Nibuca from Mystic chicanery asked the bloggers of Azeroth for ideas on how to make the current LFG system, a better one.
My take on the subject?
Filters! Loads of them! With colors.
Actually, like I commented on the forum thread, I believe the greatest problem with the LFG system, is it’s lack of use. Of course, I can only speak for my server, and even then I may be bias, since I’m yet to dwell into the end game content.
Even so:
- Filters
It could be said, that If everyone would be on LFG system, that I would effectively filter out potential candidates for my group. Do I need CC? Am I looking for a Survival Hunter? Are we able to progress based on reputation? Can he do Heroic mode, with the current Comp.?
With a Filter based system, these could all be as trivial has browsing the Auction House.
- Group need
More filters?!?! A bit of repeating myself here. Even more since Attunements where removed, but there was a time when, it could be helpful to get a group if your objectives where the same has the other members of your group. I’m always ready to help out, but unfortunately, there’s allot of Ninja reluctant players on Wow. Fight for the same Goal, there’s a higher chance of success in all ways.
- Player need
No, I’m not repeating myself again, but the above for the group looking for the member, could also apply to the member looking for the Group! (almost poetry ^^)
- Quests
There are allot of questing to do in groups, all of them require to all quest-sharing members to be on the same stage of the quest (/doh). Wouldn’t it be cool, if you could pick out group quests, and select only players that would be in the same stages has you!
- More usage
A system (whatever it is) needs to be used to be useful, from my point of view, it isn’t! That could be it’s weakest point. It’s not rare for me to look for player willing to go to an instance, and only seeing the random rogue, hunter or mage in the “proper” LFG tab. Still I read dozens of “/4 ” shouts asking for player for the exact same instances I’m willing to go to!
When I’m looking for a specific class, I generally wonder the “/4” channel too, since it’s the best chance I have to get someone to join up, or even use the “who” tab and look for players around my level, scan trough classes my group could use and then whisper (with a thousand apologies) asking if that player would like to go for a little instancing fun!
- suggestions?
I think this hasn’t reach the Shared topic yet, due to it’s massive size for improvement! The brainstorming of a focused group could come up with Thousands of ideas for the upgrade of the LFG system. I’m quite sure a per-class perspective on this would be interesting aswell, since same classes look for very specific things while in a group.
Oh, crap! just realized that with all the Add-ons world of warcraft has available, I don’t think there’s anything like the LFG system, is there?
/Runs of to search…
(shameful proof reading and error correction)
