The looking for group system?

#0 - April 16, 2009, 4:55 p.m.
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I have a question about the new "Looking for Group" system.

It has recently been changed so that you cannot use the "Looking for More" tab unless you are actually in a group.

Two questions/issues I think arise with the above implementation.

1. Lets say I am looking to go to more than 3 raids/dungeons etc., using the "Looking for More" tab becomes very useful at this point because I can look through all of them to see if there is a group for the ones I want. The way it is now I can only look for a group for 3 things I want to attend.

2. Lets say there is no group already formed, if everyone is sitting in "Looking for Group" tab we won't be able to see each other and how will the group ever begin in the first place?

Now am I just missing something or overlook an option or are the above two statements true?


*Edited the title slightly- Nethaera
#7 - April 16, 2009, 5:42 p.m.
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Q u o t e:
I have a question about the new "Looking for Group" system.

It has recently been changed so that you cannot use the "Looking for More" tab unless you are actually in a group.

Two questions/issues I think arise with the above implementation.

1. Lets say I am looking to go to more than 3 raids/dungeons etc., using the "Looking for More" tab becomes very useful at this point because I can look through all of them to see if there is a group for the ones I want. The way it is now I can only look for a group for 3 things I want to attend.

2. Lets say there is no group already formed, if everyone is sitting in "Looking for Group" tab we won't be able to see each other and how will the group ever begin in the first place?

Now am I just missing something or overlook an option or are the above two statements true?


While you do need to choose a dungeon (or other related group type), it will put you into the Looking for Group chat as well. While not perfect, you are at least able to start letting people know that you are open to more than just the encounters you entered into the LFG tool. Once you're in that group, you can always update what dungeon you all want to go into and will be able to see the additional people looking as well. (The Looking for More tab will be available then as well.)

Remember, we also updated the matching portion of the tool to do so a bit smarter so that it will choose better group make-ups based on your choice of role you'd like to take part in.

That said, continued constructive feedback on the change and relaying your experiences with the change will help us to decide on further changes if necessary.