didn't make this game to beat it in one day.

[Kosmos992k]

Playing with friends will generally speaking solve this issue - as long as some of you are willing to play as tank/healer while others dps.

It's a multiplayer game, not solo, making friends is kind of part of what makes the game actually work.

[gamesmart]

You're choosing to ignore all the things that you can do while waiting for DF, so that's really your problem if you don't want to try to utilize the most effective way of leveling outside of a dungeon. If your FC isn't willing to help then maybe it's time to find a new one. You're playing an MMO, a genre that revolves around interacting with other people. If you're trying to circumvent that aspect of the game, then why are you here in the first place? Make friends that are willing to help you out.

And your "I'm not going tank or healer" statement only exacerbates the problem that you're experiencing. DPS DF queues are long partially due to that very reason. That said, if you've never experienced this problem in 14 years then I don't know what MMOs you're playing.

[Rbstr]

I leveled my dragoon in the last couple of weeks. The queues weren't too arduous. Just filled my time with fates and levels to it went faster.

[Kosmos992k]

Just to add to what I said. a group of 4 friends can level all the classes they want as long as each is willing to take a turn as tank or healer.

Actually, practically speaking you only need 3 people because as long as one is willing to tank and one is willing to heal, the dps queued in DF will fill the 4th spot.

So it's not like you need a FC of 100s to level a dps class, you just need a couple of willing friends - and that's not counting all the FATE & Leves.

[Quesse]

requires partying for any decent method of gaining experience (pre-50) or tomes (post-50) if no one is playing the content.

I just leveled WAR/BLM/PLD to finally get my crown. Did it all via FATES/farming/leves - mainly because I was trying to get my Choco to Rank 10. I play very off and on and tend to spend a lot of time crafting, messing with my house, and other stuff. It didn't seem to take too long. I'm just not sure if by 'decent method' you mean 2-3 days or if a couple of weeks. Then again I played FFXI so 3 weeks to go from 1-50 seems like an instant.

In any case I would disagree with "not playable" and "waste of time" assessment -- it just doesn't match your more hurried style of play.

[Kalelius]

My goal is to also get all DoW/DoM class to 50.
Find me in-game; I can help.

[Andevom]

I've never experienced problems like this in any other MMO before in my 14 years with MMOs.

Must not have played FFXI then.

30 minute waits would've been a *blessing*, as opposed to 4 hours sitting in Jeuno/Whitegate waiting for a party invite as a DPS.