From my point of view levelling and intermediate random queue works. Actually works wonders for many players. Levelling helps beginners to actually run dungeons (even if it becomes speed race) - before RQ you could spend a day waiting for some party to form. (personally I was sitting on dungeon queue and it got me one week to actually get into the dungeon that campaign proposed to me) Intermediate works too and is a good thing as it has really low requirements for completing - many low geared players need to run some dung/skirmish for campaign boon unlocks/currency and this way they have easier life to get some help with it.
Just after that the system becomes too twisted. No one wants to run those dungeons, really. Or at least is not mad enough to let RQ to compose the team. Well, lets be optimistic: in 5 member RAQ team is one person who wants to run that dung and one person that wants to run any dung - the rest just want some quick AD. This cannot work for content that has some advanced requirements. This does not help anyone to run anything - but I cannot blame devs, it was necessary to test it life to figure out it really does not work. Actually I have to admire devs work on this: they did not cut the players possibilities, just reasonably and based on feedback added one another - that failed, but hey, it was a bonus. Requested bonus.
This way people just need some time to sober up from vision of quick riches and abandon RAQ for AD purposes. Really not worth the trouble. Personally I would really suggest to cut down the rAD reward for RAQ significantly as it would remove the quantum of opportunists and actually parties wanting to run some exact content but missing a member would have chance to get some helping hands, not annoyed troll.
There are two problems with RAQ: * The gear requirement is WAY too low. It should be 14k - even that is a tad low for those dungeons. * Edemo should be in RIQ. What happens now it that low IL people sign up for RAQ hoping to get Edemo, and in the process destroys the experience for the more advanced players. I am certain Cryptics logs shows that the completion rate for RAQ is VERY low.
Fix these two things and also the RAQ will be playable with at least some chance to complete it.
...to be fair to blame for that random que bs is only Cryptic not the ppl that want to make some AD´s. Sure I can do all on my 17k+ main (I only que for RAQ with that toon) but so I never wont benefit from the +50% RAD if I always que on all 3 with my main... Also the intermediate que already: 9k toons struggling in Tia, EGwD, Etos, ECrag, CN and fail...was even in a Malabog run were they voted to give up today...RQ´s just suc..but its maybe a ninja way to sink AD´s for Cryptic
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greywyndMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 7,153Arc User
As far as AD goes with the random, day 7 of the new system and I find that I don't need the random runs for AD any longer. Only thing I will need to do randoms for are the dungeoneering shards.
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Levelling helps beginners to actually run dungeons (even if it becomes speed race) - before RQ you could spend a day waiting for some party to form. (personally I was sitting on dungeon queue and it got me one week to actually get into the dungeon that campaign proposed to me)
Intermediate works too and is a good thing as it has really low requirements for completing - many low geared players need to run some dung/skirmish for campaign boon unlocks/currency and this way they have easier life to get some help with it.
Just after that the system becomes too twisted. No one wants to run those dungeons, really. Or at least is not mad enough to let RQ to compose the team. Well, lets be optimistic: in 5 member RAQ team is one person who wants to run that dung and one person that wants to run any dung - the rest just want some quick AD. This cannot work for content that has some advanced requirements. This does not help anyone to run anything - but I cannot blame devs, it was necessary to test it life to figure out it really does not work.
Actually I have to admire devs work on this: they did not cut the players possibilities, just reasonably and based on feedback added one another - that failed, but hey, it was a bonus. Requested bonus.
This way people just need some time to sober up from vision of quick riches and abandon RAQ for AD purposes. Really not worth the trouble. Personally I would really suggest to cut down the rAD reward for RAQ significantly as it would remove the quantum of opportunists and actually parties wanting to run some exact content but missing a member would have chance to get some helping hands, not annoyed troll.
* The gear requirement is WAY too low. It should be 14k - even that is a tad low for those dungeons.
* Edemo should be in RIQ. What happens now it that low IL people sign up for RAQ hoping to get Edemo, and in the process destroys the experience for the more advanced players. I am certain Cryptics logs shows that the completion rate for RAQ is VERY low.
Fix these two things and also the RAQ will be playable with at least some chance to complete it.