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Dungeon Finder Needed Badly


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MalignX
02.03.2012 , 12:15 AM | #671
Quote: Originally Posted by Orisai View Post
I've spent more than 1 hour spamming General (while also flagged for LFG with proper comment) trying to do Mandalorian Raiders before giving it up in favor of Warzone PvP (which is more accessible).

Guess what?? Random people yelled at me because of the LFG spam (which wasn't abusive at all), and when I replied to them that it wasn't my fault Bioware didn't implement a Flashpoint finder. The very same people who yelled at me were mostly anti-LFD like half the people in this thread.

I find it just stupid when people doesn't want the LFD tool under the stupìd excuse of it "ruinining communities" while yelling at me for spamming "dps LFG mandalorian raiders" every 2 mins.
Fact!
Just because I do not care, does not mean I do not understand.

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RachelAnne
02.03.2012 , 12:17 AM | #672
Once more i see people spouting off personal experiences and opinions with ZERO bases in facts.
I can counter every cross server lfd sucks and most runs are bad with cross server lfd with my own personal experiences and opinions that cross server lfd in multi games i am playing are great and the majority of runs ore great!

And since you can do so, you have a more valid opinion? Ok, if you think so...

Fact: devs in multi mmo's have stated their cross server lfd are a success! stating that more players than ever before are running and completing the content.

Still wow is losing subs, still people complain a lot about the tool etc. I am sure if Chilly would tell you that wow has flying cows, you would also buy it.

Fact: even older games are adding cross server lfd tools.

Please name these games and please dont even dare to say wow or Rift - they are not old games.

Fact cross server lfd tools are now considered a common mmo tool ( more games have them than dont).

Ok where did you read this? This is just your own opinion, but notthing more.

Fact: there is no proof that server communities are destroyed with cross server lfd tools. There is only personal opinions.

If you would had played 7 years ago, then you would understand that fact. People who just played a few years cant understand these things. The behaivour has changed, this is a fact, to deny that fact is your way but its still a fact.

Fact: millions of players in multi mmo's use cross server lfd tools ona daily basis and never complain.

Thats actually not true. Even at wow with its currently almost 10 mio accounts, only a few hundred thousand are using the tool. There was once a nice picture at MMO Champ, just look it up. If I remember it was close to 1Mio, characters - since most people play 2 or 3 you can easily get the numbers.
And that nobody of them does complain is a myth, check the forums at wow - you will see the truth there.


Fact: there is ZERO ninja looting with a good need/greed system in cross server lfd(some thing we do not have here yet).

There is ninja looting at wow. Even the LFR with its adjusted looting system still has a way open exploids like with trinkets, amuletts.

Fact: with cross server lfd, cross server friends list and cross server invite and cross server whispers your friends list has more people available to add to.

Which does not exist in any game so far. The only thing you can do atm. is ignore people, but there is no way of adding them to your f list or even talking to them, outside of the group. I tried this because that 1 good group I had in years I wanted to keep - it did not work.

Fact: good people exist out side of just your own server.

Wow, the first true fact in your post. While you are right, explain to me please how I can look for them directly, in an automated tool? There is no button for that, show me how to filter the kids, unskilled and elitist´s so that I can play with the good guys and we are ready to go. Until then, that fact does not help anyone at all.

Fact: Fact: /ignore is all you need for taking care of a bad player. Any thing else is your desire to control the player outside of their effect on you.

If you ignore them, whats then? He is still in the group and does do stupid things. He can still initiate kicks for friends of mine, he can still ninja pull or take loot etc.

Fact: Anti cross server people have zero facts to back their claims!

They have more fact´s than you in your post atleast.

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Orisai
02.03.2012 , 12:20 AM | #673
Quote: Originally Posted by RachelAnne View Post
Still wow is losing subs, still people complain a lot about the tool etc. I am sure if Chilly would tell you that wow has flying cows, you would also buy it.

WoW is losing subs because it's 7 and a half years old game and people just got bored of it. Warcraft died with Arthas, and whatever came after is just filler content, including Kung-Fu Pandas and Pokemon.

Please name these games and please dont even dare to say wow or Rift - they are not old games.

By "older" games he mean anything before SWTOR. Rift is quite new and mostly a failure since it was launched, not because of the game itself but Trion marketing it as the "WoW-killer".

Ok where did you read this? This is just your own opinion, but notthing more.

LOTRO.
Rift.
WoW
Everquest II (yes, this one too).

If you would had played 7 years ago, then you would understand that fact. People who just played a few years cant understand these things. The behaivour has changed, this is a fact, to deny that fact is your way but its still a fact.

Tell me, in a reasonable way, how did the General, Guild, Trade, and LocalDefense channels changed since the past 7 years, other than the re.tarded LFG spam.

Thats actually not true. Even at wow with its currently almost 10 mio accounts, only a few hundred thousand are using the tool. There was once a nice picture at MMO Champ, just look it up. If I remember it was close to 1Mio, characters - since most people play 2 or 3 you can easily get the numbers.
And that nobody of them does complain is a myth, check the forums at wow - you will see the truth there.


There is no way to know how many players use it or not. But the truth is, content became way more accessible than before, specially raiding.

There is ninja looting at wow. Even the LFR with its adjusted looting system still has a way open exploids like with trinkets, amuletts.

SWTOR doesn't have a LFD/LFR tool yet, and if they ever implement it (which they will, no matter what you detractors say) Ninja-looting shouldn't be an excuse anymore if proper, and I mean REAL gear restrictions are put in place since day ONE.

Which does not exist in any game so far. The only thing you can do atm. is ignore people, but there is no way of adding them to your f list or even talking to them, outside of the group. I tried this because that 1 good group I had in years I wanted to keep - it did not work.

True, but this could be improved by adding a Global Tag system, much like the one in CoH or Blizzard's RealID.

Wow, the first true fact in your post. While you are right, explain to me please how I can look for them directly, in an automated tool? There is no button for that, show me how to filter the kids, unskilled and elitist´s so that I can play with the good guys and we are ready to go. Until then, that fact does not help anyone at all.

You can find them in your own server too, which is way worse imo.

If you ignore them, whats then? He is still in the group and does do stupid things. He can still initiate kicks for friends of mine, he can still ninja pull or take loot etc.

Just kick them or leave and start again. Once again, bringing Ninja-looting to the table in a game that doesn't even have a LFD system is just plain stupid.

They have more fact´s than you in your post atleast.
None that we couldn't counter.

Personal experiences in BOTH sides are valid facts imo. Not seeing them is just denying them.
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Neiloch
02.03.2012 , 12:35 AM | #674
Quote: Originally Posted by RachelAnne View Post
Once more i see people spouting off personal experiences and opinions with ZERO bases in facts.
I can counter every cross server lfd sucks and most runs are bad with cross server lfd with my own personal experiences and opinions that cross server lfd in multi games i am playing are great and the majority of runs ore great!

And since you can do so, you have a more valid opinion? Ok, if you think so...

Fact: devs in multi mmo's have stated their cross server lfd are a success! stating that more players than ever before are running and completing the content.

Still wow is losing subs, still people complain a lot about the tool etc. I am sure if Chilly would tell you that wow has flying cows, you would also buy it.

That is whats called a correlation, not causation. Just because two things happen at once doesn;t mean they are causally linked. I have a empty soda can and never been attacked by a tiger, doesn't mean the soda can repels tigers.

Fact: even older games are adding cross server lfd tools.

Please name these games and please dont even dare to say wow or Rift - they are not old games.

Fact cross server lfd tools are now considered a common mmo tool ( more games have them than dont).

Ok where did you read this? This is just your own opinion, but notthing more.

Fact: there is no proof that server communities are destroyed with cross server lfd tools. There is only personal opinions.

If you would had played 7 years ago, then you would understand that fact. People who just played a few years cant understand these things. The behaivour has changed, this is a fact, to deny that fact is your way but its still a fact.

The WoW community was in the trash well before any LFD tools came out. A simple glance of public chat channels during the time could show you that.

Fact: millions of players in multi mmo's use cross server lfd tools ona daily basis and never complain.

Thats actually not true. Even at wow with its currently almost 10 mio accounts, only a few hundred thousand are using the tool. There was once a nice picture at MMO Champ, just look it up. If I remember it was close to 1Mio, characters - since most people play 2 or 3 you can easily get the numbers.
And that nobody of them does complain is a myth, check the forums at wow - you will see the truth there.


Fact: there is ZERO ninja looting with a good need/greed system in cross server lfd(some thing we do not have here yet).

There is ninja looting at wow. Even the LFR with its adjusted looting system still has a way open exploids like with trinkets, amuletts.

Fact: with cross server lfd, cross server friends list and cross server invite and cross server whispers your friends list has more people available to add to.

Which does not exist in any game so far. The only thing you can do atm. is ignore people, but there is no way of adding them to your f list or even talking to them, outside of the group. I tried this because that 1 good group I had in years I wanted to keep - it did not work.

City of heroes lets you communicate cross server and SoE games let you communicate across GAMES. It's quite easy to implement actually.

Fact: good people exist out side of just your own server.

Wow, the first true fact in your post. While you are right, explain to me please how I can look for them directly, in an automated tool? There is no button for that, show me how to filter the kids, unskilled and elitist´s so that I can play with the good guys and we are ready to go. Until then, that fact does not help anyone at all.

The same way you do it same server, talk and interact with them. Again if you don't like the tool don't use it. If most people are using it and you can't get by without it then too bad so sad you are in the minority. Its catch-22 for you isn't it? Either people will like it SO MUCH it won't be very 'optional' or people will hate it which means there isn't anything for you to worry about.

Fact: Fact: /ignore is all you need for taking care of a bad player. Any thing else is your desire to control the player outside of their effect on you.

If you ignore them, whats then? He is still in the group and does do stupid things. He can still initiate kicks for friends of mine, he can still ninja pull or take loot etc.

Ignore then leave the group, obviously. you can not help to control other peoples actions. anyone who thinks otherwise doesn;t know how the world works.

Fact: Anti cross server people have zero facts to back their claims!

They have more fact´s than you in your post atleast.
No they don't. Personal opinions do not count as facts, EVER. IN ANY SCENARIO. The pro side has what is called 'metrics' where the support for LFD is quantifiable measurable. Right now LFD is at the very least 'steady' if not growing. if games were removing it you MIGHT have a leg to stand on, unfortunately for you they aren't.


Quote: Originally Posted by Orisai View Post
Personal experiences in BOTH sides are valid facts imo. Not seeing them is just denying them.
Problem is personal experiences can be easily nullified with an opposing one, so therefore its a waste of time to bring them up at all.

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MalignX
02.03.2012 , 12:40 AM | #675
You are both spinning your wheels with that one, just look up their previous posts. You're better off just /ignoring.

Love it as legit an argument as any I've heard from the otherside:
Fact: devs in multi mmo's have stated their cross server lfd are a success! stating that more players than ever before are running and completing the content.

Fact: even older games are adding cross server lfd tools.

Fact cross server lfd tools are now considered a common mmo tool ( more games have them than dont).

Fact: there is no proof that server communities are destroyed with cross server lfd tools. There is only personal opinions.

Fact: millions of players in multi mmo's use cross server lfd tools ona daily basis and never complain.

Fact: there is ZERO ninja looting with a good need/greed system in cross server lfd(some thing we do not have here yet).

Fact: with cross server lfd, cross server friends list and cross server invite and cross server whispers your friends list has more people available to add to.

Fact: good people exist out side of just your own server.

Fact: Fact: /ignore is all you need for taking care of a bad player. Any thing else is your desire to control the player outside of their effect on you.

Fact: Anti cross server people have zero facts to back their claims
Just because I do not care, does not mean I do not understand.

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Neiloch
02.03.2012 , 12:44 AM | #676
Well now I've stumbled upon a second question I guess you would call it.

Either a LFD system would be popular success which means you are being selfish and just want a majority to play your way

OR

it will fail, as the anti-LFD people would suggest, and it wouldn't be something to worry about, it would come and go in a short amount of time and everyone would go back to the current methods.

So which is it? Are you selfish or basically trolling when you KNOW it will fail?

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bliapis
02.03.2012 , 12:47 AM | #677
i bump this. I hope they implement the system sooner than later.
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MalignX
02.03.2012 , 12:48 AM | #678
Quote: Originally Posted by bliapis View Post
i bump this. I hope they implement the system sooner than later.
Coming soon Sir, coming soon!
Just because I do not care, does not mean I do not understand.

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Orisai
02.03.2012 , 12:48 AM | #679
Trying to do PvE content in this game is way more complicated than what it is on PvP. I mean, anti-LFD people have some problem with the very same autoamted grouping mechanics that is used on PvP.

1. Right now, we can join a PvP warzone everywhere in the game, one loading screen per match. Farm Warzone commendations, trade some for Mercenary ones then get PvP boxes with medals and random Champion gear... All of this while being offworld questing.

2. PvE is way different... We have to get to the Fleet (1-2 loading screens depending on the Fleet Pass cooldown), spam General like crazy, flag ourselves in a tool nobody uses because... well spamming LFG in General is easier. If lucky, have another loading screen this time for the Flashpoint. Ahh... do not die inside because you'll be ported outside the Flashpoint (1 Fleet loading screen) then reenter the instance again (another loading screen).

That, just to play a Flashpoint compared to a Warzone.
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Nitewolfe
02.03.2012 , 04:54 AM | #680
Well at least flash points are optional here.
I am almost to my 3rd 50 (running out of story lines i like). I just ignore flashpoints now and level alts. I only raid on one toon my commando and never had to run a single flashpoint.
Modable gear plus level 50 daily coms forth mods put him raid ready.

Now sadly my poor guild master is still stuck at level 45 on his first toon because he sits in fleet all day trying to get groups.

What is a shame is that i am missing out on some really good content the devs busted their buts to put ingame. But with no easy of access for that content it may as well not be there.


I sit here leveling alts all day while i watch my wife run zone after Zone in rift and wow.. Sort of depressing!
She wont even touch this game with out a lfd she says!

A lfd system is common these days its like logging in and finding a game doesnt have a mini map.
its jsut some thing that most players have come to expect from a mmo!