No Cross Realm LFG tool please!

No, it was the same game after lfd it was before lfd; just less sitting around and waiting.

If you changed how you personally played it and started treating it as a lobby game, then the fault lies with you.. it's not indicative of a change in the game itself.

I'm skeptical of this claim, since you say that you immediately started treating WoW as a lobby game after lfd.

That's not true at all; you just had to do tpye /2 Level Class lfg which doesn't require getting to knowing anyone. That's what the game was like before lfd.

Pretending that lfd was responsible for any changes toward that is absurd... the game had already been like that for years.

The problem I had in WOW after the lfd tool was this: (your mileage may vary, etc, etc.)
Before lfd, groups seemed to be more patient if you didn't know an instance or a fight
After lfd, it seemed at least from my end that the groups became much less patient and would kick members for damn near any reason real or imagined.

That being said, not sure how it would affect TOR, because the game is fairly new so it wouldn't be breaking up anything established. And sadly enough, the general attitude of treating other players like disposable support characters is already here going by the number of no communication group invites I get.

I'm for it because it makes the game less hellish for people on low population servers. I don't think anyone can dispute that part.
BW just needs to be careful to implement it in a way that doesn't reward being a ninja / complete tool or whatever. And I think everyone can pretty much agree with that point too.

Maybe the fix could be something as simple as adding a blacklist to the LFG so that if someone does something you consider to be a never deal with this person again offense, they can be black listed and prevented from being filled to groups that you are in.

The problem I had in WOW after the lfd tool was this: (your mileage may vary, etc, etc.)
Before lfd, groups seemed to be more patient if you didn't know an instance or a fight

Maybe the fix could be something as simple as adding a blacklist to the LFG so that if someone does something you consider to be a never deal with this person again offense, they can be black listed and prevented from being filled to groups that you are in.

A small group of hand picked (and if you believe they aren't...well I've got a bridge for sale real cheap) people represent the will of the people how? Studies and surveys use the same methods to supposedly tell the media what everyone believes and wants.

We had this discussion back in TBC in WoW, people like you tried to stop good people from enjoying the game. We beat you in WoW, beat you in Rift and we will beat you again here. You're not wanted.

The problem I had in WOW after the lfd tool was this: (your mileage may vary, etc, etc.)
Before lfd, groups seemed to be more patient if you didn't know an instance or a fight
After lfd, it seemed at least from my end that the groups became much less patient and would kick members for damn near any reason real or imagined.

That being said, not sure how it would affect TOR, because the game is fairly new so it wouldn't be breaking up anything established. And sadly enough, the general attitude of treating other players like disposable support characters is already here going by the number of no communication group invites I get.

I'm for it because it makes the game less hellish for people on low population servers. I don't think anyone can dispute that part.
BW just needs to be careful to implement it in a way that doesn't reward being a ninja / complete tool or whatever. And I think everyone can pretty much agree with that point too.

Maybe the fix could be something as simple as adding a blacklist to the LFG so that if someone does something you consider to be a never deal with this person again offense, they can be black listed and prevented from being filled to groups that you are in.

still requesting a response on the "just don't use it" anti x-server.

Think this through. You are arguing that a cross-server LFG is not needed because it does not foster your personally prefered playstyle. However, it does not force YOU to play that way, it simply allows others to do so if they want to.

Personally I don't usually care that much about making friends in HM FP groups.

Why? It won't affect you. If you want to make friends in every run, just don't use it and form groups the old-fashioned way.

Even if you don't use it you will still have to deal with the aftereffects of the outcome it causes. The people, like those posting, who just want it and don't want anything to do with anyone else. That is usually found in console games, btw.

We're trying to figure out why you believe that a cross-server LFG would limit your ability to meet people.

Your stated concerns have been that if LFG is cross-server, then the people you meet in LFG will be on other servers, so you won't be able to group up and hang out with them later on after the run is over.

We're saying that you can still have those sorts of groups if you do the same things people are doing now. I.E. form the group (or part of the group) on the server before running the flashpoint. As I see it, you have the same ability to meet people and make connections after the addition of an optional tool as you do before it.

There are multiple ways of making friends in the game but let's be honest most of the people on your friends list that you KNOW are good tanks or healers are the ones you met in a flashpoint.