New Dungeons Summed Up

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MisterBigglesworth

Just queue as a tank even if you aren't one. I know the first boss can be solo'd (very slowly) so with 3-4 dps probably not an issue. See how far you can get! C'mon! Live a little!

Troneon

Its broken....don't even bother with it...

Acharnor

I got lucky I guess this weekend - queued for a random normal and got Cradle and it was a blast.

Valn

I think its because people don't wanna queue those dungeons, it's got more difficulty compared to other dungeons and i thnik that's put people off.

subtlezeroub17_ESO

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

Just queue as a tank even if you aren't one. I know the first boss can be solo'd (very slowly) so with 3-4 dps probably not an issue. See how far you can get! C'mon! Live a little!

No. Your lot causes the most pain trying to keep a boss from 2 shotting everyone.

MattT1988

MisterBigglesworth wrote: »

Just queue as a tank even if you aren't one. I know the first boss can be solo'd (very slowly) so with 3-4 dps probably not an issue. See how far you can get! C'mon! Live a little!

This should be a bannable offence. OP don't ever do this.

GrigorijMalahevich

I queue as dps and tank and usually it immediately gets me in a group as a tank... It doesn't take so much time to change gear and skills according to the group requirements. My dps set is twice born star, so I suffer from having Serpent Mundus stones (by default I look for groups in my PvP heavy sword+board setup), but in 95% of group finder dungeons I join as a tank - no problem.

Imho Normal dungeons don't need a tank, I can solo most of them with my DPS/Tank builds.

Vet dungeons don't need a hardcore tank as trials, so you are fine with just heavy, shield + board and some taunts, if people cast their synergistic abilities on you, you can easily sustain without investing heavily in block reduction.

Just imho.

MattT1988

Valera Progib wrote: »

I queue as dps and tank and usually it immediately gets me in a group as a tank... It doesn't take so much time to change gear and skills according to the group requirements. My dps set is twice born star, so I suffer from having Serpent Mundus stones (by default I look for groups in my PvP heavy sword+board setup), but in 95% of group finder dungeons I join as a tank - no problem.

Imho Normal dungeons don't need a tank, I can solo most of them with my DPS/Tank builds.

Vet dungeons don't need a hardcore tank as trials, so you are fine with just heavy, shield + board and some taunts, if people cast their synergistic abilities on you, you can easily sustain without investing heavily in block reduction.

Just imho.

My post wasn't directed at people who can actually switch from DPS to Tank like you, it was more directed at people who queue as a Tank without any intention of being a Tank.

Tyrion87

Valn wrote: »

I think its because people don't wanna queue those dungeons, it's got more difficulty compared to other dungeons and i thnik that's put people off.

I think that the difficulty is not the only reason (or even not the main reason cause they are easily doable if you are exp) why people are discouraged to do them (vet modes). The sets you can find in there are also not interesting. Compare them to e.g. spell power cure from WGT or scathing mage from ICP which are still good and attract people to do IC dungeons. The problem of vRoM and vCoS is also the fact that you can farm the sets, even the monster sets, in the normal modes so why bother with veteran ones?

carljokl

I want to complete Blackheart Haven on normal mode as I see it is the only group dungeon from my alliance zones I haven't completed. I use the group finder and leave it queueing in the background for hours while doing other things. I have never managed to find a group. I wonder what I am doing wrong. I am CP 130 now but missed the dungeon when I was the right level for that zone. I want the skill points for the first time dungeon completion. It makes me wonder if there is far less demand to do some dungeons vs others but would think there are others like me who have some left to complete. I suppose the dauntless daily quests help encourage people to play a given dungeon but I don't know when the quest will be for the dungeon I need.

MattT1988

carljokl wrote: »

I want to complete Blackheart Haven on normal mode as I see it is the only group dungeon from my alliance zones I haven't completed. I use the group finder and leave it queueing in the background for hours while doing other things. I have never managed to find a group. I wonder what I am doing wrong. I am CP 130 now but missed the dungeon when I was the right level for that zone. I want the skill points for the first time dungeon completion. It makes me wonder if there is far less demand to do some dungeons vs others but would think there are others like me who have some left to complete. I suppose the dauntless daily quests help encourage people to play a given dungeon but I don't know when the quest will be for the dungeon I need.

Wait until it's the daily pledge dungeon for normal, you'll find a group then for sure.

Perpatratur

I am relatively new to the game and have limited success with the dungeon finder tool. I have no idea on server pops but what exactly is the problem? Is it bugged where it isn't grouping people? or are people just simply not queuing for dungeons using the tool? Too many dps not enough healers\tanks?

The xp and undaunted bundle equates to nearly a level in the early levels anyway. I would think everyone would queue at least once a day for that alone

MattT1988

Perpatratur wrote: »

I am relatively new to the game and have limited success with the dungeon finder tool. I have no idea on server pops but what exactly is the problem? Is it bugged where it isn't grouping people? or are people just simply not queuing for dungeons using the tool? Too many dps not enough healers\tanks?

The xp and undaunted bundle equates to nearly a level in the early levels anyway. I would think everyone would queue at least once a day for that alone

I can only speak for PS4 but I reckon these problems are across the board:

* Group finder has about as many mood swings as my teenage sister during her time of the month. Some days it works, some days it bugs the hell out. Just got to be lucky.
* With the introduction of guild chat on consoles a lot of people have abandoned the group finder on mass and simply used guild chat, because you know, social game and all that.
* Every man, his dog, his cat, his neighbour, his mailman, his dentist and his crazy uncle Roy who secretly lives in his basement plotting world domination, runs a DPS character because the rest of the game isn't so friendly to pure tanks and healers, so there is huge queue times for DPS, if you turn your character into a healer or tank then you'll find groups much faster.......if group finder is in the mood to work. (Only queue as a tank or healer IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THESE ROLES!!! Nothing more grubby then someone queueing as a healer without a single friggin healing ability)

I recommend joining a guild that runs dungeons regularly, it's faaaaar more reliable then using group finder.