Sorry for what probably is a waste of a post, but after sitting at my pc for 9 hours (already cleared the tier multiple times since may - just need to establish this) I'm just absolutely exhausted, and I remember all of the years I've played, party finder has always sent my blood pressure up and spiraled me into staying up way late at night for a clear that I arguably should have got many hours prior as planned. I never got a clear that I badly wanted until far too late at night, to my own detriment.

Besides stating the obvious about how woeful pf is, I just want to express that it is so bad that I'm not sure exactly how anybody on their own outside of a premade group can make it through. I'm currently just solo dolo out there queueing pf (because I just can, that's why) and even after spending a whole day helping people, seeing them make progress, and sharing some joys with others, being thanked (need to establish this also, so people don't assume falsely like they normally do online that the one typing is the one wiping), that literally it's just mind blowing how difficult it is to get anything done in party finder as far as a clear is concerned for anyone who either hasn't cleared yet and only qualifies for duty completion or practice groups or already has cleared for the week (me) and just cannot join 2 chest groups. For myself, i havent dpsed in four years on this game, so I have been enjoying ninja, and I've been absolutely tearing it up! But just for fun, i decided since over 9 hours ago that I wanted a clear on ninja on one of the more difficult fights that has been hanging people up, and it has been mission impossible, so take it from me, someone who does know what they are doing, it is ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING the sheer unexpected randomness that comes in party finder, and the types of fails are so extreme and varying that you cannot even foresee how someone is going to mess something up next. Even in groups that gave me great confidence that we would clear, someone still would leave too early after a mess-up, sending me back to spend another hour or longer in party finder waiting for a fill.

What's the point?

how can anybody new to the game and confident in their skills get a clear in current conditions on their own without a group if someone like me who has been in groups/statics and has cleared already cannot do so solo in pf after a week of agony like this and seldom if ever making a mistake to cause a wipe.

this is atrocious. Something needs to be done, and I don't mean we need to ruin the game or make new rules about stuff... but what??? Party finder is harrowing, and I've got a LOT of patience, but it's something we all say, but I'm not sure anybody knows what we can do about it. It needs to exist for a reason, but it shouldn't be disastrous 100% of the time.

ok back to pf