Discouraged by Que timers

[Kenky]

I mean.. If you do the mathematics on Classes, it's pretty obvious why DPS queues are abysmal at best.

Tank Classes: 4
Healer Classes: 3
DPS Classes: 10

Given that, it's more likely for people to pick a DPS class than tank/healer, purely because there are over double the options.

Only real way to "avoid" or circumvent the 'bad dps queue' times is to find a friend who's leveling tank / healer. Queue with them. Or get lucky when the next expansion brings out a new tank / healer, inflating those classes for the first few weeks. But you'd probably have to wait over two years before that.

[Dustytome]

There are daily hunts + beast tribe quests you can do while waiting for queue. Below 70 you should have access to at least two sets of beast tribe dailies in stormblood that'll give dps a decent chunk of xp. You can also pop into a few random fates, at least to get the challenge log bonus if you haven't yet.

edit: Skipped through the replies and missed that Nezerius said pretty much the same thing so, what Nezerius said.

[Unholychinchilla]

As others have said, the only way past this if you want to play DPS is to keep going. Eventually you'll get used to it. I started out as a Healer and over time my main shifts between the roles, so I know the pain of switching to DPS and having to adjust to the queues.

As others have mentioned, doing daily hunts, fates and beast tribes while queuing is a good one, imo. That way you won't feel your time in queue is going to waste.

Though as an amusing side note, recently learned of a subreddit called "Dpsbookclub" for talking about books you've read while queuing.

I mean, it's one of the most fun English words to spell imo

A five letter word with four silent letters is probably one of my favourite examples of how daft the English language can be.

[Gemina]

A five letter word with four silent letters is probably one of my favourite examples of how daft the English language can be.

Oh it's not the silent letters that make it daft. It's the people that speak it. As a language that is spoken worldwide, the only other language I can think of that is filled to the brim with different colloquialisms, slang, unofficial synonyms, and exceptions is Spanish. But it's also the only other language I know how to speak and write.

That being said, I would really hate to have to learn how to speak English. It must be a nightmare trying to utilize what you learn with just a normal person who talks like the afore mentioned.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Oh it's not the silent letters that make it daft. It's the people that speak it. As a language that is spoken worldwide, the only other language I can think of that is filled to the brim with different colloquialisms, slang, unofficial synonyms, and exceptions is Spanish. But it's also the only other language I know how to speak and write.

That being said, I would really hate to have to learn how to speak English. It must be a nightmare trying to utilize what you learn with just a normal person who talks like the afore mentioned.

English is really three languages in a trenchcoat pretending to be an adult.

[monk-dps]

I always spell it que It's cuter.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I always spell it que It's cuter.

Por que?

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[Halivel]

It can be frustrating, but this is also a thing you would face in pretty much every MMO game: DPS classes are always popular and for that very reason when there is a need to do some party-based content, you will faster find a company as healer and tank, who are not as popular. At least that's how it was in every game I played. And there is no any real way to avoid it, sadly or not. The only place where you tend to find party faster than healer and tank is alliance raid - the one that is for 24 players, because it asks for 15 DPS players per 3 tanks and 3 healers.

So welp... as bad as it can sounds... just deal with it. Do something in the meantime - FATEs on another job or even the same one, or just read book/check your mail.

[Dubont]

Get ready for it. Times are going to be, by nature, longer because there are: 4 tanks, 3 healers and 10 DPS. Meaning, there are going to be more DPS in queue than tanks and healers. Also, more people like to play DPS because, outside of raids/savage/Xtreme, it's a pretty brainless position while running leves. You hit the thing until it dies then move on. There are very few mechanics to actually pay attention to so most people can level while watching Netflix or eating.

Lastly, you were doing MSQ...those times are ALWAYS long. Each run takes around an hour to complete and once they are done, there is no reason to run it again until the next day, unlike dungeons.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Get ready for it. Times are going to be, by nature, longer because there are: 4 tanks, 3 healers and 10 DPS. Meaning, there are going to be more DPS in queue than tanks and healers. Also, more people like to play DPS because, outside of raids/savage/Xtreme, it's a pretty brainless position while running leves. You hit the thing until it dies then move on. There are very few mechanics to actually pay attention to so most people can level while watching Netflix or eating.

Lastly, you were doing MSQ...those times are ALWAYS long. Each run takes around an hour to complete and once they are done, there is no reason to run it again until the next day, unlike dungeons.

It's been happening on pretty much anything I try to run, aside from Alliance Raid. Not just MSQ. That's just what I happened to try last night.