I am currently 2144 mythic rating and I am trying to improve it, but am getting stuck for hours trying to join a key. My own key is +19, which is 3 levels above what I have completed for that specific dungeon, so its definitely a no and people wont join.
What I am trying to do is to join 1 level higher of the dungeon I already completed so I can continue to upgrade my rating. I enjoy doing mythic+ but its really frustrating getting declined for hours. How can blizzard fix this? I am so close to unsub and quit, because its no point to search for hours and do 1 dungeon and then repeat. It depletes my energy and feels like a waste of my time
As a dd you are just one in many, especially if you are behind in rating. You have to start making friends: ask ppl if they want to do another key or if you can add them to your bnet. Especially tanks and healers. Over time you will have a network of players.
And try to stand out from other dds. Be positive and polite, use your WHOLE toolkit (Spellreflect !!! → 3rd boss NL for example, stuns, defcds, fear for interrupt), use pots and so on.
If you only want to log in and run an m+ as dd, without having way above rating for what you are doing, you are going to wait for a long time. This will not change as long as there are just way more ppl playing dd than healer or tank.
I´m gonna do some mid range keys (16-18, or whatever you want to call that) in like 45-60 minutes, leave your Bnet tag and we can run some keys togther.
Ain’t Blizzard’s fault and more a community issue. Which at the same time, you can solve yourself by joining a community, guild or getting a circle of people/friends to do content with you.
I’ve gotten so much more ease in doing this that I only pug when doing crest farming or frustratingly trying to get/fish a specific upgrade. Trust me when I say that finding a community of some kind to do keys in will net you far more progress that hoping Blizzard will do something about a community-based issue.
A premade is also much more likely to be open about non-meta classes, friendly and highly-communicative. This will contribute overall to being rewarded higher rating, higher loot and in general, better mental health.
What can blizzard do to reduce decline rates in m+?.
Without something extreme, nothing.
Blizzard cant force players to accept you, you migjt be 2144, and timed a key exactly 1 below it, but theres someone queuing against you thats 2400 and timed a key 4 lecels above it.
The only person that can fix this is you.
Play a tank/healer
Make ur own groups
Or join a guild / community
I couldn´t find you on Kazzak and you didn´t take my bnet request yet. Maybe another time. Gl anyways and just keep trying. I know i can be frustrating, but with the tips above it should get better.
i cant post links, but just check raider io leaderboards for dps above 20 or 25 or 14+. It doesn´t even matter wich one you pick.
Is warrior a have to pick, no. Is class balance perfect, also no, but it is pretty good right now. If dont get all your 20s timed or say 2,8k rating, it is not a spec problem. Even if you only pug.
First of all - deleveling your own key to your current capabilities is a good thing to do. Don’t hold to that +19 if you can’t do it - it doesn’t bring you any value. 2144rating listed a +19 - no one will join you anyways. Just make it +16 (aspect crest) or +17 (hero 1/5 gear), you will get more applicants. Even when I list +19 on a healer I can hardlyget applicants. +19 is the worst key level, you want to avoid it, no one wants to do +19 in general.
If you just want to do a dungeon or two, just not to sit dry for hours - just do a 11-14 key (wyrm crests are always good) or try tanking (though it’s a matter of taste).
For the last part - you can add me to friend list (Gageris#2398) - we can do few keys from time to time. I am playing 2 characters (resto shaman which I am pushing into 19-20 range, and bear tank, which atm farm crests and gear in 11-14 range). I think we can find some occasional common keys if you are interested
at that level tanks get ton of declines too especialy from groups with decent score . . reason is the same. 2144 score is nothing at this point of season . its not even all 16s timed.
people want tanks that are minumum 2300 for 17-18 pugs . and tbh i cant blame them because at this level your gotta perform . and ton of 2300-2400 players fail basic dungeon mechancis
I would say it is Blizzards fault, I dont think most of you understand. They have to solve problem so everyone can play this game, if they refuse then they should quit their job. I have experience of this game since 18 years until now.
In the meantime i did last weekend on my 418 tank 5 dungeons in the 11-13 range. 4 dungeons on my 423 healer in the 12-14 range, and 2 dungeons on my 415 dps of +10. Just by going to the no pressure discord.
They might be seeking for particular armour type, it’s not uncommon practice to make full leather or full plate group (for loot sharing).
A lot of people don’t want to do these extra steps, they don’t put enough effort sadly. But they rather wait 1h in LFG window…
So explain to us, what Blizzard can do to avoid such situations.
M+ group making is purely player driven environment, and as an individual forming a group - you always take a risk of your key failing and going down 1level. Now there are only 2 things you trully control as a group maker:
how well you play yourself. You reduce this risk by getting better at the game, progressing in difficulty, reading guides, maybe even seeking some coaching.
who do you invite. Here you only control the ilvl/score/class you invite, and that’s it. You don’t know how good or bad player will play, but higher ilvl/score gives higher % of player giving you desired result (completing a key).
And can you blame people for not inviting 2.1k player into +19? Well I don’t invite. I rather scrap the group and try again later rather than doing it with thr group that has very low % chance of success.
I myself now getting into +19 range, and the difficulty difference between 16 and 19 is very noticible. Even in 19 you already get almost 1shotted by avoidable damage sources, interuptable dangerous casts cannot go through, it’s almost a wipe if they do.
