DPS Queue Times

[ChaoticCrimson]

I can vouch for the beast tribe quests, particularly the Kojin quests if you're that far. They offer some really good experience for hardly any effort. Doing them with a level 70 job also yields a handful of Mendacity tomestones each in place of experience, if I'm not mistaken, which can save you a little hassle trying to meet the weekly cap. Not sure yet how good the Ananta quests are, but based on what I've heard they're not too shabby either. I'll also use the free time to occasionally check my GC squadron and get them started on some training/send them on a mission if one's available still for the week.

[SenorPatty]

I'm surprised no one mentioned sidequests


Not all of them are bad, ya know

[kikix12]

You can't do chocobo races while waiting for a queue. You cannot do any instances while waiting for an instance, so no instanced quests, no lord of vermilion, clearly no runs with your squadron etc.

However, you can always go and play the card game, hunting for new cards, if you're interested. Or do the side quests as SenorPatty said. Some of them offer decent experience, and even if not, they are something to do that progresses you somehow.

Alternatively, you can find a tank/healer manually (not necessarily a friend, really, just can try and use the chat) and then queue with them in the party. This will not be instant-queue, but hey. It's still considerably faster with one of these classes in party. Doing a party find for x consecutive runs of a dungeon will be decent option if you've got that extra time to play and want to make use of it. Once you do find the party which may take a while, you should be able to get three or so runs at least with minimal wait time.

[Iscah]

There are also more DPS classes compared to tanks and healers.

3 tanks, 3 healers, 9 DPS (counting summoner/scholar separately)

If everyone plays all the classes evenly, there are just more DPSes relative to the party balance of 1:1:2 slots to fill.

[Fhaerron]

Tank is my main too but I never found it 'annoying' to wait as a DPS. Do you just stand there in limsa 20 mins while waiting? O.o

I'm lvl-ing my BLM, I put sound on max (speakers), put myself in queu and then start to clean up or start on making dinner, etc. I don't really have to make dinner myself since I eat at work but you catch my drill.

Yesterday I did lvl, trial, 50-60, alliance raid and ... main scenario (this was actually a missclick as I wanted to select alliance raid ...).
I was lvl-ing my Magikarp on pokemon yellow on my DS while waiting. It's also a good thing to do while you wait between cutscenes in main scenario.

Just do other things. I sometimes also play on my Switch, or review whatever I studied that day (I study every day after work).

I don't see it as a disadvantage, Yes you have instant queu on tank job but then the stuff I do in between queus on my DPS job I then do when I finish all que's as tank. Time spent do to everything is the same whatever I play DPS or tank.

You're crazy if you just stand there doing nothing ...

[Renato]

I'm lvl-ing my BLM, I put sound on max (speakers), put myself in queu and then start to clean up or start on making dinner, etc. I don't really have to make dinner myself since I eat at work but you catch my drill.
I was lvl-ing my Magikarp on pokemon yellow on my DS while waiting. It's also a good thing to do while you wait between cutscenes in main scenario.
Just do other things. I sometimes also play on my Switch, or review whatever I studied that day (I study every day after work).

And I totally get that...I usually do find something to watch on Youtube or attempt to do beast quests, FATES, etc. But that's

[GetFoesReqd]

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend what helps me in these times. My perception of queue times was formed around some 60-90 minute nonsense in WoW during its Wrath and Cataclysm expansions. It sucks, but compared to that, 20 minutes pretty much whizzes by, in a game like this with so much side crap to do. But for 14 I will echo the hunts/beast tribes recommendation, that usually gets me through a couple of queues before I'm done. Gathering for Grand company seals is a pretty good time waster too, if you focus on getting HQ's.

[Mithron]

Remember when Yoshi said DPS queues wouldn't be a problem even though they're adding only two new DPS to expansion?

[Dortharl]

Remember when Yoshi said DPS queues wouldn't be a problem even though they're adding only two new DPS to expansion?

As a tank main that switched to SAM, all I can say is oops.

[Tridus]

Remember when Yoshi said DPS queues wouldn't be a problem even though they're adding only two new DPS to expansion?

And they're back to where they were, now. They could add 50 new tank classes next expansion and the DPS queue would STILL be the longest one.