The Ghost Town Effect. - Blue Tracker

#1 - May 22, 2012, 4:26 p.m.

Ever since Dungeon Finder and Raid Finder have emerged people have be experiencing what I call "The Ghost Town Effect." Because we don't manually look for groups or raids nearly as much as we would have in previous days, our interaction with our realm mates has become little to none. While WoW has slowly been turning each player into a hermit I still think they could redeem our community from this disease! Remember though what I am about to say is MY personal opinion.
If they took dungeon finder and made all the gear acquired through it and compiled it to have the same concept as raid finder, then that would solve this ghost town effect. Meaning all the gear you obtain through dungeon finder would say "Dungeon Finder" in the item description. It wouldn't be necessarily as good as the regular version but it would be damn close.
This would force players to want to do regs with they're realm mates! Tada! People are slowly progressing out of the hermit zone and into the social iniquities of the realm they very well play on.

Nethaera

Community Manager

#7 - May 22, 2012, 5:10 p.m.

We're working toward making sure we get people out in the world a bit more than we did previously in a variety of ways. There will be world bosses to kill, pets to collect, and daily quests you'll want to go back for.

The Dungeon Finder and Raid Finder aren't going away nor are the conveniences that come with them. Players are able to get together and do these things far more easily than they ever have in the past.

We also are implementing cross-realm zones which should help with getting people into lower-population areas (such as lower-level/level-up zones).

As many will most likely comment here, when your time is limited, spending it sitting in town asking for a group isn't always the best use of your time. In some cases, it would take people hours to find a group they could go with into a dungeon.

We can connect people all day and all night, but that doesn't mean we can force anyone to be social. That's completely up to each individual.

Nethaera

Community Manager

#32 - May 22, 2012, 6:21 p.m.

Except with Realid right?

I don't want to get into a RealID debate here, but that too is optional. You don't have to use it if you don't want to, but it does make it easier to hook up with your real life friends and family.

Nethaera

Community Manager

#73 - May 22, 2012, 9:48 p.m.

I just wanted to pop back in and thank everyone for taking the time to post and keep this thread constructive. As always, it's appreciated.

I don't claim to have every answer you may want at this moment. I can say that as always, your concerns and discussions are important to us and we will continue to convey your thoughts and ideas to the best of our ability to the rest of the teams here.

This is just not a black and white topic and as much as we may try to make it one, it never really can be. There is always a cost for things involved and sometimes, it's about deciding how we pay for it and making sure it's not painful.