Fake role, it's not about "we're doing fine", it's about fairness

  • TheDarkShadow
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    It's a normal, it doesn't need a tank or a healer. Self heals + dps is perfectly capable of completing. Don't make a mountain of a mole hill.

    Then queue DPS.

    Dont be entitled.

    It's not being entitled. There is nothing wrong with people queuing up for normals with roles that they aren't specced out as. Normals have 0 mechanics, nothing. There's is absolutely 0 reason someone should be having trouble in one.

    If you know you can carry the group no matter who you group with then there is no problem to queue as role you can't do. The problem is people who cannot even pull their own weight just queue as tank/healer to cut the line and hopefully they will get carried by someone. If unfortunately the group doesn't have someone strong enough to carry those fakers just wasted people time and now everyone have to queue AGAIN at the bottom of the line for a new group.
  • JarlUlfric
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    It's a normal, it doesn't need a tank or a healer. Self heals + dps is perfectly capable of completing. Don't make a mountain of a mole hill.

    Then queue DPS.

    Dont be entitled.

    It's not being entitled. There is nothing wrong with people queuing up for normals with roles that they aren't specced out as. Normals have 0 mechanics, nothing. There's is absolutely 0 reason someone should be having trouble in one.

    It is absolutely about being entitled.

    There is something wrong with it when you cut in friggin line.

    Justifications of greed fall on deaf ears. Queue as DPS like the rest of the world or make a tank toon.

    Of course, people like you usually just queue with a friend so you can dig in your heel and have someone shield you from geting votekicked when people have a problem with your bull.

    I have 14 max level characters, of the 14, two are tanks, and two are healers. I don't need you to tell me what I can and cannot do. It's not cutting in line, it's queuing up to play the game.

    Anyways I mostly queue with guildies and people I know, so I rarely have this issue.

    Pugs will be pugs, I guess.
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  • IcyDeadPeople
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    Eh, for normal dungeons it doesn't matter so much. I'd say it's not even necessary to have any tank or healer.

    When you queue with friends and everybody is dps, at least one of you has to activate the other roles. If it's normal random queue I would make sure I can heal myself if necessary and would not expect any tank or healer.
  • JarlUlfric
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    Eh, for normal dungeons it doesn't matter so much. I'd say it's not even necessary to have any tank or healer.

    When you queue with friends and everybody is dps, at least one of you has to activate the other roles. If it's normal random queue I would make sure I can heal myself if necessary and would not expect any tank or healer.

    Exactly! There's nothing wrong with it. It's a freakin' normal. For veteran dungeons and battlegrounds I'd be more understanding if people were bringing in inappropriate characters, but there's literally nothing on the line for normals. It's 5 maybe 10 minutes of mindless dps and you're done.
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  • TheDarkShadow
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    Eh, for normal dungeons it doesn't matter so much. I'd say it's not even necessary to have any tank or healer.

    When you queue with friends and everybody is dps, at least one of you has to activate the other roles. If it's normal random queue I would make sure I can heal myself if necessary and would not expect any tank or healer.

    Exactly! There's nothing wrong with it. It's a freakin' normal. For veteran dungeons and battlegrounds I'd be more understanding if people were bringing in inappropriate characters, but there's literally nothing on the line for normals. It's 5 maybe 10 minutes of mindless dps and you're done.

    You see no problem because you can carry. Read again what I posted many times in this thread: "there is no problem to queue as 3 roles even if you can't do all 3 IF you know you can carry even the worst group". Unfortunately, some of us can only pull our own weight and expect others to do the same get group with those who can't in an DLC dungeon, then have to queue 30m again because group wipe and disbanded.
    Edited by TheDarkShadow on December 2, 2017 5:48AM
  • boombazookajd
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    It's 5 maybe 10 minutes of mindless dps and you're done.

    that's the best kind of DPS. :smiley::wink:
    Edited by boombazookajd on December 2, 2017 5:58AM
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  • sly007
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    This sounds like an lack of tanks issue. Players don't make multiple tanks. The best tank is a dk tanks and that's all you need to have, just 1. But players have multiple dps characters. At the end of the day, there won't be enough tanks for all the dps out there, so some dps are bound to sub as tanks.

    I think it is fine for dps to sub as tank, especially when a tank is not needed in normal difficulty. If you want players to play the tank role, then the tank role needs to be more interesting than holding block. But hey, that's what we asked for right?
  • Enemoriana
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    It is absolutely about being entitled.

    There is something wrong with it when you cut in friggin line.

    Justifications of greed fall on deaf ears. Queue as DPS like the rest of the world or make a tank toon.

    Of course, people like you usually just queue with a friend so you can dig in your heel and have someone shield you from geting votekicked when people have a problem with your bull.

    In vet dungeons, of course, roles are important and those who takes fake role - are bad. But in normal? No.

    1. Usually 4 DD can do it without healer or tank;
    2. There are more DD than others;
    3. You can't go to random dungeon with not right roles.
    Do you see where problem is? Tank/heal role is needed where real tank/healer doesn't. Instead of allowing 4 DD to group, game demands them to wait for 2 tanks and 2 healers they don't really need. So - longer queue, so - fake roles.

    Maybe, it's stupid idea, but I think, it could be better, if there would be some possibility to go to normal dungeon without full roles. I don't know... something like checkbox "allow incompatible roles" - who wants full group, will get tank and heal, who is sure he'll manage with any group - can go with 3 or 4 DD.

    (And no, I don't use fake roles myself. Specially, at least - few times forgot to switch after going with friends. However, it never was a problem + my main is not very good DD, but can tank or heal a little)
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  • Vapirko
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    The only issues I have with this is a dps who can't actually hold the boss in one spot via dps numbers and keeping themselves alive or someone who queues as a healer but isn't one. Any normal dungeon can be a dps burn providing good heals and keeping the boss in aoe.
  • Iccotak
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    speaking of roles and being bad at them; could someone help me fix my guy?
    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/383470/help-fixing-character#latest
    Edited by Iccotak on December 2, 2017 6:27AM
  • EvilCroc
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    I totally agree, fairness is the point.

    During current event I found one more mystery: tanks that are queued as dd's and stealing my taunts. Why do they do so?
  • mewcatus
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    Not everything goes according to plan.

    You make the plan,
    you execute the plan,
    then you throw away the plan.

    ;)
    Edited by mewcatus on December 2, 2017 7:04AM
  • witchdoctor
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    Anyways I mostly queue with guildies and people I know, so I rarely have this issue.

    So, you do realise this doesn't apply to you?

    Its not always about you.
  • witchdoctor
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    Enemoriana wrote: »
    Maybe, it's stupid idea, but I think, it could be better, if there would be some possibility to go to normal dungeon without full roles. I don't know... something like checkbox "allow incompatible roles" - who wants full group, will get tank and heal, who is sure he'll manage with any group - can go with 3 or 4 DD.

    That might not be a bad QOL update.

    One of those, now that this game is 3 years old kind of changes.
  • Ashdroid
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    This "tank" had 16k health...
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  • Unlikely_Ghostbuster
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    Fake roles happen quite a lot in vet randoms, too, and I find it sickening. Truly just obnoxious, selfish behaviour. Got vet falkreath as random today on my healer, and the CP 690 fake tank boldly typed "no tank, heal me". Gave Mr. Macho Magsorc a shot and he proceeded to streak forward to drag all the mobs (and the minotaurs too) to the first boss, and died shortly thereafter, with us trailing far behind him, leaving us to deal with the chaos he instigated. He got ressed, only to die again a split-second later, then demands for "heal me more" as he lays there.. dead, limp, and useless.

    Perhaps he queued for vet by accident? Not according to him, he wanted vet random, but didn't think he'd land in Falkreath (today's pledge, btw...)

    This was almost an EPIDEMIC, today.

    On one of my alts who does respectable damage (cp690, 20-25k), I spent 20 minutes in the queue for a random vet dungeon to end up in an instance of Wayrest Sewers with a cp51 sorc "healer" who did not heal. Didn't even try. We get to the lich with the super health-drain beams and we wipe instantly. Turns out the fake healer doesn't heal AND doesn't speak English. I was in the dungeon for four minutes, two attempts on the lich -- in that time, two tanks joined AND dropped along with another DPS. The fake "healer" just kept re-queuing OVER and OVER and OVER, wasting everyone's time.

    Those players who dropped had to suffer the 15-minute penalty because of this ONE selfish jerk. We finally initiated a kick and booted him from his own group.

    Then there was the "smart-guy" cp56 who spoke English, but thought it would be funny to ignore the mechanics of the last boss in vet Tempest Island AND ignore the rest of us who kept trying to explain the mechanics to him. He wasn't just selfish, he was a troll. Dead-silent the entire time, so I ask "Do you speak English?" and wait for a response that didn't come for at least five minutes: "I only speak MURICAN." Needless to say, I was running low on patience after the fake healer debacle, so I wasn't in the mood to suffer anymore petty antics.

    The last straw came when smart guy thought there was nothing we could do to stop his trolling -- actually asked "What are you gonna do about it?" So ya, we booted the "smart-guy" who didn't know voting to kick IS A THING.

    No kidding, I'm getting really sick of these idiots REALLY FAST.

    These were VETERAN dungeons, not normal. If you just want the mystery box and you know you're not very good, just queue for a normal dungeon and stop wasting everyone else's time (and patience).

    The rewards for this event have not been good enough to warrant the amount of crap we have to endure.

    THIS EVENT WAS A DUMB IDEA
  • JiKama
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    I'll run a norm with whatever I like and still make it through with ease. All I want is my dungeon reward. I'll talk and be friendly with everyone. All I need is for them to enjoy the free ride for a reward :smiley:
  • Pele
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    Those who cheat Group Finder suck Molag Bals, but I don't think there's a way to solve this programmatically because you can't code decency. There are a lot of shameless ***.

    Try LFGing in zone then using Group Finder to get into a dungeon. It's not an ideal solution, but it's something.

    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    It's a normal, it doesn't need a tank or a healer. Self heals + dps is perfectly capable of completing. Don't make a mountain of a mole hill.

    Then queue DPS.

    Dont be entitled.

    It's not being entitled. There is nothing wrong with people queuing up for normals with roles that they aren't specced out as. Normals have 0 mechanics, nothing. There's is absolutely 0 reason someone should be having trouble in one.

    It is absolutely about being entitled.

    There is something wrong with it when you cut in friggin line.

    Justifications of greed fall on deaf ears. Queue as DPS like the rest of the world or make a tank toon.

    Of course, people like you usually just queue with a friend so you can dig in your heel and have someone shield you from geting votekicked when people have a problem with your bull.

    It's this kind of mentality that makes Group Finder absolute garbage.

    Stop spreading these lies because most pug DPS cannot breeze through normals. The average pug DPS from Group Finder does ~5k DPS, stands in all the fire, and seems to try their damnedest to fall over and die. Even normal dungeons are a struggle for Group Finder DPS.

    I say this as a tank who uses Group Finder every day. (When I say 'tank', I mean I'm a proper tank -> rock solid, group buffs, mob debuffs, CC, etc. I keep the squishies in my group safe and buff them so they can do their jobs efficiently.)
  • SugaComa
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    There are little markers on your skills that indicate if it's a skill used fur tanking, healing if DPS

    Why not just make the rolls autostart to which of these you have equipped that way you can't choose a roll you're not

    And if you use skills from each archetype then the game will lower your priority in the queue and have you fill what ever the group requires at the end

    After that it's up to the group to keep or kick
  • SugaComa
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    Eh, for normal dungeons it doesn't matter so much. I'd say it's not even necessary to have any tank or healer.

    When you queue with friends and everybody is dps, at least one of you has to activate the other roles. If it's normal random queue I would make sure I can heal myself if necessary and would not expect any tank or healer.

    That needs to change

    If four people premake a group then the rolls shouldn't need to be set

    The group knows what they're capable of and are either going to blitz it or maybe they're setting themselves a challenge

    Like trying to complete a vet on 4 pure healers for a laugh
  • Narvuntien
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    Keep in mind it was happening before the event.

    I was on voice chat on after my trials group finished a couple of them moved onto pleadges. They were struggling to finish thier Vet Falkenreth Pledge.. they were literially just in a trial... so it wasn't thier fault. Thier "dps" was running ahead of everyone crit charging into mobs then spaming wrecking blow thier healer was cp 23 or something wasn't their fault but clearly not up to the job. I am not sure if they quit and requeued but thier next group they had a sword and board healer...

    Can we do something about PVP players queuing for dungeons? With thier Inpen gear and thier PVP skills.
    Edited by Narvuntien on December 2, 2017 11:19AM
  • Elusiin
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    First, I want to make clear that I'm totally ok with people who know that they can solo dungeon and can carry no matter what group they get. They can queue as 3 roles as much as they want. Thank you for help pushing the queue faster and carry people.

    Here I want to say about people who actually can't do ***. Yes we're doing fine, it's a simple normal dungeon. A DD carries the group doing 70% damage and 80% heal. But it's not fair for that DD who stay true to his role and have to wait 30m in the queue, then have to carry the whole group, while other just fake their role, get group with in 5m and tag along for the loot. It's like lying you are pregnant to get ahead of the line in the shop. Take a long and hard look at yourself on the mirror.

    Completely agree, I hate these people and I always vote to kick them as soon as i find out they're fake or not able to carry us through.
  • VaranisArano
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    JarlUlfric wrote: »
    It's a normal, it doesn't need a tank or a healer. Self heals + dps is perfectly capable of completing. Don't make a mountain of a mole hill.

    When you're a level 17 tank, with a level 10 healer who can't heal, and with level 15 DPS, its rather nice to have an actual healer, thanks. We completed that dungeon, because my tank can do double duty as a DPS and had more self-heals than the healer did.

    Random group mates make things interesting. You can't guarantee that your groupmates won't need whatever role you queued up to fill.
  • Rianai
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    If all DPS players would actually queue as DPS only, all DPS players would have to wait for even longer. DPS players queueing as tank and/or healer are reducing the queue time for those who queue as DPS! It can't be compared to your "lying to get ahead in line" example.

    Being able to carry or being in need of a carry is a completely different topic and has nothing to do with the role(s) someone queued for.
    Edited by Rianai on December 2, 2017 2:04PM
  • Slurg
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    Saucy_Jack wrote: »
    Well, for example. I have a max cp magplar, which I run (rightfully) as a healer.

    I also have a level 15 DK alt that can't do ANYTHING. BUT, I can't join the queue unless I pick a role. So what do I pick? My alt sucks at tanking, sucks at DPS, and sucks at healing, because he's level 15. So I just pick a role at random and call it day. I don't do that to spite anyone; I do that because no matter what role I choose, I know my impact in the dungeon is going to be completely negligible.

    Or should I do parses in order to find out that I do 20 dps vs 21 hps, and therefore should always queue as a healer?

    If you queue for a random at level 15 you are going to get the easier dungeons that don't really need a tank. Queue as tank, get a sword and shield, and slot a DK class shield and the entry level taunt on one of your bars because you can weapon swap at 15.

    If either of the DPS players are any good they'll kill things long before your lack of tank skills becomes an issue. The problem in these dungeons I've found playing support roles is that if both the DPS are weak and the tank and healer can't help with DPS, the fights take way too long. So if you suck at DPS - try a support role.
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  • TheDarkShadow
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    Rianai wrote: »
    If all DPS players would actually queue as DPS only, all DPS players would have to wait for even longer. DPS players queueing as tank and/or healer are reducing the queue time for those who queue as DPS! It can't be compared to your "lying to get ahead in line" example.

    Being able to carry or being in need of a carry is a completely different topic and has nothing to do with the role(s) someone queued for.

    Again, read what I said in the 1st post and probably the 5-6 times in this thread: If you think you can carry the group with your dps, go queue for tank and heal even if you are not intent to tank/heal. This thread is not about you. This is about people who actually cannot tank/heal, and even suck at dps, cut the line to get a group faster, hope that someone will carry them. It's not fair for those who cannot tank/heal and have enough decency to admit that and queue as dps. The fake tank/healer that cannot do the job they queue for and cannot carry not only cut the line for those before them, but also waste the time of those who unfortunately group with them, because the group might wipe and disband and those people have to queue again from the bottom of the line.
    Edited by TheDarkShadow on December 2, 2017 2:50PM
  • Rianai
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    Why does it matter for what role a bad player queues? A bad dps player isn't any better than a bad tank or healer. Queueing as tank or healer doesn't hurt anyone, so why is it unfair? What about those who queue as dps without actually doing decent dps? Why isn't this unfair too, i mean, they are increasing the queue time for those dps players who are actually good at their role.

    As a healer i'd rather have a bad tank than bad dps players (only in vet dungeons, in normal i don't care at all).
    Edited by Rianai on December 2, 2017 3:01PM
  • TheDarkShadow
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    Rianai wrote: »
    Why does it matter for what role a bad player queues? A bad dps player isn't any better than a bad tank or healer. Queueing as tank or healer doesn't hurt anyone, so why is it unfair? What about those who queue as dps without actually doing decent dps? Why isn't this unfair too, i mean, they are increasing the queue time for those dps players who are actually good at their role.

    As a healer i'd rather have a bad tank than bad dps players (only in vet dungeons, in normal i don't care at all).

    Because when you queue as tank/healer, you get a group faster than a DD that actually queue for DD. It's not fair for those DD who do not LIE.
  • Rianai
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    But why would anyone care about how long others have to wait? Why would any dps player want even longer queue times? If i would queue as dps, i would be glad for anyone who queues as tank or healer, so i don't have to wait for an eternity.

    The game needs more players queueing as tank or healer (and maybe starting to like the role, even if they didn't originally intend to play it), not the other way arround.
    Edited by Rianai on December 2, 2017 3:25PM
  • Strider__Roshin
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    ZOS needs to have 2 separate queues:
    1) Traditional (2 DD, 1 Tank, 1 Healer)
    2) Nontraditional (all DD)
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