We cannot get into Orbonne Monastery on Aether

[Vaer]

I had a 30 minute queue the first time I did it. Went in as a party of 3 newbies, all DPS with 30+ on the clock. Re-queued with one as healer and it was 29 minutes.

Right, but it doesn't matter since there are a lot of people with bonus, right now too. I'm saying if you don't have it it's possible people are skipping ahead due to a priority system which makes the queue times worse for already cleared people. I'm not stating it as fact, just something I've noticed every time there was a 24 man in the first couple of days. Last time, my gf and I queued as 2 healers with first timer. Got in within 5 minutes. After we got out, we tried again as 2 healers but gave up because it was taking 30+ min.

Sometimes people get pulled into in progress as well as solo queuers which means less people to fill, small parties can't do in progress.