Remove ARF from the MSQ

[OPneedNerfs]

I'm assuming you're new to ffxiv due to the join date, just so you know, it's already a mixed culture for people to queue for J and E for DF.

If you queued ONLY for E, that might be the problem.

If that is not the case however, then I wish you the best of luck finding an fc/kind strangers to clear it with soon.

If you still need help in 2 days time (life committments), you could hit me up and I'd queue it with you in any of the 3 roles.

[SooChe]

It's nice to come on the forums and not experience toxicity.

[Velhart]

It's nice to come on the forums and not experience toxicity.

[Velox]

It's nice to come on the forums and not experience toxicity.

Give it 24 hours. :P
Sometimes the infection has a higher incubation period.

[Odett]

I was surprised when I first unlocked Expert Roulette and found out that this dungeon wasn't part of it. Its longest cutscene occurs after the boss has died, so the most waiting you'd have to do is probably 1 minute before the final boss fight. Its boss fights are also arguably funner than the opening burst rotation-interrupting trolls from Neverreap, and a third dungeon in the mix would have helped lessen the monotony of Expert Roulette.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I was surprised when I first unlocked Expert Roulette and found out that this dungeon wasn't part of it. Its longest cutscene occurs after the boss has died, so the most waiting you'd have to do is probably 1 minute before the final boss fight. Its boss fights are also arguably funner than the opening burst rotation-interrupting trolls from Neverreap, and a third dungeon in the mix would have helped lessen the monotony of Expert Roulette.

Expert dungeons generally have the same ilvl requirements. ARF has a lower check (and if it had rewards, less valuable loot), thus it would be considered "too easy" for an expert label.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

It should definitely go in the Main Story Roulette, or at least the first version of the Expert Roulette before the new dungeons come out, it drops no loot, but most people I see just dump it on the floor anyway and as for cut-scenes, they aren't very long, nor will it ruin anyone's day by waiting a whopping 2 minutes for someone to watch them.

I love the dungeon, but there is very little reason to run it once you beat it aside from the first 2 weeks when everyone was grinding Law.

[bounddreamer]

I hope you got your clear! I was going to suggest party finder as well. I've helped all my FC mates clear this instance. When we don't go in with a full party, even queueing as tank and healer, we've had a fifteen minute wait.

[Atoli]

Nobody who did it once does it ever again (maybe some people do, for fun, but there's no real reason to do it), so the queues are just dead.

"Fun". In the Aetherochemical Research Facility. Oh the irony...xD
No, sadly you are right, no one goes back there if they don't HAVE to, because that dungeon is just horrible and has no redeeming value to it in comparison to the amount of time and effort you have to put in.
Although I'd rather not get thrown into it through roulette, in general I support adding it to a roulette. Only problem I see is that it's for lvl 60 while the current main scenario roulette is for lvl 50. You don't get anything useful but exp for the main scenario roulette, so why would you do it with a lvl 60 character in the first place? So if ARF gets added, there would need to be some incentive for lvl 60 players to run it.

Also, about the OP's specific problem:

If your FC can't help you do a dungeon that takes all of 15-20 minutes, it's time to find a new FC.

THIS. SO MUCH.
Even if some people are inactive right now, if you can't even find 2 people in your FC, the guys who are kind of supposed to be closest to you ingame, to help you out, I'd seriously question if that FC cares enough about me to stick with it, if I were you.

[raela]

"Fun". In the Aetherochemical Research Facility. Oh the irony...xD

I had a lot of fun there. Friend of mine accidentally queued for that once and we got in, and just went for it so not to leave the poor random bard waiting. Still was fun and I wish it had a place somewhere in a roulette.