Why is duty finder wrong?

[cabiz]

As I'm leveling, I've noticed consistently that the duty finder lists Tank as what's needed, when in reality it's healers. The biggest example right now was that queue time for tank was 6 minutes, but they were listed as 'in need'. Queueing as healer, the instance popped immediately. This indicates healers are what's actually needed, not tank.

[White_Wolf_X]

Just because it pop right away when you sign up as healer does not mean that the tank role was not needed more at that moment.

[Unholychinchilla]

It doesn't update in real time (I forget how frequently it updates) so when it starts showing tank, a load of people who are happy to run as either tank or healer will queue as tank so the queues will tip towards needing healers until updates.

Simply put, it's wrong because a bunch of tanks saw it and queued.

[SavishSalacious]

As I'm leveling, I've noticed consistently that the duty finder lists Tank as what's needed, when in reality it's healers. The biggest example right now was that queue time for tank was 6 minutes, but they were listed as 'in need'. Queueing as healer, the instance popped immediately. This indicates healers are what's actually needed, not tank.

Sometimes I get dps.

The reason tank is required all the time is because the level of the duty, remember all duty’s are picked at random or based on what is needed by the community, for example ever run a dungeon or raid 7 times in a week? That’s because every one and their mothers dog on the server is running that, so you get out into it.

[Vahlnir]

I think what kills me is when it says "average wait time: 10 minutes"

"Okay, I'm gonna go grab a drink real quick, maybe give my legs a bit of a stretch..."

*queue pops 30 seconds later*

[MilkieTea]

I think what kills me is when it says "average wait time: 10 minutes"

"Okay, I'm gonna go grab a drink real quick, maybe give my legs a bit of a stretch..."

*queue pops 30 seconds later*

That but I find myself with strike one towards a penalty after coming back from the bathroom.

[SturmChurro]

I think what kills me is when it says "average wait time: 10 minutes"

"Okay, I'm gonna go grab a drink real quick, maybe give my legs a bit of a stretch..."

*queue pops 30 seconds later*

The game knows when you go afk. That's when it will always pop. If you sit and wait, it'll last that full 10 minutes.

[Iscah]

I think what kills me is when it says "average wait time: 10 minutes"

"Okay, I'm gonna go grab a drink real quick, maybe give my legs a bit of a stretch..."

*queue pops 30 seconds later*

It seems that it might be actually be based not on the average time but the wait time of the person who is currently at the front of the queue.

In any case, I'm a situation where you need several people of the same role, the people who queued earlier have been waiting longer. If you sign up for an alliance raid as DPS #14, it could be perfectly accurate that the average of everyone else's wait time has been ten minutes - but it will only take one more person for your personal wait to be over.

Or to put it another way, the average is going to be a mix of people who waited for ages and that one lucky person who got an instant queue.

[Fellgon]

I think what kills me is when it says "average wait time: 10 minutes"

"Okay, I'm gonna go grab a drink real quick, maybe give my legs a bit of a stretch..."

*queue pops 30 seconds later*

true! its 30, 10 minutes i wait nothing happens. But wen i go to shower its comes in seconds and i lose!

But i still like duty finder.

[Gokki]

Roles update every 15 minutes and are merely a suggestion, actual queues vary depending on who queues into what in realtime. You do get nice bonuses if you hit it. That said you also gotta consider that when a role changes a lot of people suddenly queue up for that which inflates the queue for that role.
You keep the bonuses when you signed up even if the role changes.