Dungeon Finder

[giftforce]

So I think it's time we tried to 'nip this problem in this bud' before it gets out of hand. Automatic dungeon finders are terrible systems. And yet it's something Yoshi mentioned he might implement sometime in the future. And you know Yoshi, when he gets a bad idea in his head, he usually just goes and implements it without warning anyone (e.g., mob size increase, autoattack, removal of mob behaviour, aggro icon, etc.).

So let's make sure he knows it's a bad idea this time before it's too late.

An automatic dungeon finder is at odds with the philosophy of a massively multiplayer game. It makes it so that all players essentially end up doing is queueing in town for a dungeon. It turns the whole gameworld into an entrance lobby for the real content (dungeons/raids), and we shouldn't allow that.

Plus I'm not really a fan of being teleported between content that has nothing really to do with eachother.

I'm sure there are people in Rift and WoW who don't even know where the dungeons are because they never had to explore or run there, they just got automatically teleported into it through the dungeon-finder mechanic.

And it's especially crap when it's a cross-server mechanic, allowing you to interact with people you will never see again. You can just imagine the type of etiquette involved between people who have no reputation at stake.

[Dubont]

auto attack wasn't a bad idea....but dungeon finders are...

nvm...this is a gift post...lame

[giftforce]

auto attack wasn't a bad idea....but dungeon finders are...

nvm...this is a gift post...lame

Pfft, you can talk. I've seen your "threads".

[Xatsh]

I want to see something added to help find a party for dungeons and stuff.

I do not want to see something that I click a button do some stuff solo in town, get warped to a instance... kill some things, get screwed over by a low life peice of crap out to just screw the group over.... get warped back to town then repeat.


Thing to help find partys of all kinds... yes please
Dungeon finder (as in what is in WoW and Rift)... keep it in the other mmos


Edit:
Crap... I just realized who made the original post... sigh oh well here is my point although I am sure this thread will end in a rage fest.

[Dubont]

Pfft, you can talk. I've seen your "threads".

actually, I can't talk. I'm a mute. I'm currently typing. Problem?

[Starlord]

Hey Gift, can you get me a Triforce?! lolz <3 Zelda

[Chardrizard]

What you think is bad doesn't equal bad to others.

[Raze]

I call this thread locked in...... 36 posts!

[Reika]

automatic dungeon finder on your own server good, automatic dungeon finder linked to several servers bad. I dont want none of that teleport to dungeon crap either >.>

[Shipp]

LFD is only bad when it does the following.

Groups people cross-server which completely eliminates accountability.
Teleports people directly to the dungeon.

It's not fun shouting for a group or /lfg for hours. LFD is fine as long as it is server-restricted and doesn't teleport people directly to the dungeon. All it does is make the grouping automated so those of us who don't want to spend hours looking for a group don't have to. You're still more than welcome to group the old fashioned way, nobody is stopping you.