137931-what-is-wrong-with-the-party-finder

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Ok idk whats going on but its really starting to get on my nerves. I am a new level 50 healer and I have been using the party finder (N) all day to pug expeditions and get some starter gear. There has been 3 instances today where the party composition was incorrect.
 
1: all healer/dps (no tank)
2: 2 healers 1 tank 
3: 2 healers 1 tank
There were more instances where there may have been 2 people that queued as tanks and 1 healer(me), but since I was the only healer I didn't question those parties to find out.
 
Ok correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the general rule in MMOs 1 tank / 1 heal / X dps?? Why does it keep putting me in pugs with other healers? On the party finder you have the option to choose which role you want (dps/tank/heal).  I specifically check the healer tab and un-check the dps tab. I thought that would (mostly...) guarantee me the healer role in the pugs it forms, like how it works in every other MMO, ever. I don't want to play a dps at all, therefore I don't que as a dps. I don't even get the point of being able to que up as both a dps and support at the same time (Because you can check tboth tabs and queue). Whats the point? Someone who wants to be a tank will be in tank gear, and someone who wants to be a dps will be in dps gear. All my weapons and gear is for support / healing. My Amps and abilities are all for support / healing. I can't just magically change my class from healer to dps on the fly because the game F'd up the party composition and put 3 healers in the group.
 
The only thing I can come up with is that people who actually want to do a support role are not un-checking the DPS box before they start que, so the game places them in either role that is available with no discretion. This wouldn't be a problem if you couldn't tick 2 tabs s to begin with.  J(ust a theory of course..idk whats happening).
 
I don't understand, Is this supposed to happen? Am I que-ing wrong? Or is this something that only happens when you try to use party finder for expeditions because they are 3 man groups and it just doesn't care? Maybe this something that happens all the time and people don't care about it....I don't know. 
			
				
	Edited October 6, 2015 by Uranus Uncensored	
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It is, like you said, a matter of the queue system not bothering about group composition when it comes to Expeditions I believe.
 
You don't need a tank or a healer for expeditions - it just slows things down.  Everyone can get along just fine in their dps spec.	
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			Oh...well can't argue with that I guess :P guess I have to waste time finding some dps weapons/gear.
			
				
	Edited October 6, 2015 by Uranus Uncensored	
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Expeditions aren't like your normal dungeons!  You can even solo-que them if you want - they can be completed with 1-5 players playing any role they want (though having DPS is nice to kill things quickly).
 
When in the expedition little health packs will even drop to help out classes that don't have a heal in their load out.
 
When you get to the actual dungeons (listed as dungeons :P) then you'll get back to the classic "heal/tank 3 dps" that we're used to seeing.
 
If you've ever played WoW, expeditions are almost like a scenario.
 
Hope this clears things up!	
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Expeditions aren't like your normal dungeons!  You can even solo-que them if you want - they can be completed with 1-5 players playing any role they want (though having DPS is nice to kill things quickly).
 
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			Am I the only one that can't find a group with LFG and stays in queue for like , 15 minute with no results? 	
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			@UzaFim - You get renown from kills when running expeditions in a group, you don't when solo.	
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expeditions are solo content so grouping up for them in a full trinity is silly. there is nothing to tank, if you are taking damage from the mobs to need a healer then you somehow got into vets before hitting 50. if you want to group up then go as 5 dps and just zerg through it...
 
The whole thing about grouping up gives reknown is silly too. when you group up the expedition takes longer because of the scaling. if you go infestation (gold) solo you can do it in under 6 minutes and get 1500 reknown for it in the process every 6 minutes until you decide to do something else	
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Am I the only one that can't find a group with LFG and stays in queue for like , 15 minute with no results? 
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Expeditions don't depend on the trinity , you could even solo them as any spec , but since you want to play a healer i can understand why you would rather group than solo
 
Just wanted to say expeditions dont depend on the composition "Think gw2"
			
				
	Edited October 6, 2015 by jvjd	
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 I can't just magically change my class from healer to dps on the fly because the game F'd up the party composition and put 3 healers in the group.
 
 
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