I get the idea of trying to force player interaction and have some friction with grouping and coordinating a raid. I almost want to respect that choice, but the playerbase is just not prepared to handle that kind of thing. They can barely handle an actual add phase in the current raid tier, let alone things like party comps and organizing groups. That is a lost skill in MMOs.

I really hope they do address the queuing system for Forked Tower because it really is sad that something that should be exciting (the weather transition signalling the tower is open) literally has nobody, not even a random noob in the zone who doesn't know no better, ask about doing forked tower. It's just really sad to see failed content happen right before your eyes again like with Criterion.