Boosting Queue Feedback
First off, I believe that myself and most people that play crim love the Boosting general changes (tiers, hack, payouts etc..) I would like to thank the devs for the great work they've done.
However, the only problem I see with Boosting right now that needs to be tweaked/taken into consideration is queue and how it works.
I do understand that boosts are "popping off left and right" and that lots of people are boosting. But, on the other hand, LOTS of people are not getting the chance to because of how outrageous the queue times are.
For example, on a day off today, I was on the server for 2 hours towards the end of 3rd restart, entire 1st restart and 2 hours towards the beginning of main/2nd restart. In this entire play session (10-12 hours in the city) I only got TWO boosts despite always being in the queue.
Again, I do understand boosts are happening but why does it take 2 hours to move 5 spots in the queue? It's a 100+ long queue sometimes and even in low population times you're sat in the queue for hours on end.
In my opinion, the old way of first come first serve on the tablet was far better. Or make the usb harder to get. The problem pre wipe was that it was too hard to get/gatekept by one person. Now it's so easy to get one that everyone has one, there needs to be a balance. Not everyone should get one and neither should it be gatekept by one person/gangs.
I strongly believe that being fast and snatching a boost is far better than sitting in a slow queue for 12 hours getting 2 boosts. People that log on for 2-3 hours a day or even less deserve to boost as well.
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xxmustardxx
Jul 29, 2023
i was in the server over 4 hours last night, and did not get a single boost que was over 150 and moving like a snail, i think actually when i flew out last night i was still over 70-80 in que after hours and hours of being in que. struggling to get 1 boost between my last 3-4 game sessions is a little crazy, and i dont think it is because device is to easy to get i think because so many people are sharing and farming D boost.
xxmustardxx
Jul 29, 2023
right now their is 120 people in the server and 99 people in que, i think their is also ssomething wrong with people flying out while in que and bugging it, ever since you could see has been even worse in my opinion. i doubt their is actually that many of the people awake in que right now, the fact i cant even get one boost in a 5 hour session is a little crazy, and why i suggested not being able to share boost devices and need it on you to stay in que, people are just farming D classes right now, and some devices are being used for up to 10 people, if was just made where you have to have it on you and get your own device think that would cut down drastically. since i paid to get a new one ive gotten 1 boost in 12+ hours of playtime, i dont see how yall dont see that is a problem..
Someone
Jul 29, 2023
I do agree, making it so that you should have the USB on you to stay in the queue or some similar restriction would greatly improve the queue. Whole point is something needs to change, as right now it IS a problem.
babayaga1232
Jul 29, 2023
A friend and I both were in the queue all day yesterday and couple hours today and still have not been able to get a boost since the changes. Currently pushing 4 hours into Boost queue and I am currently sitting at 98/131 in queue.
Maybe have the queues work based on the Class of boost so your are queue with those in your class and not everyone who is boosting
gradualsquash
Jul 29, 2023
ATM from what I know the que is just one big pool, maybe split the pool with the specific classes? So A boosts in one que, B in another etc etc
xxmustardxx
Jul 29, 2023
honestly just going to make D class the same as it is right now, the only solution i see to this problem right now is like i said making it where it has to be in your pocket, one person dropping to their entire friend group and queing with one device is a little broken imo, and why unless you que in the first 10 mins of storm you probably wont even get a single boost in the 8 hour storm
wallbanged
Jul 30, 2023
this honestly, even if the tiers were split to start at different times (ie. d-b start and a&s start 25 minutes afterwards) and they rotate in a pattern, that way the queues move faster. Being on the server since the start of the main restart, and having queued probably 35 minutes into the restart, I've moved a total of 7 positions in the queue. At the time of posting this, thats 5 hours of waiting. Obviously there's more than boosting to do and it isn't a number 1 priority, but having to sit countless hours to even hope you get a boost before you decide enough is enough, is outrageous. I like the queue honestly, but having it be one general pool is wack. Some people don't have the time to sit 5,6,7 hours to get a boost if that's what they truly love doing. I understand the reasoning for reducing the amount of boosts out at one time, but the queue times make it so boosts are literally more rare than finding a needle in a hay stack. Some groups are based solely on racing and boosting as a passion, and a means of roleplaying, and at this point, boostings practically out the window if nobody can move ahead in a queue.
Anonymous User
Jul 31, 2023
I think the issue is people are still not having the car spawn then it just stops the que or reduces the amount of boost going on cause there is one technically happening. I noticed earlier on Sunda that I had a car not spawn in and it slowed down the rate my other friends were getting it also till the point no one got one the rest of storm.
Flawws
Jul 29, 2023
Two boosts in a day is plenty.
As for the USB being too easy to get, how are people doing it most right now?
Anonymous User
Jul 29, 2023
Two boosts in a day being plenty is a very general statement as it depends on the time played. Getting two boosts during a normal 3 hour session on the server, sure that's plenty. However, in the above example, a play time of 10-12 hours was used. Is there a reason one boost per 6 hours is considered plenty by staff when people mostly don't have that much time to play per day?
Now regarding the second statement, I didn't quite understand your question, but in general it is easy to get AND the fact that people don't need to actually obtain one themselves to sign up for the queue because they can use other peoples' USBs to queue up leads to the queue being full of people who have and don't have USBs. A suggestion for the USBs would be to make them a drop while doing certain crime with a low drop % or something.
adam.sultan
Jul 30, 2023
I think, as obeyy said, he was in the server for about 12 hours to get those 2 boosts. Unfortunately, not everyone can have 12-hour sessions; myself, for example, recently find that I am only able to play on Echo for almost 2-3 hours a day, and I never get a boost. I don't think you have to hit a 10-hour mark to boost a car, as it should be accessible to everyone.
xxmustardxx
Jul 30, 2023
As of Late, only way you are getting 2 boost a day is if you are one of the first 30-40 in after 2 different restarts, the way my work schedule is flying in 1-2 hours after restart ive not gotten a single boost since my day off where i was able to be in literally RIGHT after restart, im telling you being able to share, drop these devices are killing the que in such a bad way. I flew in yesterday morning at 8am (EST) and que keep in mind only like 100 people awake, i was like 89th in que, like what. yesterday night flew in 1 hour 15 mins after main, I was like 95th in que, and when i flew out 3 hours later i think i was around 65, at that rate i would not even have gotten a single boost the entire storm, it is in a undoable state right now, ever since getting my new boosting device ive done 1 boost, and only has a day or two left. so why i waste my crypto, plenty of others only gained because they sharing and this is the 2nd or 3rd time this has happened... I want boosting to succeed so bad, alot of us love it very much, but like i said its current state havent even gotten a single boost in over 3 days, since my last off day with countless hours in que.