🚀 go-pugleaf

On 7/23/2013 10:23 AM, Catriona R wrote:
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> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:46:24 -0400, IYM <nor...@whitehouse.gov>
> wrote:
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>> On 7/23/2013 9:08 AM, Catriona R wrote:
>>>
>>> Love the look of this -
>>> http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/news/2013/july/queueForAllTheThings.jpg
>>> - no more sitting for aaages in a queue wondering if you might have
>>> got into something else much faster but there's no way of knowing
>>> which LFR has shortest queues! Considering there's four relevant ones
>>> right now (more if you're desperate for a weapon or somesuch from an
>>> earlier one) then being able to queue for the lot at the start of a
>>> week when you're saved to nothing will be great. I never expected them
>>> to put in queueing for anything and everything all at once, but that's
>>> even better for people who like everything!
>>>
>>
>> Is that coming, or is out already?   I multiple queue already for
>> dungeons and raids.  When I first log on, esp as my mage, I queue for a
>> dungeon and raid of my choice, which ever I get picked for first, I
>> run.....and even though it says "paused" for the other one, as soon as I
>> get out of I don't lose my spot in line and I get in within a few
>> minutes of leaving the previous instance.  Almost seems like it's not
>> paused at all, or that it's holding your place in line while you run the
>> other thing....Been doing that for a while.
>
> 5.4 PTR, I believe. I do vaguely recall that you can queue for more
> than one different thing now you mention it, I've just never used that
> so forgot it existed (I only really do LFR or scenarios of the
> queueable things and scenarios not very often)

That's because you primarily queue and run stuff as a healer.  On my 
resto druid, I almost never use the mulit-queue ability due to fast 
queues.  On my mage, I use them all the time.  It significantly reduces 
the subsequent queues...

>
>> However,  you could only pick one dungeon, one raid and one scenario (if
>> you wanted to - instant anyway) - you could never pick multiple raids to
>> queue for.  This would be interesting....
>
> Yep, the multiple LFR wings is the big thing for me - I would LOVE to
> be able to on a Wednesday just tick boxes for all 4 wings and let it
> give me whatever pops first. Sure, by the time I'm down to the last
> wing the queue will be as slow as ever, but when I'm queued for 4 at
> once, chances are good that one should pop quickly!

If it works like it currently does, the opposite will happen.  You get 
put in a place holder while you are running one.  So lets say you queue 
for all 4.   Part 1: 5 min wait, part 4: 6min, part 2: 10 min and part 
3: 15 min.

Again, if it works the way it does now the following happens, provided 
the queue time don't change significantly:

after 5 min you get pulled into and run part 1.  when you get out, you 
go back into queue with the 5 min already credited to you, so if part 4 
is still at 6 min, you only have a 1 min queue time.  When you get out 
of that, you have a 4 min queue time left for part 2, and then when done 
a 5 min queue for part 3.   That's of course if the times don't change. 
  If they grow shorter on any of them, you'll get an instant pop on the 
next one (which HAS happened to me after exiting a dungeon while a raid 
was on pause). If they get longer, you'll have to wait out the extra 
time as you would have done anyway, but you'll have credit for time 
served.  Big time saver, esp for dps this way as you don't have to get 
back at the start of the line every time.

>
>> Ironically, it seems like they are backpedaling on or adjusting the
>> changes they forced when they released MoP, in that they didn't want
>> people hanging around the cities, but out in the world.   I welcome it
>> in that I can run my stuff quicker, and get to some alts and other
>> things that I want to do.   I actually started messing around with
>> battle pets for the first time as I have my main as far as I can take
>> her outside of non lfr raids, and all her gear is upgraded....just
>> maxing her valors for the next patch.  I'm relaxed playing now, doing
>> what I want instead of feeling I *have* to do such-and-such to keep
>> up....  :)
>
> Perhaps they're adding to it, regarding getting people out in the
> world - I know a lot of people are happy to go out and do other stuff
> while they queue, but I'm not; I saolo far better in Disc and heal far
> better in Holy meaning if I'm queued I don't want to go anyplace that
> I'll have to fight stuff. And I don't like breaking off from something
> without finishing it, so more often than not, I don't queue until I'm
> done with whatever I'm doing, and get bored sitting round doing
> nothing while in the queue lol - faster queues will help loads there!
>

I'm the same on my healer.  I'm afraid to change to kitty and get 
involved in anything after queuing as I never can trust exactly when 
I'll get called up and hate to have the pressure of a 30 sec timer to 
get into the instance, while I'm trying to survive a fight, then get 
clear, change specs and gear as you never know if the tank is just going 
to start running and not even check to see if your ready....  So I 
usually just do my house keeping and AH stuff during that time. 
Actually now that I'm playing around with battle pets, it seems a fun 
thing to do while waiting that you can do standing in your heal spec.  I 
did however lose/forfeit a couple battles because the queue popped 
during the pet battle...