The solution to queue problems is a party/group finding system.
Instead of queues that automatically enter dungeons on completion, I propose a group-finder that can be used anywhere in the game.
You set whatever dungeons/modes you want to play and the game matches you with players that also wish to do those.
Upon matching 5 people it notifies and asks if you would like to join the party.
The 5 people then manually join the dungeon together after confirming everyone is ready.
The general idea is to allow people to “queue”(find group) for many different things at the same time.
- Search for groups you want.
- Do anything else in the game.
- Get notified when group found.
- Meet and join dungeon together.
I understand that they don’t want people to auto-warp to dungeons as the devs like the immersion of having to properly use the dungeon entrance. I like that too. That does not mean that people should not be able to search for and find groups for those dungeons from anywhere in the game though.
Ditch the current queues altogether to be honest. Parties where people at least have to say a few words to one another are nicer and more social. There’s a reason a lot of people have a preference for building premades via Shouts, even way back when queues were highly populated in the olden days.
/wishful thinking