A plea for further refinement of the Duty Roulette algorithm

[Taramin]

I'm pretty sure the reason they lockout our abilities at lower levels is due to A, What little balance they have in the first place, and B, You and I KNOW Elitists would kick unsynced lowbies due to having less abilities available over a synced high level.

[Violet_Galaxy]

While it's obvious if someone hasn't unlocked a certain piece of content or first timers that you're queuing in there but I'm more curious about vets that have unlocked everything. I am curious to just how the algorithm does work because lately I've been getting more Castrum Abania than I'd like. New people/vets, it didn't matter. I would always get that particular dungeon. Is there really an algorithm to this when it comes to anyone who has everything unlocked or is it more rng based?

[Taramin]

While it's obvious if someone hasn't unlocked a certain piece of content or first timers that you're queuing in there but I'm more curious about vets that have unlocked everything. I am curious to just how the algorithm does work because lately I've been getting more Castrum Abania than I'd like. New people/vets, it didn't matter. I would always get that particular dungeon. Is there really an algorithm to this when it comes to anyone who has everything unlocked or is it more rng based?

I THINK I heard somewhere ages ago, that the queue actually picks a duty first, then fills a party into it, assuming no specific-queues are needing people.

[DrWho2010]

sometimes rngesus is rngesus. if you get a dungeon you hate, suck it up or leave and take the penalty. you do roulettes for the bonus, not for whatever it is you're going to get.

[Lordfurious]

LI like your ideas and agree wholeheartedly that DF needs fixing. While leveling my 60's to 70 I have notice raid, Guildhests, and trials give 0 incentive for high level player to do them. If I were to do all 3 the "bonus" experience would move the overall experience bar less than one inch. I avoid 0 incentive DF instances at all cost. I would like to see increases as the whole purpose of incentive was meant to entice veteran players to help new players. Sorry new players.

[Djinnrb]

It sounds like the issue isnt the duty roulette but the level sync system. I think all your abilities should be usable but your stats are scaled so your not OP (even thought you should be a little OP).

[Taramin]

It sounds like the issue isnt the duty roulette but the level sync system. I think all your abilities should be usable but your stats are scaled so your not OP (even thought you should be a little OP).

Problem with this, like I said before, is super elitist people seeing a non-synced player in their party, and kicking them to fish for someone with more abilities unlocked. You can't make any one player have an advantage (outside gear), or jerks will ruin it.

[Djinnrb]

Problem with this, like I said before, is super elitist people seeing a non-synced player in their party, and kicking them to fish for someone with more abilities unlocked. You can't make any one player have an advantage (outside gear), or jerks will ruin it.

I HIGHLY doubt this would EVER happen. That would waste so much time and those elitists that you mentioned only care about their time. It would be counter productive.

[Taramin]

People boot new tanks for not pulling wall to wall when they aren't geared for it, I don't see why they wouldn't boot a class that hasn't gotten it's AoE/Tank stance/damage combo yet. People get irate when first timers get a long one-time CS in ARR dungeons, like the end of Toto-rak or Stone Vigil and don't skip.

[PyurBlue]

People boot new tanks for not pulling wall to wall when they aren't geared for it, I don't see why they wouldn't boot a class that hasn't gotten it's AoE/Tank stance/damage combo yet. People get irate when first timers get a long one-time CS in ARR dungeons, like the end of Toto-rak or Stone Vigil and don't skip.

Is this something you've experienced, or more hearsay? I ask because I never see it despite the claim popping up often enough. Almost no one in this game is kick happy, even with new tanks in a party. No one seems to care about people watching cutscenes either. I'm sure that it happens rarely, but it's probably the kind of thing you'll run into maybe once or twice, forget about and move on. I don't foresee any problems from removing level sync. Most likely, no one will care about the tank's level as long as they can tank.

As far as making roulette less of a bore, I think level sync should be replaced with potency sync or something along those lines. Players should also be allowed to mark dungeons as unwanted, which would remove that dungeon from their roulette list unless perhaps someone is queuing for it directly and needs help.