High Queue Times

[ZephyrMenodora]

A lot of that is because of DC travel, because everyone just moves to aether to do things now. They never should have added it IMO, its just made other DCs worse off for content.

Ugh didn’t even know this was a thing =/

[RitsukoSonoda]

DPS wait times are common in every trinity mmo I’ve played. That said I have noticed queue times increasing. I usually have an hour before work to play. In the past I could do one or two roulettes before work. Now sometimes I’d it takes too long I have to log out without doing any. Happens more than I like lately.

Hoping it’s just the result of us being in a lull and Ff16, Diablo4, and Baldurs 3 all coming out around the same time.

TBH I feel like 2023 in general has been a big year for game releases and likely to continue. You also have releases from earlier in the year that people are getting around to picking up like Tears of the Koroks. Plus some that ended up getting a huge amount of positive attention somewhat unexpectedly like Dead Island 2, Exoprimal, Remnant 2, etc... And we have more on the way like Payday 3, Starfield, etc... 2024 has a tough act to follow up on lol.

[ZephyrMenodora]

TBH I feel like 2023 in general has been a big year for game releases and likely to continue. You also have releases from earlier in the year that people are getting around to picking up like Tears of the Koroks. Plus some that ended up getting a huge amount of positive attention somewhat unexpectedly like Dead Island 2, Exoprimal, Remnant 2, etc... And we have more on the way like Payday 3, Starfield, etc... 2024 has a tough act to follow up on lol.

For sure. Starfield will be big and time consuming, also Spider-Man 2 will suck up a bunch of hours for some. It’s going to take me months to get through Baldurs and I will need to find time for Mortal Kombat next month. My FF playtime is now less than 5 hours a week. Hard to juggle it all.

All these excitement new games does mean I do the bare minimum gear up a couple roles - what’s left isn’t exiting enough to compete with brand new stories and gameplay.

[ChrysOCE]

Sorry, but what even is this? If there are more DPS in queue, of course your roulette time is going to take longer. Are you complaining about the concept of supply and demand?

[Saranade]

Sorry, but what even is this? If there are more DPS in queue, of course your roulette time is going to take longer. Are you complaining about the concept of supply and demand?

There is not shortage in supply and demand. It is only a created reality where Tanks and Healers are the most demanded, and they are absolutely the most easy to play. I can choose between any of them.

[ChrysOCE]

There is not shortage in supply and demand. It is only a created reality where Tanks and Healers are the most demanded, and they are absolutely the most easy to play. I can choose between any of them.

So what are you complaining about? Job difficulty, not high queue times?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

There is not shortage in supply and demand. It is only a created reality where Tanks and Healers are the most demanded, and they are absolutely the most easy to play. I can choose between any of them.

If there are less of a role in queues than there are queues to be filled, that role is in need. Simple supply and demand concept. So if you see tanks or healers in need constantly, queue on a tank or healer, insta queues and bonus. EZ.

[Jojoya]

There is not shortage in supply and demand. It is only a created reality where Tanks and Healers are the most demanded, and they are absolutely the most easy to play. I can choose between any of them.

But you're also choosing not to play tank or healer, and so you are stuck with the longer queue time. It's basic math problem.

You need 1 tank, 1 healer, and 2 DPS to create a Light Party to enter a dungeon.

50 players enter the queue. There are 4 tanks, 7 healers and 39 DPS.

How many Light Parties can be formed? How many players are left in queue?

If players continue to enter the queue at the rate of 1 tank every 2 minutes, 2 healers every 3 minutes, and 5 DPS every minute, how long will it take for the remaining players from the original queue of 50 to get match to a Light Party?

There is a shortage in supply when players aren't willing to fill the needed roles. That's why tanks and healers get the Adventurer in need bonuses - to encourage players to use the least used roles. As others have said, this problem is really no different from others using the trinity.

If you're really not interested in waiting, Duty Support exists for any dungeon part of the MSQ. For other group content, try Party Finder.

Also, a world being Congested means nothing when it comes to group matchmaking. Matchmaking is data center wide. It's still reliant on players queuing for the duties/roulettes in the correct proportions for the content.

[Midare]

There is not shortage in supply and demand. It is only a created reality where Tanks and Healers are the most demanded, and they are absolutely the most easy to play. I can choose between any of them.

Easy to play, hard to play, that doesn't matter. They are needed. DPS are easily replaceable because it's the role that has the lowest level of responsibility. Your only real responsibility it's hit the right combo and not die by doing something dumb. Also, blm at a casual level is not a difficult job to play.

Learn the mantra:

As a dps I'm expendable.

Once you come to be at peace with this reality, 10-20 minute queues will be a breeze and you'll be glad you don't have 1+ hour queues.

Sincerely: A dps main.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Easy to play, hard to play, that doesn't matter. They are needed. DPS are easily replaceable because it's the role that has the lowest level of responsibility. Your only real responsibility it's hit the right combo and not die by doing something dumb. Also, blm at a casual level is not a difficult job to play.

Learn the mantra:

As a dps I'm expendable.

Once you come to be at peace with this reality, 10-20 minute queues will be a breeze and you'll be glad you don't have 1+ hour queues.

Sincerely: A dps main.

What's funny is I find a lot of the DPS classes way harder to actually play than tank or healer. While not brain shattering, they tend to have more complex rotations and procs and timers to watch. So I find being a GOOD dps has a lot of responsibility also. Playing tank or healers at the casual level is less effort IMO, even if there is more responsibility technically.