Let us CHOOSE which roll we wanna queue for when playing RANDOM QUEUEs

c1b0r7

This is very simple: Let us choose which role we wanna queue in for. This role limitation that currently exists is REALLY frustrating. For example: A GF, eventhough specced for DPS, can only queue as a "Tank". A Buff HR can only queue as "DPS". And so on and so forth.
Would be REALLY nice and useful if we could choose the roles we wanna play, would allow more people to actually do the random queues as they proper role.
And I'm not even gonna complain about the "fixed team composition" you impose for random (Really, 3 dps a tank and a support for ToNG??)!!
Please consider adding this option! Players will appreciate!

constantmule

it would just be abused to get into que faster id think

namelesshero347

While it is a nice option, it would most certainly be abused to get faster queue time and to get the role bonus. More changes would be required to deter abuses.

They could lock down the loadout, but that seems too draconian. Maybe something like a color rim around the portraits that indicate what role they queued up as. So if the party really needed the role and the person who queued for it don't perform, they will get lots of hate and be kicked fast.

c1b0r7

In every other MMORPG you can choose the role you wanna queue in for. They should add more role options (like healer, for example) and lock roles to classes, so a GWF wouldn't be able to queue as a healer or tank, for example.
And yes, I know that would mean some classes getting more role options than others, but that's the whole purpose of having different classes, playing different roles.
I just think it's dumb as fu** some classes to have feat paths towards a role and not being able to queue for that.
And you talk about abuse? Like people KNOWING which dungeon is coming up in Random and ABUSING it over and over again to farm seals in ToNG? This stupid bug killed every queue group in the game since people only wanna do top tier dungeon as REQ to get extra seals.
Role bonus is only once per queue and it's a minimal bonus, people won't abuse that.

plasticbat

Everyone will choose the one that can give the role bonus if they are allowed to choose that. Being OP will be great.

pallier

how about the option to queue as a group leader instead then when you do you can add a filter of acceptable party members by Class, build, gear score, and role. It will take longer for you to get a party but it will be the exact party you want and the one you dictate. for the rest of us that just join the queue without marking willing to be the group leader we should be able to see an option of people that are flagged as leader that has a filter that matches us so we can decide to join their party or not without removing us for the queue if we decline auto matching to that person's party.

constantmule

pallier said:

how about the option to queue as a group leader instead then when you do you can add a filter of acceptable party members by Class, build, gear score, and role. It will take longer for you to get a party but it will be the exact party you want and the one you dictate. for the rest of us that just join the queue without marking willing to be the group leader we should be able to see an option of people that are flagged as leader that has a filter that matches us so we can decide to join their party or not without removing us for the queue if we decline auto matching to that person's party.

that just makes things more complicated than they need to be....so we fail sometimes, its a game you are supposed to fumble

namelesshero347

c1b0r7 said:

Role bonus is only once per queue and it's a minimal bonus, people won't abuse that.

You think that only one person in the party gets the role bonus? Actually, the role bonus is given to what the RQ system needs most at that moment. In principle, every player in a matched party can get the role bonus. Take this simple example.


1) No one is currently queue. Role bonus is DPS since 3 are needed for the next group. The next 5 players will random queue

2) Next player queues as DPS. Role bonus is still DPS since 2 more are needed, and only 1 tank and 1 heals

3) Next player queues as DPS. Now RQ needs one of each. There should be a role priority. Say role bonus is now Tank

4) Next player queues as Tank. Role bonus now Heals

5) Next player queues as Heals. Now just need one DPS and good to go. So Role bonus is DPS

6) Last player queues as DPS. Now everyone in the party got the role bonus.

This is a simple case, but should rarely happen if there are people direct queuing for specific dungeons

namelesshero347

pallier said:

how about the option to queue as a group leader instead then when you do you can add a filter of acceptable party members by Class, build, gear score, and role. It will take longer for you to get a party but it will be the exact party you want and the one you dictate. for the rest of us that just join the queue without marking willing to be the group leader we should be able to see an option of people that are flagged as leader that has a filter that matches us so we can decide to join their party or not without removing us for the queue if we decline auto matching to that person's party.

If someone wants a specific group composition, they can do LFM with their requirements. They probably want a certain level of quality anyways. The RQ system should be simple to use. Too many HAMSTER may frustrate players and open the system to abuse.