Can we have option to VK a player because they are below a reasonable skill level?

[Archaell]

Lets just take a step back a little

Everyone's different, in all walks of life. Some pick things up immediately, others take longer. Heck that's if they have similar tastes in the first place

Some people do like speed runs in dungeons/raids, always have done. Sometimes (or maybe all times) it's better to do this with players you know or do it with your guild.

Exactly! Everyone is different and that is good, what isn't good tho is that there is only one Duty Finder.

There isn't much that can be done about changing the way players play, but there are ways of changing the game!

Personally I don't believe that all the players should be forced to play together. Imagine that one player wants to get the duty done, another one is watching Netflix, third one wants to speed run and the fourth one wants to roleplay there - disaster ahead.

Usually when people are not satisfied with the lack of matchmaking in DF they are told to use PF.

The question is - Why can't DF have filters?

Just put there few check boxes, maybe even special vote kicks for each "ruleset", and allow players of similar mindset to play together. It would not fix all the problems, but it would be much better than the current totally random situation.

If two players can't stand one another you don't force them to play together, you put them in different groups.

[Lunavi]

Exactly! Everyone is different and that is good, what isn't good tho is that there is only one Duty Finder.

There isn't much that can be done about changing the way players play, but there are ways of changing the game!

Personally I don't believe that all the players should be forced to play together. Imagine that one player wants to get the duty done, another one is watching Netflix, third one wants to speed run and the fourth one wants to roleplay there - disaster ahead.

Usually when people are not satisfied with the lack of matchmaking in DF they are told to use PF.

The question is - Why can't DF have filters?

Just put there few check boxes, maybe even special vote kicks for each "ruleset", and allow players of similar mindset to play together. It would not fix all the problems, but it would be much better than the current totally random situation.

If two players can't stand one another you don't force them to play together, you put them in different groups.

But you don't have to play with everyone, there is PF for people who can't stand people who doesn't hold up to their pace. You can even create your own dungeon grind group if you want to... What many seem to not understand is that when you sign on for DF there is a (HUGE) chance that you will end up with bad players. That happens, and when it does you can either leave and eat the punishment, or vote abandon. Even daily roulette can from what I rememer be done in a premade nowadays so there is no reason for people who can't stand bad people running DF over PF.

[Archaell]

But you don't have to play with everyone, there is PF for people who can't stand people who doesn't hold up to their pace.

Why can't the "less commited players" use PF then to make DF a better place? :3

As it is now Duty Finder is working, yes, but it is also far from being perfect. A simple option to choose between "slow and easy" and "serious play" would make a huge difference. The only reason why having all the players in one pool is better are the Q times... but then we could just allow people to choose both options and just tell them what is the purpose of the run at the start.

Mixing players who do care about their performance with players who do not care is DF flaw that should be fixed.

[Lunavi]

Why can't the "less commited players" use PF then to make DF a better place? :3

As it is now Duty Finder is working, yes, but it is also far from being perfect. A simple option to choose between "slow and easy" and "serious play" would make a huge difference. The only reason why having all the players in one pool is better are the Q times... but then we could just allow people to choose both options and just tell them what is the purpose of the run at the start.

Mixing players who do care about their performance with players who do not care is DF flaw that should be fixed.

What is your suggestion to make DF able to do that? I don't understand why you want to run in DF when your needs are clearly those of one who should want to run in PF. PF can, in the long run, filter people out better than any program ever could.

[LadyVal]

Why can't the "less commited players" use PF then to make DF a better place? :3

As it is now Duty Finder is working, yes, but it is also far from being perfect. A simple option to choose between "slow and easy" and "serious play" would make a huge difference. The only reason why having all the players in one pool is better are the Q times... but then we could just allow people to choose both options and just tell them what is the purpose of the run at the start.

Mixing players who do care about their performance with players who do not care is DF flaw that should be fixed.

People select to be partied with players who don't even speak the same languages so that they can get shorter queue times. Once somebody sees that queuing for "slow and easy" means a 30 minute queue compared to a "serious play" queue time of 5 minutes, you can guess which queue people will use. And then will still complain about the same issues that are being complained about right now.

[Archaell]

People select to be partied with players who don't even speak the same languages so that they can get shorter queue times. Once somebody sees that queuing for "slow and easy" means a 30 minute queue compared to a "serious play" queue time of 5 minutes, you can guess which queue people will use. And then will still complain about the same issues that are being complained about right now.

I actually do expect that. The difference is that then there would be no excuse to "underperform" in the "serious play" pool and vote kicking for performance would be justified.

What is your suggestion to make DF able to do that? I don't understand why you want to run in DF when your needs are clearly those of one who should want to run in PF. PF can, in the long run, filter people out better than any program ever could.

My view point is that players should not be punished - forced to use PF - for playing the game optimally and wanting their team to do the same. Hopping in DF and expecting others to do your job is basically passive griefing. DF means to avoid that are in this state really pitiful - you can vote kick them, leave, or vote abandon. Vote kicking just sends the player to a different group to cause harm while wasting group's time waiting for a new member, leaving gives you penalty and abandoning is also kind of penalty. Some way to avoid being matched with the player in the first place would be much better solution.

We have SSS now, which is lacking, but it could be expanded to unlock the "serious mode" for DF. Require players to beat the dungeon first, then unlock it in SSS for each job, make the aoe/tanking/healing versions and you made the "serious" Q much better already.

[LadyVal]

My view point is that players should not be punished - forced to use PF - for playing the game optimally and wanting their team to do the same. Hopping in DF and expecting others to do your job is basically passive griefing.

Mmm I would disagree, PF is not a punishment. Anyone who expects anything other than "I am going to be put with an entirely random player" should probably use PF. That goes for those who want speed runs, and those who expect their hands to be held entirely. You don't get any special treatment just because you are highly concerned with your efficiency. On the other hand, nor do those who expect to be carried. When anybody uses DF they are signing up for the luck of the draw.

With your ideas I believe it would ultimately drive people away from the game because everyone would end up in these "serious mode" runs and nobody would be left to help the new players (both casual and hardcore) to clear the content they need. Because let's face it most people won't go into PF thinking "how can I help someone else" but they end up in DF with someone new and that new person gets the clear.

It really sounds like you just need to learn how to tolerate/respect people with different levels of skill than your own. If you replace your terms for "casual" and "efficient" with "colored" and "white" your ideas sound a whole lot like actual ideas that were used in the US in the 1950s.

[Archaell]

I am arguing for more options when it comes to DF and clearly stated rules for them. Right now it is impossible to enforce anything in DF because there are no guidelines to follow. The problem with special treatment is that while you can't force better performance from others you can force others to carry you so the players who are doing good job are always at disadvantage. What is wrong with matching folks with similar mindset together?

Nobody would be forced to help new players. There would still be players helping, look at how many "help me carry a friend" PFs are up. There is also the mentor roulette and bonus. People would be still helping so I don't see the issue here. Would the first time clears have longer wait times or require more effort? Well that is quite possible. But the "elitists" would be out of the Q, which could actually improve the enjoyment for the new players.

I tolerate many things, the only people I kick are offline - because I am soft. It's my weakness and I accept it, yet that is exactly the reason why I could use the features mentioned to make me less exploitable. I could probably try to practice being more toxic... but in all honesty that is not something I would like to do.

If you replace your terms for "casual" and "efficient" with "colored" and "white" your ideas sound a whole lot like actual ideas that were used in the US in the 1950s.

So since when does trying hard allow you to change skin colors exactly? :P With performance there is still the possibility (and quite easy) of moving up to decent level of skill from the bottomless pit of underperformance.

[Lunavi]

My view point is that players should not be punished - forced to use PF - for playing the game optimally and wanting their team to do the same. Hopping in DF and expecting others to do your job is basically passive griefing. DF means to avoid that are in this state really pitiful - you can vote kick them, leave, or vote abandon. Vote kicking just sends the player to a different group to cause harm while wasting group's time waiting for a new member, leaving gives you penalty and abandoning is also kind of penalty. Some way to avoid being matched with the player in the first place would be much better solution.

No one punishes you for playing the game optimally, nor wanting top tier players. However, SE can't do the impossible. What you ask for is a system that pairs you up with people with equal skill level to yourself all the time. Note that I do not say equal or above, because with your mindset you should not waste the time of people who are more skilled than yourself. With this system queuetimes could get ridiculously high, maybe even tanks like yourself would get to taste some queuetime?

You seem unable to grasp the purpose DF and PF respectively exists to serve in the game. DF is there to make you and any other player able to quickly (oh well, relatively) and without much hazzle enter a dungeon group on the go to finish the stuff they need to finih. This is also why the duty roulette was created to keep old and skilled players in outdated content so that players wouldn't be faced with 300+ minute queuetimes (yes, I saw that in 2.0 before the Daily Roulette system was created) while PF is meant to be used as a tool to find players with a specific playstyle and skill-level to run content with. You would save yourself and many other much frustraition if you started to use these systems as they were intended to be used and respect that other people do likewise. Heck, back when I played in 2.1-2.2 it wasn't uncommon at all that people used PF to create SR tomefarm parties and I doubt that is a practice that have died out (capping weekly tomes in about an hour was awesome I can tell you).

There is one solution to all of your problem, and I repeat, DO NOT USE DUTY FINDER!

[Archaell]

There is one solution to all of your problem, and I repeat, DO NOT USE DUTY FINDER!

I am trying to avoid it as much as possible - don't worry!

The main purpose of Duty Finder is to find people beyond your server to do content with. Even it's current state could be changed, at least theoretically. Imagine that starting tomorrow it would be place only for the experience people. It is not likely, but the tiny possibility exists.

Being matched with players of equal skill sounds nice, but you are right - not so plausible due to size of the playerbase. Nobody wants that tho. The main issue with these topics is that posters try to push things to extreme. Nobody wants the more serious roulette to be place only for people who can do 95% of their job's potential. 80% would be more than enough as long as they try to improve. I can tell you that there are people who do less than 50%, which makes it clear they do other things while playing the game. Why should we be stuck carrying them for their own selfish needs? In team based game it is natural to expect the whole team to be commited to the goal - which in this case is making the duty as smooth and quick as possible so that we can enjoy the parts of the game which are fun.