Why do people do this? So many times I’ve gone into queue and it goes to 4/5 and everyone clicks match 2-4 except for one person and we’re forced to wait up to an hour for more people to join the dungeon queue and 50% of those times I’ve had all my expirable exp buffs run out and I’ve HAD IT. It makes me so mad because that person probably would go into queue and then go afk for an hour and not check in and then end up afking in the dungeon as well. The amount of times I’ve waited an hour for a 5th person to join just to run the dungeon with a party of 4 because that person who wouldn’t click was afk anyway…
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It’s probably exactly as you said. People expect the queue’s [except maybe 300 dungeon] to be a long wait, so they go into it and AFK. Sometimes they just listen for the match sound and anything else is drowned out. I don’t like the idea of that either, but it can be second nature for people after so long to do it this way.
It may be easier to try and shout for a party beforehand, than to queue up and keep being aggravated by waiting on someone else.
too bad, that person might be in orsha. far far away land, not in even the power of megaphones can reach them unless you log in to orsha yourselves and shout there instead
Some players still believe that the 5-man exp bonus is greater than 4-man or lower bonus, so they wait for a full group. That happens when you don’t read patch notes and mechanics changes.
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Welcome to online gaming…
It happens so much everywhere it has become a tradition in some cultures and a crime in others 
… I tend to tab and do something else besides stare to the screen, wish I could go to another darn map and do something more “productive” besides just sitting in a map, waiting for a group and hating that “one” player… then again, I often que when I don’t have buffs to worry about…
i’m usually checking the market whenever queue is long.
though before i use my buff i do check the density of players doing it
now for miracle seed buffs i got 5 min to coordinate with people i share my sprout with for a party
I wish IMC would do something about it.
I remember there was a possible suggestion, if 2/3 people have matched but the last one hasn’t, after X minutes the ones who matched enter without the last one.
If they don’t match while the others matched, the ones who matched shouldn’t be penalized.
It’s even stupider when it’s before reset. Why would you wait for an obscure dungeon to get 5 people at like 5:40 am ? Usually I just create a party with the ones who matched and we do it together.
Lol me too. Check the market while waiting, time will fly by.
Anyway, below are the reasons why sometimes I don’t click 2-4 match.
1.) when there are many players queuing for the dungeon and only takes 1-2 minutes for a full party of 5.
2.) when there are only 2 queuing. I am extremely under-geared that I know I won’t be able to finish with only 1 other person. 4 is definitely OK though.
Let me ask you guys who initiate the 2-4 matching. Do you guys usually click it because you are confident you can carry the whole team? Or are you sorta gambling on teamming up with 1-2 strong/decently geared players?
The main problem I have about running dungeons with 1-2 people is because I’m not strong enough. I was thinking, if we have a universal understanding that whoever clicks it is saying he/she is confident to carry the whole team, I would gladly follow the 2-4 option ASAP. This could probably be done when server merges and communicate through megaphone.
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Most of players know by now the run will not count even if you leave at start for whatever reasons.
It’s not rare very strong players helping a buddy wanting to rush 2-4 for xp bonus but they don’t need at all 3 4 blocking the queue either.
Even within alts, there are players that can faceroll content with items such as
When I help acquaintances and we get blocked in the queue for 10 minutes and the helped ones lose statue buff, seed duration buff, golden fish etc… flame shouts can happen or we just leave the queue and use enter now so we have to lose matchmaking bonus xp.
I’m just saying some people because they are anonymous will join and leave the queue then repeat on purpose and imc won’t let the players 2-4 enter automatically either after a period of time…
People having items like these are not rare, you can try to enter and if the 2 are not leechers, afk, trolls, then you can stay or leave them if you want too.
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Oooh, I like those items. I might start making them.
OK, next time I will just click 2-4 when everyone else does.
Even my full support, SPR Wizard-Pyro 2-Thaum 3-Chrono 3 can solo things if she’s buffed. And she has just a random 315 purple HG weapon that is like +5 or maybe not even enhanced (yes, she’s terrible 8D).
I’m confident we can make it work, so I always check match 2 to 4.
(I wouldn’t do a 2 people run on her for the 300 dungeon though, it’d be way too long)
I can understand people not matching if only two players are queued. I don’t mind that, it makes sense.
But when we are 3-4 and they still don’t match ? No way. Even if one is almost a dead-weight, 3 people can run anything.
You also need to know that for the dungeons now, your run is used only once you’ve gotten the after-boss rewards. Meaning even if the two are too weak, you can just give up, get out, and shout for more.
“Give up, get out, and shout for more”. That feels like offending the other 2 players though, I don’t like abandoning my teammates…
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belive me its even more frustrating if it takes longer to get inside the dungeon than the dungeon run would take itself…
You don’t have to ditch them though ? Talk to them, use the chat @_@
If it’s obvious you guys can’t do it, then you can all agree to give up. I have in the past, nobody’s mad. Sometimes we even make a party then outside to be sure all of us do get inside for the next runs.
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