Grinding for Augmented weapons feels so impossible now.

[Meilymo]

Man, i do wish their was a way to get Commendation Crystals outside of grinding CC, it feels like it takes forever to get a match now.

i wish they did the same thing like wolf collars, but say you need like 50 collars for 1 Crystal.

just another way to get crystals that isn't waiting 30 minutes for a match i might lose

[Aedwyn]

I really, really want that augmented hellhound codex but... I'll be honest. The challenge of just getting the dang thing is a big part of the appeal for me.

Most of my glams (even the dungeon/trial ones) don't mean much to me because they weren't that hard to get. As silly as it might sound I'm kind of glad getting an augmented hellhound weapon is something far off to strive for. Something I can grind on and try to improve in order to obtain. It'll feel so cool when I finally earn it.

If it were something I could just buy with trophy crystals it'd just be another entry in my glam dresser like any other.

[Sinstrel]

How are you waiting 30 minutes per que? Everyone I've spoken to has told me games aee insta que now.

Maybe this is an oceanic data center thing?

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

If you play during prime time of your region and still get incredibly long queues despite only being two weeks in, you are playing jobs that are overpicked by players.

I recommend avoiding to rely on or play overpowered/meta jobs like Astrologian (and to a degree Red Mage) until balance has been reasonably adjusted.

Keep track of balance adjustments that happen during scheduled patches, like most recently 7.11 which brought the newest Ultimate duty and a variety of PvP balance adjustments.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

How are you waiting 30 minutes per que? Everyone I've spoken to has told me games aee insta que now.

Maybe this is an oceanic data center thing?

If they play with the character they listed, they're from EU.

[brancinaed]

If you really, really want an augmented weapon I highly suggest checking out my post here for some math about climbing ranking > https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...king?p=6428371

There's two things to take away from it, in my opinion. First, every game matters and you can climb quickly if you treat it that way. Second, you should queue with friends. The top players all queue sync with others so you should do it also, because it's a completely different game where you have a large advantage. Having friends in voice chat on your team, or even on the enemy team, is such an incredible advantage you should not underestimate it and force yourself to solo queue.

Good luck to you.