Data Center Expansion - Questions

[Wilford111]

Will que times really go down though? Sure we'll have less tanks and healers queing in but we'll also have less dps so it evens out. Unless you're talking about 24 man ques, in which, yeah I feel ya.

[Ekinoxe]

Will que times really go down though? Sure we'll have less tanks and healers queing in but we'll also have less dps so it evens out. Unless you're talking about 24 man ques, in which, yeah I feel ya.

Whether it be healers, tanks or dps, a smaller player pool will generally mean longer queue times.

[Rongway]

Whether it be healers, tanks or dps, a smaller player pool will generally mean longer queue times.

No it won't. With fewer people in the queue, the queue needs to put together fewer groups before getting to newer people in the queue.

An excellent counterexample of your point is the period within the first hour after servers come back up and the number of logged in characters is low. Queues for some content will pop faster in that case.

[Ekinoxe]

No it won't. With fewer people in the queue, the queue needs to put together fewer groups before getting to newer people in the queue.

An excellent counterexample of your point is the period within the first hour after servers come back up and the number of logged in characters is low. Queues for some content will pop faster in that case.

Your example is extremely circumstantial. From my own experience, as a newb with only a BLM, my queues pop much quicker during prime time. I mean yeah, sure, if the matchmaking system was overflowing with folks to the point where it can't handle the load then less people would be beneficial. But I don't think that's the case. Especially not at this point in the lifecycle of the expansion. So yeah when Shadowbringers launches I'm sure the smaller server pools will be beneficial to some extent. But in the meantime, I'm not so sure. And my original point was, from a logical stand point, the less people you have, the less opportunity for grouping there will be. That's just simple math.

[Ilan]

Will que times really go down though? Sure we'll have less tanks and healers queing in but we'll also have less dps so it evens out. Unless you're talking about 24 man ques, in which, yeah I feel ya.

Well if you look at what people experienced on the EU Datacenters, then yes. Shortly after the split a tank in my fc was cursing that he had to wait a while to get entry for expert roulette, it wasn't to peak times but it is still not normal to have to wait as a tank in the late afternoon. Keep in mind that they halfed the population on EU so it can be different for NA or it can be the same.

When it comes to the PF and 24man raids, you will definitely feel it.