[QOL IDEA] Multijob Queue

[sarehptar]

This won't significantly affect DPS queues as the players that play purely DPS are extremely likely to... keep playing DPS exclusively even with this QoL update.

Definitely don't mean to contradict on your own thread, and I'm sure you understand your idea better than I do, but I think the only group that would see a significant change in queue times from this would be DPS?

I guess I'm thinking of it like this, if we take the example of people queuing solo for a 4-man duty:

A person who mains tank now queues as tank/healer/DPS.
90% of the time, their queue time wouldn't change because they already queued as the fastest thing (tank). Maybe, on the rare occasion, something else is needed, but for the most part, they wouldn't see a significant change from this.

A person who mains healer now queues as healer/tank/DPS.
They will see an decrease in queue time because they will often end up playing tank. However, since they were already getting relatively speedy queue times, this won't be a massive change for them.

A person who mains DPS now queues as DPS/tank, DPS/healer, or DPS/tank/healer.
This is the only group liable to see a significant shortening in queue times because they previously went from being only in the longest queue to now being the shortest and second shortest queues. The number of people who are liable to queue like this is small but not non-existent, and that's the big deal. Anything that can be done to reduce the number of DPS queuing as DPS only will have an impact on the overall queue for everyone.

As for the people who play DPS only and will never queue as tank or healer--they still do get a bonus from any of the above scenarios. Right now, the worst shortage is tanks. In expert roulette, when I queue as heals, I currently get thrown into a waiting list typically between 15-20 other healers. If even five of those healers marked tank too, that's five more parties that go through the DF--which means five more groups of DPS that also got in faster. If even 5 DPS mark tank or healer, that's another five parties moving up the queue. It will improve the queue times for DPS overall. It's not a miracle cure for sure, but it would be a step in the right direction.

Not to mention the example I gave earlier about pre-made groups. Allowing flexibility in the roles for a partial pre-made would significant speed up queue times for DPS, particularly in older content, by making it easier to find matches for partial pre-made groups. A group that could only fit one DPS before might suddenly be able to fit three if people were allowed to queue flexibly. It would help.

I feel like you shouldn't sell your own idea short! XD