Dungeon Finder Needed Badly

I really wanted to just ignore that and move on, but this to me just screams "I'll get what I want, and screw the rest of you who don't want it. I don't care why you don't want it, I'd rather just create a baseless stereotype about you to justify why my needs are more important than yours."

There are very few people, if any, who don't want to see the LFG system improved, but I think there are also a lot of people justifiably worried about what a WoW-style LFD system would do to the game. It's not at all about enjoying long waits, or preferring to be with your guild. If believing that makes you sleep better at night and makes you feel superior, go for it. But don't fool yourself into thinking that everyone who doesn't agree with you is some kind of freak. That doesn't help anyone.

Personally, I think something that facilitates grouping more than the current system would be great. I'm not a fan of long waits (though I've never waited more than 15 minutes or so for a flashpoint as it is -- probably less time than I'd get with this type of system), but I do think they greatly reduce the chance and quality of interaction between players (and before I get the usual flame, I'm not talking about the time spent spamming General).

If something like this is implemented, I'd hope that's seriously considered, and we don't end up with the same kind of thing they have in WoW. Making it easy to find a group doesn't have to come with the costs of that kind of system.

Sorry. Heh.
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Looking for LFG tool.

Although an automatic tool may have it's uses, an upgrade to the current tool whereby you can create a server wide entry in a LFM list, with comments to explain what you are looking for and for what content, would be on my highest want list. Make it have a join button so that a request to join is sent to the group leader and a whisper button so a private message can be sent to the group leader straight from the tool. Also make the LFG people entries in a server wide list that the group leader can initiate chats and reqests from. As, say at 50, a person is typically at one of four places, Belsavus, Ilum, Fleet, or on their ship, wherever you spam with LFG comments is likely to miss the very people who are interested in joining but doing something else to kill time.

Also, the whole socializing argument escapes me as since there is no voip there is no socializing anyway. The game is to fast paced to type and keep up with a group. This is unfortunate as ANY pug no matter how you fill the group is simply not going to socialize. Of all the groups I have been in for ANY content, conversations typically amount to where are you/eta, and thanks for the group and maybe one or two more lines of text in total. SWTOR as it is is about as far from a social experience as you can have in a multiplayer game. This therefore makes the whole anti argument largely invalid. That said, I simply fail to comprehend how even basic voip capabilities have not made it into game. That is something I think is a must have in any modern mmo.

Got to say a Dungeon finder would be a great idea would even cut down the Looking for group on general chat

A few hopes and fears.

1. No cross server teams ever -

One of the main reasons I left World of Warcraft was the angry and acidic attitudes I saw directed at me and other players in the dungeons. There is some truth in the idea that some of these people would have acted better if they had to deal with the same people outside the dungeon.

I'm fairly certain Blizzard did cross server groups to address wait times of people trying to get into the dungeon. Two options I see to deal with this - 1) don't lock out higher level players and 2) allow player performance to boost their companion in a flashpoint so they can fill a missing player slot a little better.

2. Add it to the quest log -

This will allow Flashpoints, Operations, Heroic quests, and general questing to be covered at the same time.

It will do away with the "i didn't know it was there" excuse that the current lfg system is guilty of supporting.

It will be really hard to ignore and too easy to use to not give it a go. Blizzard had a problem with their first attempt at a global lfg system. Most people didn't use it because it was really easy to ignore and kind of a hassle to open the window and add your name. Alot of others didn't use it because no one else was using it.

i support an LFG tool but only same server based.

Well I know one thing for certain, if Bioware does decide to add a LFG tool which creates a party out of thin air for me then I will quit the day before they add it. I am having fun at the moment finding and meeting new people, it creates a more social atmosphere in searching and communicating with others. Yes there is the problem of not enough people interested in group things from time to time or there are people who are interested but they're on other planets, and that's why I believe that an LFG tool that allows to do a global search for people interested in heroics/flashpoints is vital. The current LFG system is extremely limiting as it only covers the planet you're on by default and isn't very effective and very few people use it. Half the players who use it only click on it rather than noting down their status and what they're LFG for.

I'd be ok with a same realm flashpoint finder but NO cross server!

As it is right now, I have no issue finding a group to do things with. As you find others you like grouping with, put them on friends. The next time you want to fill a group, look at your list and see where those ppl are. If they're sitting on Fleet, ask them to join you. Groups fill for me in 5 minutes or less because I make the effort to find people I like grouping with and ASK them to go with me again.

If they suck, put them on ignore and forget they exist.

People too lazy to do a minimum amount of work in an MMO do not need to be spoon-fed content with automated systems placing you in groups. If it's cross server, it's only a matter of time before you get the same douche bag experience you had in wow dungeon finder -- which is why I no longer play that game.

Same server finder is fine imo. You'd still have the ability to find those same people to group with again later if you want (or ignore as you will...) and people would have at least some incentive to be team players instead of abusive jerks that comes from anonymous cross server finder systems.

Did you take a screenshot of that from a test realm?