Not for casuals

[Impendus]

I believe the issues with the length of wait times on the duty finder was explained in Yoshi's most recent post/apology and that along with the server fix's within the week, they're working on the fix for the duty finder as well.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/73680 - its in there somewhere, can't be bothered to highlight or copy paste, read it, move on

[TerryQ1967]

Truly gutted :-(

[TerryQ1967]

Problem for me is more of a time one, not having enough of it sadly :-(

[TerryQ1967]

And to make matters worse most of you will be going back to school soon :-p

Lol, sorry :-)

[Capita]

I work full time (6AM-3PM M-F) and go to school full time (4PM-9PM M-Th), and I've managed to knock out the main story dungeons as a DPS. It's really not that difficult.

[EmptyFibers]

I play DPS (PUG, this is totally BS. I get in within 5-10 minutes every time.

[Echoloc]

Most people want to DPS. It is simple, depending on class not much movement involved. Minor hate for mistakes.

Healer, like the DPS, not much movement, different targets, a "miss" can cause a wipe. Any downtime breeds hate and comments about "terrible healer". The DPS that don't stay out of pain blame you for their death/downtime. More comments about your skills. The parties that go right, you might get a GG if you are lucky.

Tank, lots of movement, have to keep track of multiple things, keep control of everything. Any slip in any direction gets blasted by everyone else. They also share in the "DPS who gets smashed for doing something wrong" hate with the healer.

I can see why people don't want to take on these 2 roles. They get hate in game for doing their job when they queue. They are also getting hate outside of the queue for not being there for the DPS.

Please, if you want to have better queue times. Be nice to the people who are in these roles, including the DPS one.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

whats is funny is ppl are just queueing with the duty finder.. yesterday i was standing at the dungeon entrance and there was a nice set up all in dungeon finder waiting i was like.. im right here fools.. invited to party.. did some runs got out.. other ppl were still waiting for party queue.. lol.. look around before joining the queue!

[Enkidoh]

The irony is, I love tanking and I love healing - but I definitely agree with how both roles are always the scapegoats whenever something goes horribly wrong. And the DPS imbalance is simply caused by most classes in the game actually being regardless as DPS classes, so it stands to reason there would be more DPS classes looking for a party than healers or tanks. It's the nature of the beast.

As for the OP, the first three dungeons are not that time consuming - in fact, there is a bonus if the party 'speed runs' it (completes it within a certain amount of time, usually 45-60 minutes), so there is definitely incentive for players to not regard a dungeon run like a leisurely stroll through the park. It also helps if you have friends who are willing to help you with the dungeon too and can form the party without the Duty Finder, but sadly, that's not always possible.

[Sixmp]

My wife is a carer and she manages just fine.