Request for a simple queue change

[Chaid]

Dear Blizzard, Please change your queue system so accounts active within the past 10 minutes automatically bypass it. Getting booted then having to sit through a 20 minute queue sucks donkey balls. Thanks, Chaid.

[Elgonn]

Even a more restricted "was active in an instance" would remove the most painful issue in my opinion.

[dak]

Currently have 400 people in front of me on queue. I feel like i'm camping an EQ mob.

[The Bog]

I have, honestly, never experienced a cue, but I agree with you Chaid.

[Dintorr]

That's a damn good idea.

[Kevincheese]

Originally posted by The Bog
I have, honestly, never experienced a cue, but I agree with you Chaid.

Neither have I.

Considering I'm male, I do not want to think about it either. That's a one way street!

[Tuco]

Doing this would increase the size of the 'cues' dramatically.

I would say, though, that you should give free access to those who are kicked out while in an instance(or corpses are there). Especially MC and Onyxia. And the battlegrounds in the near future.

The detroitis of the server can suffer.

[emoo]

I prefer the idea of reworking the whole login system and having the queue after character select, so it can split the queue up based on Alliance or Horde. This way, Alliance can have their boundless supply of night elf furries, gnomes and paladins, and I don't have to deal with their queue.

And hey, it might piss enough people off that it ends up curbing severe population discrepencies between Alliance and Horde that exist on many servers.

[Chaid]

Originally posted by Tuco
Doing this would increase the size of the 'cues' dramatically.

Speculation.

I don't know the algorithm, but adding a 10-minute propagation delay to the system (so the queue values you see are actually the value from 10 minutes ago), could be added to allow for immediate reconnects.

I would say, though, that you should give free access to those who are kicked out while in an instance(or corpses are there). Especially MC and Onyxia. And the battlegrounds in the near future. [/b]

The change is definitely needed for all people in instances. If your healer(s) go LD, you're pretty much fucked until they get back. Most (all?) instances have roaming patrols or quick respawn in certain areas, so it's essential that players be allowed to get back in the game ASAP.

[Algol Devilstar]

Originally posted by emoo
I prefer the idea of reworking the whole login system and having the queue after character select, so it can split the queue up based on Alliance or Horde. This way, Alliance can have their boundless supply of night elf furries, gnomes and paladins, and I don't have to deal with their queue.

And hey, it might piss enough people off that it ends up curbing severe population discrepencies between Alliance and Horde that exist on many servers.

Sounds good to me, bet after realizing that horde has no queue(or vice versa) that people might switch sides rather than deal with the queue.

[Solonaro]

The thought is nice, but hoping for people to change sides in order to avoid a queue is probably no more realistic than hoping for them to change servers for the same reason.

[Chaid]

I give up.

Disconnected, then I have to stare at "Authenticating" for 10 minutes before I get "Success!". Then after selecting my server, "Logging in to game server" throws me back to server select. At 2AM EST. What the fuck. I'd like to finish my instance which took forever to start thanks to both EK and Kalimdor puking multiple times, kkthx Blizzard.

The "Manage Account" button sure does work though. Not that it matters, since I was a sucker and paid for 6 months ahead of time. If they ever fix their piece of shit servers, maybe I'll give it another shot. Games aren't worth this level of frustration, especially not after nights of 1018 bullshit.

[Kallian]

Originally posted by Chaid
Dear Blizzard, Please change your queue system so accounts active within the past 10 minutes automatically bypass it. Getting booted then having to sit through a 20 minute queue sucks donkey balls. Thanks, Chaid.

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