8 man dungeons and MSQ

[Arcarius]

Hi all,

So I got to within 3 quests of the msq for the realm reborn when I ran into an 8 man dungeon quest. That is you cannot proceed until the dungeon is complete. So I signed up for the duty and then spent the next 8 hours waiting for it to pop. In the end it didn't.

I then figured that if I was to continue I would need to buy the Heavensward upgrade, which completes all quests. I felt like this was a serious kick in my guts and did not feel good about it for days.

So now I'm maybe 20 or 30 quests into Heavensward and have run into another 8 man dungeon (Thok ast Thok (Hard)). Another 8 hours later and there are no takers. Nobody is doing them. Not to mention the high possibility of failure even if 8 people manage to come together to do the dungeon (according to youtube).

This seems to me like a serious flaw in the game design. How can I resolve this and progress?

Otherwise I gotta bail on this game.

[RokkuEkkusu]

Wait, did you just buy the HW upgrade recently? If you bought Stormblood, you would get the Heavensward content too.

That being said, I thought you were referring to Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium for a moment.

Judging by your world, you're in a Japanese data center. I believe you should activate all languages in the duty finder settings. Trials without level item requirements on average shouldn't take more than 30 minutes, even for a dps.

[Hasrat]

Wait, did you just buy the HW upgrade recently? If you bought Stormblood, you would get the Heavensward content too.

That being said, I thought you were referring to Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium for a moment.

Judging by your world, you're in a Japanese data center. I believe you should activate all languages in the duty finder settings. Trials without level item requirements on average shouldn't take more than 30 minutes, even for a dps.

1. They were referring to the HW boost potion, to skip past the rest of ARR.
2. They were referring to the final ARR dungeons, and mistakenly assumed Thok was also a dungeon.

But yeah. Still had options other than buying the jump potion. Party Finder would've worked just as well. And Thok is not a dungeon, it's only a trial, single boss fight, like all the other primals. Still, sounds likely that the issue is either not playing during same hours as most others on the data center, or language settings too restrictive preventing the game from finding enough players to match.

[NosamKin]

The original complaint confuses me. If you're willing to go unsynced to get it done Thok ast Thok (Hard) and all of those trials are constantly in PF - often for WT or others just trying to get it done - at least on my data center.

[Avatre]

The original complaint confuses me. If you're willing to go unsynced to get it done Thok ast Thok (Hard) and all of those trials are constantly in PF - often for WT or others just trying to get it done - at least on my data center.

The bolded part isn't correct. It's the extreme versions that are in PF for WT. HM is only in there when someone is working on their Anima relics.

[Infindox]

Never be afraid to put up a PF if your queue is too long. People will usually help you out.

[NephthysVasudan]

The bolded part isn't correct. It's the extreme versions that are in PF for WT. HM is only in there when someone is working on their Anima relics.

In all fairness - PF is faster for a great many things when someone needs something specific....where duty finder just isn't fast enough. Course that depends on what role - and in the above example? usually DPS'ers - if you where a tank or a healer...would be a 5 min average wait generally.

[Frizze]

Thok hard mode is on the trials roulette though. Playing close to prime time(usually a bit later) as a DPS i still often get close to insta-ques for the trials roulette. So yeah, this issue has to be with language settings(possibly complimented by off hours status). Arcarius, did you intentionally create a character on a Japanese data center rather a North American or European one? If yes, make sure you have japanese selected as a language for matching purposes(many/most people wont care if you cant actually communicate). Going forward(from where you are) all dungeons are 4 man content, and all trials are for 8.

[Avatre]

In all fairness - PF is faster for a great many things when someone needs something specific....where duty finder just isn't fast enough. Course that depends on what role - and in the above example? usually DPS'ers - if you where a tank or a healer...would be a 5 min average wait generally.

Oh, I'm not arguing that, the part I was saying is wrong pertains mostly to the "often for WT" part. No HM trial(unless you count Ultima and Odin as HM and not EX/Savage) is ever in the WT.

[NephthysVasudan]

Oh, I'm not arguing that, the part I was saying is wrong pertains mostly to the "often for WT" part. No HM trial(unless you count Ultima and Odin as HM and not EX/Savage) is ever in the WT.

Goes without saying.