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

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Lol @ thread tag.

Well i reckon you better start tankin or get used to them DPS ques boi lest you know whats good for ya

I'm not a 'boy' lol.

The gear for DRG might be a problem, but you can level perfectly well to 50 solo, through levequests, your hunting log, and FATEs. It's not difficult. In fact, doing such solo levelling is a good thing to be doing while you're waiting for your DPS queue.

I can tell you didn't read all of the OP. -_- I already do that stuff, but that stuff has limits. Once you reach those limits there's nothing to do. Hunting log you kill required number of enemies, then there's nothing more to do. Same with challenge log as you have to wait for reset. Leves are limited to allowances. FATEs are not viable without a FATE party due to amount of experience vs time that is so minimal it is pointless. That's why people party for FATEs if leveling. Can't party while queuing unless those people are going to run whatever you're queuing for with you.

Be Social. Join Linkshells. Group with people from them. Problem solved.

Who said anything about not being social? I clearly said I'm in an FC. I'm also in various link shells. As I said party finder is a dud and everyone in FC, friendslist, link shells, etc are either too bored with low level content and always seem to be busy doing something to avoid doing them, or many no longer play or get on much.

Long DPS queues are the case in every single MMO. Doesn't particularly bother me as I just browse the net or do other stuff in-game while waiting. Anyways, MMOs are definitely not for you if you aren't willing to wait in queue.

For leveling purposes you simply do fates/leves while waiting for the queue. Low level content is bound to have longer queues, that's just how it is.

I hear you, I really do, but everyone wanting to play DPS is not something that will change, and is out of SE's control. This is really more of a personal issue that you have. Either join an active FC or get a bunch of friends, or simply quit if it bothers you that much. Such is simply the nature of MMOs, and I think the genre is not for you if you can't handle queue times.

This is not true. I have played various MMOs over my 14 year history of MMOs, including Everquest, WoW, Maplestory, and numerous others. Never had any issues in any of those games or else I wouldn't of played MMOs for 14 years now. Even FFXIV never had an issue with long queues most of the time. This is only the 2nd time this has happened since launch. Once was sometime during 2014 the queues dipped to long queues before returning to normal after Gold Saucer release was announced. Now they've dipped again.

Anyway, to the OP:
There are some MMOs that only have DPS jobs. So there's no queue issues or such. Have you tried them? Might be worth looking into.

No, I've never tried that. Sounds interesting though.

Just going to say, if you want BiS...youd better start making friends. All jobs have BiS gear from Final Coil, and you need to go with people you know (and are able to farm) to have a chance at farming it for the gear you want.

That being said...this IS an MMO...going solo is not the point at all. Playing with others, making connections, getting things done as a team is.

I never said anything about not having friends or not being social. As I said in the OP no one wants to do low level content or always have something to do to avoid them, or never online, etc. The issue was about having something to do for decent progress while waiting to be able to group with people, such as duty queues.