Quote Originally Posted by Misteyes View Post
I am not advocating forcing people to keep shouting in the streets in hopes that someone will answer. You're absolutely right that it's a bad system.

But that doesn't mean that going all the way in the other direction, where the game even matches groups for us, is the best system.

What I am asking for actually doesn't even go against what they've put forward in their roadmap:


I'm repeating myself at this point, but if you're going to keep bringing up shouting on the streets, I'm going to keep repeating that that's not what I'm after.

Let me enter in my available jobs, levels, what content I would be interested in (with an option for "any," similar to the "random" option in WoW's RDF), what party-roles I can take for it, and what languages I speak.
Then let me see a filterable list of everyone else (across all realms) who is looking for the same content. If I see some names on the list that I recognize, I want to be able to choose (or avoid) those people over total strangers.

If that ends up being too slow, add a "I would like to lead" button, which places people into a queue (very much like an RDF queue), and when it pops, it simply alerts them, "A group can be made. The following people are recommended for your group." and gives them a list of exactly enough names to fill their party with the appropriate roles, favoring people who have been waiting for group for longer (though the burden is still on them to send tells and invites). People who select to lead could still be chosen ahead of their place in the leadership queue, like anyone else.
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Perhaps a system that allows you to "like" or "dislike" members in your group.

If you're in a group with people who are obnoxious and you don't ever want to group with again, you can "dislike" them, and it'll automatically skip over any future parties with that person in it.

Conversely, if you find certain people to be awesome, or much more enjoyable to play with, you can "like" them, and it'll try to group you with those people again in the future if all other conditions match, they're available, etc.

This way people can create their own filtering system and it affects no one but them.