Yeah, it is really annoying that people doing PuGs get 8 people and then join the queue.
Why not just join the queue?
number of people in queue would be helpful
The biggest issue now I see is that the behavior of establishing the league THEN queuing has already been set. Add to that that for the trials (even LAM, MoM and now DD that can be run with 8) you can lock the team before queuing and the benefit of being in the Queue in a mission is not really all that good. Sadly just the way it is....
What they need is a 6-8 man Trial that is NOT +3 for the small teams fans.
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Because the wait times listed aren't accurate. So they'd rather join with a guaranteed team then chance having to wait for 2+ hours for something that might never start.|
Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
Yeah, it is really annoying that people doing PuGs get 8 people and then join the queue.
Why not just join the queue? number of people in queue would be helpful |
Yes, I know, chicken and the egg.
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We do have a couple of regular trial runners who will happily kick trials off with minimal forces, which helps a little. Now that enough people are consistently +3 and familiar with the trials, it's less dicey to start a 9-person Lambda than it used to be, which means people in the queue have a chance to partake. If number in queue was visible, presumably this practice would increase, since you'd know other people would be joining in.
Is there any way these numbers might reflect actual experience more accurately? We thought since people can queue in missions now that it might be easier to use the LFG tab without first gathering an entire league. After spending a solid 2 hours in the queue for DD without a single hit, the time listed still showed 5 minutes. I'm assuming that the timer only updates once a trial starts, but it ends up being a really useless statistic for those of us hoping to take advantage of the new LFG flexibility.
Hopefully more people will be willing to queue independently now, but it would also be nice to see something like the number of people currently in the queue so you could know whether you have any prayer of seeing a trial kick off.