Priorise Caledor Woods for Group Queues

[Tiggo]

Hi,

dont know if its already like that. When you queue as group for multiple scenarios, could you make it that it pops caledor woods priorised when there is another group queuing?

by that we can do 6vs6 without having to wait to long when there is no other group ready (thus popping some other scenario) I know the scenario matcher already tries to match group vs. group it could just do that priorised with caledor woods as scenario. (if other group has queued caledor woods too).

We always queue multiple scenarios including Caledor Woods but it never pops.

Your thoughts?

[Scrilian]

Yea, sure, mate. Make CW even ignore it being blacklisted :^)

[Tiggo]

Yea, sure, mate. Make CW even ignore it being blacklisted :^)

for premades? yeah indeed

[Allee]

Sounds like a great idea

[Jaycub]

Try just solo queing for CW, might takes 10 minutes but even in dead NA you usually get a pop unless the 6 mans on the other side are blacklisting it.

Sometimes guilds are running alt groups or bad setups, usually if you PM them and ask for a CW they might hop on mains and que up for it. I know a lot of people probably burned out of playing against PUGs on their bis rr40 characters so they are on lowbies/alts or doing something else.

[Tiggo]

i know where you coming from jaycub, but this is not about how you can setup manually a 6vs6 (you can do this even without any sc) but about a qol suggestion to enhance group queuing experience. (and it will help seperating group queuers from pugs even a bit more).

[Lindisfarne]

I like the idea of having caledor woods being the priority SC if you're queing as a 6 man. I think it would also be nice to somehow be able to see how long its been since a premade vs premade sc has popped. That way youll know if its worth sitting in que and waiting for caledor woods, or just que all.

I love the idea of having premades sortof funneled into eachother so they fight eachother instead of pugs, but you have to be careful you dont make the requirements for a pop too strong otherwise it will take too long and discourage queing as a 6man.

[Tiggo]

I like the idea of having caledor woods being the priority SC if you're queing as a 6 man. I think it would also be nice to somehow be able to see how long its been since a premade vs premade sc has popped. That way youll know if its worth sitting in que and waiting for caledor woods, or just que all.

I love the idea of having premades sortof funneled into eachother so they fight eachother instead of pugs, but you have to be careful you dont make the requirements for a pop too strong otherwise it will take too long and discourage queing as a 6man.

exactly thats why it should pop another sc besides caledor (if others are queued) when there is no other group queuing. (there could even be a 5-10 minute timer before it does that). I think its a win win for anyone purely optional etc.

a more transparent version would be to have an addon or inbult which shows how many 6man groups are queued, if they are matched right now / in a sc etc. (should be anonymous so people dont get discouraged ^^).

[Tiggo]

it doesnt restrict anything? if a group does not want to play 6vs6 they just dont queue cw?

actually thinking about it my suggestion REMOVES restriction. (as of if you want to play in a group but dont want to wait for another group (or just dont know if one is up) it gives you the option to still queue other sc while when there is another group you will get caledor popped instead mourkain temple against a pug...)

so basically nothing will change for anyone besides groups being able to easier be matched in a 6vs6 (if they want to, again). Dont see whats wrong there?

and it has nothing to do with population either? actually it will HELP with low population situations as 6man groups will be able to queue ALL scs while waiting for another 6man which wants to play 6vs6 in cw.


and if you bothered by people avoiding scs cause of the enemy group you should turn of the sc manager imidiatly which tells you right now what enemies are in your sc BEFORE you join ^^

[Lindisfarne]

Could u be a little more specific how this would restrict people in any way? Most players wouldn't be effected by this at all, its just giving premades better tools to play against other premades, instead of it just being random. Seeing how they're trying to make CW the place to go for premade vs premade, it seems that this is what they're trying to achieve. I don't want seperate que's for premades and pugs, just better chances of getting those premades fighting against eachother.