Open Discussion: DPS Qeue fix ideas

[Dortharl]

The only reason I ever do roulette is for guaranteed clusters, I can get tome stones from hunts and PVP both of which are more interesting than running the same dungeons over and over.

(you get clusters from Hunts as well but sometimes Roulette is more consistent)

[KarstenS]

It occurred to me the other day if DPS wait times are unreasonable compared to other roles ,then SE need only increase the number per party and retouch max hp defense numbers to compensate. I wouldn't expect such a large retooling before the next expansion drop though. Anyone else have any thoughts on making the DPS timers better for our fellow gamers?

Easy solution: Queue up as tank or healer.

It fixes your queue and the queue for others too. Win-win.

[Elfidan]

Easy solution: Queue up as tank or healer.

It fixes your queue and the queue for others too. Win-win.

I mostly do, problem is there is only one of me.

[LunaFaye]

There's nothing wrong with the dps queue's. Maybe it's an issue on your data center but hey we can't all get instant queue's 24/7. People knew that when playing a dps, that the time will be longer than 1 second, we don't need now to go and "fix" the dps queue's, since there's nothing to fix.

[GenericMagus]

There's nothing wrong with the dps queue's. Maybe it's an issue on your data center but hey we can't all get instant queue's 24/7. People knew that when playing a dps, that the time will be longer than 1 second, we don't need now to go and "fix" the dps queue's, since there's nothing to fix.

True, but DPS also makes up the majority of the population, all paying subs, so its best to try and get them to stick around and try and help alleviate the DPS queue times so they can do more content. Does this sound a bit unfair on Tanks and Healers? Yes, but that's why there's incentives in the first place to compensate them for doing it.

[Faeon]

True, but DPS also makes up the majority of the population, all paying subs, so its best to try and get them to stick around and try and help alleviate the DPS queue times so they can do more content. Does this sound a bit unfair on Tanks and Healers? Yes, but that's why there's incentives in the first place to compensate them for doing it.

No matter what you do there is noway to correct the issue, incentives only get you so far. there are more dps players than the rest so it will be this way forever and ever, on some data centers its not so bad 10-15 minutes maybe?, but to some people that is too long. For the players asking SE to fix, how do they fix this? this is a people driven issue, nothing SE can do will make people queue up more or increase the numbers.

[Spammer]

I really just don't see how this problem can be solved without changing the community mindset, And considering people don't like change...Well good luck with that.

[GetFoesReqd]

I DPS almost everything I do, and it is rare to have a longer than 20 minute wait for anything. Maybe on the 50-60 roulette. Maybe. But again, maybe I'm spoiled. When I left WoW for this game, 45 minute queues were normal, and hour long or more were not uncommon. So, I just queue and then go harvest or hunt or something and it pops before I know it. So long story slightly less long, I don't even see 20 minutes as a problem. I wouldn't mind shorter times, but I don't feel the need to shake up the game for it or anything.

[BubblyBoar]

The only way to fix DPS queues is for you, yes you specifically, the person reading this for a solution, to switch to a tank or healer. Otherwise, they won't be fixed. As simple as that.

That said, when I play a tnak or a healer, I usually bring at least one DPS friend along so that I don't have to deal with lvl 50+ dungeon runs and DPS tellign me "we don't have good AoE DPS" so they decide to single target a group of 10+ mobs until the healer runs out of MP from spamming Adlo ( zzzz...)

[Ralf2]

2 options: You could bring NPC tank/healer/dps(maybe the Squadrons?) into dungeons, but not going to happen in XIV. Or Advanced Jobs with 5.0, they could do tank/healer/dps job alone, similar how Hero works in PSO2.