Discouraged by Que timers

[Jojoya]

I've been mostly lucky in my FFXIV career, since I main White Mage and this wasn't an issue and was able to level my Summoner to 80 by using Scholar. One of my other highest classes is Astrologian, also a Healer.

I've been trying to level my Dragoon (presently 68) and boy is it a chore. Early on I would work on my hunting log to distract me while I wait, but now I don't have that and there isn't much content I'm interested in while waiting. I don't enjoy crafting, and there is only so much I can do in my apartment.

Last night, Friday night after work - so prime time, I tried to do MSQ Roulette. It said 20 minutes. Okay whatever. This is already a huge time sink but I decided to just play a mobile game on my iPad while I wait. Well 20 minutes comes and I'm still 19th in line. 30 minutes come and I'm 11th. I log out.

I've had similar experiences trying to que for whatever the highest dungeon is (for me, Doma Castle right now). I know this isn't popular content but I would hope there are 3 other people in the grand scheme of the game that might que for this in less than a half hour.

Levelling roulette is okay but also can take up to 20 minutes.

It's really easy to get discouraged when half my free gaming time, or more, is taken up by waiting. I know other people posted in the past that they do housework, watch Netflix, etc. while waiting but this is a bit ridiculous.

What solution are you expecting? Group matchmaking is still dependent on the right number of tanks/healers/DPS being queued in the system. SE isn't going to force players to choose tank or healer as their role just so you can get a faster queue.

I would imagine most of us who tank and/or heal did what you're doing - leveled our tanks and healers first so now we're trying to level our DPS.

At least once you get to 71, you can switch to using Trust to bypass the wait.

[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.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I mean, it's one of the most fun English words to spell imo.
But no, I'll correct many common shorthand, but I'll also offer an actual reply.

I appreciated you gave an actual reply. I was just shaking my head that the first two responses both commented on my spelling.

[linay]

Anyway I'm trying to push through to get to trusts but there have been so many evenings lately where I just ask myself why I'm paying a sub to play on my iPad while I wait for a half hour? This has been happening very regularly lately and feels just so disrespectful of my free time.

While I sympathize at your frustration, as someone who mains a DPS job and has leveled all jobs to max level (on another character), try to get over that feeling of being disrespected as it's uncalled for due to the nature of the system. It's like a theme park. If you choose a popular attraction, then be prepared to wait in a long line for it just like everyone else who chooses the same attraction. If you don't want to wait long, then it's your choice to pick a less popular attraction with fewer wait time. No one is being disrespectful of your free time (other than yourself if you insist on having that feeling of being disrespected) as you can choose what to do with it knowing that not everything is in your control.

[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.

[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.