[QOL IDEA] Multijob Queue

[Reih]

It will all depend on the server load. If it is a burden the dev team might be reluctant to implement such idea. Specially now that there are cross server parties they have to be careful with servers. Not to mention the upcoming NA datacenter relocation and upgrade. But the idea is nice, I'd love to see something like that.

[Naunet]

It will all depend on the server load. If it is a burden the dev team might be reluctant to implement such idea. Specially now that there are cross server parties they have to be careful with servers. Not to mention the upcoming NA datacenter relocation and upgrade. But the idea is nice, I'd love to see something like that.

Lol... This is kind of a basic functionality that dungeon finders in other MMOs have. I can't imagine a checkbox storing "you queued as tank AND healer" would be much of a horrible burden.

[LineageRazor]

Lol... This is kind of a basic functionality that dungeon finders in other MMOs have. I can't imagine a checkbox storing "you queued as tank AND healer" would be much of a horrible burden.

Whether it's basic in other MMOs is irrelevant. Whether it would be easy to implement in THIS MMO depends on how they coded the system as it works now.

Believe me, I know from experience that any supposedly "easy" coding change can have a lot of unforeseen consequences...

[sarehptar]

Whether it's basic in other MMOs is irrelevant. Whether it would be easy to implement in THIS MMO depends on how they coded the system as it works now.

If FFXIV can't do something that is basic in other MMOs, their coding is bad and should be fixed, regardless of whether fixing it would be easy or difficult.


In terms of the OP's post, I am definitely in support of this. There are roulettes I wouldn't mind tanking, healing, or DPSing if that would make the queue pop faster. I agree with the other poster that if you check "tank" as one of your queue options, you've got a much, much higher chance of queuing in as that anyway, but if that makes the queue pop instantly for yourself and anyone paired with you, then it's working as intended.

I think that Square has somewhat underestimated the impact having two more DPS classes will have on duty finder queues (their opinion is that there's enough leveling content i.e. PotD to keep the queues from soaring--but how does that help DPS endgame queues?), and that if the growing number of DPS players does make for more unbalanced queues, they might have to start thinking about implementing something like OPs idea.