Questions on duty roulette with friendsFollow

Greetings,

I am really enjoying DR, but is there any way to join it as a 2 person party or must it be done solo?
Basically, is it possible for my wife and I to run the same instance of DR with two other random people?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks!
I really hope they change that.

Edited, Dec 28th 2013 12:23pm by ashley420

Thanks for responding!
I'm not sure I follow why this idea would nullify the purpose of DR. I'm failing to see why there "wouldn't be a point" if I as a tank and my wife as a healer signed up for DR together. Seems pretty obvious this benefits everyone.
If it is possible that we could sign up for DR separately and run a dungeon together, what would the downside be of doing it intentionally?

I get the point of not wanting to take the spot of someone who needs a win to proceed in the story line or what have you. But how often do you run into 2 party members who need a win on a run? Most of us doing them are there for the bonus and not doing it for the first time.
I feel a party of 2, arguably 3 but never 4 obviously, should be able to sign up for DR together and let the system match the remaining player(s) to them.
Hell, I would even welcome being able to jump into parties in progress.

I agree this is a great help tool, I simply think this should be explored to make it a better help tool and letting friends play together intentionally instead of randomly is more fun.

Thanks and I look forward to your feedback.

It benefits everyone? It doesn't benefit the healer that's out there seeking and can't get in because they don't have a tank.

I've never really had an issue of a long wait with duty roulette, especially as a healer.

Say you have Tank A, Healer A, and healer B
Just because you say Tank A and Healer A can't party together doesn't ensure healer B will take the slot. It is still entirely possible for Tank A and Healer A to party together through luck. Healer B is still without a party.
Now let's say Tank A and Healer B get grouped instead of Tank A and Healer A, Tank A can simply quit the event and restart it hoping to party with Healer A.

I don't see how anyone benefits from this scenario.



When is 2.2 supposed to be released?

Edited, Dec 30th 2013 10:57am by ashley420

I hope you were being sarcastic... tanks and healers are insta-queue 99.9% of the time. So if it missed that specific healer, the healer would just pair with the next tank, or pair of dd's, or tank AND DD for whatever dungeon was needed. It would still work effectively with groups of 2 or 3.

I did my first DF (not random) seeking as a party and I wasn't able to give any recommendations. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar was introduced in the patch. No matter what solution that you provide, it will not prevent someone from potentially getting screwed over.



If that were the case, the simple bump in xp would have done the trick. This was obviously done to assist new players. Once people finish quests, it becomes difficult to find help for new players. That becomes a major turn off for new potential players which equals less money. There is no other way to see this.

Everyone isn't being screwed though, there's just no solution to prevent anyone from ever being screwed over. Given the fact that this was geared towards new players, the solution that screws over the new players the least amount should be selected. New players are less likely to be in a group seeking DF. They are more likely to be the ones seeking individually, while the more veteran players will be seeking in groups.

I think it's a bit of both. Yes, it gives the end gamers something to do. That something just also happens to benefit the low level population as well. I get placed almost instantly as a healer into the low level dungeons. Those groups might have waited for thirty minutes or an hour for a healer to come along manually.

Edit: Auto correct T_T

Edited, Jan 1st 2014 6:21pm by Catwho

No one is being "screwed" because the duty roulette bonuses are a bonus, not an entitlement. If you want to experience a randomly chosen dungeon with people you know, just randomly choose one using external methods.