No Cross Realm LFG tool please!

I honestly think the majority of anti-xserverLFDers have little or no experience with a X-server LFD. If they did have extensive experience with this TOOL they wouldn't be making all these ridiculous statements. For example:

Most of these people think you can't form groups if a X-server Tool is put in the game.

Really?

Seriously, if you're going to be against something so vigorously, at least know something about it.

The major reason that I believe XSLFG destroys communities is that it siphons off potential players from what used to be a closed system by relieving their need to execute the Daily quest. When players can't satisfy their own need to do the Daily HM Flashpoint it forces them to be social, talk to other people, build relationships for future runs, ect. But with the XSLFG it allows people to quietly solo the HM Content. If they are quietly doing this then they have no reason to build relationships on their server.

Building relationships is energy intensive and takes time. But those friendships are rewarding in the end. It is my belief (fear) that if a XSLFG goes live then people will not step out of their comfort zones to look for other people on their server to do things with (with the same intensity that they currently do on populated servers). When people clam up and stop talking then the community becomes less vibrant. If your community is a negative one or so unpopulated that you can't progress then I truly feel bad for you because you are missing out on the best part of this game, and any other MMO, and that is the new friends we make and the fun we have playing this game with those people.

I can't speak for the others who are against XSLFG.

I have extensive experience with XSLFG from WoW. The community I was a part of on WoW changed dramatically for the worse after 3 months of that tool going live.

The major reason that I believe XSLFG destroys communities is that it siphons off potential players from what used to be a closed system by relieving their need to execute the Daily quest. When players can't satisfy their own need to do the Daily HM Flashpoint it forces them to be social, talk to other people, build relationships for future runs, ect. But with the XSLFG it allows people to quietly solo the HM Content. If they are quietly doing this then they have no reason to build relationships on their server.

Building relationships is energy intensive and takes time. But those friendships are rewarding in the end. It is my belief (fear) that if a XSLFG goes live then people will not step out of their comfort zones to look for other people on their server to do things with (with the same intensity that they currently do on populated servers). When people clam up and stop talking then the community becomes less vibrant. If your community is a negative one or so unpopulated that you can't progress then I truly feel bad for you because you are missing out on the best part of this game, and any other MMO, and that is the new friends we make and the fun we have playing this game with those people.

I would run approximately 5 Heroics a day using the XSLFG tool on WoW. It was a very cold and impersonal experience. Nobody cared who was who. Everyone was very judgmental about player skill with everyone being suspected as being 'bad'. There was very little talk or chatter in the group. And when it was over you were sent back to your server with nothing to show for your trouble except the passage of time and maybe an upgrade.

To those who say if you don't like XSLFG you don’t have to use it I say: Whether I use it or not, XSLFG's very existence would diminishes my in game experience by silencing hundreds of voices who no longer need my help to complete their daily HM Flashpoint.
i.e. it would wreck the community that I play in.

To the individual who brought up the excellent point of Legacy vs. jumping to a more populous server. I agree with you. Your game investment should not be lost because your server is a dead zone. I don't have any positive ideas on how to fix this dilemma. Were I in your shoes I would accept my losses and stop throwing more valuable time into a dead server. I would move to a hopping server and start over. That is me though and what I am willing to do to make new friends and have fun in a MMO and what you are willing to do may not be one in the same.

I am disappointed to see the cross realm LFG tool being talked about as a future addition to the game. I was really hoping to keep that out of TOR just because of it's ability to destroy community in a game. I would be all for LFG server wide but cross realm is a no go for me.